The number one question I keep getting right now is: “Is everything okay?”
It’s so common that I feel like I have to answer it, but not in the way you think.

The answer is no. Everything is not okay.

Right now, America, and therefore the world, is emotionally unstable. We are five years past COVID, still carrying the weight of an emotionally devastating global trauma. Our leadership is unstable, and even those who support it still feel deceived, attacked, and stolen from. Layer that on top of the fact that everything suddenly costs 50% more for no good goddamn reason, and it’s no wonder every dollar feels like life or death. If that dollar isn’t working for you, you’re pissed. And I say you, but I mean me too.

That’s why I can say it plainly: nothing is okay right now. And it’s okay for you to admit that.

You’re Not Broken, You’re Responding Normally

If you’ve been exhausted, paranoid, short-tempered, or on the verge of tears for no reason, it’s not because you’re weak. It’s because you’re living through abnormal times. Every one of us has been emotionally defrauded, manipulated, or gaslit in some way by the constant spin of leadership, media, and corporate greed. That disorientation you feel is real. You’re not crazy, you’re responding normally to a world that has been anything but normal.

Why Rage Matters Right Now

Unchecked anger can eat you alive. But anger that’s harnessed has built revolutions, reforms, and renaissances. Anger was the fuel behind abolitionist tracts, feminist manifestos, queer uprisings, labor unions, art movements, and every fight for dignity in history. Rage is dangerous, but it’s also clarifying. It strips away excuses and forces us to see the truth plainly.

That’s why I wrote the What to Do with Your Righteous Fury blog, to give you a place to put that rage, fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Because here’s the truth: the people who benefit from your instability, who want you to feel defrauded, unloved, unappreciated, that’s emotional terrorism. And the only way to fight it is to refuse to let it rot you from the inside.

What You Can Do Today

You don’t have to burn yourself out marching or screaming into the void. Start small, start where you are:

• Tell the truth, even in small circles. Have the hard conversations with family, friends, or coworkers. Truth spreads like wildfire once it’s spoken aloud.

• Make something. Journal, paint, sing, post, sew, build, cook, art has always been rebellion.

• Audit your energy and money. Don’t let every dollar slip away unnoticed. Don’t let every ounce of energy go to things that don’t serve you. Redirect them toward what matters.

• Connect. Form small groups, book clubs, supper tables, or work circles where the real conversations can live. History shows change grows in kitchens and backrooms before it ever grows in parliaments.

This moment is urgent. It’s 24 hours before GameStop goes nuclear. It’s Bitcoin at $1. It’s investing in Bill Gates at 12. Don’t let it pass by. Put your rage to use.