10 Things I Don't Hate About The Future

Let's talk about what's actually good right now.

In trying to prepare what to write for today’s newsletter, I started and abandoned four different drafts. I’d think that I had an idea, start writing, get 100 words in, and then I’d realize I didn’t want to go any further with it. You know what the problem is?

Everything’s bleak right now.

I write about what I’m thinking about on any given day, and for much of 2020, what I’ve been thinking about has been rooted in uncertainty or much worse. There’s a pandemic, an economic crisis, widespread social injustice, a bitter election season, and on top of all of that, the time’s about to change this weekend, plunging us all into five months of maddening darkness. Even though I try to find a positive or hopeful angle in much of what I write, there’s no denying the reality: things kind of suck!

So, instead of writing about [waves hands] all that today, I’d like to try something different. I’d like to talk about what’s good. It’s easy to lose sight of what’s good about living in the times we do, a…