What I Worry About - Part 1
January 7, 2020

     In no particular order - no sorting, categorizing, commenting, or judgment.  Just a list, in fifteen minutes:

     Making the monthly mortgage payment, whether the kids are getting enough sleep, whether I‛m getting enough sleep, whether Brad‛s getting enough sleep.  Brad‛s heart and overall health.  Feeding the chickens, walking the dogs.  Whether I should try to kick the caffeine habit.  My carbon footprint.  The carbon miles of my food.  Bees.

     Having enough money to pay for the kids‛ college.  Whether we‛re reading enough to the kids.  How I will help them with homework when that starts.  Whether they‛re having a magical childhood.  How we will teach them responsibility and healthy risk-taking.  How they will navigate the social media landscape.  How they will navigate the social landscape.  How we‛ll pay for the goats and pigs we want to get for them.

     Flat tires on my car (we live on a dirt road).  My professional reputation.  My long-term contribution to my community.  The electric grid.  Vladimir Putin.  Oligarchs.  The long-term viability of the American experiment with self-governance.  Revitalizing self-governance at the local level, in/through both public and private organizations.  The series of unfortunate events that leads to a single shoe sitting in the middle of a heavily trafficked street.

     Entropy.  And whether I have what it takes to resist it. 

     Making the beds.  Potty training Koen.  Madeline‛s speech.  Emma.