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Post Election Self Care

11/7/2024

2 Comments

 
​I have decided to unplug and forgo my favorite podcasts and late-night shows. I am eschewing talking heads of every sort – those who agree, disagree and anyone who is trying to explain this week’s electoral outcome. Six months from now, I’ll read some fact based reporting or explanation of Tuesday’s vote. And rather than reading the Globe and NYT with intensity each morning, I’ll skim headlines and read lifestyle silliness or cooking tips. In place of all the news I was consuming, I’m redoubling my reading time, both religious and non. Somehow the act of picking up a book and immersing myself in an author’s world is comforting. 

​Rev. Amy+
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Kathy MacDonald
11/10/2024 02:35:49 pm

I think many of us are regrouping and practicing radical self-care right now. I am referring to strategies as small acts of defiance. Like you, I need a break from the pundits, and a deeper dive into both spiritual reading, and comfort television like Ted Lasso reruns. I need simple decency, like church fairs and prayer in community. And baking some pies! Life is still good.

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Rev Amy
11/13/2024 09:01:48 am

I am VERY much looking forward to a baking marathon - and YES to Ted Lasso, and perhaps practicing a bit of goldfish emulating......

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    Rev'd Amy Whitcomb Slemmer Esq.

    Rector of St. Andrew's Hanover, MA

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