How To Cope?

One of my dear friends reached out to see how I was doing with the post-election angst. Do I have a cure for the post-election blues? How do you enjoy your day-to-day without feeling guilty as people worldwide suffer and we are given a front seat to the supposed disruption of government? What happens when we cut out all social programs? The questions keep coming.

How do you cope? I have stopped the flow of media into my head. The constant barrage of prodding stories to create anxiety are short jello shots of the week, trying to capture eyeballs I have ended. I want to be aware, but not that aware. I would cancel all my subscriptions but I do love the crosswords, so I just stick to that.

I want to believe this administration will be so incompetent that nothing will get done. I fear the havoc that this group of people create, but we will get through this, too. I hope that through the havoc, the Dems will take responsibility for losing the plot on who they represent, and the next generation will rise up and run for office. It is clearly time for some change, and so we are getting change, whether we like it or not.

It is crazy to me that people who live in public housing, mostly Black and brown people, voted for Trump, but the data is there. They voted for the change they weren’t getting from the Dems. We are all still in a bit of denial because the insanity of the crowded clown car has not begun, but there are a different set of clowns in the Dem party, or this would not have happened.

The rich will likely get richer, the poor will likely get poorer, and countless programs will likely be cut. That makes me sad, yet I want to believe something good will come from all of this. We must look for the silver linings, which are hard to see now. I do not have blinders on, but I will definitely wear some dark-colored sunglasses in the next two years.