I know. I did yesterday. I just could not read. I participated in a town hall which helped me though. Made myself get up and go for my daily morning walk.
I think I would probably call it the "The World Is Burning" slump. Corona was bad enough, and now the U.S. is in the midst of massive and justified civil unrest, the President is a racist who wants to use the military against his citizens, and people's lives are falling apart.
Minus the work thing - same. I thought I'd be better once my kids were all done with school. Apparently it wasn't their school work that was the problem.
I feel the same way. I'm reading only for distraction. I'm struggling to write reviews even for books I really liked.
Two things keep coming back to me: Avicci's 'Wake Me Up When It's All Over' - which is not a fun song, even less so since the guy suicided - and the German word Weltschmerz which literally translates as World Pain or Ache.
I'd grown used to thinking of myself as having a sort of arms-length relationship to the world. It turns out that distance vanishes in times like these.
BL is one of the few places I can come to that seems sane, even though we're all feeling the changes.
I think we are all struggling these days. I'm learning to just do what is necessary each day and let the rest of the time sort itself out. I'm rereading a lot of old faithfuls and spending much more than usual on both books and groceries. Both are comforting. Be kind to yourselves, my friends.
Two things keep coming back to me: Avicci's 'Wake Me Up When It's All Over' - which is not a fun song, even less so since the guy suicided - and the German word Weltschmerz which literally translates as World Pain or Ache.
I'd grown used to thinking of myself as having a sort of arms-length relationship to the world. It turns out that distance vanishes in times like these.
BL is one of the few places I can come to that seems sane, even though we're all feeling the changes.
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