So uh...how's everyone's mental health considering, y'know, all of this?
After the initial few weeks, I think I've mostly settled into a semi-sustainable "just have to wait and see, and keep an eye out for signs I, a trans person, need to GTFO." I mean, the signs are already there for me, but financially I can't upend my entire life to flee to ...where? at this point.
I'm trying to limit my reddit doom-scrolling, but still keeping up generally with the never-ending shit-stream of executive orders and federal firings.
I have really locked down my spending, and am trying to get my health stuff in order while I still have a job and good insurance. I work for a program largely funded through federal grants, and the paranoia about my job vanishing continues. Though I'm not a federal employee, I foresee some pretty awful ripple effects from all of the federal layoffs and funding freezes. I suppose only time will tell what actually ends up happening.
After the initial few weeks, I think I've mostly settled into a semi-sustainable "just have to wait and see, and keep an eye out for signs I, a trans person, need to GTFO." I mean, the signs are already there for me, but financially I can't upend my entire life to flee to ...where? at this point.
I'm trying to limit my reddit doom-scrolling, but still keeping up generally with the never-ending shit-stream of executive orders and federal firings.
I have really locked down my spending, and am trying to get my health stuff in order while I still have a job and good insurance. I work for a program largely funded through federal grants, and the paranoia about my job vanishing continues. Though I'm not a federal employee, I foresee some pretty awful ripple effects from all of the federal layoffs and funding freezes. I suppose only time will tell what actually ends up happening.
More like crapitalism, am I right ladies? - Karl Marx