"Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything."
Mary Hemingway
Besides saying what you think this means, tell me about a time when worrying made a situation worse but fixing a situation made you feel better.
51 comments:
Umm well if you know me i am a worrier. I worry about anything i can and it sucks. It keeps me up at night and it effects me the next morning. I have never fixed a problem that i worry about becuase i worry so much. It always gets worse and worse befor it gets a hint better. One time i was worrying about this project and i was freaking out that i wouldnt get it done and i ended up not getting it done. By worrying about it so much i was not thinking clearly and did not finish in time.
Zack Ruffin
That blog was not the grearest for me. Maybe another question i could answer or something.
This quote relates to my personality a lot. I worry way to much about everything. One time I was stressing over my math final. I studied so much for the final, and I tired to jam as much information in my head as a could to do well on the final. I stayed up late the night before the final and I was really tired, which made me worry even more. The next day I was exhausted and I when it was time to take the final, I went blank and couldn't remember anything. An example when I fixed a situation instead of worrying about it was when I was taking my drivers test. I was a little concerned about parallel parking, so my dad took me to practice more in a school parking lot. By practing parallel parking, I got better at it and I did well on my drivers test. This made me feel a lot better, and I didn't stress or worry about it.
Becca Need
2nd Hour
I think the quote is trying to tell us that we dont need to worry about the problems in life but we need to live it freely and without trouble. A time in my life when I worried too much about was when I moved to WhiteLake. Now obviously the way I wanted to fix this problem is by moving back to dearborn and not having to worry about white Lake ever again. But I had to choose a different option, I choose to except this evil fate. I made the best of life up here so far, I have made friends and had lots of fun times. Another situation I worried about was staying in contact with all my friends from the D. I still Hang out with my friends and still stay in touch with people at my old school.
This quote means that: We all have things that we worry about some of the time. But if you spend your time everyday worrying you would have wasted so much of your valuable time. Either you try to fix what is bothering you if you can or find away to let it go. Mary Hemingway wants you to find away not to worry about the things that you cannot change and realize that to continue to worry won't do you any good. It's up to me to find a solution to my problem or realize it's not going to do me any good to keep worrying. A situation that I made worse by worrying was when I broke my window with a football. I kept waiting for my dad to notice that one of the layers of glass in my window was broke. It took almost a month for my dad to notice it. Yes, I had to pay half to get it fixed; so I spent all that time worrying about the window & the outcome would have been the same if I would have told my dad from the beginning. He would have made me pay half no matter what time he found out. When I lost my phone I knew it would cost a lot to replace it. I knew my parents weren't just going to go out and buy me a new phone. My mom had an old phone, therefore, I asked her for it and just had my numbers switched over. Instead of continue to worry how my parents would react; I took the situation into my own hands and found away to still have a phone and it didn't cost me a dime.
worrying makes every situation worse. one time over the summer me and my friends messed up someones house and worrying made everything a hundred times worse. There was damage done to the house and they cought one of the dumbass' involved that didnt run. It may or may not of been one of the twins. If we would of kept our mouths shut we wouldnt have gotten in trouble but worrying got to us and we basicly told on our selfs. By them finding out about this it made us feel a lot better because now we can openly hate that girl. not all lessons learned in life are good. word of advise dont write profanity on garages with shaving cream it may or may not stain. Also dont do it at nine after a football game when they are bound to walk out of their house.
I think this is saying that worrying about situations in life is pointless. If you spend all your time worrying about it then it never gets fixed. I remember one time when i was really worried was when my sister tore a ligament in her knee. I stopped worrying when we went to the doctor's and found out that she was going to be able to walk and play soccer again. I stopped worrying because at that moment i knew that she was going to be okay. Initially i was worried because i was afraid that she was not going to be able to walk again. I was also scared that she was not going to be able to play soccer again. My sister loved soccer, probably more than she loved me. I did not want to see her give up something that she loves to do. I was worrying for her and it was doing no good. I realized on the day when we were at the doctor's and my mom told me that worrying does nothing to help improve the situation. I now know that worrying is the worst thing you can do at a time of confrontation of difficulty.
