The Anxious Mind

I was on a 7 night cruise with my wife, and nearly ever day, I struggled with anxiety. The beaches were beautiful and relaxing, I was investing in my marriage with a woman a truly loved, and yet, I was worried about my job, our kids, my fear of failure, feeling like I didn’t deserve to be there…

And listen, I don’t want this post to be a woe is me sort of thing. Because it’s not. I have so many good things in my life and this vacation was one of them. What I want to point out is that this, exactly this, is what it’s like living with anxiety. It’s almost like when things are calm. When I’m supposed to be relaxing, and enjoying the fruits of my life and hard work, vacation, holidays, a movie with my kids, is when my anxiety kicks in. That’s when it’s the worst.