A tired proverbial ostrich sends regrets
Aug. 24th, 2019 10:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mtbcAs can be inferred partly from my television viewing, I am hardly as much a Force for Good as I ought to be despite how very dysfunctional so much of society and governance seem to be. This would be true even simply locally, whether in the UK or the US, without considering the severe problems faced in the wider world.
I was feeling a little down last night and skipped my workout. I thought sleep might help but after well over nine hours of it I find that I was wrong. It takes much of my available effort to tread water in looking after my own life and family: paid work, household chores, parenting, etc. A significant fraction of my remaining time goes into rest and escapism so that I can recover. This keeps fatigue, depression and despair at manageable levels.
Even just being reasonably well informed is draining and angering. I thus have much respect for those I know who positively put much time into trying to make things better for us all. I admire the fortitude of those who can engage with awful things in society more frequently and deeply while still holding on to their normal lives and their sanity.
I can easily do some things: I can vote, I can donate a little. Once my children are fledged and I have a simpler life back in the US then I can probably do more. That's less and later than what's needed. I am sorry not to be pulling my weight anytime soon but I don't see why that would be any consolation to those less comfortably placed than I. Perhaps I like my comfort just a little too much.
I was feeling a little down last night and skipped my workout. I thought sleep might help but after well over nine hours of it I find that I was wrong. It takes much of my available effort to tread water in looking after my own life and family: paid work, household chores, parenting, etc. A significant fraction of my remaining time goes into rest and escapism so that I can recover. This keeps fatigue, depression and despair at manageable levels.
Even just being reasonably well informed is draining and angering. I thus have much respect for those I know who positively put much time into trying to make things better for us all. I admire the fortitude of those who can engage with awful things in society more frequently and deeply while still holding on to their normal lives and their sanity.
I can easily do some things: I can vote, I can donate a little. Once my children are fledged and I have a simpler life back in the US then I can probably do more. That's less and later than what's needed. I am sorry not to be pulling my weight anytime soon but I don't see why that would be any consolation to those less comfortably placed than I. Perhaps I like my comfort just a little too much.
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Date: 2019-08-24 11:06 am (UTC)But what I can do is vote, donate what little I can to good causes, and be a vocal supporter of what is good.
Last presidential election I spent weekends registering voters. I could do that again, or something similar.
The important thing to remember is to take care of yourself, which means NOT skipping your workouts. Those will help with stress and make you feel better overall.