For what change in yourself do you hope when President Biden takes office?

[NNadir]

Mine: I want to feel less bitter, less angry, and free of wishing cruel things on people, irrespective of how evil they are.

I don't like many of the things I think; and never knew they were in me.

[soothsayer]

1. I hope to not feel bitter when he reaches across the aisle because he should and will

And what you said too.

[NNadir]

7. If anyone has the fundamental decency in himself to channel Nelson Mandela...

...it would be Joe Biden.

I suppose I will try...try...out of respect for Mandela; perhaps though we will need truth and reconciliation committees.

I sorely miss truth.

Right now, I don't want any part of it, I must say. I want Trump and Co to die in prison.

I'm very, very bitter.

I don't like it, but I am.

[c-rational]

2. Less anxiety about the future, more hope for our country and humanity, and I do not want to

think about what our government is doing on a daily basis, and yet we need major structural changes and very soon if we are to avoid a truly cataclysmic outcome for humanity.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. I want to stop being afraid for my life each time I have a soreness in my throat

or when I cough.

The traitor has ruined our lives, and if we beat putin and remove the traitor, I am hopeful, if I am still alive, for better days ahead.

Good question though, and no I will never forgive or forget the people who supported this mass murder. Might be better off if I did but no way, cant do it.

[FM123]

4. I hope to feel more serene and centered.

Less frantic and freaking out every time I turn on the news.....

[cilla4progress]

5. Give up my hyper-vigilance

about every move in the news.

Grownups back in charge.

[napi21]

6. I might actually stop screaming obscenities at my TV all the time! n/t

[stillcool]

8. the ability to hope

and being more afraid of dying, than of living.

[Zoonart]

9. I simply want to wake up every morning unafraid

of what fresh hell the day will bring with tweets and rank ratfuckery.
Everything else will be cake.

[Laelth]

10. .

-Laelth

[LakeArenal]

11. To not check the news first thing in the am.

To get back to not hating people.

[herding cats]

12. I just want to be able to sleep and actually rest again.

Apparently, post Trump I started talking in my sleep. Something I used to do when I was deeply stressed, such as when I'd lost a loved one. Since Covid I've been walking in my sleep, too. Wandering about doing weird stuff while I'm asleep. Lots of stuff is missing in my house and we assume I've moved it.

I don't take any sleep meds, or prescriptions, so this isn't a side effect of anything but stress.

I want to be able to drop my shoulders again and honestly relax.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. I identify with pretty much everyone here.

[Fla Dem]

14. I want to feel we will have a new beginning. Where we can look to the future with hope, not fear.

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I hope this past 4 years will be a lesson for the younger generation, that who we have for leaders matter and their involvement matters. Not just the Office of President, but right down to city council.