The only thing to do is get to work

I wake up at about 4:00 a.m. or so every day. Since the election I've felt a sense of dread, the same way I felt when the pandemic hit. My own sense of how I do my work makes me reluctant to say anything bad about anyone, knowing that anything can be attacked and warped in an era where critical thinking skills are not as common as they once were. 

But all I can do is get up and get to work each day. 

I have also cut people out of my life and I am sad about this but I don't know what else I can do except just try to keep going through whatever this dystopian future is and hope for the best.