Health Anxiety Common as COVID Restrictions Loosen

**Patriot76** · 08-27-2021, 03:56 AM

Originally Posted by hills

I found that getting vaccinated made a pretty big difference. I did what i could for the community, the family, and myself. It's like ...okay ... i've done the best i can and it's time to get on with my life. If it comes then it comes but it probably won't kill me. About 95 % of the eligible people in my area chose to get vaxxed. We're getting a few breakthrough cases here and there but it's more like a far away thing that you hear about on the news.

The main thing where people get stuck in a negative mindset is that they get hung up on what they other guy is doing. They crank, and fuss, and whine, and moan because the other guy didn't get vaxxed or chooses not to wear a mask. They're so judgemental. That judgementalism makes them crazy because other people and the world around them will never conform to the way they think it ought to be.

Anyhow ... life is a dangerous place to be. You'll never get out alive so you might as well enjoy the ride and make the most of every day. There's just no way of knowing. Today may be your last.

That's what i try to remind myself of when i'm having a bad day. I ask myself .... is this how i would like to spend my last day on earth ? That tends to put a lot of things into perspective.

What the other guy does is his business. You makes yer choices and you takes yer chances. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose depending upon if you made a good decision. It's just the way of things.

Your statement "is this how i would like to spend my last day on earth ?" puts everything in perspective. To add to it, what I do not do today, someone else will have to do tomorrow. This is just motivation for the endless list of jobs to complete.

**hills** · 08-29-2021, 04:04 AM

Originally Posted by Patriot76

Your statement "is this how i would like to spend my last day on earth ?" puts everything in perspective. To add to it, what I do not do today, someone else will have to do tomorrow. This is just motivation for the endless list of jobs to complete.

I can relate. It's a similar thing with me. I'm thinking about the legacy i leave behind when i'm gone. There are a lot more days behind me than there are ahead of me.It's time to start paring down and simplifying things so that somebody else can take over. It's probably going to be my wife but the property will eventually go to one of my boys. It may even get sold so i'm trying to get it into good shape.

It's been a great summer with working from sunrise to sunset most every day. Made quite a bit of gain on all of those projects that i never had time for while i was working the regular 40 hrs a week.

There's been a change in the air over the last few days though. I can feel it. The summer is drawing to a close and the days are getting noticeably shorter now. The wind has started coming up out of the North again and the daytime temperatures have dropped. The Oak trees have started dropping their acorns and the deer are coming in to feed.

I start my new job this week. Gonna miss that connection to the natural rhythm of the days. Just gotta hold turn for a few more years and then can retire do what i love most full time. Working the regular job is okay but i would rather be working here on the homefront and live life on my own terms.

I know you know ... you're livin' the good life there Patriot.