You can always
- try to change a situation
- try to remove yourself from a situation
- try to accept a situation
The worst thing you can do it be lazy about changing / leaving a situation yet constantly complain about it.
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What if my problem is a bear chewing on my face?
One way or another, you won't have to worry about it soon.
Can you do somethng about it? No, then don't care
I always hate when people say “it is what it is” but they’re right. It is.
there's a secret third option "I don't know if I can do something about it, I keep trying different things, and things keep failing through and going wrong, and I keep trying again and getting up hope, and I keep failing and being disappointed, but should i try other things? but wait maybe this'll work, that's exciting! But what if it doesn't work like everything else... aaaaaaa I'm stressed"
then it does make sense to worry
Don't worry about it
Oh now I get it!
Can you do something about it?
☐ yes
☐ no
☒ maybe?? something might occur to me if i just think hard enough about it?? not like that hasn't worked in the past.
What if I can do something but I'm too lazy to do it?
Then you're ahead of the game because you already weren't worrying
I can worry and not act just fine.
Alternatively, what if you can do something about it but you're not sure what that is, so you're caught in decision paralysis. And then outsider observers call that "lazy" because it's easier than empathizing with someone who is experiencing a pronounced difficulty?
I have one problem, existing on planet earth. Only 50 more years left of my shift on earth.
Me, asphyxiating: "Nothing I can do about this except tilt my head back and take a deep breath and... oh wait".
All I see is a head blissfully rolling off of a pathway into the sweetness of oblivion, one question at a time.
Shikata ga nai
Bonus points if you get the reference.
Reference? That's just a saying.
For anyone reading this who doesn't understand, shikata ga nai is a common saying in Japanese that literally translates to "nothing can be done." It's used very similarly to the English saying "it is what it is." It's not a reference insofar as just speaking in another language isn't really a reference to anything
No points for you, sorry.
That's okay, I'm just confused/intrigued at how anyone is going to identify a reference based on a common saying. Like "Goodnight, sleep tight" or "goddammit" or "kids these days". I'll be lurking to see what happens :)
Hi
Updoot if you get the reference