Alec Shoems 3rd Hour
In life, many people are put into situations were problems or issues are created. The thing that makes these problems expand are when the people constantly worry about it mentaly. In order to fix any problem that is fixable, you must put aside your mental thaoughts and do something physically. I have found many situations in my life were i may be with a friend and we are going to be needing a ride home later that night. Well instead of continuing to having fun and such, i repeatedly run thoughts through my head saying oh god how am i going to get home. Since these days, besides the fact that i now drive, i have matured and erally believe and follow this quotes meaning. I now would immediatly stop everything im am doing, and look for a ride before it is to late and i am scrambling around looking for one. I have never found any better feeling than releaf when it comes to a complicated situation. So always remember, stop worrying about something mentaly and fix the situation physically before its to late.
conman
I think everyday people worry more and more about things that they over think. A problem or concern can be made worse by worrying to much. It can change your mood and it can also ruin your whole day. There was a time when i got in trouble for something that i didn't have a clue what it coulda of been. At this point i was thinking of all the bad things i could of got in trouble for but never did. I was over thinking the situation and it wasn't as bad as it could of been. So this quote can change your thought on how to handle a situation. It teaches you to think through your options and worry less about your problems. Theirs always a way to fix your problems and worrying is only gonna make it worse. You should be mature and face your problems straight up.
When you worry about something that means you are helpless to the situation. Some people worry and some dont, i for one dont worry. Say i didnt do an assignment some people would freak out about it but i do not because there are more things in life to "worry" about. On the occasion that i do worry i feel that i made the situation worse. The situation that comes to mind is just a few weeks ago for finals. I got so caught up on that second day about my math final and could focus enough on my Lit final. If i wouldnt have worried about Algebra II i believe i would have done better on the Lit final. Even though im content with a C- i should have done better but i worried too much about math and screwed myself over. Oh and i got a C- on my math which im happy with.
Will Michaels 2nd hour
2nd
A bad habit of mine is worrying about things that don't need to be worried about. My interpretation of this quote is that life is too short to waste it worrying about everything. Things happen for a reason, and in the end, all will work out like it's supposed to. One time when I was really worried about a costly hospital bill that was my fault. When I had found out, I was crying and really upset about the mess I had caused, because the bill was because of me and could have been prevented. In the end though, it turned out the insurance company had made a mistake, and everything was absolutely fine. Worrying about it only made the situation more stressful for me. A time when I fixed a situation was when I forgot to do a favor I had promised a coach. Instead of worrying about what they would say or do, I just went and told them. In the end it was no big deal, and there was no need for worrying. I think that not many things are worth getting upset over, because they usually end up how we want it to. Worry just ends up making the situation worse than it would ever be, and it never makes anything better.
I think that this quote is telling us not to worry so much and just fix the problem. What is the point in worrying so much. Dont waste your time on worrying you only have one life to live so fix your problems. Its also kind of saying dont worry be happy! I am the kind of person that worrys alot actually. I worry about almost everything. Most of my worries are stupid things though that i shouldnt worry about at all. One time i was worried about being by myself and not having anyone with me somwhere. I dont know if i really fixed the problem i just got over the worrying and moved on. Being by myself ended up not being that bad as i thought it would be.
Katlyn Twigg 2nd Hour
I think this quote is saying worrying only causes you added stress. If you can fix, fix it, but worrying wont fix the problem, it only adss to it. When there is a big project due, I sometimes worry if ill have enough time to do it well. Worrying about only stressed me out, it didnt solve anything. I figured that the best way to stop worrying about is to get it done so I dont have to. When I give myself more time till the due date, I can think more clearly and come up with better ideas. When I worry about something, I cant focus because I stress myself out. A clear mind makes everything more simpler.
deets
This quote is telling us that worry never does good, it only takes away from life. A lot of people in my family are really big worriers. I, on the other hand, am not. It takes a lot for me to get super worried, or worried at all. One thing that does worry me though is school and my future. People always bug me about what im going to do with my future and what college im going to go. I never know the answer to their questions and it worries me. I figured that me worrying wont do anything so i've started thinking about the possiblities of my future and i've started to problem solved and its helped a lot.
