Hi lovebug,

I’ve been feeling really bored lately.

And I don't really get bored. 

If I don’t feel bored, I don’t stay that way for long.

But lately? I’m bored. 

Like a teenager trapped in the suburbs without anywhere to walk and no cellphone on a sweaty, August day in the south bored. 

Like a twenty-something sitting in on an hour long corporate meeting that definitely could have been an email bored. 

Like seven hours into a twelve hour flight and the headphone jack on your assigned seat doesn’t work bored. 

As I’m writing these scenarios out to you, I’m realizing that maybe the feeling I’m experiencing isn’t boredom. 

It’s trapped.

And that feeling, dear one, is a feeling I’ve spent years enduring. 

When I wrote this post about feeling blah, one of you wrote back to me and said, “Kind of feels good to know that you’re in the same boat.” 

Oh my gosh, yes. I feel ALL the feelings. 

It’s my ongoing work to not feel my loved ones feelings, my friends’ feelings, my clients’ feelings AND ALSO not the collective’s feelings…

I’m sure you get that. We are so similar, you and I. 

That’s why we vibe. 😉

So—when was the last time we were all feeling trapped?

Yes. You in the front row … that’s right. 

The pandemic. 

Now, I know in 2026 you can leave your house. You don’t have to mask. You’re not quarantining. You’re not reading horrifying reports from around the globe about people suffering from or dying from Covid.

But.

Let me tell you how the subconscious works.

Things just need to be ten percent similar to a trauma you’ve experienced before for your body to say “Oh my dear Lord… THIS IS THE SAME AS LAST TIME!” 

Alert! Alert! 

I think that there are enough things happening right now that echo 2020 for our bodies to collectively be freaking out.

• Same President
• Similar chaos
• Death tolls on a global scale
• Loggerheads in Congress
• Crises at the airports
• Mass protests
• Media greedily fueling the angst
• A feeling of things being out of control 
• Uncertainty, unease and a feeling of not being safe
• Widespread cynicism
• An impending sense of doom

And I’m sure there are more. 

Here’s the thing: The collective never healed from the trauma of the pandemic. 

And now we’re going through round two without anyone really saying “Warning. This may be re-traumatizing…” 

So what the heck do you do with all of this information? 

First, if this resonates, you can stop calling whatever you’re feeling blah or bored and you can call it what it may actually be: feeling trapped or scared or out of control. 

Second, it’s time to bring yourself into the present moment. Right now I’m writing to you at a  coffee shop. I just had my favorite drink (a dirty chai, extra hot). I’m listening to lofi beat as I gaze out the picture windows at cherry blossoms against a gray sky. 

Things are peaceful right now where I am. 

It is highly likely that they are peaceful where you are too. 

Open your eyes and tune into your senses. Remind yourself that you are HERE now. Notice when you’re ruminating about the past or silently freaking out about a still unknown future. 

That’s not helping. The present moment will help. 

Third, do something that makes you feel free.

Shake your body out. Moon a passing car (not while driving obvs). Go to a rage room. Dye your hair pink. Hold up double middle fingers at the news. 

You have an age that needs to act out. Let that part of you be a rebellious teen or three year old or twenty something.

You’ll feel SO much better. 

Okay love. We will get through this. 

We will. 

I’ve already seen it. 

Stay loyal to the vision of goodness, truth and love. 

Rebecca*