I go through life the same way... You do sports, you don't drink, you don't smoke, you read the trouble early and thankfully mostly it works. The disasters don't arrive. The lanes stay empty. But the same wiring that keeps you ahead of the fire is the wiring that won't switch off, and the prize for a lifetime of prevention is that you become an anxious person who can't look at a quiet day without bracing for something. You get the empty graph. You just can't enjoy it 😭
I know how that vigilance feels - it’s exactly what makes us good and is the double edged sword that keeps us anxious and wired when other people can switch off.
I don’t have a solution for it, outside of not feeling guilty with a vice that helps ease the tension… otherwise what else do we have?
acceptance of the gap 🙏
Accept only gaps that leave no regrets
I go through life the same way... You do sports, you don't drink, you don't smoke, you read the trouble early and thankfully mostly it works. The disasters don't arrive. The lanes stay empty. But the same wiring that keeps you ahead of the fire is the wiring that won't switch off, and the prize for a lifetime of prevention is that you become an anxious person who can't look at a quiet day without bracing for something. You get the empty graph. You just can't enjoy it 😭
I know how that vigilance feels - it’s exactly what makes us good and is the double edged sword that keeps us anxious and wired when other people can switch off.
I don’t have a solution for it, outside of not feeling guilty with a vice that helps ease the tension… otherwise what else do we have?