If you spent yesterday worried about something you couldn’t control, and today you’re too tired to take action on the things you can, the chaos worked. You burned energy that could have been spent on action. Practice emotional regulation skills today, to stay effective.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing poorly! Go to the protest without a sign – you still count. Call your Senator and rant at the machine. Donate $5 when you can. Replace some of your Amazon purchases with local stores. If reading a history book is overwhelming, listen to inspiring fiction. Embrace the power of doing something, and together it will be enough.
Buy some fun post-it notes, use old stationery, or just your printer, and start leaving inspiring messages all around town and anywhere you travel for people to find, like tiny, any-time protest signs.
Guilt can motivate us, or cripple us. Turn those negative feelings into positive action. Choose something you feel badly about—saying nothing to your dad, or ordering from Prime—and plan a “penance” for each “infraction”. You could call to Congress, or tip the Prime driver in cash. Make the penance fit the crime if you can!
Resistance is exhausting and fascism is a grind. Splurge on a small treat you really want, whether it’s a perfect chocolate, or a new oil pastel stick. Wrap it in pretty paper and put it somewhere you can see. Then, after you do something you’re proud of, open it as a reward!
