this has been a week

I usually post on Thursdays, but I didn’t this week for a couple of reasons.

One, usually I post discussion threads on Thursday, but with how excited I am about our new active chat, it feels a little redundant. I’ll probably still post some questions for discussion here, like my AMA’s or shopping recommendations, but much of it will live in the chat. Bonus: paid subscribers can ask any questions at any time in the chat, without waiting for me to open a prompt.

Two, it’s been a hard week to be a human in the world. As a highly sensitive person (although any person of any sensitivity level is surely feeling it) I have to work really hard to not let the horrific events happening daily completely knock me out for the count. I don’t want to look away, but I also know from personal experience that letting it all seep in can result in depressive episodes, once for close to a year (2005, after Katrina). If that happens, I’m no help to anyone, not the people who are suffering, or my community, or my family.