I have stopped watching the news before bed. It makes me too anxious. I know the media feels it's important to keep us "in the know" about our tanked economy, but it sorta feels like when you have a run in your pantyhose, or a tear in your shirt and there isn't a way for you to fix it right away. Kind people point out that you have a run in your pantyhose, or there is a tear in your shirt, but really, you can't do anything about it at that instance.

Don't get me wrong- I am thankful that someone takes the time to tell me that I have toilet tissue stuck to my shoe- I think we have all had an experience of finding food in our teeth, or discovering that our hair was WAY funky after an important encounter. But when there is a run in your pantyhose, there really isn't much you can do about it, until you get home to change them, or can find a place to take them off. Same with a tear in your pants or shirt- put a jacket over it, or something, but until you can fix the problem, you are stuck with "managing it" or "damage control". The economy is like that right now. Our economy has tanked. Apparently, it has been tanking since December of last year. And there isn't really a darn thing I can personally do about it. The best I can do is to "manage it", or "damage control", but in real life, what does that look like?