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How Real Life Makes Entertainment Challenging
Remember the good old days, when you could casually choose from a library of options for viewing and sit back without a care in the world? Didn’t it feel good to immerse yourself in enlightening content, that refills your pool of knowledge about notable events and the pioneers who activated currents of change?
This was my uninterrupted disposition until the fateful arrival of 2020, a brand new year ushering in a decade that started off terribly.
So much has transpired within the past few months that it’s hard to summon who that person was before a deadly virus became the gruesome reality that has killed more than 250,000 Americans and counting. Also, tragically displacing millions of unemployed heads of households, who have been criminally discarded by the same system they’ve spent all their lives sustaining for meager paychecks.
My personal stake in the highly-anticipated 2020 was dashed by the ominous feeling that hovered on New Year’s Eve. It was unshakable and a bit disconcerting.
As usual, I blamed the negativity on the residue of hangups and the anxiety of returning to the routine of a seasoned hustler, who is cautiously planning for the long-awaited comeback.
Of course nothing I envisioned was realized because of the derailment that affected many others in…