How not to freak out about the US elections, part two

“The antidote to all of this, in the broadest terms, is more reality, more immersion in the finite here and now: more writing on paper; more gathering in person and in public; more looking strangers in the eye; more scruffy hospitality; more queueing for the supermarket checkout that’s staffed by a human, if there even is one; more feeling the weather on your face and staring into fires; more living as creatures, not machines.”

This is probably the most helpful thing I've read since the election. Your mileage may vary, of course, but I do think getting outside and being around other people and using my paper journal and making things out of yarn and fabric are helpful. I'm thinking through how I can consume media in a way that keeps me somewhat in the loop but doesn't damage my mental health. I'm still not sure of all the things I'll be doing going forward but I am following a lot of Burkeman's advice here.