As they work to remove reproductive control, we fight back. While you can’t stock the abortion pill, you CAN stock the morning after pill that prevents pregnancy. The sooner you take it the less likely pregnancy will occur, so add some to your medicine chest today, and if you have young people around, make sure they know it’s there for anyone who needs it.
Did you get more than $1000 in tax refund? That’s money you loaned the regime, tax-free, for a year! Learn how to adjust your withholding to minimize your tax refund (or bill). Don’t use your tax refund as a savings account – put it in a real savings account and keep the interest!
There’s still a little cozy weather for tea and reading! Or how about a beach book? Buy or borrow a book and read something longer-form. If it’s been a while, read anything at all. Get back in the habit of training your mind to stick with one topic for more than a few minutes. Click through for some of our favorites!
Take stock of the things you use regularly and when you see a sale, buy an extra unit. This avoids a “run on the bank” during a crisis, while building your reserves and resilience over time. Make it a habit: if it’s a good sale, buy two.
Fascism wants us scared and drawn out, and it gives us plenty of reasons to feel that way. Push back with whimsy : use your arts or crafts skills to put together joyful, humorous or entertaining resistance messages. Pictured: Kim’s adorable resistance gnomes. They make me happy every time I see them. What could you do to spread joy?
The idea is simple: trade favors, collectively. Maybe you’re great with taxes, and Julie needs help. But what you really need is someone to clean the gutters, and Julie can’t climb ladders. Besides, Julie only needs an hour of help, and gutters will take three. With a time bank you help Julie…and Jim and Joe, then David helps you. He’s happy to do it. He got a lot of help after his wife’s surgery!
