SELF-CARE IS BALANCE 
OUR WORK IS MORE THAN “JUST A JOB” WE LEAD BY EXAMPLE By Joan Garry
I woke up early. With coffee in hand, I sat at my computer at 5:35 am. Exactly one minute later, at 5:36, the Presidential race was called. If you have read my work or listened to my podcast, it will not surprise you that my candidate did not win.
On a typical election night, I am glued to the TV. As an election junkie, I know more about counties in swing states than I do about state capitals. I organized an election viewing event for our condo community and took a seat as the polls closed in Georgia at 7 pm. At 9 pm I realized I was experiencing what I believe was a panic attack.
It was all too much.
Everything felt so out of whack, so out of balance. Endless views of the map tell the story – in full color – of just how polarized we are as a country. Flip the channels to find polar opposite views of our country’s politics. And so at 9:30 pm, I left the gathering I had organized and walked back to our condo.