I’m On The Lookout For My Sanity

You’re the only one who can look out for your sanity.

Photo by Toni Reed on Unsplash

I’m fairly certain that I lost my sanity around my freshman year of college. In fact, I spent an afternoon looking all over the campus for it. This included opening my mailbox and asking if my sanity was there, walking around calling for it like a lost dog, and then a friend said she saw it run off…with her sanity.

All kidding aside, it’s increasingly difficult to maintain sanity in the world. Between the never-ending comparison inherent in our culture, ludicrous narcissists running the government, and the massive decrease in overall kindness, compassion, and empathy — it’s not that surprising, really.

Then, to add insult to injury, we’re in the middle of a largely ignored, massive mental health crisis. When the COVID-19 pandemic led to lockdowns, it shifted the world in ways that we have neither fully addressed nor acknowledged. Instead, too many of the influencers and businesspeople of the world tried to return us to how it was before — while utterly ignoring the deep impact it had.

My sanity has taken quite a beating from all of this, and more. And the stark truth is that only I can look out for my sanity. And, likewise, only you can look out for your sanity.

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