I worry a lot but try not to. It gets to me that I worry and annoys me then I worry even more. It drives me crazy! There was this one time when I did something I shouldn’t have and I worried about the consequences of my actions. I tried to fix my worries by just sating what I did why I did it and that I was very sorry and would take the consequences. But since I came out and said that I didn’t get into THAT much trouble. I felt better because I faced my worries and changed them. (this blog is prolly really bad! this was a hard one.)
I usually worry about my grades. Especially when they are not good enough. Like when they are not passing. Instead of worrying about it you have to do something. That's what I have started to realize. My grades were not where I wanted them last semester. So I had to do something about it. Now that I got everything situated I'm not worried as much anymore. Like Mary Hemingway said, "worry never fixess anything". Your the one who has to get up and do something about the problem.
Worrying is never the best thing to do. It makes things worse depending on whats going on. Personally I can't think of a time where this happened to me. I have had times where fixing something made it better. Like when my ex thought I was spreading lies saying that she was the one that broke up with me. Her friend came tome and threatened me, so I had to clear it upwith her that I had not been doing that. Finally my ex believed me after I told her ten times that I did not do it. And after I did convince her, her friend never threatened me again and my ex wasnt mad at me for nothing anymore.
Jams Richardson
3rd hour
I have been known to worry a lot about many things. I tend to worry about a lot of things. For example I worry a lot when I get in a fight with someone, I hate not knowing what is going to happen with us. Worrying it has made a lot of situations worse. It keeps me from consentrating on how i can fix the problem. I have been learning how to take control of my worries and get ride of them because I relized that theres a purpose for every thing in life.
In middle school I had a paper that was due in two days and I wrote half of it. Then their was a snowday so I couldn't get it out of my locker because the school was closed. I was so frustrated and worried that I wouldn't be able to get the paper that was almost done. I had my parents drive me to the school a couple of times to try to get the paper but none of the janitors saw us. Finally I just started writing the paper over again. I found out that it was extremely easy to write because I had it all still in my mind from the last time I wrote it. Instead of worrying and wasting all that time, it was so much easier to just write it again. I felt so good and relieved when it was finished. I had worried over something I couldn't really change but could easily fix. After I was finally finished I could just enjoy the snow day.
Kristen Pauly
2nd hr.
I absolutly agree with this quote. I feel that in my life i worry way too much about insignificant things. A time when i worried about something was when i had to give a speech. I hate getting up in front of people, and i always worry way too much for them. It got to the point where i made myself so nervous, i forgot everything when i got up in front of the class. But in the end, i calmed myslef down and everything was fine. I got all nervous for nothing. A time when when the situation made me feel better, was taking my road test. I was very scared to take my road test, especially for the parking part. So, my mom took me to an open parking lot, and we practiced parking all day. And i ended up doing very well on it. If you are ever worried or anxious about something, then you need to do something about it. You are going to get nowhere by just fretting about stuff all day, because you will make yourself go insane. Long story short, it is saying that worrying about stuff will just make your life shorter, and worrying never helps a situation, it only makes it worse.
This quote means don't worry! If you can fix it then fix it, but if you can't fix it then sit back and just let it work it's self out. I always worry about pleasing people in my life. I used to live my life around what other people wanted, and that was a mistake. Now i just sit back and live my own life. I would constantly worry if people liked me, or if I was good enough. Then I just realized I don't care. Yes, it is nice to make people happy but I don't want to spend the rest of my life trying to please people. I still occasionally find myself not being able to speak for myself, but Im getting better at it. I use to worry about what people will think, but i fixed the situation and now Im much more confident in who I am.
