I’ve already mailed in my ballot, and I volunteered to be a poll worker (though they haven’t gotten in touch). With a week (maybe two) to go before we get the result, I feel caught in a limbo. It feels more important to me to be copying my important documents and organizing go-bags to be ready for a crisis than it does to do anything at work. I also recognize that that is probably a reaction to stress and anxiety and isn’t helping me. That said, I’m part of many groups that the right-wing hates and is openly threatening, so feeling unsafe doesn’t feel unreasonable either.
How are you all holding up out there? And tips for me to deal with this better?
You don’t want that.
You are correct, I probably would not enjoy it as much as I tell myself I will. Especially with how climate change is going to affect that country and with the risk of buried explosives killing me, but its a nice thought. Laos is a very beautiful country that I wouldn’t mind spending a long time in and the history is rich. The work that would be required of me wouldn’t be easy but it could be freeing. I imagine I romanticize the “simple” life as often as I do because it is essentially out of my reach.