exhaustion from empathy

[emchy]

i wonder if its possible to feel the emotional toll of my home state from so many miles away
today to see the article the michigan has the highest unemployment in the country
to know my brothers job is tied to construction and thus the economy and thus is super tenuous and his is the main income for their family of six and two dogs
to know how many people of my chosen and of origin family are looking at hand to mouth and struggle and some serious worry about ends meeting

my heart feels tired
and i feel like my insides are running between the states
trying to hold some of the energy together
so it doesn't all just fall apart.

Comments

[nerak-g.livejournal.com]

That title is a little bit where I am--or where I was--last night.
My heart also feels tired.I am reminding myself that summer makes me more lethargic as well, not just the events around me.

On that, I have a question about using Lulu. Does the payment system work like Paypal in that it deposits it in your account when a purchase is made? And then, how much is their cut of it?

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[cindymonkey.livejournal.com]

no they send out checks quarterly - and you set the cut or rather - they have their wholesale minimum and you get the profit based on the price you set