Turn on the news for fifteen minutes. A war. An election. An economy that feels like it's held together with good intentions and borrowed time. A comment section full of people who seem to inhabit an entirely different reality than you do. By the time you set your phone down, you may not feel outraged or motivated or informed. You may just feel — nothing. Or everything at once, which can feel like the same thing. If that resonates, you are not broken. You are not apathetic. Y

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