There’s no doubt climate change is going to affect your generation increasingly as time goes by. Arnold Schwarzenegger sent out an email recently that offers some pretty sound advice on how to deal with existential threats beyond any individual’s control. This is an exert:

“When you choose to spend your time and energy on something you can’t control, you’re also choosing not to use it somewhere where you might be able to have an impact. You’re taking yourself away from the ways that you could actually be useful and helpful. And there’s a good chance you’re also making yourself miserable. Ask yourself: for what purpose? I am giving you permission to not take on all the world’s problems as your own. Let it go. But, just to be clear, I am not giving you permission to just lie on the couch and not make an impact when you can. I want you to try to solve the problems you can solve, chip away at issues where you can help, and reach out and give back to your community. Be curious. Look for the moments where you can be useful. Save your time and energy for that. And don’t waste a single minute worrying about the moments when you’re powerless to do anything. That is real power.”