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Wallowing in Current Events Can Throw Everything Off Balance
Why I feel the need to compartmentalize before I go mad.
I woke up yesterday morning determined to write another article. I’d fallen behind on my goal of trying to publish at least once a week, but I couldn’t get started. I spent time reading from the experts here on Medium, scouring through pieces about writer’s block and how to generate content ideas. My search for inspiration was fruitful at first. I settled on writing a reflection about my years running a food pantry, and I opened my laptop to get to work.
That’s as far as I got. Yesterday was filled with distractions and sound bites that kept me from focusing, almost as if I was having an out of body experience or living an episode of the Twilight Zone.
My first mistake was turning on the news. Only for a minute, I thought. Just while I eat my breakfast. Images of storefronts being boarded up in Louisville caught my attention. They weren’t hunkering down to wait out a hurricane. Nope. Preparations were being made in case the grand jury convened to review the evidence against the police officers involved in the tragic death of Breonna Taylor decided not to bring charges. Violence was obviously anticipated as peaceful protests wouldn’t require the same measures.
