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"For me it looks like this: Foster this sense of place. Get to know it. Pick tiny things about it that I can maybe change, or make better. Pay attention to cycles. Work within them instead of trying to outsmart them. Give and take from closer to home. When I get distracted by shiny objects, ask myself what feeling I’m trying to ignore.

And I’ll be honest — these days, that work feels more productive to me than reading the news anyway." - same here 🙋🏼‍♀️

Last year, I went from working in environmental communications to working in IT. My primary reasoning went something like this: I know the bad is *bad*. I know enough to want to change my habits and lifestyle. I obviously don't have the capacity to be in a 8hrs-a-day-7-days-a-week relationship with news in this field so I'll step away from the industry but help in other ways:

Save up for a piece of land (I, too, have a great need to develop a sense of place within myself). Practice food forest principles on it. Build bird houses and put them in said food forest. Learn about green IT and building low-carbon websites. Spread the message to my colleagues, friends, and family by having plenty of interesting lived-in examples to share.

I took a step away from all the "musts" and decided to approach this all with a sense of experimentation. Happy to report that I feel much more optimistic about my power now. :)

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