Sometimes you need to withdraw in order to change. We are approaching a new life. A new approach to almost everything.
You can either change or you can wither and die.
One of my friends told me that having children right now seems stupid because the future is so bleak. I said that having children is one of the greatest acts of hope that a person can engage in. Will the future have big problems? Yes. But I think that I can help make people who can help solve problems.
Hubris? Maybe.
Defiance? Absolutely.