Doomscrolling

Hi, everyone.

I know it’s been a few days since I lasted posted anything. I know three or four days isn’t that much of an absence in the grand scheme of things, but you know me, you know I don’t like to leave people hanging, so… yeah, I’m back, although I don’t know what to write about. It’s definitely been a crazy week and I could write about that, but I don’t want to go down that rabbit hole again. I’ve spent way too much time over the last few days just doomscrolling and yeah, that hasn’t been much fun. There’s so much uncertainty in the world and that really does frighten me. I know there’s not much I can do about it — which isn’t exactly reassuring when you think about it — but I can at least do a few things to keep myself occupied.

As an example, I’m still working my way through Breaking Bad. I’m at the infamous “Fly” episode, which isn’t necessarily one of my personal favourite episodes but I love how experimental and weird it is for a supposed bottle episode. It leans into the absurdity of its simple setup with great gusto and while it doesn’t exactly move the story forward all that much, it’s still an intriguing look into Walt’s psyche.

So, at the time of this writing, it’s already Friday in my neck in the woods so once again, I’m in that conundrum where I don’t know whether to call it today or tomorrow. All I’m gonna say is that I don’t have any plans, although I do intend to head down to the gym at some point in the day, so I can hopefully make up for my lacklustre efforts on Wednesday.

Fingers crossed.

Also, take a hint from me… avoid doomscrolling as much as possible. It doesn’t help anyone or anything.