It is a weird time. I need to finish our tax return, I need to do my brother's taxes, I need to see my doctor for prescription renewals, we are leaving on a grand adventure in a little over a month.
I have to remind myself, that everything is under control.
When I was growing up, my parents stressed over doing taxes, it was one of the only times they demanded silence in the house, and the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. An irrational fear of making a mistake. An unhealthy pattern that I should have shed about 45 years ago, and persists. I will get them done, ours are relatively simple these days, it is just a matter of plugging the numbers in.
My health needs are pretty simple, and have not changed much in a decade. And I am not out to live forever, just to be relatively healthy until the inevitable catches up with me. And my doctor understands me - she even has a similar twisted sense of humor. I shouldn't stress, still it is one more thing to get done before we leave on the grand adventure.
The trip is planned in detail, four airline flights, one train journey, one cruise (already checked in I have the boarding passes), six different hotel reservations, all done and planned. Almost always something will not go as planned, and we will find alternatives and it will all work, it always does.
And yet there is that low level background anxiety, it happens at this time of the year. I am reminded that most of what we worry about either already has happened, or never will happen.
Bobby was right, Don't Worry, Be Happy.
I don't like tax time either. Heavens knows why...I have my advisor do them and it all pans out. I should be getting my refund any day now.
ReplyDeleteI should have someone else do them,
DeleteTax time is a headache. My father used to do ours without a big production. We always had to be quiet around him, so it wasn’t anything new. We really should do ours ourselves again.
ReplyDeleteThings always were tense around money.
DeleteYes, even though we give all our information to the accountant, it's always nerve-wracking at tax time. But, as Maddie said, it all pans out rather painlessly.
ReplyDeleteSame with trips; you worry about connections and reservations and timelines, but it all works out okay even if there is a glitch.
The detour can be the highlight of the adventure.
DeleteMake a physical list and check things off one as they're finished. It feels good to cross things off and see the list get shorter. And then it's time for the grand adventure!
ReplyDeleteTaxes are done.
DeleteI do my own taxes and it has gotten easier especially since I have retired. The online tax service is free for me and not too complicated. I have to get back to working on that - maybe today!
ReplyDeleteI hope your travels will not be affected by the war. I've read of other bloggers that have to worry about flights because of that.
I use online software for taxes. We should be okay on the travel, with where we are going.
DeleteI will always love that Bobby McFerrin song, if for no other reason than he rhymes the word "litigate."
ReplyDeleteA great talent indeed
DeleteWorry is so hard on our bodies but it's one of those things we have a hard time controlling.
ReplyDeleteTime for a walk, then a nap.
DeleteFirst off, thanks for the lovely earworm. I'll be humming that all day. I don't worry about taxes since Balder Half takes care of them. I'll worry if he goes belly up before I do. Until then, he can turbo tax his little butt off.
ReplyDeleteSomeday I will hand them off to someone else to do.
DeleteI agree with your sentiment. Until my taxes are filed, I live with the constant drone of an irritating undercurrent. My tax situation is fairly simple, but just setting aside the block of time to organize and check the records is the threshold. Once I get started, it goes fairly quickly. The day that the forms are filed, there is a lightness.
ReplyDeleteWill Jay
I am smiling this afternoon, time for a nap.
DeleteLife can be busy. You can handle it just fine.
ReplyDeleteIt is great to hear from you. Yes, I let things stress me that I shouldn't
DeleteTravel anxiety does not decrease with age, but I will say it is easier for me on my own, without a partner to worry about, if two weeks in another city counts for anything.
ReplyDeleteI will review all of the details soon, to assure myself I have not missed anything. I have a 1/2 inch thick file.
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