Since 2016 at least

All I keep thinking recently it’s only been two years for this term so far. Holy cow how is it only been two years? I guess it’s been a little less than 2 years… fuck it’s only been 1.6 years so far. 864 days to go.

For me it started 2016 with Brexit and then Trump.

War, right wing extremism, accelerated climate change, more war, climate fueled disasters, a full blown genocide with the support of world leaders. What a time to be alive.

2021 was the good year. The pandemic started to get under control, the first vaccines started rolling out. The second-largest democracy in the world survived a coup attempt, and it seemed like the people responsible would be held to account. The economy started coming back, driven by the generous stimulus packages that world governments had handed straight to the working class, and the subsequent job market boom meant college students were in some cases landing six-figure offers before they even graduated.

Early 2020s were pretty good, I thought. Obviously depends where you were as there was some significant collective violence that started up in some places but it wasn’t until 2025 and especially 2026 that things took a turn for me personally…

2020 was pretty dope for me personally but a lot of people couldn’t handle not being the center of attention for a few months and became completely unhinged.

How well my life is going strongly correlates with how many edible plants I have growing.

I remember when 2016 was the “worst year ever.” And before that, when 2011 was the “worst year ever.” I feel like we should hold off on calling a nadir until we start heading back up.

For me, that year was 2001.

Dicks out for Harambe

Could’ve been worse