Consider the best-case scenario: if the news turned out to be better than expected, you needlessly wasted all this time on fear. And the worst-case scenario: we choose to be miserable for extra time. Simply worrying doesn’t give you anything.
So, don’t be miserable in advance and focus less on what can go wrong in the future and focus more on the present.
Be too busy working to care and enjoy the present moment. If a problem is fixable, then advance like a hero and fix it. If it’s not, then there is no help in worrying. Either way, no benefit in worrying whatsoever.
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