Everything Is Never Going To Be Just Right
I need a daily reminder of this concept from the really quite excellent Meditation for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman:
This portion of your limited time, the part before you’ve managed to get on top of everything, or dealt with your procrastination problem, or graduated or found a partner or retired; and before the survival of democracy or the climate have been secured: this part matters just as much as any other and arguably even more than any other, since the past is gone and the future hasn’t occurred yet, so right now is the only time that really exists.
I seem to always be eagerly waiting for everything to be just right. Then, I can begin.
Well, Ansgar, everything is never going to be just right.
So start living already.
Elsewhere Today
- US fertility rate reached a new low in 2024
Well, of course it did. Choosing to have kids isn’t done in a vacuum. When that choice is complicated by a social safety net that either doesn’t exist or is rapidly being dismantled, the choice to not have a kid is going to get picked more and more often. - Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dies at age 71
It’s a start, I guess… 🤷🏽♂️😈