Thread by @TheBubbleBubble

I'd like to explain & apologize for my sporadic social media posting in the past year; it has been a tremendous source of guilt and pressure for me.

To be completely transparent, I've been struggling with emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and inspirational exhaustion.

This past year has been devastating for so many people and I'm very fortunate and grateful that my career is doing well, but I've been in deep turmoil internally.

As someone who tries to prevent and warn the world of crises, the past year has been a nightmare for me.

I've been seriously affected by the combination of the pandemic (being shut inside for so long with no activities that I enjoy) and then actually getting coronavirus, which I believe I'm still experiencing residual effects from (exhaustion, mental fogginess, irritability, etc.).

I know this is trivial compared to what many people experienced, but I moved to a brand new city (Dallas) just months before the pandemic.

My friends & family are 1,700 miles away in New York.

Because of the pandemic, I have almost no friends here; I know almost nobody here.

I had such high hopes of meeting a soulmate here in Dallas - one of these incredible Southern belles who are so close...yet so far due to the pandemic.

Those dreams were dashed (at least for a year & counting).

My frustration has been immense. We're biological beings after all.

When the world is going to hell, I just don't sleep.

I just lie awake with my heart pounding. I have a form of PTSD that started during the 2008 meltdown when I was a recent college grad struggling to look for jobs.

I get flashbacks to those horrible days.

So, in those conditions, I just can't write. The words just don't flow. I go into survivalism mode.

I also become very bitter when I think about how free market advocates like myself are completely ignored and marginalized in the world of economics, politics, and media.

I just want to thank you all for continuing to follow me.

I really hope to be more active and consistent on social media and content creation from here.

I have so many interesting thoughts to share.

I'm still struggling with exhaustion, but I will try to push through it.