Like yes volunteer and advocate and vote. I know I need to be in touch with my community right now. But with the current economic situation it feels like everyone is just tired and barely making ends meet all the time. And I'm tired of thinking and hearing about all of the terrible things happening but I want to stay informed. And I'm trying to combat that with good things like hobbies and friends and this website. But it just feels like everyone trying to do good things are working with the rules which is slowing them down and everyone trying to do bad things are bulldozing through rules and safeguards to create the most distruction the fastest they can in ways that are hard to stop while staying in the lines they are ignoring.
It really is like that one quote that is about one of the world wars like what did you all do during the war and the person is like we did the laundry. Like my life is still just going and I'm still keeping up as best as I can. We know it's bad. Them fighting each other is good news honestly.
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I am a social worker and this is something that I was taught early on that has stuck with me.
In order to help others, we first need to take care of ourselves. We do no one any favors by giving, giving, giving and burning ourselves out. This is not by any means suggest that we only take care of ourselves and ignore the needs of others, but rather that we have to put ourselves and our well-being first to a certain extent. We do not need to be martyrs.
The next is the We. This is your community. This is your family, your friends, the people in your neighborhood, your town. How can you best support them? How can you enact change on this level? This can look like being a supportive friend or neighbor. This can look like volunteering, this could look like fighting to enact change in your community on a governmental level. When it comes to radicalizing people, you have to meet them human to human anyway. You would be amazed how many people‘s hearts can change by developing relationships with people that are different from them.
The most outer layer is Them. This is people in communities outside of your own, even across the world. It’s so much easier with social media to be tuned into these atrocities happening all over the world. It is great that so many people feel called to Change on that level. Also, it is really difficult. It can be incredibly despairing to realize you do not have as much power to make change on that level as you wish. That does not mean you stop trying, it means you go back to the We and the Me. That will help ground you and give you energy for the larger, marathon like issues. Tune in as much as you can handle and find a way to contribute that is feasible for you. Like. bee1000 said, you do not need to be an expert. There is so much pressure with social media to be tuned in 24/7. Find a reputable news source to check daily, and see what you can contribute. It’s not about completely tuning out, but adjusting the dial a little bit.
Jan 22, 2025
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whether good, bad, or something in between- life keeps going regardless. but we make meaning out of it anyways, spend our lives sorting and prioritizing and removing and exalting different aspects so that (eventually, we hope) it will all make sense. sometimes i think this is kind of depressing, but it can be comforting. maybe we're more in control than we think.
Feb 19, 2024
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i've been facing paralysis when i have to do something that i'm anxious about. i know at the end it'll be something "good for me", but that in itself doesn't stop the anxieties i have. waiting on it and stewing in my thoughts isn't helping me feel better. so, why not do things scared? the fear will be there regardless.
i'm trying to push through the fear and do things anyways. for example, i have a gap year in between my graduation and my job. the thought of applying to jobs in this market fills me with undeniable dread, but i'm doing it anyways one job at a time.
(on a side note, one anti-recommendation i have is the modern job hunt. why the fuck is this so hard)
the things we "have" to do feel like a deep pool sometimes. scream as you take the plunge, and you come out on the other end feeling a little bit lighter.
Jan 9, 2025
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It's so lawless. You’ll see the weirdest things and no one will care. People are so unabashedly human here. Dead expressions, exhaustion, boredom. You’ll get a coffee, someone else will get a bloody mary, the time is irrelevant. Your priorities will be tested, everything costs at least three times as much as it should, it won’t matter. I love liminal spaces.
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like damn who curated this, these songs are so good, I really know my tastes well
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