I think superficial worries are just as equal to serious worries, but one should at least be aware of how to categorize one's own worries. Here is my list:
Superficial:
1. My hair (thinnning! badly cut! not in good shape)
2. My hips (no more on these)
3. Looking good for the wedding (me in a sari!)
3b. Not tripping during the whole wedding week (drunk or sober)
4. My passport photo (got to get rid of it!)
5. What people will remember of the wedding
6. What my new boss thinks of me (I should give a flying F for a number of reasons)
7. What my old boss really thinks of me (though reading the signs he seems to have loved me and valued my work)
Serious:
1. That the wedding goes off well
2. That my paperwork to the US is smooth
3. My Syrian stamps don't put me on a terrorist list or get me body/cavity searched
4. Saving money
Then the worries that haunt me and are just me (that is- paranoid and a little OTT):
1. Getting run over in the next few months and becoming paralysed
2. Something happening to my family members or the boy (!)
3. Getting fired before I put in my resignation
4. Everyone at the office deciding they hate me, esp my group (dream of this)
5. Burning down the apt or some problematic issue taking place, like the apt being burgled etc. (worry every morning)
I feel decidely tense. urgh! On the other hand, by acknowledging my worries I also feel more in control. If you met me you wouldn't think I had a care in the world, especially not on a Friday night drinks party. But, my close friends know I'm neurotic. But at least I can categorise the sane, the superficial and the crazy worries. See, I'm normal after all.
1 comment:
Why was this the funniest: "My Syrian stamps don't put me on a terrorist list or get me body/cavity searched"
I am not taking joy in your worries I'm really not...but this made me crack up!! Thanks for the laugh!! :0)
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