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How do you guys stay optimistic? It's tough (europe.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by terradragon@slrpnk.net to c/memes@slrpnk.net

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Sometimes I feel like whatever I'd do it won't be enough. What/where I buy or where I donate seem trivial in the larger scheme of things. From extreme power concentration to world hunger. From climate change to AI safety. Too many things that I'd like to change, but I feel powerless sometimes. The feeling comes coupled with a sense of guilt of not doing enough and not being enough. Do you guys get this feeling too? How do you deal with it?

I do believe in the necessity of optimism in order to affect change, but sometimes hope is hard to cultivate. How do you guys keep your optimism up?

Thanks for reading my mini-rant.

Also, the meme is not OC

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[–] Azzu@leminal.space 4 points 1 week ago

You really don't need to be optimistic. I'm not. That doesn't mean that you need to have any problems.

The real issue in your comment is your guilt, and of not feeling like you're doing enough. My first question would be: are you actually not doing enough? If every person on Earth would behave/live like you, would the problem exist? If the answer is no, then you're doing enough. Then the question becomes how to get rid of that feeling, but this answer comes first. Because if the answer is yes, then you should be feeling like you do!