Welcome back to the real community! We made Steemit great again by seceding and then succeeding. The last few years have been hell for anyone with a streak of independence as "left" and "right" alike clamor for ratcheting up authoritarianism, and social media has been a morass of censorship.
I have to admit extreme suspicion of anyone with a military or law enforcement background nowadays. Y'all are the ones who were enforcing every political trespass even before COVID, after all. That said, some of you are the most vehement opponents of overreach now, too.
As for happiness, I find myself striving more for the mellowness of basic contentment as opposed to the thrill of the happiness roller-coaster. I know it sounds trite, but finding joy in small stuff has worked for me even as I acknowledge my own pain and struggle at the same time.
RE: Late Night Thoughts