If it’s not helpful to you, by all means ignore this, but I’m just saying… It really helps me to recenter myself to think “Oh right. The worst fucking people on the planet want me to feel like we’re doomed. Fuck those guys, actually.”
Taking time away from social media, spending time with friends, going to a baseball game & eating 5 hot dogs, playing a video game until your thumbs hurt, doing WHATEVER it is that refills your joy tank, I think is pretty important for being able to continue caring and trying.
Yes, this! I remind myself of this often, and sometimes out loud with the swearing because it makes me feel better to put it out there in the world. And then I do a puzzle or kayak away from all things electronic ;)
Doomerism makes it about them. This is it. This is the final generation. I am important because I made it to the final chapter. Meanwhile the round earth keeps rolling along. By all means we have the capacity to improve our blip but it is just that.
We went out for breakfast, I took a two hour nap, downloaded some books, and worked on knitting. It was a day (mostly) free of doom scrolling. Might continue tomorrow
This is actually a helpful framing for me Sarah thank you
Actually, very helpful. If I didn’t have carpal tunnel issues, that would make a nice project to embroider.
Spite is good, actually.