Beim Umziehen meines Tagebuchs, bin ich über einen Eintrag aus dem Jahr 2022 gestolpert, der – befürchte ich – ziemlich zeitgemäß und nötig sein dürfte.

Damals fragte der Twitter-User »Emmentalerduckwalker¹« nach Tipps, in einer verkommenen Welt die eigene, geistige Gesundheit zu bewahren.

Nachdem wir inzwischen auf die absurdeste aller Zeitlinien abgebogen sind, möchte ich meine damalige Antwort noch einmal hier posten:

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My solution is:

1. Realizing: Yes, the world is deeply unjust and always was.
2. Maybe even ever will be, but …
   • If you do nothing, it will only get worse, because entropy and »things getting worse« does not need energy.
   • Making things better needs energy.
3. You will never be able to fix everything.
4. Stay focused. Make your tiny little part of the world better.
5. Only baby steps.
6. Try to be kind to yourself.
7. Try to be kind to everybody else.
8. But allow yourself anger. Anger is better than depression.
   • Depression will eat you alive.
   • Anger gives you the energy and will to be an agent of change.
9. Don’t despair when you don’t see results.
   • Most likely, it’s just your vantage point — others will see the results of what you are doing.
10. If people say to you what your actions meant for them — record. Write it down, make screenshots … keep it in an easily accessible place. Look at those scraps of validation and take energy and faith from them.
11. You are enough. Always.

I also collect stuff that makes me feel better about things being messed up but also gives me hope that if we keep working against entropy and bad things we’ll make a difference. Like:

Thus, I guess, it is partly acceptance of what I can’t change, but also realizing that I can be part of the solution. I’m not helpless. Just not almighty.

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Und noch zusätzlich:

• Eskapismus: Sehr viel Eskapismus.

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1. Account inzwischen gelöscht. Archivkopie des Tweets. ↩︎