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Choices, Decisions, and Your Life Today
The present is where you have any and all control.
The world has gone from a place of some uncertainty to an extreme amount of uncertainty. Even if you don’t live in the United States, the election of Trump to the Presidency is disquieting at best, and horrifying at worst.
Trump and his enablers are a force of reactionaryism, chaos, and uncertainty. Many threats to the long-established government and social structure are cause for a lot of speculation. What will happen? Who will have their lives impacted? What kind of world is this going to forge for future generations?
All valid and necessary questions. So, here’s the single biggest problem they present. What can you and I do about this? For the most part, the answer is that you and I can do jack and shit.
Did you vote? That was the main thing you could do. Now what? You can find and/or organize protests, hunker down, prepare for the worst, and generally fear what might happen next. This is all utterly valid and nothing to be ashamed of. However, it doesn’t address your life here and now.
Today, as you read these words, all you can do is make choices and decisions for you and your life. Who are you? What are you doing? Where are you going? Why are you doing what you are or aren’t doing? All…
