Why do we worry?

I had some extra time on my hands today and I wanted to get in an early December post.  Originally I thought of answering "why do we care what other people think? but my mind is to occupied to think about something that complex.  But a small part of caring about what other people think is worrying.  When something bad happens, the cool kids say "it is what it is."  Because that statement is absolutely true.  You get in a car crash.  There's nothing you can do to go back in time or to magically fix the car before someone finds out.  The weird thing is that after something bad happens, AFTER, we worry.  Why do we worry?

Let me ask you this, has worrying ever made you feel any better?  If you answered yes, you're lying.  Worrying does nothing but waste time and make you feel worse.  We're all guilty of it.  We're worried about what we got on a test even though we already took it and there's nothing we can change about it.  We're worried about what someone will think of our outfit even though we've already put it on and are currently wearing it around people.  We're worried about whether this person likes us or not even though we're about to go to a movie and there's absolutely no backing out now.  Things are what they are.  So you got an 88, NOTHING can change that except maybe random and rare post test extra credit.  So someone thought you looked weird.  It's not like that's all they thought about the entire night.  If they did, they're weirdos.  So you didn't get a second date.  Nothing you can do about that either.  Worrying is pointless.

The creator of the universe even said "worrying does not add a day to your life."  He's right.  However, if worrying did add time to our lives, it would be a good idea to worry a LOT.  But since it does not, worrying is useless and pointless, in fact, it takes away days of your life.  Think about all you could be doing instead of worrying!  Think of all the places you could go! The movies you could watch! The books you could write on worrying!

Being an introvert, I worry a fair amount before I do something.  I'm always telling myself to just do and not worry.  Just say what you're thinking and stop analyzing how people will analyze it.  If you say it, it's out there and its either weird or funny or boring or racist or stupid, but you said it and it's over.  People will think about it for a minute tops.  After that no one will remember it.  Unless it was funny.  Or racist and funny.  Anyway the whole point of this is to get you to challenge yourself to not worry.  A great way to replace worrying is to work.  They both start with the same three letters but one of them creates greatness and one of them creates laziness and sadness and wastes time.  I'm pretty sure I would choose greatness over those other things.  As my aunt Greta would say, "I'm just sayin..."