Apparently “Doomsday Preppers” is trending on Netflix. The problem of doomsday romanticism is that it assumes a flip gets switched and everyone falls into a more primitive lifestyle. But a slow slide means you get to do all of that *and* keep your societal obligations going..
1/n

It’s that part that I’m extremely unprepared for. Continually riding the line of overcommitment certainly didn’t help here. Not that this is at all doomsday, it’s more a *really* long snow day. And many people have *much* worse problems to deal with right now, so it feels...
2/n

...silly to even voice this. But hopefully it’s of value to people hear how well others are/aren’t maintaining. I’m trying to maintain my commitments, which I was just barely able to before. Add in the extra home needs, 24/7 with 2 young kids, and a small house that...
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...makes it hard to do anything that require mental focus, and I’m failing pretty hard. Lots of things I run from by keeping busy are also having their chance to catch up and occupy my head.

But things could be much worse, and they already are for others.
4/n

Switch gets flipped*

wtf