by Solange Lopes | Dec 19, 2016 | Working Mom & Woman Tips |
Dove Love Your Hair Campaign
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Dove™.
Throughout this campaign, I continue my own conversation as a mom with my daughter on being positive about her hair. Dove™is on a mission to empower moms to be leaders in their daughter’s hair confidence journey by teaching them to love their own. Dove Hair will be hosting a website where people can personalize their mother/daughter photo with creative text and images for sharing on their social networks.
The first time my baby girl came to me and asked me why she had “puffy” hair and not long, straight hair like her friend Jaliah, I didn’t know what to answer. I hadn’t planned on being asked that question so soon, she was only six years old…But she could already tell in her little beautiful mind, that the world could be different depending on whether your hair was “puffy” or pin straight…
In the next few minutes, I pondered all kinds of answers I could give her. Or how I could possibly change the topic and make her forget about it all…Then I remembered how important my own hair journey, as a Black African woman, had been, and in many respects, still was.
From those evenings back in the day when my mother would heat up the hot comb on the stove and mistakenly burn the edges of my ears trying to straighten my curly hair. To those day-long appointments at the local hair salon, waiting in line to get my hair relaxed, straightened and flat-ironed to achieve that coveted pin-straight look. To finally, that fateful day when, three months pregnant with my second baby, I left a crowded hair salon and gave up on ever trying to change the texture of my hair again. In between these, I had given birth to a beautiful baby girl with coarse, wildly curly hair, and if I wanted her to be true to the reflection she saw in the mirror, I had to be true to my own reflection…
What is beautiful hair? That’s the question so many women and young girls ask themselves daily. And that ‘s the question society has been trying to impose answers to women for so long…Dove™found that 8 in 10 women feel pressured to wear their hair a certain way. Yet, 82% of girls learn about caring for themselves from their mothers.Which also means that, as moms, we can help make a difference. We can show our daughters to love their hair, love themselves, and feel confident about the true, authentic image they project to the world…
There’s something about letting go of the need to look a certain way that replaces the need to be accepted, with the simple reality of accepting yourself. As is. Although the start of my natural transition was a bit like jumping off a cliff without a parachute, not knowing what to do with this newfound hair freedom that threatened to hijack everything I knew about society’s norms and my own, it was also a great exercise in self-discovery…
I quickly discovered that wearing my own hair curly, wild and free made me feel at home, like my best self. Those rebellious waves coming to the surface felt like a comfortable pair of slippers I had never taken off. So when I saw the same rebellious, stubborn waves popping on my baby’s full head of “puffy”, wild hair, I felt home. And I wanted her to feel home in her own hair too…Home in her own wild kinks and coils and curls. Home in who she was and was to become…I wanted her to learn the simple truths that it took me a few decades to learn, the ease to be home in your own hair…
So when that day she asked me about her “puffy” hair, and I didn’t know what to answer at first, I simply took a deep breath and remembered. I remembered why I decided to feel at home in my own hair. And how she walked me home without even knowing it…And I decided to tell her, that day and every day after that, whether she asks or not…
I’m still deciding, day after day, to tell her how beautiful her kinks and coils and crazy curls are. How she inspired me to love my own kinks and coils, just because of who she was. And how we’re all beautiful in our own, special, unique, free way…And that’s why I’m so excited to be part of the Dove™Love Your Hair campaign, to share my journey and tell my baby why I care with this custom Dove™animated message.
That’s why I encourage myself as a mom, and I’m encouraging you as a mom as well, to start, continue, deepen the conversation with your daughter(s) about their own hair. To instill in them the confidence we sometimes find so hard to instill in ourselves. And to have fun in the process…
Tell her why you love her hair. Make it a memorable experience by going to the Dove™ website HERE, and creating your own Dove™ Love Your Hair animated message with your baby.
How are you encouraging your daughter to love her own hair and be confident in who she is?
Love,
The Corporate Sis.
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Dove™.
by Solange Lopes | Dec 14, 2016 | Working Mom & Woman Tips
Nothing like stepping into stores filled with busy people, loads of stuff to buy and loud Christmas carol music during the holidays, accompanied with a bunch of toy-thirsty kids, to get your lifetime financial education in check…All the while realizing how much you need to teach your kids about the all-important fact that global warming notwithstanding, money still doesn’t grow on trees/wallets/purses/piggy banks, etc….
