This Timeline is Intense

Well, well, well. We meet again.

I've been feeling some atrophy lately after a long period of minimal writing. I figured it was time to stretch the muscle and wake myself up. Writing in the past and hearing positive feedback from those that have read my stuff was always a mood booster.

In complete transparency, I've had a continued rough couple of years. Both professionally and personally. Returning to homeostasis has been considerably harder than expected.

Apparently it's been over a year since my first post about this.

So, let's talk about this timeline. Holy sh*t is it intense.

This is the first time in my life where what's going on in the world has started to affect me significantly. It crossed my mind that maybe it was a new level of maturity but I don't think it's that. It truly feels like a period of time in particular that will have extreme effects on the world. It already has.

It scares me. It gives me anxiety.

Of course our personal opinions, perspective, and how it affects us individually (or those we care about) will dictate how we see these things but it's an effect nonetheless. Hopefully yours is at the minimum grounded in morals & ethics. Those sure seem to be disappearing more and more quickly.

And it really doesn't matter what "side" you're on here. Everyone is feeling this in some way or another. Even if you don't agree with someone or something, it's a good time to show empathy for others. And, compassion for yourself.

While I originally planned to write more in this post I'm going to leave it as is for now. Hope you all are doing ok. Stay positive. We can all get through this together.

- DD