{"id":7032504,"date":"2026-08-07T20:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/what-ive-decided-to-do-to-be-less-miserable-in-these-miserable-times-dystopic\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:02:14","slug":"what-ive-decided-to-do-to-be-less-miserable-in-these-miserable-times-dystopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7032504","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019ve decided to do to be less miserable in these miserable times \u2013 DYSTOPIC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Imagine a world where fascism is on the rise. The rich keep getting richer. Racists and misogynists and homophobes are loud, and getting louder. Billions of land animals and trillions of aquatic life are killed for human consumption each year \u2013 and millions more animals are pointlessly tested on for cruel experiments. AI is threatening to destroy not only livelihoods, art, common sense and generally the joy of the human experience, but the planet too. High-profile pedophiles aren\u2019t being convicted. No one can afford to have homes or families or fun. And Hannibal has\u00a0still<\/em>\u00a0not been renewed for a fourth season.<\/p>\n
Imagine all that is just the tip of the melting iceberg of a global shit show.<\/p>\n
Then imagine, on a personal level, the industry you have wanted to be part of all your life has consistently rejected you and shows no sign of changing its mind \u2013 but it\u2019s crumbling and you\u2019re not sure you want to be a part of it now anyway. So you don\u2019t know what you want to do with your life anymore. You\u2019ve lost your \u2018big dream\u2019, and it used to underpin everything. So you stop working on it. And you start to wonder if you\u2019ve taken enough chances, followed enough ideas, taken enough risks. You know you should appreciate everything you have, because you\u2019ve got a lot to be grateful for, but you know there\u2019s something missing. The thing that makes you go ah, yes, that\u2019s what I\u2019m for, that\u2019s what I\u2019m supposed to be doing. The thing that gives your thoughts order, because right now your brain is just humming incoherently and you want to turn it off and turn up at the same time, but you don\u2019t know which, so you do nothing.<\/p>\n
Right, so you\u2019ve imagined all that. Now it\u2019s time to come up with a solution that will make everything better. Think really hard about this. What decision, big or small, could make a difference? What\u2019s the natural next step you would take?<\/p>\n
If you chose \u2018use most of my life savings for a two-year master\u2019s programme in literature\u2019, then you and I had the exact same thought. Congratulations!<\/p>\n
So yeah, this is a little note to announce that I have been officially accepted by a university and will begin my postgraduate studies this October. Apologies, it seems I can\u2019t simply announce that I\u2019m doing something cool without being grimly facetious. On the one hand this feels like an expensive and time-consuming distraction from all of the above, and also a less effective alternative to therapy, but I do genuinely feel excited for the first time in a long time. It has been a dream of mine to study literature again, it\u2019s a supreme privilege I can\u00a0just about<\/em>\u00a0afford, and while I hadn\u2019t imagined myself doing it during circumstances such as these, what better time is there? It feels important \u2013 and maybe even necessary \u2013 to strengthen my critical thinking skills right now.<\/p>\n
While I shall be immersing myself in the works of long-dead writers very soon, I have a novella of my own that I\u2019m hoping to release before I start university. After that, for the next two years Dystopic will be less about the bleak books I\u2019m reading and more about the bleak books I\u2019m studying. I hope you\u2019ll enjoy the journey with me. I also hope I have time to write on here semi-regularly while studying with a full-time job and four dogs. Eek. Wish me luck.<\/p>\n
Okay, that is all. Thank you for reading. Please go about your business.<\/p>\n
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