Let’s be real, holiday cheer aside, the “most wonderful time of year” is also the most commercial time of year, especially for anything kid-related. Which means you may have to start slipping a word or two to your kids about the fact that just because you have a purse doesn’t mean it’s filled with money. And that if we could buy the entire store worth of toys, we wouldn’t be frantically clipping BJ’s coupons every weekend…Just sayin’…
But are the holidays really the best time to teach kids about money? Isn’t it supposed to be a time of happiness, and cheer and… record spending? Must we ruin the mood and start giving out lessons on the importance of fiscal responsibility to little people who still believe in the magic of Santa Claus and TV toy commercials?
There actually isn’t a better time to do so…And if you ask me, here are a few lessons every fiscally-concerned parent can pass on to their kids somewhere in the midst of Christmas carols and finding a new spot for the Elf on the Shelf:
Lesson #1: Start with what you have!
Start at the beginning, that is, with what you already have. I remember growing up in Senegal, West Africa, and celebrating Christmas in the simplest of ways. Not because we didn’t have enough, but because we had a whole lot more than many around us…
Have your children look around over the holidays and make a quick inventory of everything they have, from a roof over their heads to food on the table and toys they even forgot about. Make it a game to see who comes up with the most items to be grateful for. Then explain how all this “stuff” they have costs money too.
The sooner they understand that pretty much every material thing around them is obtained with money, the sooner they realize its impact.
Lesson #2: Want What You Need!
My mother used to perform an audit of mine and my siblings’ Christmas lists before mailing them to Santa. And the recurring question as she’d carefully scan our wishes lists would always be: “Hmmm…I wonder if Santa’s going to ask if you really need this?”
Which of course in our cute little curly heads didn’t add up at all at the time…Isn’t Santa just supposed to be a wish-granting machine? No one has ever mentioned the new implementation of a “wants vs. needs” system…At least, we didn’t hear it in the news…
Yet invariable each year, my siblings and I would get more of the stuff we really needed vs. the stuff we wanted. Santa’s administration was being overhauled…
How about asking your kids the same question? What do they really need as opposed to just wanting it? Ask them about how they would use the items on their list and how that would help them and others? The sooner they learn to make the difference between what they need vs. what they want, the easier it will be to learn about how to spend their money (and yours)…
Lesson#3: The name of the game is “Earn It”!
Your kids see you going to work every day, or striving in your own business to earn an income. Similarly, they may earn their allowances by doing some chores in the house, or keeping their grades up, or even behaving exceptionally well.
The principle should be the same during the holidays. Have they earned their (long) Christmas gift lists? What have they done to deserve all that “stuff”? Along with their Christmas list, ask them to also make a list of all the positive things they’ve accomplished throughout the year. Some of their answers may have you stitches…
Then, if your kids are slightly older (10 and over), ask them to name a few people they admire who’ve created great things. They may be able to come up with names like Steve Jobs (Apple), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Walt Disney (Disney), etc…They may have to google some of these names, but all in all, it should be a fun and educational game for the whole family to play.
At the end of the day, you want them to link money and rewards to actions. The more positive their actions, the more money and rewards they’ll be able to earn…
Lesson#4: Look Into the Future!
“I want it NOW!” How many times have you heard your kids, or any kid for that matter, say this? For most kids, the here and now is really all that matters. Especially during the holidays…But it’s also a great time to teach them about investing in their own futures…
Ask them what BIG dream they have for the future? Do they want to go visit Grandma in Senegal next summer? Or go back to that awesome summer camp they so enjoyed last year? Then introduce the concept of asking for/starting a savings fund to meet that goal/dream/objective. Consider offering them shares of stock into their favorite companies for instance…This will plant the seed of investing into the future for them…
Make it a family game and have everyone share their long-term goals/dreams, and maybe add an item or two in their gift list around investments and savings…
Lesson#5: Giving brings more!
One principle that tends to get overlooked when it comes to educating kids about money is the concept of giving. From tithing to giving money to charities and causes we believe in, giving has incredible power. We give to help others, to sow back into the world, and that’s also how we create channels of prosperity that benefit everyone, us included.
Challenge your kids this holiday season to add a “Giving” section to their Christmas list. Whether it’s donating their time to a soup kitchen, or making handmade cookies for children in need, or buying a toy for another kid, help them link together the concepts of receiving and giving. Make it fun by having the whole family participate as well!
