The Yes/No Game

Well leading an E3 6a (E3 is the third grade of extremely severe and 6a means it's exposed with a difficult crux move) pitch isn't entirely without danger I suppose.

Have you ever taken any risks?
 
Every day of my life. Lol Yeah. I'm sure I have to some degree for some people. Risk tolerance is different for everyone. I bused 17km from Houston to my home in Canada once. I've jumped out of moving vehicles.

What's your risk tolerance?
 
Low. My life is a game of calculated risk, and I'm generally pretty risk adverse. Safety over happiness.

Do you enjoy traveling?
 
Yes. Love it. You missed it in earlier questions but I mentioned that I've been to 17 countries across the Americas and Europe and tend to aim to fit a trip in every quarter. the next year and a half is already starting to get booked up.

Does it really work to be safe?
 
Ahh, I didn't read back to catch up.

I'd say yes, to a degree. There's always an element of unpredictable unknown, but safety can be increased through risk mitigation.

Do you like the taste of cranberries?
 
There's a lot to read back on...I basically played all day with @SerenityMoon and @emileh

In cranberry sauce.

If the unpredictable is out of your control, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that it either works in your favor or doesn't? So if it either does or doesn't work in your favor, couldn't you just assume that you've got a 50% chance of not sucking? Or, if you wanted to complicate it a little you could say that it'd be a spectrum of suck where it goes from 0 suck to 100 suck so even with that logic 60% suck isn't as bad as 90% suck? What if you wanted to complicate it even more by saying that your ability to control that percentage is so low because you don't know all the factors that could impact that value so rather than ballooning and over inflating that you simply is out of your control? And if it's out of your control, but you know that you'd still be okay with 60% suck because you know that 90% is worse but still not the worst, wouldn't it make sense to leave it just happen? or is that like saying "if you're feeling depressed you should just feel happy"?
 
I think the flip side can also be said. There might be a possibility of good or bad happening in the unknown, but it's still unknown. Known is predictable, safe, and comfortable. Unknown is unpredictable, potentially unsafe, and uncomfortable. Could the unknown be good? Sure, but no amount of good can change the fact that it's unknown. It's not necessarily about gambling either or not the unknown is good or bad, sometimes it's more of just whether or not to let the unknown in or not.

Would you consider yourself an anxious person?
 
No. I don't have an inner dialogue so I addition to not feeling anxious to things I also don't have a voice to in my head telling me I should be stressing about things and/or spiral about other things.

Do you take any meds for anxiety?
 
That I did not know. I hope you find time to spend with family.

Do you invite non-family members to your holiday meals? We are hosting our neighbors and 10 Airmen from Barksdale Air Force base that can't go home for the holidays.
 
yes. My parents own a replica Victorian house with a tone of rooms. After my sisters and I moved out they just started to invite family and friends to stay for days or weeks at a time. It's like a free B&B for people we know. Along with that goes the open invite to anyone we know to show up to Sunday dinner.

any plans for the weekend?
 
Yes Same as every weekend during football season. Saturday we host the LSU game for dads friends and Sunday we go to one of his friends homes to watch NFL.

Do you put oysters in your cornbread dressing?
 
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