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Cyrano

(15,043 posts)
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:45 AM Aug 2018

Escaping it

Every since Trump and the Republican Party gained complete control, crazy is the new normal.

No one can put up with it day after day and hold on to their sanity. We all need a way to turn it off, if just for a while. We all must have a way to escape it, if only to feel well, normal, and human -- for just a while.

Here's what I do when I can. I stretch out in the sun, tune in to Pandora on my phone, and listen to Willie Nelson, or Ella Fitzgerald, or any other music that makes it seem the world a better place. And afterwards, I feel better, and I feel that life is worth living.

So how about chiming in here and letting us on DU know what you do to hold on to your sense of well-being. Tell us what you do to escape it.

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Escaping it (Original Post) Cyrano Aug 2018 OP
Gardening, when it isn't raining. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #1
Sounds wonderful Cyrano Aug 2018 #2
Work on my website. shraby Aug 2018 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,780 posts)
1. Gardening, when it isn't raining.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:51 AM
Aug 2018

I read fiction, sing in a vocal ensemble, and paint (badly). You have to find something beautiful to do or at least be with or you'll go crazy.

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