Taylor Dieck
3rd hr.
when your worried about somthing ur mind is running all over your head and you cant relax no matter what, u just cant stop thinking of the situation you are in thats why in the quote it says like how it u will lose a couple of years. if somthing is wrong try to fix it this way ull feel better and it takes a load off. wooring has made a situation worse for me, but only cause i couldnt stop thinking about it and i didnt kno wat was going to happen so thinking about it non stop caused me to lose my weekend in a figurative way and it usaul turns out to be nothing which is y u shouldnt worry in the first place. somtimes physical activity helps relieve the stress i try that
To me, this means that worrying is pointless. When you are worrying about something, you are not going forward in a problem. Instead of trying to solve the problem you are thinking about what mom and dad are going to think. I mean, if I get a bad grade in math and worry about what my mother is going to say, instead of trying to figure out why I got the bad grade, then I am not doing anything to help myself am I? Actually, grades are a perfect example. I didnt do so hot in my first term in AP Bio. I spent my time worrying about how mad my mom was going to be and trying to figure out an excuse. So, what did i do wrong? What didnt I learn? I have no idea. I didnt focus on trying to make myself better. On the flip side, when I didnt do so hot in math in term 2, I asked for help. I understood what I did wrong and corrected it. So, when my mother asked why I got a "C", I told her what i messed up in and that I had already gotten help from my teacher. Not surprisingly, my mother was less angry.
This quote explains how worrying about things wont help anything, in fact it usually makes it worse. for many situations problems tend to solve themselves out over time, worrying just makes it harder to overcome an issue. a situation were i was worrying about something was about a grade i had in spanish. every time i thought about it it made me nausea's! nothing could really get done by just worrying about it. all the worrying would put me in a bad mood and make me feel like crap. i actually didn't get to solve the problem i had to include my parents in it because some teachers believe listening to students opinions are worthless? but everything got sorted out and i felt a whole lot better, like a huge weight had just been lifter off me.
I believe that this quote is trying to say that if you worry to much, it takes away from your life. It takes away from opportunities that you could have experienced and such. I worry about a lot of things. The main thing I worry about is my grades in school. I'm constantly worrying about that. I become a little obsessive when it comes to my grades. Whenever you worry, you always make the situation much worse. I believe this is because your so focused on what's bothering you, you miss out on what's in front of you. A time where I worried so much it made the situation worse. When I worry, I always tend to get a little paranoid. When I feel like someone is being mean to be, I get so upset because I feel like I did something wrong, even when I know I didn't, and I worry so much, and it ends up where the person wasn't even mad at me in the first place. Always when I'm really busy with school and poms, I worry about how I'm going to complete all my work. I've learned to manage my time. I try to compelte assignments in class so I don't have as much homework as well as cut out the non-important necessities that I do, such as texting and facebook. This usually helps a lot.
Alanna Nagi
2nd hour
I think its saying worrying is a waste of your time. The time you spend worrying could be spent looking for a solution which is going to help fix the situation. I personally try not to worry about things because i know that whatever happens i just have to deal with it because i cant change the fact that it did happen. ALl you can do is face your problems and try and fix them. If you can, great. if you cant, to bad. A time i worried about something and it made it worse was when my friend told me another friend was upset with me. I worried about it forever before i finally decided to talk to them about it and then it turned out to not be as big of a deal as i was making it. So, i pretty much worried about nothing.
This quote is saying that worrying doesnt do anything. It only makes you worry more and more. Worrying can never help a situation no matter what. It only makes the people around you worried and doesnt help at all. When I was younger I broke a glass vase and didnt know what to do so I threw it in the trash. Since I was young and stupid, I put it in the trash can in the bathroom which wasnt very big. I was so worried that my mom would find it that I couldnt take it anymore. I told her what happened and she was glad I was honest. As soon as I told her I felt instant relief. I didnt have to worry about being caught anymore.
Cody Kabisa
The only time I ever worry is if someone close to me is mad at me. I worry about it for hours upon hours, I figure that I did something wrong. I just can't figure out what it is and I worry. I never get the balls to ask them what I did wrong so I end up just worrying about it for a long time. it eventually gets better over time but I should learn how to handle it better. An example of how I handled a situation where I was worrying is when someone was mad at me and I finally got the balls to ask them what I did wrong and I felt so much better when I found out because we ended up talking about it and we made up. It was a happy ending.
