The collapse is already in process. So I guess that’s one nice thing - it’s already here, you don’t have to be worried about it beginning. Trump 1 destabilized a lot of things combined with COVID and Trump 2 following a limp Biden admin has finished the job. Pax americana is dead, and the world as we knew it relied on that status quo.

I don’t know what’ll follow, whether in America or abroad, but we’ll all still be here and life will keep going. Don’t let it keep you down. If reading the news keeps getting you down, then stop reading the news for a while. Filter your feeds to show only happy things, or just disengage from social media entirely. Algorithms are designed to drive engagement and anger is proven to be the most reliable form of engagement, so social media is just an anger factory anymore. Disconnecting from it for a while can be good for your mental well-being.

There’s still plenty of joy and hope and happiness to be found in life. Sometimes you might need to turn down the volume on other things to find it, though.

Breakfast: a couple peanut butter sandwiches or quesadillas (just tortilla and shredded cheese, maybe a little hot sauce.) Sometimes I’ll add an egg to the quesadillas if I have time.

Lunch: none

Dinner: Beans and rice or maybe rice or ramen with some mixed frozen veg and furikake. Or just more peanut butter or coldcut sandwiches.

Being poor and too stressed/tired to give a fuck sucks. Just gotta make it a couple more months and I’ll be able to fix it all. That’s what I keep telling myself anyhow. Gonna try to scrape together some spare change this coming month for a bucket of Orgain or something. Extra protein, fiber, etc.

Most of the actually good games don’t need strong hardware.