I will be 100 years old and never forget the day that I watched terrorists storm the US Capitol. They smeared the walls with poo, killed an officer (I guess Blue Lives DON’T Matter) and cosplayed wearing furs and carrying weapons with every intention of killing our elected officials. We watched as these terrorists livestreamed their actions, took selfies and were convinced that they were right to do what they were doing. We were basically watching the actual culmination of a slow moving coup attempt in United States. I’m working on this episode on a beautiful day here in Denver from one of my favorite patios. What strikes me as I sip my coffee, speak with my barista, and am greeted by neighbors is how we’re all trying to pretend like it’s business as usual. In fact, the week of the coup attempt someone said on social media “Should we still be working?” As we all watched in shock.
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Show Notes
- I’m keeping this episode short. The truth is that I have a lot to say but for once I’m unwilling to share everything that is on my mind.
- Until I see Joe Biden’s wrinkled hand on the Bible, I have no faith in a calm transition of power. I never realized how much I took the peaceful transition of power for granted until this year.
- This entire experience and past 4 years has me reevaluating everything.
- The people that I deal with and their belief systems
- What I’m willing to tolerate
- When I need to speak up
- How I’m complicit or not in situations such as the one that we’re currently in.
- In the end I will say that I’m exhausted. The last 4 years has been a constant barrage of crazy.
- Each day I would wake up and think I wonder what happened this time? Literally, almost every single day.
- I lived with a low grade sense of dread.
- And, I realized that I was also dealing with depression even worse that when I burned out from my old career. I recognize the signs.
- I can’t sleep
- I’m anxious
- I often feel like crying randomly
- Apparently you can burn out from your country
- It hasn’t been fun living through a plague (COVID) being an unwilling extra in The Stand or a Mad Max movie while going through a coup attempt and a Recession. It’s just a little too much.
- My friends in other countries don’t even have the language to console me because they would have to a have gone through a similar experience and I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.
- Real talk-I’m not doing well.
- So, for the next couple of days I will hold my breath and wait. Do I believe that some crazy sh$t might happen between now and Wednesday yes. But, as I mentioned in a previous episode that I released before the election called “What Happens Next?” We’ll continue on.
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