I rarely do “what ifs” but at night when I’m only sort of sleeping my mind does replays with better outcomes–you know, those I wish I’d thought of that then scenes.
I’m a tragic optimist. I have a gloomy world view but an optimistic spirit. There are no guarantees, things might not work out the way we want, but that’s no reason not to keeping learning and growing and enjoying what we have while we still have it.
at the moment Auckland is plagued with “bus driver shortages” and we have grown right grumpy about “bus signboards” that don’t bother to add in the due column – C for cancelled. A bus person I know said that our particular company doesn’t want to suggest such a thing – shame their managers are never at the cold and breezy bus station!
Where there isn’t a sign board, like out at the end of my street, I just get most annoyed – yesterday I ended up walking down to the other street – where I took the shoppers shuttle to NL and then caught a bus to BB, did the chore there, and caught another bus back to NL and hoped to get back up on usual bus!
Of course, it doesn’t really matter as I’m not in a hurry but the cold spring breeze is quite another thing
catastrophize is my middle name, one of my middle names I should say, I can find the what if in everything. I don’t exactly do what the cartoon shows, but I do the what if on all things.
Giggling and nodding.
What can I say except, I hate feeling on top of the world one minute then getting sucker-punched by an unseen something-or-another the next.
I rarely do “what ifs” but at night when I’m only sort of sleeping my mind does replays with better outcomes–you know, those I wish I’d thought of that then scenes.
That’s just part of the learning experience. Some people get trapped in their worries. I’m glad you don’t.
The penulitmate pessimist and optimist! I bet you are an optomist.
I’m a tragic optimist. I have a gloomy world view but an optimistic spirit. There are no guarantees, things might not work out the way we want, but that’s no reason not to keeping learning and growing and enjoying what we have while we still have it.
No I can’t say that my mind does that. Or if it does, not that I can recall. Of course that doesn’t mean that my mind never thinks of doom and gloom.
Good!
I used to catastrophize all the time. But now that I’ve aged, most days can be beautiful.
The quality of our lives depends on how we focus our energy and our attention. That’s a neat skill to have. 🙂
at the moment Auckland is plagued with “bus driver shortages” and we have grown right grumpy about “bus signboards” that don’t bother to add in the due column – C for cancelled. A bus person I know said that our particular company doesn’t want to suggest such a thing – shame their managers are never at the cold and breezy bus station!
Where there isn’t a sign board, like out at the end of my street, I just get most annoyed – yesterday I ended up walking down to the other street – where I took the shoppers shuttle to NL and then caught a bus to BB, did the chore there, and caught another bus back to NL and hoped to get back up on usual bus!
Of course, it doesn’t really matter as I’m not in a hurry but the cold spring breeze is quite another thing
That sucks. The least they could do is let you have the facts. 🙁
catastrophize is my middle name, one of my middle names I should say, I can find the what if in everything. I don’t exactly do what the cartoon shows, but I do the what if on all things.
That sucks a lot of joy out of life. 🙁
Giggling and nodding.
What can I say except, I hate feeling on top of the world one minute then getting sucker-punched by an unseen something-or-another the next.
It takes work to stop it, but there is plenty of information available on how to do it.