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, angry, hope

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