Twelve Step Programs

Wouldn't it be nice if there was a twelve step program for people who worry too much (aka me)?

Full disclosure: I am sitting here in a bra and boy shorts, thinking that I shouldn't spend money on anything ever again because I will never make it to graduate school. I am basically feeling like I shouldn't even spend money on graduate school, at this point. Also troubling is my lack of a regular sleep schedule, the amount of cheese I ate at dinner, the fact that my glasses are a little bit smudged, my inability to keep my room clean, the amount of time since I last talked to my parents (they're going to die and I'll feel badly for not having talked to them enough!!), the fact that I got the day off tomorrow because I'm sick, the fact that I'm sick, the idea that I might be sick(er) because I had too much cheese at dinner, and so on.

Okay, Elisha, calm down. It's lecture time, publicly, on the interwebs. Let's think about this reasonably:

 A) You had a normal amount of cheese for dinner, and even if you didn't, you look fine. Even if you don't, all you need to do is live your life for other things and your weight will adjust healthily, accordingly.

B)  You have never been broke in your life, and it isn't likely that you are going to go broke now. You have enough money to pay your rent, so stop worrying and be happy.

C) You can clean your room tomorrow.

D) Your parents love you almost as much as you love them.

In short, everything is fine, and I'm not going to wake up tomorrow with no money at all. So why do I feel as though I am going to? I don't know, but it's ridiculous, and I eschew the thought venomously. I HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY! Worst comes to worst, I will get a second job at McDonald's and learn to love the Big Mac.

And now I am going to sleep. All is well.