-Mike
A time i worried that made a situation worse was back when i played football. When you play football you need to hit low with full force, and if you hesitate at all, you lose. A time that i worried in football was sophomore year when i was in the middle of the field off of a kick off, and the other team recieved the ball. When a team does kick off, everyone runs down field, and when the player from the other team receives the ball, the kick off team closes in on them and takes them down. In this case, when the other player recieved the ball he ran straight down the side of the field and the kick off team couldnt adjust quick enough so the runner slipped right past all of them. Because i was near the middle of the field, after hitting a couple oponents, i took off after the ball carrier. Suprisingly i caught up to him, and when i went down to take him out i hesitate, then got clipped from behind. Even though getting hit from behind, it pushed me forward and i grabbed as much of his jersey as i could, but it wasnt enouhgh, and because i got clipped, i couldnt wrap up and tackle the ball carrier. When i got hit from behind i hesitated because my focus shifted from getting the ball, to, how many people are behind me. When my focus shifted i worried, and i lost my focus on the ball, causing me to miss the tackle. A couple days later that following week, in practice I became bolder, and more confident, and i didnt lose focus on the ball, no matter when or when i got hit. I conditioned myself harder, so i could run faster and farther, and the next game i was on the recieving team and they did an onside kick and i got it in the air, and i ran it to the fifty yard line.
I totally agree with this quote. Worrying about things takes up a lot of people's time and is just a negative thing to do. It's easy to get caught up in thinking what could go wrong but that takes time away from fixing/preventing those things and can hold you back from living life. People who are more carefree and don't hold back because they are afraid of what might happen to them are happier overall. I can't think of any specific situations when worrying has made things worse and fixing it made it better. But an example of a possible one is when you think someone is talking behind your back or doesn't like you. You could sit there and worry about it and miss out on a friendship and have bad feelings for the person, or you could approach them and try to straighten it out or be friendly. It's an easy fix for a problem without taking time or enjoyment out of life.
This quote means that if we worry too much, it will take our life away, literally. If we worry too much, the stress will make us seem older, faster. If you know me well, I freak out about everything. When I say that, I mean I worry about everything! (Also, if you know me, you know I have a girlfriend and I am very very very protective over her. I know I have a problem. Idk how she puts up with me.) One situation I can remember is I started to worry so much when she got assigned to sit in front of her ex-boyfriend in school. This doesn't sound that bad, but I was worried he would do something. To make matters worse, his big brother sat right behind him. I thought they could harrassed her together, so every day I would worry during that hour. Everyday, I would ask her if anything happened, and for the most part she said no. We had also just got back back together so I didn't trust her fully, too. However, this annoyed her so much that we got in a big fight about how nothing has happened and she'll never let anything happen. This just shows how my worrying and constant nagging made matters a lot worse, when I should've realized that she was right about nothing happening. I also trust her a lot more now, as that was quite a while ago. I have come a long way, so in reality I have fixed my situation. I realize that I can't be so protective, and now it has made things a whole lot better.
I for some reason am constantly worrying about something. Im always worried about whether or not I have things done. The quote makes alot of sense to me. I believe it is saying that instead of constantly worrying about things just fix the problem and move on with your life. Im sure that if I stopped worrying about things it would make things alot less stressful and alot more enjoyable. Last year I was so stressed out about finals that I was to busy worrying and I wasnt able to aquire all of the information and didnt do so well. I found out recently with the declaration of rights project that just doing it makes things alot easier, I got the project done the day it was assigned and now I feel better because im not stressing out trying to get it done tonight.
My grandma always says, “Worrying gives you wrinkles.” That always makes me start solving an issue faster. I think that the quote from Mary Hemingway is defiantly true. If you take more time worrying about something instead of solving the problem, it just makes things harder for you. Some people worry so much that it makes them sick. I think that is why they invented the stress ball. Anyway, very recently I have gone through an argument with a friend that caused me to worry about that issue and not focus on something more worthy. Personally, I didn’t want to worry, but it was one of those things that keep you away from everything besides that problem. Now, not only did it cause, maybe, a few wrinkles in my future, but it also took away from me trying to figure out the issue instead. I think that is why friends are so important. They make you see that some issues you find so huge and dramatic, is so small and unnecessary. Things like worrying takes away from your life therefore, take the time to solve a problem and not worry about it, which is what I think that quote means.
