Disillusion Summer

After a few casual articles since I started here at Medium, it’s time to get more personal and serious. My apologies for the shift in tone and also trigger warning: I discuss some difficult things in this article. I promise it won’t be like this all the time. I’ll get back to the more “upbeat” stuff soon. But for now, let’s go.

I imagine I’m in the same boat with a lot of others who’ve found themselves questioning things, life and their purpose in it. I’m sure it happens frequently to all sorts of people all around the world. It’s been happening a lot more, to me at least, over the last few years.

This may come as a surprise to friends and acquaintances, but I don’t know all the answers or have everything figured out. Some days I’m not even sure what I’ve done with my life or what to do next. Really, some days I’m not even sure I should have gotten out of bed. Maybe you can relate?

What is it about the last few years that’s gotten to me? Well, I’ll give you some ideas but I’ll bet you won’t need too many. Here’s a few to get started.

The COVID pandemic which, for some reason, many in power think is totally over. The 2016 Presidential election which gave us the worst four years of a “President” in my lifetime. The war in Ukraine. The war on drugs, especially cannabis. Current efforts to legislate what women can do with their own bodies…