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# How to Not Lose Your Mind These Days
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/how-to-not-lose-your-mind-these-days/
- Published: 2022-04-26T22:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-26T22:00:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Noah Smith: How to stay optimistic in these dark times](https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/how-to-stay-optimistic-in-these-dark)

> I’d like to think about what it means to be optimistic, and then think about how we can craft an intentional strategy for national (and personal) optimism.

A good read if only to remind yourself of some good news and that it's possible to feel optimism even as so much around us feels…bleh.