First and foremost, If you haven't voted, VOTE!!
Even if you aren't standing in a long line, the day itself is going to feel long--and chances are, we won't know the final results for several days, so plan how you are going to use this time.
Here are a few random ideas:
Leave the House.
Go for a drive.
Walk or bike in your neighborhood. Walk longer than you normally do. Take two walks.
Pack a picnic and go to a nearby park. Bundle up if it is cold.
Deliver food to a food shelf.
Create.
Color. Sketch. Paint.
Finish the sweater you started knitting last winter.
Make a collage. I am putting together favorite photos of Bruce and me with our granddaughter who turns 18 this month.
Bake cut-out cookies and decorate.
Untangle your exterior Christmas lights and start decorating.
Write.
Compose a letter, not an email, but a chatty, warm letter.
Start a new journal or continue one.
Begin putting together your ethical will. Here's a good resource: Ethical Wills, Putting Your Values on Paper by Barry K. Baines.
Draft your annual Christmas letter. Address envelopes.
Write a thank you note to someone from your past, even if they are no longer living.
Clean.
Sweep the garage.
Look for warm clothes to donate to homeless or others in need.
Rearrange your pantry.
Dejunk the junk drawer.
Toss random plastic containers, especially those without covers.
Scrub the inside of your refrigerator. And while you are at it, throw out old jars of jelly and salad dressing.
Toss the pumpkins.
Change.
Your bedding. In Minnesota it is time for flannel sheets.
Your sofa pillows and mantel arrangements.
Your background picture on your phone or laptop or profile picture on Facebook.
Your routine.
Start a BIG project.
Begin to organize the boxes of photos. How long has this been on your list?
Write the first pages of "The Great American Novel."
Cut out squares for a quilt.
Read the first pages of Moby Dick and then keep reading.
Make lefse. (Look it up, if you don't know what that is.)
Read. (You knew this would be on my list!)
Reread a favorite book.
Read a novel, if you prefer to read nonfiction and vice versa.
Read a children's book. Aloud.
Read poetry. Aloud.
Read before you take a nap and after you take a nap.
Read during lunch or dinner.
Read in your favorite chair or try a new location.
Make a list of books you want to read and start reading.
Start rereading a favorite series like the Harry Potter books or Louise Penny's mysteries.
Ask a friend what she is reading and what she thinks you should read.
Request books from the library and/or place an order with your favorite independent bookstore.
Research.
Plan a trip somewhere you've never been or ok, if you must, someplace you want to go to again. Research flights, places to stay, restaurants, activities, sites. Plan your day to day itinerary.
Explore volunteer opportunities.
Study a topic that interests you.
Pull out a cookbook you haven't used for awhile and plan menus for the next few days--new recipes or old favorites.
Gather catalogs that have arrived in your mailbox and start ordering Christmas gifts.
Play.
Set up a Scrabble game.
Start a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle.
Practice the piano or other musical instrument.
Rest.
Take a nap--a long nap.
Enjoy a bubble bath.
Crawl into bed and read.
Listen to soothing music.
Pray.
Meditate.
Pray.
Meditate.
What are you going to do today? I would love to know.
