I’m really confused that y’all think we’re just gonna... go back... to... normal???

How are we gonna spend the summer in the Caribbean? How you gonna have boozy brunch when all the brunch places you love are closed?

How you gonna go back to work when a lot of our industries will be dead/insanely competitive for a long time?

Does it make sense to spend money on an MFA program now?

How are you gonna move the same knowing all these people are dead?

We are never going back to the way we were. And we should use that to move forward. I’m not praying for things to go back to normal, I’m praying for strength to weather this storm and the new world yet to come

The image I had of my 20s is over. It’s all about survival, and figuring what joy I can salvage, and hyperfocusing on the needs of community when I get out of here

I’m just not going to live the life I thought I would. I’m just not. And I’m mourning that. But I think mourning is better than waiting for some shit that’s never gonna happen

Even when you think about how many of our friends will move out of the cities and deeper into suburbs, where they can weather storms like this better, that alone is staggering

A month ago, all I wanted to do was go to NYC and do hoodrat shit with my friends. Now I want a garden, a chicken, a horse, and a stockpile of essentials. I want to live somewhere less susceptible to infectious disease, drought, floods, hurricanes, etc

I think part of it is that people have not yet figured out that we are living through a genocide. This is a huge turning point towards the destruction of western society as we know it. Invest in it at your own peril. Depend on it at your own peril.

Another thing, if I can manage it, I’m getting land after this. Land to share and to be a safe haven for community, of course. But nonetheless, if I’m privileged enough to have the option, I am NOT gonna rely on no landlord for my survival NOPE

This ain’t about hustle. It’s about spending this time trying to get whatever safety and freedom and joy you can. Bc rest assured, if you don’t have a plan, you’re probably gonna be fucked when this is over

I get that we’re telling people they need to rest bc this is trauma but you also need to plan because this is survival.

We ain’t supposed to call the virus a war but it is! Bc rest assured, your government is waging war on YOU.

And in wartime we don’t become sitting ducks

Ima say another thing y’all ain’t gonna like. All these white people with guns and you letting them catch you slipping without one? Couldn’t be me! Especially in a rural area or majority white area. These crackers got GRENADES, ok? Walkie talkies, AK-47s, UZIS

At the very least y’all need to learn to shoot yourself an elk or something, catch a fish. Plant cabbage. They catching you SLIPPIN’

This plus climate change? Ain’t playing with y’all, bitch I’m SCARED.