What have you been worrying about lately?
What’s been on your mind and bothering you? What genuinely preoccupies and scares you?
Everything.
collapse of the dollar…
not really worried though, as I am looking forward to the civil war (“socialist revolution”) soon to follow
history never repeats
-Imp
Thinking about relocating. But to where I am not sure. I think my days in Maine are numbered.
I have to decide what I want to do after next semester. Could be grad school, a combination of grad school and PhD, or just straight up PhD.
Oh, you know, stuff.
Stuff can really get to you, Tab. Try to keep your mind occupied with something else, like things. And don’t let things worry you. Things can get to you, too. In fact, I’m not sure which is worse - stuff or things.
Hey Tab,
I guess I started this thread because I thought if we could give definite shape and form to our worries and fears by writing it out they would be less intimidating to confront. I could be wrong, but when you say “stuff” is it because it’s that overwhelming and scary that you don’t even want to give it a definite shape? Or maybe I’m reading too much into it and/or projecting.
oreos worry about double stuff
-Imp
Aidan,
I don’t mean your philosophical worries, I’m thinking more mundane, but no less scary…do you know what I mean?
There are the big things I suppose - new diseases, my young children, retirement funds (yes, I am getting that old) but it’s not like I run around the house wild-eyed, shaking people, shouting “Arrgh !!! Giraffe-flu !!! Euugghhrrg !!! Massive economic collapse !!!”
The stuff I worried about I fixed, and the stuff I can’t do anything about I file under ‘s’ for ‘screw-it’ and go to sleep with a big silly smile on my face.
I worry that my lack of worries makes other people think I’m shallow. 
For me it’s that I almost certainly wont be able, physically, to do my job (severe special needs teacher) within the next decade or so, and I haven’t the slightest inclination as to what else I’d do… just like Bukowski in Bar Fly: “I’m so tired of thinking about all the things I don’t want to do…” or words to that effect…
Tab,
That’s interesting. I sort of understand. What you said reminded me of this song: youtube.com/watch?v=cd0YWU4dk30
Yeah, I think that sums me up, purposefully dumb, willfully foolish. I always liked that tarot card.
My favorite card in the Tarot, as well.
I haven’t really been worried about anything recently.
Everything bothers me.
Whether it’s deciding what music I should listen to in order to avoid reality, or what I should eat.
Guess I’m worried about my dating situation, but that’s about it…
I just had double deja-vu. That worries me.
My normal worries are the health of all of my kids ,husband and son. Wether we will actually pay off the mortgage in a few years , will the car break down, will we keep our jobs, can we afford to keep things running. That all pretty much lurks in my brain on a day to day basis. But I still, 