Make A Plan Instead.

Yes, I am a worrier and no, worrying usually doesn't help once you've saved enough extra money for any contingencies that could happen. (Thankfully, insurance will usually cover things you can't save enough money to cover.) Plans are all well and good but what do you do if you aren't home when the situation you planned for happens and your plan is based on you being home when it happens? Some things are not up to us no matter how many plans you make. You just ride it out and hope for the best. That doesn't stop me from worrying about things, though. Neither does Pretty griping about me worrying.

I always play worst-case scenario. What could possibly go wrong? Then, 99% of the time, I'm surprised that things don't go wrong. I don't know if that's the best way to approach life, but that's how I do it.

It is always good to be prepared.

Hey!!! It's been a while, glad to bump into one of your posts today. God bless. Before, yes, but years ago, it reminds me that if there is something I cannot control, that's not my problem, that's God's problem. So when my doctor told me he suspected that I had a brain tumor, and I know I have no money for all the procedures, I did not go back after a few test, and I just told God that, if He gave me something that I cannot control I just gave it back to Him and solve it for me, because He is my God and He the best doctor ever. I don't want my family to suffer from all the finances that I need, and then leave them because we all know only a few people survive cancer, and that was a decade ago, and I am still alive until now, and that's all thanks to Jesus, my Lord and Savior. If I worry, I just bring it back to Him... and tell Him I don't want to stress myself for something that I don't have the power to solve. And it is fine with Him. My days are more peaceful and less worried. And I like it.

I do tend to worry about things I have control over {bad weather being one of them} I try to be prepared just in case but half the time I worry for nothing.

Plans can be helpful. It's hard not to worry sometimes. For some things, it helps me to say 'This time tomorrow/next week' it will all be over. But you're right. Worrying doesn't help.

I think that is always the best idea, and very wise.

My Dad used to say 'Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.' If you have a plan then at least you are ready and with luck, you won't need it.