about the world?
- My justice sensitivity is high (maybe related to autism). Fairness might be my most important value.
- Hyper-empathy (maybe related to autism), especially for those who are powerless (would explain extreme empathy around animal cruelty in particular)
- I think I am right and I want others to see this (though not so much to see me as a person as right, but the idea I argued for). I want those I think are wrong (e.g. neoliberal capitalists) to be proved wrong. - EGO
- I want to live in a better world, just from a selfish perspective. I want to not struggle with money/work. Also for there to be no ableism. (I am white so do not suffer from racism. I am a woman and queer but do not feel i suffer from sexism or homophobia (in the past yes)).
- I want to imagine and see a better world just out of intellectual curiosity and the satisfaction it would bring.
- I want to be on the right side of history - EGO
- I want to be seen (including by myself - I think it comes mostly from my own self-judgement actually) as a good person trying to make a positive difference - EGO
- As a disabled queer vegan woman I feel I have some responsibility to do this work (even though I realise burdening oneself with such responsibility is not fair, in reality it is the people who are directly concerned who are most likely to do the work)
- My uni education in leftist politics invested me
- It informs my artwork. And I want to keep making art
- It helps me converse and connect with like minded others, who are also of the same identities or interested in this stuff
- It provides a sense of meaning and purpose
- My identities make me special - EGO!
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Are these good enough reasons?
What are the downsides of me focusing on justice issues. How can these be mitigated?
If this keeps growing, might it become a special interest 😬 Do I feel that would be bad - yet again a new interest emerging to take over what I previously was so invested in (spirituality) before I was even able to properly get started. (This pattern of relatively rapidly moving interests is the main reason I think I could have ADHD even though I do not think I have ADHD)
I can do it all ?