Future Vision

[potofsoup]

This should be not a surprise to y'alls, since I spend a lot of time talking about it here. Mostly because I spend a lot of time talking to my husband, who regularly says things like "the world will end in 20 years, unless nuclear war ends it first" and "I can't imagine a future for our daughter" and "in 10 years we won't have any more salmon" and "I shouldn't fly ever again." So... yeah. Hope is kind of a force of habit at this point, just to preserve my own mental health.

Politics being what it is, I feel like societal change is where I can find hope. And hey, if we all start making choices based on preparing for an oil-free world, we can actually make oil obsolete!


On AO3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21730534
On tumblr here: https://summercomfort.tumblr.com/post/189557979434/i-i-spend-a-lot-of-time-talking-to-my-husband

Comments

[minoanmiss]

That was beautiful.

[potofsoup]

<333

I love this!

[bluewinged_songbird]

Thank you for this. It's so easy to give into despair but really we should be taking action.

Re: I love this!

[potofsoup]

<3 <3 <3 Yeah, thinking about it this way has really helped mobilize me toward doing something without this blanket of panic. Today I talked to some people at work about getting electrical chargers installed!

[sarahthecoat]

Yes! I try to think in terms of, what can i do now? And then, what can i figure out to do next?

[kaasknot]

This was a good post. For myself, I'm focusing mostly on three things: 1) learning to grow my own food; 2) learning to consume less and reuse/recycle more; and 3) learning how to reach out to others and build community (I'm bad at people, lol, so this is a big one)

[quailfence]

Excellent! This is a great way of looking at the future!