Lauren Beattie
3rd Hour
The quote by Mary Hemingway is saying that worrying isn't neccessary. All the worrying that occurs brings you down and wares you out mentally. Life is more simple and great when you can enjoy your time worry-free. Worrying about all the little things in life can cause you to miss out on something good. One time my worrying made a situation worse was when I was working on a huge project for school. I spent WAY too much time working on it last minute that I worried all night about how I would forget what to say when I present it, and when I did present it, I did horribly. I fixed a situation that made me stop worrying and feel better when I had to do a group project at school a few years ago. My partner took home the project to finnish and instead of worrying if she would do it right, I trusted that it would be ok and continued living life without freaking out over something little.
I am i constant worrier. Every night i always have something to worry about, and the next morning im stll thinking about it. Most of the time its something that isnt a big deal at all. This wasw true when my my car broke down on m59 over the summer. When it brooke, i immediately started worrying about how my dad was going to react. I figured since he had to work early in the morning, and was already going to bed, he wasnt going to be happy coming out to come pick me up. But after he came, he wasnt happy, i couldnt blame him either. But after talking to him, hesaid he was just upset because all the cars passing by, made him worry about somebody hitting the car. He wasnt mad at me. So talking about that with him made me so much more relaxed.
What this quote is trying to say is that worrying is the worst thing you can do. When you worry about something it just makes it worst. I somehow can’t get over the fact that if I don’t worry everything will be ok. I worry about the littlest things and they always make my day worst. For some reason I always worry about presentations. I hate them and I always worry about them. Once they are over I realize they aren’t that bad and why did I worry so much about this. I wish I would never worry about anything but I know that’s impossible.
To me this quote means that if you worry about something long enough you would haved wasted a lot of your time. To me this quote is pointless. It is pointless becaue I don't really worry. I have a very laid back personality. Once in a while I will slightly get worried about something. Usually it would have had to been a very big deal before I get worried. A time when I was worried was when my dad was in the hospital when he had a heart attack. I was very worried because I didn'nt know if he was going to make it. I was so worried that I couldn't sleep the whole night after my mom took my sister to the hospital to see him. Another time was whenn my grandpa was in the hospital after he had a heart attack too. I felt the same way because he had his while he was driving home from Houghton Lake where he was deer hunting.
This quote can relate to me very well. I worry about almost everything, even the smallest things. I cant really tell if that's good or bad. Something that i worried about was coming into high school. i was super worried, and kinda scared. I stayed up all night before the first day. Thinking about almost everything that could happen to me, or to other people. I wasn't really thinking about the good things only the bad. If i would have just not worried about high school i probably would have been a better year.
"Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything."
Mary Hemingway
I think that worrying about things personally makes it worse. I feel that the less we focus and stress on things the better i feel. Im someone who worries about everything possible, always worring about failure to succeed. In our lives we worry about descisions we make. The descisions could be life changing, this is why we worry. Worrying about the outcome of what could happen. Once in my life i got silly puddy all over my dads neww glasses. I was so afraid that i hid them and made sure nobody could find them. My dad searched for so long, and i was constantly worried that he found them, and knew i did it. Finally i told him that i did it. They were mad yes, but not as mad as they would be when they could have potentially found them. This is good because i was paranoid about that event happening , but eventually i manned up.
Well a time that I am worried would be all the time. I always over think things way to much. I cannot fall asleep when im worry about stuff, to much on my mind. But if i were to just mabye talk to the person about what im worring about. Instead of just trying to ignore it. It honestly gets me no where. But when i do actually talk about it, I feel so much better that everytings been lifted off my shoulders(:
This quote is basically describing me in a nut shell. It's actually exactly how I am all the time. I tend to worry about stupid things and over think situations way too much. Usually a situation isn't that dramatic as I make it to be but I think of all the possibilities of outcomes or things that haven't even happened yet. This statement is telling us to step back and calm down because just letting things unfold will solve a problem by itself most of the time. A situation that made me worry was when I was very young. I have stolen a really pretty rock from the fish store up the road it was blue, my favorite color. Right after I got out of the store I regreted it right away. After a few hours of basically peeing my pants with worries I told my parents. Yes, they were angry but the store keeper was pleased with my honesty and actually let me keep it. Fixing broken relationships with friends really makes me feel better all around. I hurts to lose a friend but after talking about it calmly everything works out. People don't like confrontation; the best way to handle a problem is to come at it calm and collective.
