I want a refund!

Can I respectfully request getting all the time and energy back that I've wasted worrying about things?

I remember being told that the amount of issues you worry about that NEVER occur is at near 85%.  This means that more than eight of the ten things you overly concern yourself with won't materialize.  This 85% number is not even taking into account paranoid people (who worry more), these are regular folks, the kind I lump myself in with.  Too many "what-ifs" and unknowns allow our mind to wander where it doesn't belong. The reactions, responses, ramifications and repercussions all lined up and ready to go, for an event that doesn't happen.  Jeez, I may have a hefty reimbursement coming. If I could only get all of that brainpower and time back!

I see the "Carmageddon" of the 405 in LA never developed this past weekend, the workers finished early and all is at least back to the "warped normal" on the west coast's busy freeway system. Nor did the "end times" (predicted by religious radio station owners) bring an end to the world last May twenty first. I won't be getting a rebate on those events, thankfully I didn't buy-in and waste time thinking about them.  What about the wasted worries I have ownership of? "Mr. Masterson, your payment is due," the noise under the hood, the actions of those beyond my control.  Maybe I should question my worrisome investments before I make them. It seems a whole lot easier to hold onto my resources beforehand versus trying to get a refund after the fact.