Trying to get this bit of writing done before the song that I’m listening to finishes as I want to do something else before I need to start getting ready for another day in paradise, as they say. I should probably turn the song up so I can hear it properly, and I just might, or I might not. It all depends on how things turn out and things are turning, and out, I might add.

So today is one of those days where it is going to be hot and it is an unusual heat, though perhaps not unexpected at this point in time, considering how things have been going in the name of progress and reliance and all that. It’s unfortunate and it’s concerning, and it is it.

No one wants to read about concerns and worries, however, and so perhaps it is better for me to just pretend that everything is fine. After all, how does one look at worries in the space of one day and think that matters over the course of a long period of time? But it does. It matters more than my lack of articulation and coherence, but that’s not for here as what here is for is for the nonsense and the rambling and the not discussing issues that are faced by the individual and the collective.

So now I shall tip my hat and try to work out how to take this into lighter territory. The room I’m in is shaded due to being in the shadow of some other structure known as another house, but the light is outside. Therefore, the way to make this writing happier is to go outside and stand in the sun where it will be quite hot and unusually for this time of year so I’ll need to pretend that this isn’t unusual and this has always happened.

I’ll do this and as I do this I’ll get on with the getting on and I’ll look through eras and rewrite my own memory of everything and then I’ll go from there to somewhere else and you get the idea.

As much as I’d like to pretend that things are okay, I can’t. I can’t pretend to be hopeful anymore. There still is hope and I still believe that we can turn things around but I’m no longer hopeful. I have difficulty holding onto that belief and I have trouble trying to show people we can change for the better because the problem is bigger than them, which it is, but it also isn’t.

Something I like to say is that everyone is fine with science until it becomes inconvenient for them to do so, and I think that’s happening much more these days. It’s a bit like abuse; many talk big but if they have to act, often they back down and deny, and at times choose to remain friends with the abuser and refuse to discuss. Not always, but sometimes.

That said, there is change and to ignore that is not good. However, change is not happening as quickly as perhaps it should and that is where the problem lies.

Quite often we can live below our means and still live incredibly comfortable lives and we don’t, and perhaps that’s our own fault and perhaps that’s the fault of large corporations. WE should hold large corporations to task for their impact, as well as individuals who are quite happy to be intensive with resources for no justifiable reason, but we should also look at what we do and do not do. It’s quite easy to be complicit in a wide range of issues just because we personally benefit. It can be difficult to cut a bunch of things out, but it is not impossible.

Change for the better takes time but it’s worthwhile. It’s worth going through all that that entails and it’s worth going through the process of education and empathy. There are a lot of people who don’t need to drive and choose to do so regardless, just as there are a lot of corporations who choose to greenwash to make themselves more attractive rather than take actual steps.

It’s always good to bear in mind that carbon offsets are good, but giving an organisation money to do so serves no real purpose unless you see tangible results. Oftentimes that’s just a band-aid anyway as it’s reduction that needs to happen; not offsetting. That said, it’s also good to bear in mind that offsetting is a step toward something better, but that better has to come. Otherwise nothing ends up changing.

I think at this point I’m nearing the end of a third song but that’s okay. This has gone on longer than I suspected it would and I’m writing about something I’m highly concerned about. Perhaps it’s in a pretty scattered manner, but I’m still writing this and maybe it’ll get someone to think more about what we can do to enact more positive change in the struggle against our impact on the climate, because at this point it’s a pretty heavy struggle.

Habitat restoration is a massive factor in preventing further damage and so that’s always something to consider, as is our reduction in consumption. It’s always good to get involved where you can. Join in community work, help out where you can. It’s not just about the environment; it’s also about community and so we should be doing what we can where we can.

The problem is bigger than the individual, that is true, but we can do so much more and we don’t. We’re happy to let things slide in the name of our own desires and… yeah. I think I’ve said enough.

Anyway, I’m on the fourth song now and I think I’ll go and do some things before I do some more rambling this morning. Might try to not think about the unusual heat as no one wants to read about that, as it’s saddening.

The time it took to write one thousand words: 19:48:28

I was hoping to do five-hundred words but when I got near that amount I couldn’t succinctly close and I still had more so I kept going. Then a few hundred more words after I began struggling. I think the stuff I’ve said is important but I think it can be said much better.

Written at home.