It is easy for us to get distracted by the big picture, and it can feel overwhelming when everything is is much bigger than us.

Remember that it is in the nature of our governments to disappoint us - this is because we live in a democracy centered on compromise. This is a good thing! This is another reason for us to have our representatives deal with that process - it allows us to keep moral clarity while they try to get the work done. We can sit in judgement of them while they make the Faustian bargains which keep the peace between those of us who would slay each other in the name of what we think is right. Sometimes, however, we need to look away from the sausage making. Give yourself a break, and come back to the body politic refreshed and refocused.

Would I change the system? Absolutely! Would most people agree with my changes… well… I’m not so sure… hence a system of disappointing compromises.

We can also get distracted by our personal struggles, stuck in the small frame of our own lives.

I am currently stuck in my small frame too, my personal struggles have overwhelmed me and I have found my self seized, stuck, immobile, useless, rotting, failing… well, you get the picture I hope.

I am trying. Slowly, the gears will be oiled, and the machine will move, and I am going to build capacity and become part of a community.

That is the middle ground - the place humans used to live. The way humans evolved to live. Act local, build community, and simultaneously the big picture and the small frame both start improving.

This is easier said than done!

To be honest though, you are already doing it here! This is a community. These people would not see you return to your creator, and I am absolutely certain the creator will be willing to wait many years for you to come back. They will call you when you are both ready.

I am not trying to offer advice, as I do not know your struggles.

I hope that you can continue through them, and I hope that your growth and success inspires others to continue their struggles.

I hope that your success can inspire your community to more success, more unity, and a better life for everyone.

(This post turned out much longer than I had initially intended - tldr: “Keep at it, we’re with you”)

Sometimes you have to not think about external things too much. Live your life as well and comfortably as you can, be a good person, be kind to others and be kind to yourself. That’s it. There are bad days and good days, sometimes bad months and bad years. Do what you can to live a good life, and let the world turn.

I’m struggling with getting sucked into doomscrolling. All I can do is try and take a break and think about something else.

Useful hobbies. Practice gardening for if it ever comes down to subsistence farming, and art skills to trade for rations in gulag /j

But no. I’m grateful to be housed and be able to have my pet, that’s what I’m holding on to