When I woke up last Wednesday, I felt a lot of emotions. Anger that we put him back in charge. Sadness, obviously. A little bit of fear about what was to come. Confusion as to how my perception of what was going to happen in the election was so wrong. But soon, all of those took a backseat to an unexpected one: acceptance. Acceptance that my current view of the country differs from the majority. Acceptance that no matter how strongly I feel about something or how "informed" I think I am, it has no impact on the outcome. Acceptance that vibes matter more than concrete ideas in an election. Acceptance that people decide who they are voting for and THEN rationalize that choice, not vice versa. I decided that morning to delete my Facebook and Twitter accounts and have not returned. I have purposefully avoided any news sites. I used to trick myself into believing that I was just staying informed, but if I was so informed then how the hell did I not see Tuesday night coming? I thought I had done a good job of curating my feed to generally unbiased outlets, but nobody still on Twitter is unbiased in any way. So I decided to get my life back - and you would not believe how much better everything has gotten. No doom scrolling. No "somebody should do something!!!" pleas from the very people capable of doing something. I periodically check in here to get updates (quite the Cabinet being developed!) because I can't go full cold turkey, but that's really it. And you know what I've realized? We are not meant to know all of this. No regular citizen should know the name of the White House Press Secretary. None of us should care about some new Government office being developed by the stupidest billionaire to ever exist. Nobody outside of congress needs to have any insight to the election process of the Senate majority leader. And the bigger realization: this is how most of America already lives. Nobody normal knows who fucking Matt Gaetz is. Hell, most of them don't know what an Attorney General even does. So what is to be gained by endlessly scrolling news about that appointment? He might one day enact policies that negatively impact our lives, but until then there is absolutely. fucking. nothing that we can do - so stop caring. No matter how many facts you gather on how this is a bad thing, 1) anyone who can do something about it will not listen to you and 2) anyone who will listen is not capable of enacting change. Treat politics like hurricane coverage: do your best to protect your family from the one headed directly your way, but don't let every possible tropical disturbance dominate your life. Yes our lives will likely be impacted by the choices these stupid people ultimately make, but unless you are actively planning to run for office, there's no point to worrying about any of this. Enjoy your life, keep your shit together, and hold out hope that he fucks things up enough for the unplugged folks to feel the vibes of necessary change. But until then it's time to focus on the things that really matter, like beating the fuck out of Arkansas tomorrow.