We are in the countdown and it's wearing thin. 83 Days until the election, mud slinging back and forth on both sides, and it's just growing old, faster and faster! Now, I'm not suggesting we give up and not vote; I am a true believer in casting that ballot and making that choice. It is a privilege and a sign of our patriotism to vote. So do that, but it's just painful to have to sit and listen to all the commercials.
Let's think of other things we can preoccupy ourselves with in the next 83 days. These might not be in the best order, but they are only suggestions!
1. First of all just turn off the TV. It will probably help your blood pressure.
2. Sit down and write an actual note or letter to a friend. It would help out the postal service as well as make someone's day.
3. Take time to sit and enjoy the silence of the day instead of the ranting of PACs.
4. Take time to cook a homemade meal for your spouse, a friend, or a neighbor who isn't up for cooking right now.
5. Volunteer: Be it at a food pantry, helping in your local school, driving someone to the doctor, it is time for us to pay it forward.
6. Heaven forbid, get out and exercise!
7. Read a book. Between libraries, e-books, books on CD's, and what's on our shelves, there is enough to pass around.
8. Pray. Duh...for what? The world around us and what we are doing to it and to each other is a great start.
9. Do yard work. (That's the one I really don't want to think about, but I look at the yard everyday.)
10. Since it the fall, go to a little league game and watch the next generation and see how they treat each other in comparison to how their parents treat each other.
11. Go to church. If you don't have one, find one. It's a great place to become part of a community, to help other people, and to find a purpose within your life.
12. Join a community service organization. Our service clubs are in need of good people who want to help others. You can do this and the church one together. They usually meet at different times.
13. Support a Fall Festival of some sort. There are lots of them in September and October on weekends. Take in the handmade crafts and the great food.
14. Play with your children, they grow up too fast.
15. Visit your parents, they are gone too soon.
16. Have lunch with your siblings, they have moments they are pains to live with, but they are there for you when you need them.
17. Take time to enjoy your spouse, significant other, partner, or best friend. Whoever it is, they are special, and they need to be appreciated and that needs to be vocalized as well as shown.
Here are some suggestions to make the next 83 days go by faster.....would love to hear more!
Later gang!
Olivia
