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Reminding myself that even though times are crazy, as I get older more and more of my life is in my control. So even though things might seem like they are getting worse, with a focus on self improvement and a humble, healthy schedule, things could get progressively better; hopefully that can spillover to people around me.
On that note, I hope OP is having a great day :D
Moved my youtube habits away from doom and gloom news channels and instead to history documentaries and old episodes of Best of the Worst.
Similar to that, spend more time on Pluto TV/Roku/Tubi watching terrible low budget sci-fi and old comfort episodes of Quantum Leap and TNG.
Don’t do this yourself but alcohol and weed. Lots of it. Unhealthy amounts.
I’d cut the booze, but yeah, I toke up. A lot.
Marxist theorists have known for many decades that the rise of fascism was coming. They called every step of this so accurately, you’d think they had a copy of Biff’s sports almanac.
But the same theorists also predicted the eventual fall of capitalists/fascists, and that socialism/communism would follow. I just hope we get to that point before climate collapse. But I’m doing what I can as an individual, and trusting the process.
Filtered most of the political content out of my Lemmy and other feeds, went back to using RSS to deliver content (a surprising amount of sites of all kinds absolutely do support RSS, it’s not dead in the slightest), focused more on family and things on hand.
Generally, regaining sense of agency over whatever’s around you is a single best antidote.
Sorry, but this country fully deserves where it ends up.
I shut off all news and social media, stopped checking newspapers, TV, and podcasts, and unsubbed from all politics and news mailing lists and communities. Told family and friends and they’re being cool about it.
Dove into 60’s detective novels. Anything by Ross Thomas, Donald Westlake, and Lawrence Block. Have stocked up on at least a year’s worth of out-of-print epubs. Will reevaluate once they run out. Mixed with a lot of outdoor walks.
It’s been glorious.
I haven’t tried the 60s yet, but I’ve heard good things about Westlake. My entire reading world changed when I discovered the original hard-boiled works of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.
Stopped reading and watching the news. No point.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/leslie-moonves-donald-trump-may-871464/amp/
https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/e-jean-carroll-les-moonves-assault-1203250251/amp/
Bold of you to assume I’m sane
- Started listening to more episodes of ‘The Rest is History’ podcast to remind me that we’ve been under worse times before, and that everything ends eventually
- Sci-Fi books as a form of escape
- Starting gaming as another form of escapism
- I also plan on exercising more as I’ve neglected my body over the last year
Family and friends!
Absurdist but intelligent humor. Here in Argentina, watching or listening to old shows by Les Luthiers gives me life.
Finding things I can do, and people I can help. Get involved and get organized!
Psychedelics, weed, alcohol (willing to quit alcohol but it’s always a bad week to quit drinking)
As someone who had been there, done that - please don’t. You matter. Hope you find a way without this shit.
I started a sub as a distraction.
I renewed my tram card today, it expired a few months ago so I was paying full price instead of the low income price since then. I’m happy to have crossed that out of my to-do list
This could be its own post. I posted there about going to get a haircut and asking if sport clips is more or less the Hooters of haircut places. (I’ve never been to sport clips)
I checked the planning of my hairdresser but unfortunately my usual isn’t available this week. it’s not the same if it’s not the regular, mostly because of the chat.
Being involved in a local socialist org, having community, logging out
