Worry is irreverent to outcome

 
Published on 2024-01-13 by John Collins.

We have just entered 2024 with a lot of uncertainty. The economic challenges remain strong, large companies are announcing more layoffs, countries are divided internally due to culture wars, while the geopolitical situation is dangerously unstable.

On a personal level, that thing you are worried about might happen, or it might not.

The fact is, worrying about outcomes does not influence those outcomes. Your worry is irrelevant, instead it is just internal torment that you carry around.

So why worry?