{"id":4237,"date":"2016-03-02T12:08:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T16:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/pursuedbytruth\/?p=4237"},"modified":"2016-03-02T12:08:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T16:08:19","slug":"5-solutions-for-election-season-despair-anger-and-worry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/pursuedbytruth\/2016\/03\/5-solutions-for-election-season-despair-anger-and-worry.html","title":{"rendered":"5 Solutions for Election Season Despair, Anger, and Worry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Photo by Andrew E Weber, (stocksnap.io)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

I majored in Political Science in college because I wanted to make a positive change in the world. As an atheist, I saw civic duty as my ultimate responsibility and politics as the highest realm of reality.<\/p>\n

But even as an atheist, I was conflicted when I went to the voting booth. I was pro-life, based on the natural law argument against abortion. But I was also appalled when we went to war with Iraq under the flimsiest of pretenses. So, I ping ponged between parties as a young voter and eventually registered as an Independent when I became Catholic. Since the day I cast my first vote in high school, my heart has been conflicted.<\/p>\n

Each election season that comes around, I feel unenthused at best. I still go out to vote. I consider voting to be the duty of anyone who is lucky enough to live in a country that recognizes the right. But I never walk away from the voting booth feeling excited or happy about my vote. This is especially the case now that I am a Catholic living in a country where both major parties fail to adequately represent the views of my faith.<\/p>\n

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Check out my list over at Aleteia: 5 Ways to Stay Sane During Election Season<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have any of your own suggestions, please let me know. A reader had a good suggestion to do activities in nature.<\/p>\n

And one other thing I have tried the past couple days to relieve election-related stress is to look at pictures of pugs.<\/p>\n

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How could this not relieve your anxiety? (credit: unsplash.com)<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

See, it works!<\/p>\n

I also highly recommend perusing Doug the Pug\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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