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 Remember:
-- [[avoid being a doomer]] there's nothing as paralysing as the loss of all hope;
+  - [[avoid being a doomer]] there's nothing as paralysing as the loss of all hope;
-- [[maximize use of solar energy]] the energy of the sun is the least harmful energy source for life on earth;
+  - [[maximize use of solar energy]] the energy of the sun is the least harmful energy source for life on earth;
-- [[protect and improve existing carbon buffers]] [[https://www.sciencenews.org/article/where-earth-stores-its-carbon|most of the world's carbon is still underground]], let's keep it that way;
+  - [[protect and improve existing carbon buffers]] [[https://www.sciencenews.org/article/where-earth-stores-its-carbon|most of the world's carbon is still underground]], let's keep it that way;
-- [[minimize the unnecessary use of energy]] using energy is very likely to do some harm, doing nothing is often a great idea;
+  - [[minimize the unnecessary use of energy]] using energy is very likely to do some harm, doing nothing is often a great idea;
-- [[spread the word on climate change and biodiversity loss]], it boggles my mind how many people are still rather clueless about it, or actively spreading lies.
+  - [[spread the word on climate change and biodiversity loss]], it boggles my mind how many people are still rather clueless about it, or actively spreading lies.
+[[Solving big problems]], is hard as always. As I just did above, it helps to distill them into behavioral rules and actions through goals.
+Dispair is an emotion that many of us feel when facing a problem that seems to big for us to solve. When asked "What is the hardest thing you ever had to do?" on a seminar, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_H%E1%BA%A1nh|Thích Nhất Hạnh]] answered: "Not giving in to dispair.", which I think illustrates how common this is, and how hard to avoid. Luckily there are [[helpful methods to stay sane and happy]] to avoid being overwhelmed by this emotion.