Live and Learn New Mexico!

I'm going to get straight to the point on this post -- we have to pay attention to our mental health, especially in these new times of Covid.  I have been on a personal mental health journey and have shared it on social media because I know I'm not the only one looking for help, hoping for relief.  And I have found relief, much to my relief. I feel so much better since learning more about my anxiety and the effects it has on my overall mental wellbeing. I take two prescription meds and vitamin/mineral supplements like magnesium, and I try to get daily exercise. I continue to enjoy healing with cannabis, now legal in New Mexico. I meditate.  I take photos wherever I go and share them online, enter contests, etc.  I have a new hobby that arose from my vast collection of rocks I've found over the last few years. I make what I call good energy rock art. Creating it calms me.  I urge anyone who is hurting, is depressed,...

I've been snapping photos of the many places in the state that I've visited or at the least, driven past, for years now. I love New Mexico. I often find myself imagining what life was like when some of the abandoned homesteads were alive... someone's dream back when life wasn't so complex. But then I think, wait a minute.  Honestly, I'm 60 and for all my many years, I really don't think there ever was a simpler time.  I grew up with my parents' expectation that I would graduate high school, get a college degree and move on to steady employment at a job I enjoy, am good at, and will retire from. I grew up anxious and depressed. Today, I see that my kids and friends are even more anxious.  It's crazy! We have technology to make life easier, maybe even simpler, but our kids are still expected to get a job, make a "living", work hard. I don't want that for my grandkids. I want them to grow up NOT feeling the pressure to succeed or c...