Don't Panic!

"I don't' get ulcers...I'm a carrier!"

That used to be a motto I lived by.

Not so much over the past few years as I have gotten older and had more things to worry about.

But for the past month I have really tried to live by that creed. And more recently I have defined it even more: Don't panic.

Panicking is NEVER good. Whether its a work, while driving or when drowning!

There is always room for anger and elation and frustration but you should never panic.

When you panic you make bad decisions that are rushed...and those will usually just lead to more bad decisions down the road.

After repeating this to several people over the past week or so I had a revelation. I had heard this somewhere else before.

Then it hit when when I woke up Saturday: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy!

Douglas Adams tome on the destruction of the Earth and space travel (OK, its more than that...lol) put those words into my subconscious back in 1986 when I read the first book in the four book trilogy and there are even more true today.

Don't panic.

Two simple words that have allowed me to be more relaxed and to make better decisions.

Don't panic.

Try it...it works.

~ Glenn

Don't worry, Be Happy

I am a worrier.

As you could read in the last post I probably worry too much.

I thinks its the influence of my Italian mother and grandmother!

But I'm going to try to stop...really.

I wasn't always this way though. In fact I used to be the most laid back guy you could ever meet. Nothing ever got me excite and I just cruised through life.

In fact I often said that I never got ulcers...I was a carrier!

But in the last 15-20 years I have started to worry about everything:

money
kids
life
death
the weather
making lists...lol

So how do you STOP thinking about how things could go wrong?

I'm not entirely sure...but I'm going to try...really.

Anyone have any suggestions?!?!

~ Glenn