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Your Election Day Survival Guide
Three Strategies to Reduce Stress and Stay Positive Even When You’ve Simply Had Enough
Let’s be fully present today. Let’s share our election experience, not be stunned or outraged or indignant together, but unflinchingly face what happens, what it means about, and for our country.
One Ball For All
We are all feeling it, the stress and anxiety of today’s election. A little bit relieved that it’s finally here, but worried about the outcome and afraid to get our hopes up. We aren’t sure it will really be over today or anytime soon for that matter, or that a decision will resolve anything.
Last night, we watched David Attenborough’s documentary/witness statement on Netflix. It might not seem like an obvious choice for someone already stretched to her anxious edge, but I’ll tell you why I picked it: The U.S. is a big deal, but it’s not the biggest deal.
What happens here matters globally, but there are more pressing threats to our species than who becomes 46. It is a catastrophic time in history that goes way beyond the U.S. election. Sometimes, it helps to see our lives’ insignificance, step away from our entanglements, emotions, and struggles to embrace our humanity, and remember we are in it together.
