The rage is back, big time. The mental load of constantly weighing risks and benefits of various scenarios is utterly exhausting. Should we go see my parents who have risk factors? Should we rent an Airbnb so we can discover who we are in a different 1,100 square feet of space? Should our little pod come up with a different arrangement for when and who we care for in a given day, so that the adults can get more work done and, dare we dream, a little solitude?
Yes and NO and YES to all this. The combination of obstinate and imaginative is so so rare and so so necessary. Clarity without certainty. I have so much anger for those who reverse these terms, nearly always in the service of consolidating dubiously earned power and wealth.
Thank you for so eloquently speaking my heart..again...Courtney, for giving voice and energy to the storm of thoughts and and feelings I wrestle with on the daily. Carrying that rage and thirst for Leadership with me out into the world today, feet firmly planted in the real magic of imaginative solutions to collective problems....thank you again for the work you do and share- professionally and personally.
Oh Courtney! Thank you for writing my heart in ways that helped me understand myself better. Thank you for expressing your rage and pain on the page so we can see our own reflected back at us.
I’m sorry it’s so damn hard. AND I thank you for doing this work and helping us all address the discomfort. I will share this far and wide as an offering to my loved ones who are also struggling with fury and rage and fear.
Thanks for having energy enough to speak our collective rage, when most of us are exhausted by it all. One line resonates particularly today, as I think about what could have been -- what if everyone were "rising to the occasion in a spirit of collaboration and creativity, not in a defensive crouch"? Thank you, Courtney.
Dear Courtney, thank you so much for this. Writing as a parent of 2 similar aged kids navigating the absence of in-person education this fall amidst the pandemic, with really similar experiences of rage, decision fatigue and exhaustion. Appreciate your writing and sharing, and hoping all the school staff and teachers go on strike together and we can see each other in the streets
I woke up this morning wondering "what is being asked of me at this time in our world?" The first thing that came to mind was I can work to get out the vote - either by helping voters get to the polls or by helping voters find and fill in their mail-in ballot and get it mailed. So... that is the first thing. I know other actions will become conscious - but getting people to vote seems imperative right now.
A bow of thankfulness to you for posting another thought-provoking blog!
Yes and NO and YES to all this. The combination of obstinate and imaginative is so so rare and so so necessary. Clarity without certainty. I have so much anger for those who reverse these terms, nearly always in the service of consolidating dubiously earned power and wealth.
Thank you for so eloquently speaking my heart..again...Courtney, for giving voice and energy to the storm of thoughts and and feelings I wrestle with on the daily. Carrying that rage and thirst for Leadership with me out into the world today, feet firmly planted in the real magic of imaginative solutions to collective problems....thank you again for the work you do and share- professionally and personally.
Yes. It’s magnified for widows and widowers whose pod is one person grieving.
Oh Courtney! Thank you for writing my heart in ways that helped me understand myself better. Thank you for expressing your rage and pain on the page so we can see our own reflected back at us.
I’m sorry it’s so damn hard. AND I thank you for doing this work and helping us all address the discomfort. I will share this far and wide as an offering to my loved ones who are also struggling with fury and rage and fear.
THANK YOU.
This: “We refuse to further privatize our common life.” So clear and succinct. Thank you.
Thanks for having energy enough to speak our collective rage, when most of us are exhausted by it all. One line resonates particularly today, as I think about what could have been -- what if everyone were "rising to the occasion in a spirit of collaboration and creativity, not in a defensive crouch"? Thank you, Courtney.
Dear Courtney, thank you so much for this. Writing as a parent of 2 similar aged kids navigating the absence of in-person education this fall amidst the pandemic, with really similar experiences of rage, decision fatigue and exhaustion. Appreciate your writing and sharing, and hoping all the school staff and teachers go on strike together and we can see each other in the streets
I woke up this morning wondering "what is being asked of me at this time in our world?" The first thing that came to mind was I can work to get out the vote - either by helping voters get to the polls or by helping voters find and fill in their mail-in ballot and get it mailed. So... that is the first thing. I know other actions will become conscious - but getting people to vote seems imperative right now.
A bow of thankfulness to you for posting another thought-provoking blog!