Observations:
I am seeing more and more just breaking down around me lately. Nothing feels like it works the way it should.
Customer service is at an all time low (the worst ever and I come from a customer service background!) None of my apps seems to work right for things like my insurance and banking. Everything feels forgotten and neglected and when I try to reach out to have things rectified, it is next to impossible to reach an actual human on the phone or a website. AI wants to answer all of my questions, or fulfill all of my wants and needs somehow.
I find myself screaming at the phone or computer screen, so infuriated at where we’re at as a society and the apathy I see in everyone around me. When did mediocrity become so mainstream? What role have I played in it? What do I do now? Will it ever end or do we just continue to spiral down into complete failure and disrepair?
I, for one, can only do what I can do and that is simply, live a day at a time. Show up in each moment fully prepared for the possibilities in said moment, whether good, bad or completely futile. Then I move on to the next moment, with an open heart, open hands and an open mind, thankful for all of the opportunities that present themselves next.
It’s mumbo jumbo I suppose, but it’s how I make it through in a world where people just don’t seem to give a fuck about anything but themselves anymore.
Written in Spring.
MISTER WILLIAM REILLY 