How's it going?  I'm trying to figure out how to settle into a marathon pace for this resistance.  I find that I tend to be "all-in" or "all-out" and I judge myself either way.  Finding the balance is hard, and very different for each of us.   I took last weekend off of the news, Facebook and social media.  I enjoyed it at the time, but I also felt like I was "cheating", and letting you all down.   It also made it really challenging to try to "catch up" Sunday night. I didn't call my Senators or Congresswomen last week, and I didn't go to the town hall. So then I wonder if I'm not doing enough.  So here are some things that I've found are working for me:

1. Share the load  - Engaging more people in real activism (Facebook doesn't count) and giving them the tools to understand the issues, make the calls, share their stories and write their own postcards makes me feel like I don't have to "do it all".  I can specialize and give my talents where they are best used.
2. Meet with like minded people  - I'm an introvert, so this isn't natural for me, but I find having coffee or lunch with someone with the same resistance mission, and having a conversation that isn't all venting is very helpful.  Meeting with my local Indivisible group, or the local Democrats, or the Emerge Washington formation team (run women run) and hearing what so many others are doing gives me more hope than anything else.  I've recommitted to making it a priority to get out and meet with people.
3. Think about my kids -  When I get tired, I think about my kids. My own kids, my kids from all the youth groups I've led, from girl scouts to destination imagination.  I think about my host-students and exhange students from all around the world.  I want to be a Role Model for them, and to make the world a better place for them.  This makes me happy, hopeful and rededicated.  I can do anything for my kids.
4. Take time off of electronics and recharge.  For me i've found that taking 4-6 hour vacations from Facebook,  Twitter and the news is really important.  I'm not going to be on top of the breaking news. I have to accept that. I've got a life to live too, and I'm don't have the luxury to follow this all day, and its not healthy.  (I find if I spend too much time I get way too far into the conspiracy theories and the far corners of the liberal propaganda, which is not healthy for me).  
5. Be Grateful Spending a few moments each day to be grateful for what I do have, acknowledging to myself the privileges that I have, and being thankful to be able to have the resources to resist helps keep things in focus.

A 12-Step Program for Responding to President-Elect Trump http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/opinion/a-12-step-program-for-responding-to-president-elect-trump.html?smid=tw-share&_r=5