Amen. Grateful to meet a sane and rational thinking person here on the interwebs, the pleasure's all mine.

I totally understand what you're saying, and I agree. My default mode is to be hopeful about the future because when I feel otherwise I feel it *hard* and it's hard for me to get out of it, but you're absolutely correct with those valid concerns. I especially agree with the best/worst case scenarios. At this point I…