Are We the Master of Our Own Destiny?

i was thinking this week that, a, i haven't been paying attention to my anthropology, my true anthropology, so much. I've spent too much time trying to stay on top of the news and anxiety that this causes me. And it's revealed some things about myself that,. maybe even some better habits i need to have, ah, that would help me to cus on those thingsthat i nee to be focused on rather than being overwhelmed with anxiousness and anxiety.