overworrying

Updated: May 7, 2025

Thus this old body behaves just beautifully and wags along like the tail follows the dog when I forget all about it. The grunter lets the tail wag the dog. I have never known a case of genuine "overwork." I have never known of anyone killing himself by working. But I have known of multitudes killing themselves by taking vacations. The people who think they are overworking are merely overworrying.

Ralph Parlette - The University of Hard Knocks