To be honest? Maybe I just want the world to stop turning for a while.
This post and especially this quote feel eerily the same as mine you commented on! Oh, how wonderful would it be if everything just stopped for a while, just so that we can take a breather? We all need a breather at this point.
we are all at the mercy of chance, aaand the world is mad, cruel, and fallen, because everyone is
The insight in this simple line is tremendous. If more people understand this. Luck and madness go hand in hand, but unluck and chaos as well! Hopefully, that makes sense.
I could still use my pessimism to my advantage
Yes! Productive-pessimism, it keeps you always attentive and on the lookout. I think some people just function better in this always hyper-aware state.
This comment is two months late, hopefully, the storm has settled a bit by now. Best of luck!
Yes. We ALL DO NEED a breather-- one thing this modern world and its current haphazard, maddening, rapid pacing we subscribe to-- don't understand, and oh...
Yeah it kinda does.
Two months later, the storm has cleared significantly, not completely, but at least I am functioning way better now than two months ago, and mellowed down on the vices ☠️.
And I do not think we will slow down. What a crazy time to be alive in.
I am glad things have mellowed down a bit!