One of my best friends has had a rough 2025. He had to switch jobs, and both he and his wife have been in the hospital. He texted me last night:

"Good night

Has been an awful week 

Awful since 1-21

"But I am going to slow down and focus on the good in my life which is filled with good things and not focus on other stuff"

I didn't know what the date ref was at first--the date a new boss, who had mutual loathing for one another,  took charge? Then it hit me. It has been less than 8 months of Trump II. It seems like YEARS. 

Sometimes first impressions are truer than when you have time to think and rationalize them and my first thought-feeling was "I don't know if I can take 3 yrs 4 mos more."