SPEAK UP: What’s giving you life?
As the new year dawns, dread porn abounds.
We want, instead, for you to tell us something that is GIVING YOU LIFE right now. Bonus points if it’s something others can learn from, practice, adopt — as opposed to, say, your husband. (Unless you’re polyamorous.) A book, an organization you’ve joined, a work of art, an idea, a song, a recipe, a gummy.
Tell us: What’s giving you life right now? And drop a link or reference for others to follow.
I have decided to say NO to a woman who asked me to commit to working every Saturday and Sunday. Ostensibly forever. I nearly said yes, but realized I don't want to have to work Every. Single. Day.
I've worked 7-day weeks in the past, and it was both exhausting and depressing. I am 75 now, andI want to retain at least some of my life for myself and my cats.
Saying No is hard, but necessary.
My volunteer gig as a crossing guard in front of our neighborhood elementary school in DC. I can't fix this country, it turns out. But maybe I can keep kids and parents from getting hit by cars?
https://ggwash.org/view/92078/how-dc-neighbors-got-a-dangerous-street-closed-in-front-of-bancroft-elementary
My vows for this year: Don't despair. Show up, do the work. Emphasize in-person organizing over virtual. Start local, then scale up.