Yup, Venus, the world is always collapsing, and always surviving. I don't think you have to worry about being around when the world ends. Human lifetimes are too short. We really do overestimate ourselves as a species and our importance, vastly.

There is that issue about getting a job. Yes. That can be a problem. But I think, judging from your always interesting posts on PC, that you're very much smart enough to figure out how to get not only a job, but an interesting job. May not make you a rich banker, but it will get you out into the world in interesting places at interesting times.

It's obvious you have to work either for an NGO or for a government foreign aid program or as an international journalist or as a teacher in a third-world country. You're good at languages. You can hack that.

You're scared that something terrible will happen and you won't be able to react appropriately? Hmmmm? You'll worry about what you're wearing? You'll think about the menu for tomorrow's lunch?

History is always happening. It's happening right this minute. There's no such thing as non-History. (I wish there was!) It might not be happening right at the place you are (or I am), but it's happening. All the time. Take care!