Warning: Rant inbound.

"I can't, I'm having a self care day." "Sorry, I'm taking care of myself right now." Do you all realize how completely nuts you sound? One of the ideas I've seen dominate so much of our society recently is this concept that, in order to deal with your problems, you have to pull away and "focus on yourself." Now, I'm not trying to devalue contemplation nor am I trying to say that there aren't some issues that are best handled on an individual basis, but this whole emphasis we have on "putting ourselves first" is often times a rejection of the thing that's made humans so great and successful for thousands of years: We build communities, and the members of those communities take care of each other. It's the building of communities that fills human hearts and lifts the burdens from human shoulders. This church we've built around "self-care" is just another iteration of the death cult that is the modern idea of individualism, and it isn't going to make us feel any better, no matter how much we pretend it will. We can manage on our own, but in a group we can overcome.

I know there's a lot to be said for the big injustices under capitalism and all, but the little stuff that makes every day just a little harder is worth mentioning to. I'm very upset by how hard it is to find a bench to just sit and rest on in day to day life, even in public places.