Waving signs at the morning and afternoon rush hours are easy and fun to do. That's what Lisa Shaffer the candidate will be doing. Emails and calls to the best friends and neighbors to nudge a reminder - tactfully - might work too. Or that could be a really bad idea. You know your own peeps.
For some like our recommended candidates, the tasks on the day before the election and election day are clear. Get out the vote. Those of us who are not poll workers or drivers for voters or calling on phone banks or doing last minute canvassing or sign waving it's . . . what? This campaign I'm not part of those tasks. But I choose not to let guilt over that or anxiety about the final outcome make me sick.
Of the group of wonky citizens who follow the election every single day, the pressure is huge. Some will meditate, some will hit the beach, some will throw themselves into work, some will garden and some will self medicate. A couple of these sound good.
Whatever, it is time to start the depressurization process in order for a return to daily life. For some of us it is necessary to keep addressing what is going on in the world around us with a will to affect change to improve things. Continuous improvement isn't just a campaign buzz slogan for millions of people around the world. We are living in the most exciting time as life as we've always known it is being challenged. I, for one, enjoy subjects about which I feel compelled to write. (Read that this week somewhere and realized it is so true I'd wished I'd written it first.)
Still and all the image doesn't lie. We need to remember we are a speck in the universe. But your vote and your energy to do the best you can in these next 2 days do matter.
And, for those of you who are going to work around the clock like crazy with no regard for balance? I salute you too. Life is short.