How are you going to teach your kids about money this holiday season?
Cheers!
The Corporate Sis.
by Solange Lopes | Dec 8, 2016 | Working Mom & Woman Tips
So our family finally caught up with the #ElfontheShelf tradition this year. After much deliberation (which in “mommy brain time” means about ten seconds of uninterrupted free thinking), it was decided…So I went on the hunt for what would be our very own #Elfontheshelf, you know, the one that would fit into our slightly crazy, laundry-challenged, on-the-run family of four…
And on a damp Sunday morning after church, I found her in a corner of a Kohl’s store, the last girl #ElfontheShelf from the entire store inventory. It was love girl crush at first sight! Of course, it had to be a girl, because girls can do anything and Mommy’s way too much of a feminist to put the slightest dent into her lifelong theory on gender equality…Even when it comes to toys and the magic of the holidays…
Elf on the Shelf
So there I was, female Elf on the Shelf in hand, feminist pride in tow, toting our brand new tradition back home on a damp December morning. After an elaborate and quite spirited trick, which included the hubby hiding the car around the corner, ringing the bell and leaving the Elf package at the doorstep, Snowflake was officially adopted in the family. Which also meant as new parents, we implicitly signed on the invisible dotted line of the holiday magic, promising to perpetuate the tradition of the Elf going back to the North Pole to report on the kids’ behavior every night and coming back to crash in a new spot every morning.
As with any adoption of a new family member, there’s bound to be hiccups. Which may or may not include forgetting to move Snowflake a couple of nights and having to come up with semi-scientific justifications accompanied with straight parental faces. Or resorting to the unethical excuse of an inanimate object to get little people to behave in the interest of getting more inanimate objects to celebrate spending more money and having more stuff….Don’t judge us…
But (and there’s always a but), there are also always some lessons to be learnt as we tiptoe the fine line between wise parenting, cute holiday traditions and the need to just pee alone once in a great while. And for us, it came in the form of five interesting take-aways from adopting a girl elf in our slightly crazy, laundry-challenged household:
There’s Magic In Movement.
“Why does the Elf have to move all the time, Mommy?”
And why do these kids come up with questions that force you to think overtime? I mean, it’s enough to complete the year-end report, think about where I last put the keys, and devise a miraculous alternative to clean laundry. Now, to figure out why the Elf moves all the time, and has to go back hang out at the North Pole and come back to crash for breakfast, really, dude?
Fast-forward to a couple of cups of coffee, and some temporarily lifted brain fog…
“Because when she moves, she creates magic. She can fly to the North Pole and help Santa, and come back to a different place, and do it even better the next day.”
I had to give myself a virtual high-five for this one, especially considering this all happened before looking fully human early in the morning.
But the point is, really, there’s magic in movement, in doing something, anything, in not being at the same place all the time. Not living through the same experiences every year for 75 years and calling it a life…
As I drove to work that morning, I thought the Elf was pretty cool doing her own thing, switching it up all the time, and creating magic in the process. Maybe I could take a cue or two from her this year…
Which brings me to….
Change Is A Constant.
“But does the Elf move every day, Mommy? Don’t her wings get tired? And where are her wings anyways?”
See, that’s the problem with kids nowadays. We want them to be smart, inquisitive and all. And next thing you know, they’re asking you questions you can’t answer…I mean, I grew up in a household of four in West Africa, which also meant if you found an #ElfontheShelf and let it go to the North Pole to hang out, she wasn’t coming back no how…
“Change is good baby! She’s always moving and going places and seeing different things.”
I also wanted to add that we were running out of places to move Snowflake, and keep her looking all fresh and cool every morning. But that’s the thing with life, and parenting, and everything in else in between too, right?
You constantly have to update yourself, upgrade yourself, and stay in the mix, while still looking fresh and cool every morning…
Accountability is Cool.
Day 1: Oops, we forgot to move the #Elfontheshelf !
Like, really, we’re the parents here. With a gazillion electronic devices throughout the entire house, no one thought to set an alarm, a reminder, an automatic slap to let that poor Elf go hang out in the North Pole and move her the next morning…Really?
