This past weekend, I was out in my local area doing some community service/volunteer work, and for the first time in a long time, I felt like I was taking some kind of action to make things better, and that it was something I could ACTUALLY do!

Even if I didn't manage to stop or even slow down The Horrors™ of the present day, getting out there and doing LITERALLY ANYTHING made me feel a lot less fatalistic about the state of the world right now, and I think it's helping me approach the things that are genuinely disturbing with a better headspace and a more proactive mindset.

So if you're like me, and have been doomscrolling and just waiting around for the end of the world, get out there and do SOMETHING! It doesn't even have to be anything even remotely related to current politics! This weekend, I helped set up and run a charity breakfast for an art gallery, and last weekend, I was involved in a road cleanup! No, it won't make the big scary headlines go away, but you'll be surprised how quickly your mindset changes, so we're all of the mindset that taking action in these dire times is possible! Collective action may be the best way to inflict large-scale change, but that can't happen until enough individuals are on board!