How is Everyone Here Coping? I'm find it very hard these days..

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11. I love All Creatures...!!

I love All Creatures...!! Once a summer, I re-watch either that or the original Upstairs Downstairs. Such a civility and politeness found in the British series' dealing with the Edwardian era as to never be found in American television.

Best coping mechanism I've found when things get to be too much is to go on a news black-out. Most of the time, it's only for one or two days, but I have gone as long as a week without paying any attention to news, current events, politics, etc.

Instead, I devote myself to personal correspondence, getting weeks ahead on the corporate blog (I get a monthly bonus for writing it), and my own writing and reading projects.

I'm lucky in that the vast majority of my friends are apolitical, and couldn't care less what the weekly political meme floating around is. They're great to go out with, have a few beers and a burger, and allows me to focus on family and friends rather than the imaginary constructs of politics we not only allow to direct our lives, but allow ourselves to feel stress... or even hatred because of, well... the imaginary.