Difficulty

I'm finding it really hard to manage the outside world right now.  By that, I mean the news that's coming from other places.  The things I find unconscionable.  And because of that, as I mentioned the other day, I'm doing an awful lot of distracting, which for me right now means watching shows (usually while also playing on my phone).

Which also means, I am not making the time to write.  Or, to be fair, to do much of anything else.  My place isn't as clean or tidy as I'd like.  I have the recipe out for making cookies, but they've not been made.  The big basics are getting done (laundry, dishes, food) but not the rest.  Which doesn't help as that sort of hovers at the back of my mind stressing me out on top of it.

I was thinking the other day about bias and that I absolutely have bias (as all humans do.)  And that my bias, if I look at it, is to prefer people who think like I do.

People who think we should be allowed to love who we love and express our sexuality freely (with the exception of what I think are the obvious - non consensual things, and children.)  People who think we should look out for each other as humans.  People who think religion is not a reason to murder.  People who think conservatism means taking away rights and freedoms.  I am biased towards those who think similarly to me, I am.

But I'm also having a hard time with the extremism that I've seen out of people who share similar beliefs as me.  And I don't feel comfortable saying that online or in social media spaces.  

It's all a lot out there, and I'm trying to function and that means to ignore it but it also means I have to work extra hard to make the brain space for things like this.  

So yeah.  It's not ok out there big picture.  So I hope you are working to make things ok for you and yours... small picture.  You know?