I’ve already mailed in my ballot, and I volunteered to be a poll worker (though they haven’t gotten in touch). With a week (maybe two) to go before we get the result, I feel caught in a limbo. It feels more important to me to be copying my important documents and organizing go-bags to be ready for a crisis than it does to do anything at work. I also recognize that that is probably a reaction to stress and anxiety and isn’t helping me. That said, I’m part of many groups that the right-wing hates and is openly threatening, so feeling unsafe doesn’t feel unreasonable either.

How are you all holding up out there? And tips for me to deal with this better?

  • tyrefyre@sh.itjust.works
    761·
    18 days ago

    You gotta get to the point where you worry about the things you can control, and let go of the things that you can’t.

        • compostgoblin@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
          5·
          17 days ago

          I used to be much more into meditation and reading Buddhist literature. I reflect on that time in my life as being happier and more peaceful (I was also exercising a lot more then too). I’ve started going to a yoga class a few times a month, but I wish I had an easier time getting back into the rest of it.

          • NineMileTower@lemmy.world
            2·
            17 days ago

            But the fact that it’s not easy is a good thing. The hard thing to do is usually the right thing to do. Dealing with the negative hardship is a positive experience in the end, and avoiding the negative hardship is worse than the hardship itself.

        • whotookkarl@lemmy.world
          2·
          17 days ago

          Letting go of things you can’t control like death also was a big tenet of the Jedi order, which I guess isn’t that surprising considering where Lucas was pulling sources from

    • LemmyBe@lemmy.world
      2·
      17 days ago

      A combination of this and avoiding political news and discussion altogether (as much as I can anyway).

      What’s the point of reading, discussing and/or arguing when in the end the only thing that matters is your vote (and money/time if you’re able and so inclined).

      The news tries to rile you up, and all I really need to know is who won once the election happens, until then I’m avoiding it.

    • shoulderoforion@fedia.io
      34·
      17 days ago

      there are more than a million less people alive in the United States today from a mismanaged federal global pandemic response because trump was in the big chair the last time, i’m sure the hundreds of millions effected by their loss, share your same karmic acceptance, that their lives were meaningless because they couldn’t control who was making (or purposefully not making) the decisions their fates depended upon. all very zen.