PSA: check in with your friends & community

Happy Sunday, everyone — want to do a PSA: check in with your friends & community if you can.

There’s a lot going on right now and at least within my peer group, we don’t talk politics much. But had a concerning encounter with a fellow neighbor today in her early 30s so wanted to share this:

There’s a lot going on right now in the country, on top of what we already have going on in our individual lives. It is hard to discern, hard to sense-make, hard to figure out what we can individually as well as collectively.

We’re kinda tucked in one of the furthest corner of the US and protected by our majestic mountains, which sometimes, feels like a blessing. But we’re not immune to the amount of information that is coming out all at once, and some folks might be having a harder time dealing with it all, on top of everything else.

So if you can, today, this week, the new few months — try asking people in your circle how they are really doing, nod or wave to people in your neighborhood, ask elderly neighbors or newcomers if they need anything, let’s check in with one another here and there.

And if you reading this need to feel seen, heard, and supported: we see, hear, and support you.

We got this, Seattle. 🏔️