As much as we wanted to hold the kids accountable for behaving well so the Elf wouldn’t go back to the North Pole and tell on them (isn’t that tattle-telling?), we also had to be accountable. As in, being the adults and actually doing what we said we would…
We teach better what we need to learn, right? And sometimes as parents, in the shuffle of everything going on, it’s hard to keep ourselves accountable. Even to ourselves. I mean, I had vowed to keep myself accountable to make it to the gym and eat right. We all know what happened there…
As I was moving the Elf early this morning in between stubbing my toe on the Christmas tree and dropping coffee on my robe, I got to thinking about how a little inanimate object wrapped in a cute tradition can keep us in check…Teaching some things we forget along the way, and reminding us to pass it along…
And maybe that’s the true magic…
Plus the fact that I could swear this Elf be looking at me sideways every time I dip in the kids’ piggy bank for spare change…
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PS: Here are some great ideas of #ElfontheShelf displays you can get inspired from:
Happy Holidays,
The Corporate Sis…
by Solange Lopes | Nov 23, 2016 | Working Mom & Woman Tips
Whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving this year, or attending a Thanksgiving family gathering, you know that this time of year always gets busy. Which also means any help you can get is more than welcome, especially when you’re running around at the last minute trying to make the traditional family dessert, or figure out how to entertain your guests…
This is where technology, especially apps, come in to play. As a busy working woman, you can now use that smartphone you’re carrying around everywhere as a virtual Thanksgiving assistant. Here are 7 apps you can use to pull off the best, and most stress-free, Thanksgiving ever:
This free app will help you plan you your Thanksgiving Day menu in a swipe, or find amazing recipes to make and bring to any gathering. From meats to desserts to side dishes, you can find a large selection of delicious recipes to try. If you’d rather go by theme, then you can check out the menu section for recipe ideas grouped under Southern or Modern dishes for instance.
Here’s another free app that collects all the great recipes from your favorite Food Network stars. Even better, it has a whole section for Thanksgiving, including meal plans from renowned chefs like Giada, Sunny Anderson and Bobby Flay. Video tutorials are even included, and there’s even a section for leftovers!
Not sure which wine to pair with which Thanksgiving food? There’s an app for that, and it’s called Hello Vino. The app suggests different types of wines for different types of Thanksgiving foods, including turkey, ham and even side dishes.
Worried about making lasting memories of this Thanksgiving? Try this free app, which offers 15 cute holiday-themed photo frames to place in your pictures. It’s a wonderful way to make lasting memories, while impressing your guests in the same token…
Happy Thanksgiving Holiday Decoration Ideas
Running out of ideas to decorate your home for Thanksgiving? There’s an app for that. With more than 20,000 pictures to inspire you, you can turn your home into a holiday-themed abode in no time.
Is your family more into going out to eat for Thanksgiving? No problem. This free app helps you not only reserve and manage restaurant reservations, but also have access to hotels all around the world. You can turn this whole holiday thing into a delicious getaway in no time! Bonus: the app provide you with rewards too!
Want to send someone a Thanksgiving card? This app has plenty of choices to pick from. You can now send a quick card to anyone to remind them you’re thinking of them on the holidays…
Which Thanksgiving apps have you been using?
The Corporate Sis.
by Solange Lopes | Nov 20, 2016 | Working Mom & Woman Tips
Chocolate-dipped sugar cookies with the Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie mix
The holidays are upon us! With all the hustle and bustle going on, from family gatherings to work constraints, not to mention managing the Big Holiday Shopping, we can easily forget to enjoy the season!
In my family, our favorite way to get in the holiday spirit is to take some time out from all the to-do’s, and spend some time in the kitchen baking…and eating! This year, we’re channeling our inner holiday creativity and family cheer with the Betty Crocker Cookie Mixes. They come in various flavors, from the traditional sugar cookie to the peanut butter mix and everything in between, and are perfect to pull easy, quick and tasty recipes for any busy mom out there! And if you know me, you know if it’s delicious and quick enough to make to let me get on with my to-do list, it’s right down my alley…
For me, it’s as easy as stopping by my local Walmart in Providence, RI, darting through the “Baking” aisle, and grabbing a few Betty Crocker Cookie Mix pouches in various flavors. My favorites are the Sugar Cookie, Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chunk kinds.
