• ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com
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    10 months ago

    You worry about uncertainty. There is no uncertainty in this flow chart. Worrying about things that are defined and known is not healthy, but that’s not to say that stable people never worry about things they know the solution to or never worry even though there aren’t any real problems. The distinction really is if you’re able to make yourself stop worry or not, in a healthy way, or if worry consumes you to the point of anxiety.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      Yup, I rarely worry because I’m prepared for a lot of the most likely issues that could come up. We have:

      • a healthy emergency fund, so we can weather unemployment
      • food in storage, so we can handle a natural disaster for a least a couple weeks
      • two cars and flexible work, so we can handle a car going kaput
      • space heaters, so we can handle the furnace going out in the winter

      And so on. The more prepared I am, the less I worry. However, it’s impossible to prepare for everything, so I do worry, but I’m able to make that very infrequent with planning.