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lostnfound

(16,179 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:03 PM Mar 2020

How many major life issues are you worried about right now?

COVID 19.
Stock market collapse.
Trump exhaustion.
Prospect of job loss very high.
Job stress skyrocketing.
Carrying two mortgages because old house isn’t selling.
Very close family member over age 80.
Most important person in my life is young but immunocompromised.

I’m out of Kahlua and don’t want to shop. (Just kidding).

But hey, the flower are blooming in the yard, the sun is out and I can start growing veggies. the birds come to my window — bluebirds, Cardinals, woodpeckers.

I’m low on brandy.
I need to get a will.

It’s all going to be okay, right?


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Yes I'm freaking out but life is okay
0 (0%)
Landed in a Dali painting
0 (0%)
Standing in the middle of a mental tornado
6 (100%)
Everything's cool, no worries
0 (0%)
Other
0 (0%)
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How many major life issues are you worried about right now? (Original Post) lostnfound Mar 2020 OP
You forgot screaming fights because SOMEONE won't take the same level of precautions. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #1
I just had thoracic surgery and I'm 71. Walleye Mar 2020 #2
Landed in *this* painting: The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #3
There are those damn dog ears again. Lochloosa Mar 2020 #7
SO FAR, we're not fighting among ourselves for food and water. That's good. Hoyt Mar 2020 #4
My pregnant daughter's health, and her sister's health. AJT Mar 2020 #5
Living through this Lochloosa Mar 2020 #6
My state got medical marijuana in 2018 HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #8
Not much. I'm kind of in a holding pattern right now. smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #9
I haven't been the same... stillcool Mar 2020 #10
Trying to change my401 k money in less stable areas in afraid to c how much money I lost FloridaBlues Mar 2020 #11

58Sunliner

(4,386 posts)
1. You forgot screaming fights because SOMEONE won't take the same level of precautions.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:08 PM
Mar 2020

I gotta hit the liquor store tomorrow. Low on bourbon, rum and vodka. I hate to survive a crisis without help.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. SO FAR, we're not fighting among ourselves for food and water. That's good.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:11 PM
Mar 2020

As long as that continues, we can adapt.

While trump was a miserable failure tonight, his Admin seems to get it’s no hoax. That’s not much, but a start.

I’d like to see Sanders and Biden come out Sunday with a plan forward, no matter what the moderators ask.

AJT

(5,240 posts)
5. My pregnant daughter's health, and her sister's health.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:14 PM
Mar 2020

My family's health
Our citizens getting the virus
My retirement IRA
The evil that is the GOP
The dumpster fire in the white house
The great possibility that our healthcare system will be overwhelmed
The emergency declaration that may cancel the election
My stress eating
Do I have enough vodka for being quarantined?

 

HarlanPepper

(2,042 posts)
8. My state got medical marijuana in 2018
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:23 PM
Mar 2020

Getting a card is the Best investment I’ve made in recent memory.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. Not much. I'm kind of in a holding pattern right now.
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:27 PM
Mar 2020

I'm definitely not freaking out. And I am probably not as concerned as I should be. However, there is someone on our team at work who has been working from home all week and I am a bit worried that he has been exposed and might have exposed the rest of us.

I feel like our manager is protecting him, but I can't be sure. Usually, if he was sick, he would send an email to the rest of us letting us know his status, but he hasn't been communicating with us at all.

He has just been home with no explanation. If our manager is protecting him, I think that is very irresponsible and that he has a duty to let our HR or Security department know to warn the rest of us. I have to admit, I saw an email that he sent to our boss that was a little vague, but that led me to believe that he is being quarantined.

I'm not sure how to handle this. Any advice?

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
10. I haven't been the same...
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:30 PM
Mar 2020

Since the election night of 2016. The surreal world I entered that night is now woven into any day I poke my head outside myself and look around.

FloridaBlues

(4,008 posts)
11. Trying to change my401 k money in less stable areas in afraid to c how much money I lost
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:50 PM
Mar 2020

Before it's all gone.do it fast...

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