Dear Jessica Brennan,
What if you don’t like this blog? What if you don’t like me? What if the company I work for shuts down, and I lose my job, and no one ever hires me, ever again, and then I lose my house, then lose everything and end up living on the street and all my friends walk by me and don’t even acknowledge that it’s me, on the street? What if I get sick? What if my family gets sick, and my friends? What if everyone, everywhere gets sick and dies and I’m the only one left..and then a plane falls on me?
Do you do this?
I do it all the time. I’m the worst. My personal history shows that the likelihood of any of this happening is slim and yet down that road I go. This is such a bad habit. How much time do we spend worrying about things that never happen?
And, how little time do we spend thinking like this…
What if people love my blog? What if they like me? What if the company I work for expands and I get a promotion, and I can do the renos I want on my house so when I sell it I make a great profit and can help some people less fortunate than myself? What if my friendships grow deeper and we all live well into our old age?
Choose your rabbit holes carefully because your emotions have difficulty determining what is a fearful “what if” feeling, and what is real. Break the habit.
Love Mum
xo
