Also:
I'm not on the edge of nervous breakdown anymore - I *was* pretty furious with myself this weekend, for being stuck in situations I can't fix and for putting up with utter fools - but my biggest issue is a case of the "Millennials". I still cling to myths of society & success I shouldn't.
We're living through an extremely "mid" moment, the result of compounding cruelty, indifference, and incompetence.
No one gets out of this alive.
Be as gentle with yourselves as you can along the way.
@MLClark glad to hear you're pulling out of that trough. Been there and it ain't pretty (hits Boomers too).
Alas, the world is full of fools and difficult situations. Hugs.
Right back atcha, Joyce.
Thank you so much, as ever, for sharing your own experiences and vulnerabilities. I have seen how frustrating the year has been for you in many ways, and I'm so glad you're working on finding and shoring up your "centre" through it all.
@MLClark it's like a brain fog clearing. I think serial writing and getting into that whole Substack ecosystem really was bad for me. I didn't see enough results to justify continuing there, for sure.
Even as an elder you gotta work through this stuff. *Especially* as an elder.
Vignettes for the Alice Clarissa Whitman time cop story keep slipping into my brain. Much more of this and...it keeps haunting me.
I just finished writing multiverses. Why not time cop?