Betty Crocker Cookie Mix from my local Walmart store
Then it’s time for fun at home, by enlisting the help of the kiddos to create cool and delish recipes. It’s a time for bonding together, especially when the weather’s cold outside. And a way to get the little ones to use their amazing creativity for something else than writing all over the walls…Just sayin’…
My daughter enjoying mixing up a batch of Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie recipe
This time, we settled for chocolate-dipped sugar cookies, which are perfect for Christmas or any time really. Of course, we could’ve made traditional sugar cookies, which always come out perfect with the Betty Crocker cookie mixes. But we decided to go fancy with this recipe that’s much easier than the actual results look like! Here it is, courtesy of Pinterest via feedingbig.com:
Chocolate-dipped Sugar Cookies:
- Prepare the cookie dough and bake cookies according to the Betty Crocker package directions
- Microwave chocolate baking chips (I used the Baker’s brand semi-sweet chocolate kind) until melted according to package directions
- Let the cookies cool, and dip 1/2 of the cookies in the chocolate
- Sprinkle the chocolate section with colorful sugar sprinkles or candy before the chocolate cools
- And voila!
Chocolate-dipped sugar cookies with the Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie mix
This is just one of the recipes I use the Betty Crocker cookie mixes for. There are so many options for delicious cookie recipes (just check out your Pinterest boards).
These cookie mixes have gotten me out of a jam (in addition to making me look like the perfect housewife that I’m not) countless times, from piano recitals to school functions. All of this for a very low cash and time investment!
How easy is that! So stop by your local Walmart and pick yourself a few Betty Crocker cookie mixes and get in the holiday spirit!
How would you get in the holiday spirit with the Betty Crocker cookie mixes?
Happy Holidays!
The Corporate Sis.
by Solange Lopes | Nov 17, 2016 | Working Mom & Woman Tips
You can tell the holidays are looming near. As soon as pre-holiday season starts, the hair’s in a bun; the to-do lists are out; deadlines are on and poppin’ everywhere, and your edges are growing thinner by the second…
Most working women know the feeling all too well… That restless ball of nerves somewhere between the pit of your stomach and your chest cavity says it all: too much to do, not enough time, and why is everyone driving like they have nowhere to go?
Plus all your work deliverables are due yesterday, which may seriously impact your free time to make your signature homemade pie for Thanksgiving, buy everyone on your list a thoughtful gift, and get your eyebrows waxed for the family gathering….And all of a sudden your armpits go on a sweat fest, as every fiber in your body starts asking for chocolate (the milky kind with almonds)…
Most advice out there will give you 101 tips to cope with pre-holiday stress, or 1,000 ways to to grin and bear though this period while consuming outrageous amounts of chocolate (or wine, or vodka…)But really, how much fun is it to just survive what’s supposed to be one of the happiest times of the year, when instead we can thrive, strive and enjoy the whole process instead?
Except since all this pre-holiday stress won’t go down without a fight (and we won’t either), here’s my own version of a battle plan for every working mom who’s ever considered jetting to Bali until January 1st:
Put Your Anti-Holiday Stress Armor On.
There are 1,001 reasons to stress out during the pre-holiday time…All your work deadlines are coming crashing down on your already busy calendar. You can’t keep track of how many gifts you have to buy, wrap, mail out, or exchange. And now it really doesn’t look like that cute red dress you’ve been saving to wear over the holidays will ever fit…
When all hell is threatening to break loose and you feel you have no time to stop and catch your breath…is definitely when you should! Start the day by spending some quiet time, whether it’s praying, meditating, or just sitting in silence. It’s another way of preparing your mind for the onslaught of stressful deadlines, to-do’s, requests, not-to-do’s, etc…
So even if that report due yesterday is not coming out the way it should, or you realize you forgot half of your shopping list, or your waistline is filing for divorce from the rest of your body, you can still maintain a shred of sanity (and your edges)…
Think Less Effort, More Impact.
Admit it, those homemade toffee candies you’ve dug out the recipe of from Pinterest, and are desperately trying to fit in to your crowded schedule, can be skipped. As in, you can buy the same exact toffee candies from the store, and save yourself a couple of precious hours, loads of dishwashing, and a serious case of sugar high…
So ditch the perfect-housewife, I-can-do-it-all attitude, if you know you have neither the time nor the energy to bake bonbons from scratch. If you can buy it from the store, please do yourself a favor and grab a double set. The same goes for spending hours wrapping gifts when you can order them pre-wrapped on Amazon, or pick the wrapping option at most stores….
Think less effort, more impact…And you can tell that perfect frenemy of yours who’s just out-baked the whole neighborhood, that this is not about being lazy… It’s just smart allocation of your resources and energy, plus saving yourself wrinkles, lost edges and other stressful side effects…
Ditch the Pride and Seek Demand help.