Audrey
I think this means that we shouldn't waste away our lives worrying about things. If you can fix the problem, then all the better. If you can't fix the problem, though, we shouldn't waste our lives worrying over what we could have done better or changed. Rather, we should move on and learn from a problem or mistake rather than wasting time worrying. One time this year when I wasted time worrying was when I had one of the huge projects for this class to do. I had basically no time in my life for doing a project that week, I think I was sick, my dog died, and I had poms and other homework to catch up on. Anyways, every day of the week I would worry about how I was ever going to finish in time. My mom finally told me the night before the project was due that she would buy me some Starbucks coffee so after the basketball game I had to go to, I could stay up late to start and finish my project. Instead of worrying the whole game, I just told myself I was going to work hard and not get distracted when I got home. I managed to do just that, and after staying up until 4:00 in the morning, I finally printed my work and crashed, along with getting rid of my worry about the project. I ended up getting a 100 percent, and even though I don't want to ever have to do that again, I now know that if there's a will, there's a way; I don't have to waste time worrying, rather, I just need to get it done and out of my mind.
I think this means you can't worry about everything, and you just have to let things roll off your back. For me though, its not that easy. I worry about everything. Whether it's worth the worry or not, I worry about it. It kind of ties into the free blog from friday with me being scared of a lot of things. My worrying deprives me of sleep, and refuses to let me focus. I blank on everything when I worry, which isn't a good thing. And really, the only thing I can do to fix that, is subconsciously stop worrying about everything.
Sam Tedder
What I believe the quote means is that worrying about something never helps to solve whatever it is that you are worrying about. People sometimes worry about situations when they can do absolutely nothing about them. They just feel bad or sorry for something and let themselves worry about it and consume them. In the end it solves nothing and ends up hurting yourself with something that was out of your hands all along. Other times people worry about things that they actually can do something about and just sit there, not doing anything and just working themselves up. Instead of wasteing time they need to actually do something about what it was they were worrying about. A situation I have been through, when worrying about something made it all worse was about my boyfriend and his car. A few months ago he got into a car accident and hurt his car pretty bad. It was still able to fix but took money. Money that he didn't have because he lives with his grandparents and has no real support financially to be able to fix his car. So he was out of a car, which is kind of necessary in Michigan. About a month went by when I was driving him to and from school, that my brother decided to fix his car for him at my house. In the end everything backfired, and my boyfriend's uncle ended up taking the car back because he didn't think my brother was doing it right. I knew everything was putting a lot of stress on my boyfriend. He felt bad that my family put in money and everything, and was really stressed out. Everything was really out of his control and mine. I felt horrible. Completely useless. I spent all my time worrying about his situation and everything that was happening instead of being happy with my boyfriend and just being there for him. Because I was sad, it put more stress on him and made everything worse. I know now that sometimes you can't worry about things that are out of your hands, but to be there for someone in the way that they need you to be. To do as much as you can do yourself. I learned a lot from that whole experience. A lot. In the end, everything worked itself out. After so much worrying, realizeing how pointless it is to do, you realize what really needs to be done to help someone.
Megan Kastelen
3rd hour
This has happened to me many times. I don't consider myself much of a worrisome person but when i do something stupid i always feel that little devil and angel pop up on my shoulders telling me what to do. For example this summer i worked at a wallpaper business. It was a long day of hard work at a senior citizen american home and i got caught off guard when we were pulling off the old aged wallpaper. i lost concentration for a brief second and pulled the paper over a fire alarm setting off a deafening scream and putting several seniors into a confused scared state. I was very nervous worried and especially embarrassed. Not only was this bad cause it was in a big american house but it was also my first day at this job. I was very worried i would be fired after my first day. As i ran around the halls telling the older folks it was just a false alarm i got allot of nasty looks as well as a few chuckles. We had to call the fire department to tell them it was just a false alarm and by fixing my problem i felt still embarrassed but relieved it was over. After all the worrying nobody was hurt and i still had my job so i felt much better. In other words i shouldn't have sweat the smart stuff.
