Seven Ways To Keep Yourself Sane Until Election Day
How are you all holding up? We are seven days away from Election Day, which is 1,457 days from the last presidential election, which is to say, the number of days more than half of the American electorate has been waiting to try to fix what happened last time. There has been little joy in this last week, little celebration of getting so close to the end now. Nearly everyone I know is terrified. The memories of 1,457 ago are still too fresh. And the wounds this time, if it turns out the way last time did, will be even deeper. They will hurt even more. And considering how those wounds from four years ago still haven’t healed … it’s fair to wonder if wounds from this year ever would.
That’s to say: People are pretty freaked out right now. It’s always scarier at the end of the ride. So allow me to provide seven ways to ease your mind over the next seven days. It’s not going to be easy. But we can get through this together.
- Vote. This is the easiest one, and the simplest one, and, all told, the most effective one. If you are worried whether anything you can do is going to make a difference, actually making a difference is a terrific start. It is honestly difficult to be too despairing about the American political system when you vote. You…
