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Election Stress Management Plan (not A Political Debate Thread)

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Pretty much I will be doing for the last several weeks: NO NPR. Lawd! NO Facebook. I'm mailing my ballot and just avoiding everything and everyone as much as possible. Everyone I work with will be voting the same as I vote so I won't have to listen to folks rant with opposing views at least.

For a while, I tried to just swamp my fb with pictures and videos of food and cute animals. My explanation being that it had become too politicized and that was just NOT what FB is for! Even folks with whom I share the same views had become just crazy stupid about the frequency and the vitriol of their posts. UGH. I was getting angry upset and triggered by just OPENING Facebook. I shut mine down.

I do work on a university campus. It might be difficult to avoid all the talk and hype that day so I'll brown bag it, wear macks (ear plugs) and hang out in my office all day.

I'll probably have a long run, watch netflix and deal with the world the following day when there's something to actually KNOW. One of my anniversaries is also on election day. I'll have enough to deal with WITHOUT dealing with election bullshit.
Regardless of outcome, maybe it's time to think about living overseas for a few years.

I like the idea of peppermint tea and altoids. oh and ice. lots and lots of ice. I'll spend the day alternating between hot drinks and iced beverages. soothing AND grounding. Probably throw in a little comfort food for good measure. Something not god-awful terrible for me but more like dark chocolate or the super fancy peanut butter cups that I love. Something I'll savor.
 
I usually use the radio as background noise to fall asleep. And it's usually news. So I guess I need to come up with another plan. I have a meeting that night, so there will be plenty of local dysfunction as a distraction.
desiderata310 said:
deal with the world the following day when there's something to actually KNOW.
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That right there is a thought I'm going to work at keeping in mind. Time enough to deal with stuff AFTER you know what you're dealing with.
 
I don't have a sweet tooth but baking biscotti and making pasta. It is the work using hands and joy in the creative choices and of course sharing. Last biscotti was good - toasted almond, coconut and some dried cranberries. Virtual share. Pasta, experimenting with home made ravioli, love mushrooms. Ha, and home made dog treats - she loves salmon.

Making fleece scarves and hats for local charities, and dog bed covers.
 
My wife is going to be listening all day and i will be at work.
So my plan is work all day
Have my mints and klonopin with me at work
See my therapist that evening
Come home and crash. What ever happens, happens, my worry will not change it.

Thanks for this post
 
I will be at the Local Senior Center with friends, however, our center is a VOTING PLACE for half the town, so it will be way more crowded than usual and there will be a lot of talk about the election and possible outcomes, I am sure. Talk which I plan to stay out of, if I can help it.

I already went down to another town nearby here where early voting takes place and I already voted. I wanted to not have to deal with voting on Election Day at the place I normally go to socialize and relax. I wanted to get it done with, before what I am not sure of, I just wanted to get it done with period!

I don't own a TV, so I won't be watching TV at all on Election Day, unless they are playing the TV at the Senior Center, in which case I will not be happy. However, they usually just have the Weather Channel on the TV there, so I should be safe from any TV on Election Day if all goes as usual.

When I get home from the Senior Center, I will do my best to attend an online meeting I usually go to at 2:30 PM, which will take me to 3:30 PM and then I will read or something until supper time, and I usually go to bed early, so I will do that as usual and wake up the next morning to find out the results when I go to the Senior Center and everyone who watched the news will be talking about it....
 
Good thread! It's making me think.

It's going to be a rough day for me as I'll be alone till late afternoon (hubby's going to be an election judge). I usually have the TV on while he's gone just for the comfort of having some sound in the house. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle this part yet.

I'm going to spend as much time in the kitchen as possible. I'm going to make homemade potatoes au gratin with ham. Maybe two casseroles full. Good comfort food.

Watch cute animal videos on YouTube.

Oh yeah, vote.
 
I've also found that my LOCAL elections are crazy pants. I've started avoiding calls from my area code that I don't recognize because it winds up being this ONE candidate for a local race. I wish I could say this was hyperbole but I have gotten 3 flyers in the mail EVERY DAY for this person (sometimes more) for the last two weeks. Yesterday, while I was out they came by my house and today they called. I got a good bit of satisfaction out of telling the worker on the other end how I really had not desire to vote for this person because of the intensity with which they had inundated my area with crap about her.

Of course the truth is, I have done my research and the tendency to kill trees not-with-standing she's the candidate I want. *UGH*

Is it Wednesday yet?
 
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