NaNoWriMo and writing when the world is on fire

What a month, huh? Trying to think about writing with current events being what they are feels exactly like this GIF.

And, at times like this, it’s hard not to wonder what the point even is? When the world is a screaming vortex of bad and even tomorrow doesn’t feel like a guarantee, you start to wonder why are you doing something as frivolous as writing? On those days when it feels like everyone is ambivalent to your whole existence, how can you make yourself believe they would care about w...