General Discussion

in the early 2000s. We turned it off Tuesday night and back on briefly the next day to hear Kamala speak. That's it.

I'm tired, exhausted of Trump 24/7. So is my hubby. And our daughter. And that's all it has been. Even here on DU, which I think of as my "home" on the internet, there has just been too much focus on whatever his latest outrage is or was, and not enough on what is right and good about us and our people. I don't mean that as a disrespect, just a realization. I mean, I did it, too. I think we all just hoped we'd wake up one day, tune in to news or load up DU, and learn that he was arrested and jailed, or maybe even dead. It was an obsession. And I have to let that go. My family has to let that go.

I have to focus and center myself now on simple joys, kindness, and working and sharing with others toward shared goals. I see myself now as having been consumed by the darkness emanating from that sociopath. I need it to be cleansed from my system.

So that means not watching news, no more MSNBC, which I have loved. I am still here on DU, and have no plans to leave, but I am careful what I click on.

I doubt I will feel this way forever. It's a healing process. And I know I am not "done," either. (My paperclip attests to that.) But I am breathing, and healing, and regrouping. For now.