This Trump stuff is totally
freaking me out.
When kid 1 wakes up, he comes out
and asks, ‘damage report’ in his Picard voice. Each time I tell kid 3 the next
horrible law that they are passing, she starts singing, ‘oh Canada’.
I get too involved, too upset, too
angry… and there’s nowhere for it to go. I kept thinking that someone or something would stop this happening but at each stage the driver-less
steam roller continues on. It stresses and depresses me. I do what I can. I have
paid dues to organisations that will help where I can’t.
To impose a ban on refugees on Holocaust
Memorial day shows an ignorance of history I cannot fathom. The distinct lack
of the word ‘Jew’ in the WH release must be deliberate. How could it not be?
I’m Australian, this doesn’t directly
affect me; at least until they start the next world war, but I am very worried
about my friends and readers in the US. And this will affect the world.
It won’t be solved in days, weeks
or even months. I can’t write
or work, like this.
I also know I’m not alone in feeling this way. In the spirit of self-care, I need to focus on something that
makes me feel good, and at the moment, that’s my stories. Call it escapism, I know
that.
So, for my own mental health I have
made a rule for myself: no social media until after 2 pm.
At least it’s socially acceptable
to hit the wine cask after I have read a few news stories, freaked out for a
while, and got closer to sundown.
Other people have written on this more
eloquently than I can.
Links:
My earlier post - people will die
Rachael Herron - we rise
Chuck Wendig - no one’s coming tosave us
Jim C Hines - Highlights from
Trump’s January 25 Interview
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