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Originally Posted by Big Erned Nevergivn
There is no silver lining. It's summer time, ignore the finals and go outside.
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This is exactly it. The only path to happiness in life is to be the one in charge of your own happiness. That means trying to avoid letting things you have no control over control your life. There are no prizes for enduring things for the sake of it.
Now, that is easily said, but not always possible. We can often find ourselves in a position where things outside our control impact us not matter what we may want. For example an LGBTQ person cannot avoid bigotry impacting them, because the bigots are actively targeting them with discrimatory laws and violence. Similarly just ignoring things like bills does not work. So there is a certain level of privilege needed.
The good news is that when it comes to entertainment like sports, it is purely up to us how it affects us, ultimately they do not matter. So they are the prefect candidate to change how we let it impact us. Double down on the parts of hockey tha brings you joy, and let go of the parts that make you feel back. If that doesn't work, there are a lot of other entertainment options than sports which may leave you feeling better.