I’m pretty sure society is in decline.

I’m planning a 2025 mid-year move to Canada. The house has been bought, working on the sponsorship documents for my wife. We’re making it happen. The home is a 40 acre wooded property, just inside the city limits of my hometown. It’s on a large hill or small granite mountain. There are no sight lines to any neighbours, only forest and mountain views. The well has incredible pressure from what may be a pristine source. Microplastic free.

Is my capacity to feel joy reduced? Is it because of the accumulated wounds of life? Or is it more that I’m affected by society boiling? I think Russia has won the cold war. They did it with social media propaganda and lit the fires that are crumbling the nation from within. So many people have seemingly lost the ability to tell truth from lie. Malibu is dried out and burning. Anger and discontent. Trusted institutions are being compromised or destroyed. Wealth is so concentrated in the hands of a few.

Can I turn this noise off? Reduce my exposure? Hide in my forest house and wait for robots to solve all the problems.

I hope so… because I’m going to try.