Take a breath and let it out.
This is not the end of the world as we know it. That happened in the 1980's with the beginnings of the deregulations under Reagan. It was continued in the 1990's by Clinton as he sold our economy overseas. The eternal war was started by Bush (GW) and was continued by Obama. The stage has been set for this moment for most of my life - if not before I was born.
You have been living through the end of the world as you know it.
Take a breath. You're still here. So am I. We will survive together. Go hug your loved ones, and then learn to cook from scratch, plant a garden, learn to can, put in rain barrels. . .etc. You know: All that stuff you were doing anyway because we've been seeing this trainwreck coming from a long way off and have lacked sufficient power to stop it. I get that it is scary as fuck-all. I really do. Thing is: I've been afraid of this train-wreck for most of my life. I've been waiting for this. I've smelled it on the wind and been told by my elders "that is fire" my whole life. I am bloody fucking tired of being afraid. I'm sick of it. So . . .I'm not. I'm angry instead - that's not necessarily healthier in the long run, but it is SURE getting more done in the short term around the house & garden. The anger is giving way already to purpose, but not the purpose that would have me flinging myself against our electoral system. I want to get our garden and rain barrels in. I want to get our solar array in as soon as we can. I want to start having soup days in order to invite those who may or may not need a meal to come be community even if only for one afternoon. Oh, I'll vote as long as I'm able - I just simply refuse to invest any more emotional energy in a system so hopelessly broken.
I admit that part of this is that it didn't matter who won the 2016 US Presidential Election: I was scared spitless of either result. I've been here in this mindset for a while now, through a number of election cycles. This was just the worst round (so far) of picking between the lesser of evils. I voted my conscience and that didn't involve voting for either major party candidate. I simply cannot vote for people who's ideals are so misaligned with my own. I can't do it anymore.
So take a breath.
Now take another.
You are still here.
So am I.
We will survive together.
This is not the end of the world as we know it. That happened in the 1980's with the beginnings of the deregulations under Reagan. It was continued in the 1990's by Clinton as he sold our economy overseas. The eternal war was started by Bush (GW) and was continued by Obama. The stage has been set for this moment for most of my life - if not before I was born.
You have been living through the end of the world as you know it.
Take a breath. You're still here. So am I. We will survive together. Go hug your loved ones, and then learn to cook from scratch, plant a garden, learn to can, put in rain barrels. . .etc. You know: All that stuff you were doing anyway because we've been seeing this trainwreck coming from a long way off and have lacked sufficient power to stop it. I get that it is scary as fuck-all. I really do. Thing is: I've been afraid of this train-wreck for most of my life. I've been waiting for this. I've smelled it on the wind and been told by my elders "that is fire" my whole life. I am bloody fucking tired of being afraid. I'm sick of it. So . . .I'm not. I'm angry instead - that's not necessarily healthier in the long run, but it is SURE getting more done in the short term around the house & garden. The anger is giving way already to purpose, but not the purpose that would have me flinging myself against our electoral system. I want to get our garden and rain barrels in. I want to get our solar array in as soon as we can. I want to start having soup days in order to invite those who may or may not need a meal to come be community even if only for one afternoon. Oh, I'll vote as long as I'm able - I just simply refuse to invest any more emotional energy in a system so hopelessly broken.
I admit that part of this is that it didn't matter who won the 2016 US Presidential Election: I was scared spitless of either result. I've been here in this mindset for a while now, through a number of election cycles. This was just the worst round (so far) of picking between the lesser of evils. I voted my conscience and that didn't involve voting for either major party candidate. I simply cannot vote for people who's ideals are so misaligned with my own. I can't do it anymore.
So take a breath.
Now take another.
You are still here.
So am I.
We will survive together.
