My homely advice would be: Do good, and absolutely do something. Take the best job you can get, but keep reconsidering and looking. Do vote and do write your representatives, and don't make excuses about not doing that, pretending to be above it all. Don't just reinforce your own ideas; argue with yourself. You're real smart, but you're not all that smart, or if you are, do something astonishing and wonderful for all the world to see. When everything looks awful, help someone else. Take care of a family member or neighbor. The world looks less awful when you are making it less awful in specific ways, with specific work and some generosity. Address your own pain, physical and psychological. See what's funny. Have some fun. Those last two are good ways to start. Now I should take all my own advice.
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