I figure I’ll knock this out during the in-between of packing and travelling.
We’re pretty much as good as we’re going to get; deal with what comes as it comes.
This really kind of fits with my approach to a lot of different things; things happen, you deal, and move forward as best you can.
You can’t plan everything.
And your inability to plan everything doesn’t make you a bad person. Yes, you should take reasonable measures, but things just happen someimes.
How you react to those things speaks more to you as a pest, I think.
Today’s prompt really pairs well with the line of thinking —
Are you superstitious?
The older I get, the less superstitious I am.
That doesn’t go well with many of the standard OCD behaviors. No, nothing bad is going to happen because you didn’t check the lock on the door a certain number of times.
You didn’t lock the door.
Most probable: Nothing happens at all.
A bit worse: Someone comes in
Worse, still, they take your stuff
Worst of at all, he/she hurts you
But unless you live in a really bad place, the first option is the most likely.
Something to discuss with my shrink next time I speak to her; what’s her take on things like superstition? Am I doing it wrong that it really doesn’t bother me much anymore?
(No. I’m pretty sure she’d say that my response is the healthy one. It’s like I’m learning or something.)
But, even absent the cogitative behavioral therapy techniques, I viewed most of the things people did as just foolish. (And thinking that makes me a bad person….ANOTHER THING I SHOULDN’T THINK!)
Prepare appropriately in a reasonable amount of time you’ve dedicated to preparation.
Then go do it. Whatever it is.