Feeling despair at the world and something that no bullshit made me feel a little better was giving ten bucks to support someone’s work on Patreon. Not that it’s a big deal but being able to go “oh I like this, I want more of this in the world” made me feel like I had .00000001% control of things.
Also I know it's not canvassing but talking to people I know and finding they're as scared and outraged by things as I am, even if they don't agree with me on a lot, has given me hope and catharsis I've never achieved on political social media (and I know it's ironic to say that here).
Adopting this incoming cat isn’t going to fix…*gestures broadly*…all of THIS….but lord help me it’s what’s keeping me sane this week as a small amount of good I can put into the world.
A lot of despair and hopelessness is about creating the illusion that nothing will get better and there's nothing you can do. Even if you do something small, that can be enough to help dissipate it.