Like you, I'm working on understanding myself; my drives, reactions, relationships, emotions. I'm reading more nonfiction in an effort to understand where humanity has been and where we might go. A hunter-gatherer/semi-nomadic lifestyle is appealing (it would not be easy at first, even given enough healthy land & water), and building/strengthening community, instead of silo-ing, is something we can all practice now. I've gotten to know so many of my neighbors, and I try not to exclude anyone with politics different from mine; we're all in this together, and we all have so much in common.