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The Basic Essentials To Survive The Next Four Years

Buckle up and stock up.

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The Basic Essentials To Survive The Next Four Years

With the Inauguration last week and the amazing resilient women march that took place over the weekend, I thought it would be fitting to come up with some survival tips that can be used for emergency purposes. To shine some humor in a dark world, let's get into how to survive the next 4 years.

1. Every survival kit needs to consist of an emergency exit route in case something drastic happens. I suggest finding a window, or door to fall or run out, but in the case of intruders that believes they are now part of the purge, hid in a room where the door can be locked. After barricade yourself in the room lie on your belly close as possible to the wall by the door.

2. In case a classmate, family member, coworker, friend, or stranger starts to harass you about how you're view is wrong and to stop being a "cry baby" i suggest keeping a pair of ear plugs within arms reach.

3. Tea, plain and simple. With tensions at an all-time high picking up some soothing chamomile tea to mend the frayed nerve endings. I also suggest getting a tea that helps with stress (we all know that one will be gone by next week) and a tea to help with sleep.

4. To plan in advance for when the tea doesn't work, I suggest taking 1 shot just enough to calm but not enough where you are flat out blacked out- gotta stay as alert as possible- and if you are under 21.... have hot chocolate.

5. I don't know about you, but whenever my anxiety reaches an unmanageable level, I wrap myself in a soft cozy blanket as if it was a hug from a warm cloud. In this case, you might want to walk around wrapped in a blanket and that is perfectly okay, we all understand.

6. Cupcakes, candy, or anything sugar because they could possibly disappear, so get your fixings in now.

7. In the case of high stress, take a nice calming bubble bath to forget about the way the world is moving.

8. Avoid Twitter. We'll just hear about it on the news later that day so why bother.

9. Find the people who share a similar view as you do and become a strong force together.

10. Keep your head up and remember the mottos, "When they go low, we go high" and "I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me." Interpret these however you like! ;)

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