A lot of people are feeling overwhelmed right now.
Just when it seemed like the quarantine was winding down, there’s been a spike in new COVID cases.
Despite all our efforts, our society is still plagued by systemic racism.
Our ever-increasing climate of political hate continues to grow, with no end in sight. In fact, we all know it’s going to get much worse as we approach the elections in November.
None of us knows what we personally can do to fix any of these problems, so the common reaction is to resort to screaming at the internet.
Which doesn’t help, and only means that on top of everything else, we also have to deal with half our friends on the internet screaming at us.
We like to feel in control of things. We like to have a sense of self-efficacy.
When you see a horrible problem that is ruining people’s lives, it’s natural to want to fix it.… Read more
