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Maxine
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Maxine is a lifelong worrier. Her father was too. He stuck to his routines and regular routes and rarely left town or tried new things. He expected the same safe predictability of his family. At an early age, Maxine recognized her father's fretful tendencies in herself. She was determined to channel her worry, befriend it, make it work for her. She has tried to say yes to opportunities more often than no. She has taken enough risks over the years to have grown comfortable being uncomfortable. She has taught her kids not to be afraid of the unknown, that most worries do not bear fruit. She has learned how and where to aim her worry. Last month, in Japan, she was honored for her decades of work as the world’s foremost disaster forecaster. Her predictions have saved many lives. Her superpower is lighting fires under the asses of complacent bureaucrats. If her forecasts don’t convince them to act, she has a knack for planting worry in their heads about what will happen if they do nothing.
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(Inspired by Lynda Barry and her (totally freaking amazing) Writing the Unthinkable workshop at the Omega Institute.)