Happy Thursday, everybody. Hope you guys are getting through the week hanging in there, right?

Yikes, we got a lot coming up. How you all doing? How are you feeling about the election?

I know, I keep bringing it up because I want to just remind everyone that maybe part of what you might be struggling with right now might be tied to your hesitation or your anxiety about what's going to be coming down the road.

Oh, man. So let's start building a little bit of a be prepared, you know, a little bit of an emotional readiness plan, right?

So what does that look like? Well, if you can safely be around any friends, whatever that means,

some kind of outdoor viewing on the phone or FaceTime with them.

Gosh, especially if you're cohabitating with people, really have your social supports on standby,

whatever that means, group text, group face chat, whatever it is. Also, have some stuff at home that's

going to help you kind of take the edge off. Maybe some food, some good foods. Yep, we can use food

to self-soothe and cope. You're

allowed to eat your feelings. Definitely going to have a lot of really good foods ready for me

that night in case things, you know, go in service of, you know, liberation, healing, and

in a positive direction, then it'll be celebratory. But if unfortunately, fascism wins,

then I'm definitely going to want to have

some foods, put a little smile on my face, whatever you need, have it prepared. And also maybe,

man, it really depends on where you are with all this. Some people might want to take the next day off

and just be able to really focus on self-care, you know, sleeping in, resting, kind of grounding

yourself, not really being responsible for much.

So if you can take the day after the election off, maybe consider doing so.

Maybe even take that night off.

If you were supposed to be at work, I, you know, if you can, not everyone can, but for those

that can consider doing that so that you can

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