Adult reading lesson, journals: Linda in Limbo

Climate change scares me. I feel the urgency all the time, and it makes me impatient with how slow everything moves. I keep asking myself, “What can I do?” What can I do? Most days it feels like there’s nothing I can do on my own — and that’s deeply frustrating.

I can’t even afford an electric car. What does that mean? Do I ride my bike all winter? My dad had his own car by sixteen. All I seem to be offered is guilt and fear — or at least that’s how it feels some days. How do I balance caring about something this big with the limits of my own life?

So here I sit — instead of planning for a car — waiting for a solution.