TIME TO THROTTLE BACK A BIT...
While it’s true that I’m busy garnering publicity for my newly released future relationship novel THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020), I’ve decided to take a moment to throttle back a bit and…well…what’s it called? Relax. Ah, yes, that’s it!
These are, if nothing else, exceedingly stressful times. Whether your for “America First” or “The Whole World and All Its People First,” a sharply divided political climate, especially during an election year, even more so when claims of propaganda, misinformation and outright lying are flying everywhere, it’s incredibly stressful. More so when the “new [customer service] norm” for “post-COVID-19” is, “Don’t call us. Period.” For me, at least, it’s the frustration with getting anything done these days that’s stressful. In general, there are plenty of resources, albeit mostly monitized these days, but most are struggling to be resurrected within old, outdated infrastructures.
“It looks like it should work; it costs more than what it will return; it won’t work in the end; and there’s no direct phone support.” How many times these past two months have I heard this from author colleagues who feel…yeah…frustrated…now stressed. I try to take the point-of-view that change, especially major societal change, is often uncomfortable (that’s what doctors often say when its seriously painful) and…frustrating and stressful. Yet, once the change permeates society, one can look forward to a sigh of relief and some “good times” whether like the “old times” or “new times.”
While I wait, I’ve decided to relax for the day. Catch up on my letters (yes, I still occasionally write letters and post them to close friends), go for a walk in a forest, and have some “comfort food” for lunch. If, that is, I can find some stamps (the local postal kiosk has been down for over a month), I don’t get arrested for “COVID-loitering” in the forest, and there’s comfort food still available at the grocery stores. Yeah, no frustration; no stress.
These are, if nothing else, exceedingly stressful times. Whether your for “America First” or “The Whole World and All Its People First,” a sharply divided political climate, especially during an election year, even more so when claims of propaganda, misinformation and outright lying are flying everywhere, it’s incredibly stressful. More so when the “new [customer service] norm” for “post-COVID-19” is, “Don’t call us. Period.” For me, at least, it’s the frustration with getting anything done these days that’s stressful. In general, there are plenty of resources, albeit mostly monitized these days, but most are struggling to be resurrected within old, outdated infrastructures.
“It looks like it should work; it costs more than what it will return; it won’t work in the end; and there’s no direct phone support.” How many times these past two months have I heard this from author colleagues who feel…yeah…frustrated…now stressed. I try to take the point-of-view that change, especially major societal change, is often uncomfortable (that’s what doctors often say when its seriously painful) and…frustrating and stressful. Yet, once the change permeates society, one can look forward to a sigh of relief and some “good times” whether like the “old times” or “new times.”
While I wait, I’ve decided to relax for the day. Catch up on my letters (yes, I still occasionally write letters and post them to close friends), go for a walk in a forest, and have some “comfort food” for lunch. If, that is, I can find some stamps (the local postal kiosk has been down for over a month), I don’t get arrested for “COVID-loitering” in the forest, and there’s comfort food still available at the grocery stores. Yeah, no frustration; no stress.
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