Prompt:
"Write down all the times that you can remember that you did something or made a decision about something based on security and safety."
It's referring to psychological/mental/financial security and safety, not physical.
I would have to say that nearly every decision I've ever made is for security and safety not for love, growth or adventure. I'm risk averse by nature, as I've said before I grew up financially disadvantaged, so I naturally have a scarcity mindset. I'm literally going through this right now in my life. My job is at a university that is heavily research oriented and the current president is trying to destroy medical research. I'm terrified that I'll lose this job that I've worked so hard to not only get but thrive in. I'm not funded by grants, but an overall shrinking of the university is possible. That's why I haven't been writing here as much, not that anyone is reading it. I'm mentally broken and just trying to hang on. If it weren't for the pension, I'd be gone but I'm trying to stay long enough to get vested in the state pension plan. Hoping for the best!
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