I find it lately that I am having information overload. There is so much to process that I feel overwhelmed. From news, traffic, money, work, family, and everything else that we all deal with, I don’t know what I can do to silence the cacophony. I have been playing a lot more guitar lately to try and ease the stress, but it only helps a little.

I need to find a better way to relieve stress. I am not into drugs both legal and illegal. I have taken panic medications in the past after a family tragedy and it didn’t seem to help. I know I have sleep apnea. I have dreams of suffocating and my wife hears me at night stop breathing and then gasp for air. I am also a notorious snorer. Snorer is a strange word, but that’s what I am.

I wonder if I am not alone lately and most people are feeling overwhelmed. Terrible headlines and a real fear of the economy tanking nags at me with everything else going on. I have always been a political junky since Art School. I have changed my thinking over the years but have always been conservative. Socially I am more libertarian. I am just against the government seizing my money and giving it away to people who don’t work. Sure I am all for helpinh people but I have close to 50% of what i make go to taxes. Federal, state, medicare, social security, property tax, sales tax, and on and on. It adds up and I am giving half of what I make to an entity that takes it by threat of force or jail. And we are suppose to be free.

So I am not happy with the way things are going. More help for the irresponsible means less of my money I could save for when I need help. but I am greedy right.