https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/self-care/ Recent content in Self-Care on A Geek's Life Hugo en Sun, 27 Mar 2022 02:27:35 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2022/03/27/coming-up-for-air-3/ Sun, 27 Mar 2022 02:27:35 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2022/03/27/coming-up-for-air-3/ <figure> <img loading="lazy" src="https://archive.rustgeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/max-van-den-oetelaar-buymym3rq3u-unsplash.jpg?w=1024"/> </figure> <p><em>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@maxvdo?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Max van den Oetelaar</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/self-care?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></em></p> <p>**</p> <p>It feels somewhat trite, given what is afoot in the world, to be riled up about life in my gilded prison corner of the world. The Ukraine and Russia conflict looms large of course, but for all the outpouring of support - and some might say posturing - it feels more like a <em>cause célèbre,</em> than anything else. As others have pointed out thousands more have lost their lives in Yemen,. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars were hardly less gruesome for ordinary civilians. Closer home, it seems like Nigeria teeters more on the edge of imploding, with power, security and the general hardship levels all running away in the wrong direction. Of course, concurrent occurrences of bad things does not make any of them less ‘bad’. One can only hope that the energies expended in mobilizing and blanketing the air waves with the plight of Ukrainians is also extended to other (blacker and browner) bodies.</p>