[Opinion] Saturday Night Owls: When the future feels hopeless, we aren't helpless to change our mindset

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Saturday Night Owls: When the future feels hopeless, we aren't helpless to change our mindset

Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a weekArthur C. Brooks at The Atlantic writes—What to Do When the Future Feels Hopeless. Humans like to feel optimistic about and in control of where their life is headed. The pandemic has made it very hard to feel that way: [...] Because of the pandemic, the future feels difficult and uncertain, and few of us have much control over it, beyond doing our best to keep ourselves and …