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Surviving Trump
After just a week and a half, I’m ready to throw in the towel.
After over a week of enduring Donald Trump’s second regime, I’m already exhausted. The daily assaults on my soul that he has inflicted, such as gutting DEI initiatives and attempting to freeze Federal funding for such programs as Medicaid and Head Start, threaten to leave me in a battered pulp.
I feel many emotions, often at the same time. I want to hop on a plane and escape to a place that is relatively sane and that values my humanity, while at the same time, I wish to take up arms and storm the White House to remove this ogre. I surprise myself with the desire to take up arms, as I usually abhor guns, but uncertain times will make some people reevaluate things.
I’m finding that the usual things that I do to manage my emotions, such as writing and exercise, aren’t working as well as they used to. I find peace and tranquility in the moment but once the activities are over, I’m plunged back into this hell.
I can’t take many of the suggestions on how to navigate uncertain times seriously because the ones I’ve seen online only work for those who are privileged.
Have emergency savings containing three to twelve months of living expenses. In this economy, many people have no money to save after paying their bills. Remember how MAGA insisted that Felon 47…
