The World is Weird and so am I

Is there something going on in the world right now? I don’t mean environmentally. I don’t mean politically. I mean is something legitimately up? The fact that I am posting one of these things for the first time in almost a year is a pretty good indicator that the earth may actually be slightly off its axis.  
I feel like within the last week or two, almost every person I’ve come in contact with has said that they are feeling out of sync or off their game or can’t seem to get in the zone. Whether it is with work or school or friends or love or whatever, everyone kind of seems to be losing it. Right?

I don’t mean that everyone is actually going insane. I mean that everyone seems to just not be themselves or be able to go through their normal routines. Or have been having the most uncomfortable encounters and situations.

Example: The other day at work, I had to turn in money as I do at the end of every game. Every single game for the last 3 years I have handed in an envelope with $60 in it for my “bank.” I swear it took me about 45 minutes and 15 tries to simply count to 60.

You know. That kind of stuff.

I know of multiple people that have run into ex boyfriend/ girlfriends’ now significant others. I have had my own weird encounters with exes as well this week.

I know of people showing up to work when they weren’t scheduled because they genuinely didn’t know what day it was.

I watched people that have worked at my company for 20+ years get confused as to where they were walking in the building.

I’ve heard from people I haven’t seen in years. People I hoped to forget about. And people I thought forgot about me.

People I normally talk to every day feel farther away than ever. There was a time that I was thousands of miles away, on the other side of the country and things didn’t feel this distant.

Even the weather is losing its shit. What season is it again?

I know it isn’t, and it’s not that I even believe in that kind of stuff but is mercury in retrograde or something? Is there one freakishly long full moon right now? If anyone has any insight I would really appreciate them sharing that with me.

It’s almost like everyone I know is slightly disconnected from reality. Nothing is going horribly wrong. But nothing feels quite right either. Work doesn’t feel like work. Friends don’t feel like friends. Everything is off.

So what are mere mortals like ourselves supposed to do when the world decides to work against us?
The answer to that one my friends… I genuinely don’t know. I usually jump on this thing hoping to share some of the wisdom I pulled out of my butt earlier that day. So ill take a quick stab at it.

Things have clearly been worse right? Like I know things in my life are less than ideal right now but a good amount of deep breaths and inappropriate jokes usually get me through times like this. One phrase I have heard and used recently is that “everything is temporary.” I used to really hate that saying but I guess it really is true. I always really hated the idea that good things are temporary. But I guess it is a good thing that bad things are temporary too. Bad times will pass. Bad vibes will dissipate. The earth keeps spinning whether it is on its normal axis or not.

I hope that made sense. As previously stated, I haven’t posted one of these things in almost a year so I am a little rusty. I think rather than impose on your lives with my so called “wisdom” this time I’ll just use this as a PSA. To anyone else out there that is feeling the constant question of “What the eff is happening?” that I and many others are feeling it too.
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Deep Breaths. Inappropriate jokes. We are all in this together.
 
 
To my dude: Thank you for so thoughtfully telling me to “suckabutt and post one already.” You were right. And now I’m telling people about it on the internet. This one's for you.