taylor Wattles
Unfortunately, all of us worry; that is, become nervous, frightened, anxious, guilty. I'm sure that we spend literally months of our lives (in all, not consecutively) in a state of anxiety. When I was 7 . . . umm . . . or maybe it was actually last week (I don't remember :-) ), I had to go to the doctor to get up to date on my vaccination. I was very nervous. Yes . . . I don't like needles. They . . . scare me. Going through this worrying time did nothing for me. I got into the room, had my vaccinations, and left. It was easy . . . and relatively painless too. By just getting them over with (fixing the situation), I DID feel better.
This quote is so true. The more you worry about things, the more time you are just wasting. An example of when I might have over worried about something was like giving a speech in front of the class. I worried about it so much and thought about it all the time. I thought that I was going to embarrass myself, or do bad. But the way I fixed the situation was just nutting up and giving a great speech. Public speaking scares many people, but the way to get over that fear is to just do it. It really does make you feel so much better after you just do it. Worrying and thinking about a situation all the time is just a waste of time and is only going to stress you out. Worrying; sucks.
This quote makes a great deal of sense to me. Basically, I agree that in life, time should never be wasted through stressing and worrying. By freaking out about a situation, the problem will not be solved. Life is way too short and I now realize that everything happens for a reason. To be completely honest, however, I do not always abide by this philosophy. I try really hard but quite a few times I have allowed worrying and stressing to leave me utterly overwhelmed. This happened just last week. I was extremely worried about situations both at school and at home that I let it get the best of me. Before I even knew it, I had pushed away the loyal, loving people in my life and dug myself a hole away from it all. The situation only got a lot worse as new problems began to arise between my closest friends and I. As soon as I stopped worrying a bit, it became clear to me, that the people in my life who love and care for me the most do not deserve to see myself acting as such a different person. I realized that the stress and overwhelming worrying I was doing, was affecting more than just myself, but the people in my life as well. As soon as I began to chill and look at the positive things going on in my life, rather than the “what ifs?” everything seemed to get a little better.
John Kent
2-8-10
I think it means that we spend to much time worrying and not trying to fix the problem that you are worrying over. Event though worrying is good for you in small amounts. If you spend to much time worrying it is not healthy. If you are worried about something you should try fix the problem as much as you can. One time, when I was really young, there was a PBC pipe that was sticking out of the wall so we could install a sink. I stood on it and broke it. My mom wasn’t so upset but I worried about how my dad would react. I was so worried I had to end my play date with my friend. We called my father at work. He was upset but not as much as I thought. I worked my self up so much then realized it wasn’t worth it. I was so worried about when I broke it and it was not until I had told Dad that I had broke the pipe I stopped worrying. Eventhough worrying may be good, in the long run it is unhealthy and takes up too much time that you will never get back. Like Mary Hemingway had said, “Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years.”
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I can be a worrier sometimes. It does affect the things I do. Usually if I worry things just get worse. I try not to worry as much as possible but it never works. I constantly remind myself in certain situations not to worry. One specific time was when I was in a cheerleading competition and I got nervous and I messed up really bad. So now whenever I get on the mats I always remind myself that there are 15 other girls on that mat with me that are feeling the same way.
I think this quote is very true. When you get yourself worked up worrying about somethings it only makes matters worse. If you dont even know the whole situation you are getting more stressed than you probably even need to be. When the quote says worry a little bit everyday and in a lifetime you will lose a couple years it is saying that worrying makes things harder than they have to be.Im not saying not to worry but dont get too worked up over a situation that may not even be that bad. A situation when this happened to me was wheni got in a car accident without my license, i thought the world was pretty much ending. Atleast thats what it seemed like to me, maybe not getting my license till 21 made me soooooo upset. I got myself so worked over the situation and over analyzed every little thing.It ended up that the police officer was nice, and let me go because i was hit by a drunk driver. Then i had my parents to deal with, so i was still freaking out, but it turned out they werent as mad as i thought and i got my license and car. So, me overthinking everything and getting so stressed didnt do anything but take some years off my life probably. I learned from that situation and i try not to overthink things too much.
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