Worries

Daily writing prompt

What are you most worried about for the future?

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How’s this for a banger of a daily question, eh? What am I most worried about for the future?

Everything. Literally everything. 52 years old and the only thing that surprises me is that I am not six feet four inches of walking, talking ulcer due to constantly worrying about literally everything.

• I constantly worry about the health and well being of my wife and my step kids
• I constantly worry about the health and well being of my extended family, including all of my in laws
• I constantly worry about the state of my job and the company I work for
• I constantly worry about my family’s financial standing
• I constantly worry about my health, even more so over the last year when I flipped my entire physical state upside down and inside out. Who knows what’s going to happen now?
• In the spirit of Independence Day in the United States, I constantly worry about the rise of fascism in my country and the break down of our society that will likely end with the end of the society I have always known
• On a related note, I constantly worry about which of my neighbors are embracing the rise of fascism and would gleefully sell out all of the good people around them because they look or act different than what they consider acceptable

That’s just the tip of the iceberg, I think. Just the first few things that popped into my mind when I read the writing prompt. I am sure if I sit here and stress over it I could increase the length of that list by 9000% or so.

Suffice to say, worrying is more or less my personal national pass time. I’m good at it. It comes naturally to me.