Maybe, but I think it’s more likely they’ll want some pretense of legitimacy and rig them instead of cancelling them altogether.

So he’s planning to rig the mid term elections.

Makes me wonder if this was Musk’s plan all along - make Starlink indispensible and then leverage it against Ukraine when the time came.

Pretty sure Trumpism was just Nazism in a new hat.

Sorry Bernie, the US turned off that road years ago.

You’re welcome! I can certainly empathise with wanting to find people who have the same experience. If it helps at all, whilst I don’t experience the struggle you do with composing emails, another person I know definitely does. Don’t know if they prefer phone calls, though.

Agreed. I buy physical versions wherever possible. Plus video and audio are generally higher quality than streaming/digital purchases.

Not everybody has the same stressors or needs and hence won’t have the same coping techniques. Nothing wrong with that. The important thing is that you’ve identified an approach that works for you.

I generally prefer emails over phone calls because with phone calls I can be put on the spot and if I’m tired or having a bad day then I can’t always respond effectively. Emails ensure that I can’t get overwhelmed in the middle of an important conversation.

Unfortunately not from the perspective of the billionaire class who just needs a labour force.

Sadly true.

This really shouldn’t surprise anyone at this point.

I wonder how many of his supporters are about to find out that they’re included in this.

You’re welcome! I hope it helps.

I’m surprised he didn’t try this in the first week as part of his “revenge” executive orders.

At the core, my Trello system works like this:

• I have a template Trello card for a generic week. This has a checklist for each day with the tasks that I don’t do by default (e.g. in my case eating breakfast/lunch/dinner isn’t on it because my sense of hunger and thirst works really well!). It’s typically things like doing my exercises (which I will often forget if I am busy), checking whether the cat litter tray needs cleaning before bed (at the end of the day I am tired and can miss things that should be done, so this serves as a useful reminder) or regular things that don’t happen every day (like watering my indoor plants on Tuesdays and Fridays).
• I also have a Task Pool card where I note down all the things I need/should/want/would like to do. I’m currently working with an OT to help improve how I prioritise and select what to work on (this is where energy accounting comes in if you use it), but the idea so far (which mostly works) is that on Friday evening (when my wife and I discuss the weekend and the following week), I create the next week’s card from the weekly template and grab any items I need/want to do that week from the Task Pool.

For more irregular activities, like holidays/trips, I also have a template card. It makes it much easier to prepare for a trip; I have checklists on that template card for:

• Things I need to do before leaving
• Things I need to take that aren’t regular packing
• Normal packing list (e.g. clothes, medication, toiletries, etc.)

When I know a trip is coming up, I then create a card from the template specific to that trip and start adding things as I think of them. For example, I might be planning to visit family for a birthday or other event, so “birthday present” would go on the non-regular packing list.

Not surprised, unfortunately - saw the news headlines about the restrictions on schools and churches being removed.

Ugh, I’m sorry to hear that. I don’t live in the US, so I have not seen this.

I wonder how long before that actually happens - weeks or months?

A slew of organisational tools to help me keep track of things and prevent overwhelm:

• ClickUp is really good for big projects. I can break them down into smaller pieces, set dependencies and priorities, etc. so that only the next relevant steps are shown and I don’t get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work involved in a large project.
• Trello I find really handy for day-to-day stuff. I have a weekly template card with a checklist for each day and the regular activities on it. This reduces the amount of bandwidth I need to plan my day or week, as I already have a rough structure in place to build upon.
• Google Calendar (although really any calendar app should do). Use repeating events and take advantage of the email reminder options. If it’s something important that I need to prepare for, I can set a reminder email a day or two (or even a week) in advance so that it doesn’t sneak up on me.

Beyond that, I find it very important to keep my space organised, neat and tidy. Too much visual clutter is overwhelming. Making sure everything has its own place and is readily accessible takes a lot of hassle out of anything I have to do, whether it be day-to-day stuff or one-off tasks.

I can’t quite decide if this is just virtue signalling or not from the Democrats. I know some of them would genuinely support it, but this feels very much like it is too little, too late - if they were actually serious about saving democracy in the US, they could have done this when it actually stood a chance of being useful.