Are you nervous about the election on Tuesday? Same. Hard same.

Here are some things you can do to help keep your election stress and anxiety at bay:

• Don't turn on the news

• Super clean a room in your home

• Bake something

• Break out a complex jigsaw puzzle

• Go for a walk while listening to your favorite podcast

• Wash your walls

• Start a game of Monopoly

• Put in some ear buds and zone out to ASMR videos

• Spa night - complete with bubble bath

• Share some hilarious videos in the group chat

• Pickle some red onions

• Make a blanket fort, grab some snacks, and binge your favorite show

• Curate and organize your digital photos

• Clean your grout... by hand

If all else fails, you can always go to bed early and just hope to wake up to the news you want to hear.

Whatever you do, do not go down the rabbit hole of state board of election websites. Just trust me on that one.

How are you coping?

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I’m 200 pages into House of Earth and Blood and it feels like the plot is JUST getting started. I get the point of world building, but I think there was almost too much lore dumped. Dribble that out as needed! I don’t need it all to start.

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• If abortion is on the ballot in your state, read this! [Abortion, Every Day]

• A fascinating visual tour of the 1983 Chicago World's Fair. [The Atlantic]

• How you move art and artifacts. [WaPo - gift link]

• Chewing and baseball. [The Atlantic - gift link]

• Libraries have always been about more than just books. [Inside Higher Ed - may be paywalled]

• Tips for identifying falsehoods. [Your Local Epidemiologist] 

• This reminds me that I need to schedule my first mammogram. [Life Kit]

• Going down the rabbit hole of the manosphere. [Code Switch]

• Chewing gum defeats ear worms. [How to Do Everything]

• Once you hear the phrase "corporate philanthropy" a lot starts to make sense. [99% Invisible]

• Your information is a business commodity. [Planet Money]

• Did you check where you last saw it? [Life Kit]

• Subscriptions have gotten out of hand. [@perfectunion]

• An accurate representation of the romantasy I am reading right now. [@read.or.not.real]

• My mom was swayed by an ad for a CharBOOterie board she saw on social media. As a gift, she sent us the small board since our kiddo loves "snack dinner." It was fantastic. There was a great mix of flavors including a few surprising bites I will include on future DIY charcuterie boards. We're already planning on getting one for Christmas. [Boarderie]

• One night, I tossed together skillet shrimp fajitas. While we do stuff the filling into tortillas, I think it would be great over rice. This one is heavy on the veggies. Just make sure you give the onions a chance to get brown. It's better. [Taste & Tell]

• I've been raiding my kiddo's Halloween candy haul. There is a notable dearth of Reese's products this year. It's disappointing.

This sign in our neighborhood is promoting the only third party ticket I could be swayed by. [My Instagram]

I spent some time trying to catch up on recorded conference sessions this week. In my session on search, I learned about Search Tweaks. Consider this an easy way to help you advance search better. Also, the names of the various tools add a bit of whimsy.

Just going to be in a state of perpetual unease for awhile.