I am not commenting here [on JMG] as often as I used to. Sometimes I just skim the stories on JMG now, since the inauguration.
I can't say I've completely stopped watching news or reading news articles but I no longer do so with the compulsive need to be informed of the daily atrocities and evil doings of the former president and his incompetent, destructive administration. And harboring the perpetual hope that the day would be the one in which the evil one would finally self-destruct. (We've had teflon presidents but that orange thing was annoyingly elusive and manipulative and evasive and slimy.)
There is at least some sense of relief knowing that adults are mostly in charge now and I can go about the mundane tasks of everyday living with so much less anxiety. The occasional news of a MAGot or insurrectionist or anti-LGBT bigot in particular does still trigger my anxiety and even at times a gut-wrenching fear of these scary folks.
It often seems that the world has become a frightening and unkind place. I take note, but I'm not dwelling like I used to.
Hubby works, I'm retired, so I've been doing lots of yard work, landscaping, mulching, preparing the garden soil, starting some seeds, baking bread, cooking for hubby and me, walking the dog, watching too much YouTube: Gardening videos, How to build dry stone walls, recipes, "Pasta Grannies", videos in Italian, "Pasta Grammar", and "Leave Everything and Wander".
If it were not for the pandemic, things would seem almost normal.
I know that after #45 things will never really be the same; we are forever in the age of alternative facts, up is down, lies are true, truth is relative, greed is virtue, power is currency, hate is acceptable, survival of the selfish, excuses and monumental projection.
But I'm choosing to ignore all that as much as possible, at least for a while while I enjoy the illusion that everything will be fine now that we have a president and an administration that operates in the realm of reality, predictability and normalcy.
I am so fucking tired and exhausted after the past four years....Thanks for listening/reading. Just had to relieve myself of that.
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing your journey.
I too limit my exposure on the political stuff on here. I don't read every story that's posted. The trick is to wait for the Blue Bear each evening, where anything can be talked about. I comment during the day, but it's the Blue Bear that I wait for, which is when the best stuff gets posted. While there's political stuff posted on the Blue Bear, most is other interesting stuff. For me, it's when I get to post about music, my first love.
Good for you! I think everyone here's anxiety is down about 10 notches at least! (Not counting Another_Steve of course. 😜)
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