Ever since last year (and possibly before that) I felt an ever-growing fear of the inevitable. I don’t think humanity will entirely go extinct because of this, but the fact that it is threatening some people more than others and taking out the beautiful plants and animals we share the planet with doesn’t reassure me at all. The fact that my potential future of being a paleontologist working in one of the best museums (the dream I had since I was small, and my driving force and motivator in the world up to now) is in jeopardy only makes me more afraid. Sometimes I’m afraid to open up, not wanting to stress my loved ones more, and often try to numb it by looking at good news or trying to look at other things but it always comes back. I try to calm myself down by spreading word about it via family texts and social media posts, eating less meat, checking companies that I buy from, joined Citizen’s Climate Lobby, emailed and called my senators about the upcoming infrastructure bill, try to help others in similar situations to the best of my ability, and just trying to calm myself down (sometimes I listen to You Will Be Okay from Helluva Boss) in general, but as the days go by and more fires and flooding and carbon and methane level increases and intense heat and so on continue, I can’t help but notice that it slowly wearing away at me. I don’t know what to do next. What should I do?