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Week of February 16, 2025: Life Happened

I didn't get to most of my to-dos last week; life happened, things felt especially dire, and my personal amount of energy is currently waning. That's also why this is a shorter post this week!

What I'm doing this week:

  • Read about Choose Democracy and see what resonates with me. I am going to challenge myself to pick something meaningful and important to me and achievable with my other obligations.
  • Contacting my representative and senators (again). I am going to put their contacts in my phone so that I don't have to look it up each time. This week, I'm calling to tell them I've very concerned about the Trump administration defying court orders.
  • Reduce my family's car trips by replacing what I can with bike trips.
  • Making space for exercise; it's both good for my long term ability to persist, and in a time of tremendous uncertainty, it doesn't hurt to get stronger and faster.