I know it's cold comfort to know that it's still the safest way to travel, so I won't lean in to that. I guess what took me into my early 30s to truly learn is that worrying and anxiety won't prevent the future from happening, it only prevents you from enjoying the present. Having said that, it's human to worry but it's a problem when it takes over your life. One strategy I've used is allowing myself to worrying for a set period of time, breathing, focusing on what's important, forgiving myself for it, allowing it to pass, and then moving on. As a father of a teenager and a preteen, I also try to be aware that anxieties and fears get passed down from parent to child. My mom struggled with anxiety issues and I really try my best to break that cycle with my kids.
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To add, it's important to reflect on the anxiety and worry.
It's not the safest way to travel
People say that based on shit like comparing deaths per mile to cars without comparing deaths per hour or other metrics where the plane loses
Fundamentally it's definitely not as safe as a train or a bus
Correction: might be deaths per interstate hour or something where cars best planes
But again, buses and trains are definitely safer than planes in the US
Interesting. Perhaps the reason they use deaths per mile prevalent is to normalize the data? I could see one problem with a deaths per hour metric being that travel by bus or car would take roughly 7 times as long to get to a given destination. I dunno, I suppose it's more nuanced so thanks for the info. Personally I wish there were more rail lines in North America.
Deaths per mile is the metric to use if you have to travel a certain number of miles per year
But if you have a certain amount of vacation time each year, deaths per hour might be more relevant
Glad you agree we need more rail lines 🚆📈 thank you friend