Worry Knot

Clearly understand, there isn't any situation that isn't made worse by worry. Worry never solves anything. Worry never prevents anything. Worry never heals anything. Worry serves only one purpose... it makes matters worse.
~Bob Procter


I’m a worrier. I am worried about the 5k. Worried I will not be able to run it all. Worried that my heart has some defect that no one knows about until it’s too late, and I will fall, die and not be able to goto Hawaii. I am worried about Hawaii-falling off the road to Hana, salmonella poisoning, sleeping in a bug-infested bed, sharks, jellyfish, riptides and the plane-oh the plane-what if???? My father in-law told me not to worry about things in the water because they have a really big net out there that keeps the big fish away, so I suppose I can stop worrying about that. But what if there is a hole in the net?

I am a bona-fide worrier. I worry about this too—I worry that I will stop this blog, get really, super fat again and just be that way the rest of my life.

I worry about daily things too—like farting on stage, really loud and then having to finish my set. I worry about offending people. I worry that one day I won’t be able to make money in comedy—and I also worry about the person I will be if I ever do get a big break.

I worry about my loved ones and my friends (a lot), I worry about my financial future, I worry about germs and roller coasters and my daughter and people in third-world countries. I think about a lot of other things, but I don’t want to worry you.

And sometimes, I worry that the gravitational pull of the universe is just going to stop one day and we will all float into space—and then—and only then—I know I would regret all the worrying I did. What a waste to worry about the present moment right now. The running, the losing weight, the trip to Hawaii and how I should have really enjoyed this time.

So I’m focused on changing the way I worry these next two weeks. With the help of Xanax, friends and family I plan on enjoying every second of next week beginning with good workouts and ending with my first 5k.

You get one life peeps—let’s live it UP. Have a great weekend.