Keeping up with keeping up

[madamesilverspurs]

Paying attention is something I try to do, but dang it's getting trickier. So many important things happening simultaneously, it's hard to keep track. The Israel/Gaza war coverage is prime at the moment (as it should be). Trump's various legal issues have heavy bearing on our future as a republic, same for the ongoing GOP machinations on the hill and across the country. The latest massacre compels our attention to the gun issue again/always/aggravating, women's health is under constant assault, immigrants are suffering...

Back before local newspapers were effectively erased by the internet, reading the front page was immediately followed by flipping to the last page to find those stories with real importance but buried in diminished coverage, depending on the publisher's interests. Nowadays, it seems to be an unrelenting case of NADD (News Attention Deficit Disorder), with attention to one story taking time away from at least three others. It's all rather headache inducing.

Years ago I was advised to "be where your hands are" -- do what I can where I am. I'm working on that. But OMG it ain't easy.

sigh......

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[calimary]

1. "Be where your hands are".

That’s a good one. Makes all kinds of sense.

[cachukis]

2. No mind can handle it all. When I stop

understanding, knowing I won't get what's happening later, I stop.
I still reread paragraphs until I get them. I don't want to go forward blind.

I find naps to be replenishing. I'm in my 70's, but I've been doing it all my life.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever received was from an old Indian(India) fellow. He said when you are overwhelmed, bake bread. Simple, therapeutic and giving to others.

Should that not work, take to the loom. More complex, more absorbing, more satisfactory as an artist.

It will all be there when you are back, rested, with a clearer head.