Gone are the days when you tried to do it all alone, so you can get credit for pulling all the holiday weight all by yourself…only to show up at the Thanksgiving family gathering with a deep-seated desire to utter choice words to pretty much everyone in attendance.
The pre-holiday stress economy has officially turned in to a sharing economy. Which means you can spread the cheer (and the stress) around…So enroll the hubby and the kids into the Pre-Holiday Academy, and start spreading the wealth assignments. Hubby can type the gift tags while the kids help with Christmas Eve invites. And wveryone can bring a dish while you just make the main course…
And you may just be able to make that eyebrow threading appointment after all!
Enjoy the Process.
As in, have a bite of that pecan pie (my favorite), stop by your favorite shoe store and grab yourself a pre-holiday pick-me-up, or book that spa appointment…Or drive a bit slower and enjoy the holiday lights in your neighborhood (as opposed to skipping the Stop sign to get home early enough to get started on those homemade bonbons).
Yes, there are a gazillion things to do, and no one can do them better than you (and if they can, they better not say it!). But there are also a gazillion things to enjoy over the holidays, from having precious family and friends around, to the many calming benefits of chocolate, cake and wine…
So in the middle of all this pre-holiday frenzy, lift your head up from your pile of files and to-do lists, log off of the Thanksgiving recipes boards on Pinterest, close your eyes and picture yourself victoriously crossing that pre-holiday stress line with your edges still on and one set of lashes put…
Now that’s a pre-holiday stress battle plan…
How do you plan on battling this pre-holiday stress?
To Your Success,
The Corporate Sis.
by Solange Lopes | Nov 8, 2016 | Working Mom & Woman Tips
The day’s here! It’s officially Election Day in the US. You went out and voted already, or you may be waiting to do so. That’s the fun, inspiring part. The most challenging part is the…WAIT! That time between now and when the results are finally announced, and you can stop surviving on chocolate and sugary drinks. But as much as chocolate-covered pretzels can help, the tension will still be at an all-times high at work, and even at home later tonight.
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I have to say, I was so excited to make it to the polls right when they opened this morning and cast my vote! What I didn’t anticipate was being so on edge for the rest of the day. So here are some tactics I’m using today to make it through this historical day sane, minus the extra pounds and missing edges:
Start Within!
Whether you choose to meditate, pray or pull out your yoga mat, do something that makes you reconnect with yourself from the inside! Put your phone timer on for 10 or 15 minutes, and spend some time with yourself. That’ll help relieve some of the stress and tension you may be feeling…
Treat Yourself!
Exercising your right to vote isn’t only a civic duty, it’s also a precious privilege! So go ahead and celebrate it by treating yourself! Who said Election Day shoes weren’t a thing?
Enjoy some free food!
I did mention earlier that you should watch for the chocolate overload! But there’s no reason why you shouldn’t take advantage of all the other available free food on Election Day. Get your free coffee on at 7-Eleven, or enjoy a free Krispy Kreme donut to help with all those Election Day jitters. You’re welcome…
Sweat it Out!
So did I mention the extra pounds factor resulting from all the sugary food and drink intake on Election Day? Yes, the pesky ones around the waist…The good thing about them is you don’t have to keep them. You can instead sweat all that stress (and extra pounds) out with some good ol’ exercise…No gym membership? No problem. Gold’s Gym is offering a free day pass on Election Day if you show your “I Voted” sticker… Check out more free deals HERE!
Get Your Updates!
While checking social media and the news every other minute may not exactly relieve your stress and anxiety, staying updated from time to time can help! Try this app called Brigade, which dubs itself as “the world’s first network for voters” to get your fill of information on the go…
Stay Close to Friends and Family!
We’re all in this together…But even more so with those people we’re fortunate to call our friends and family. When the stress of Election Day starts getting to you, why not get the chips and guacamole out and turn all that angst into a friends and family get-together? Nothing like a good laugh, and some serious guac to release any kind of tension…
Let go of the outcome…
Yes, the outcome is important! After all, we’re talking about the country we live and raise our kids in…But there’s something to be said about taking the high road, and letting go of whatever will happen…You did the best you could, had all the chocolate and guac you could muster, and even worked out for the first time in months…Now let it be what it will be, relax and have another cookie…
How are you making it through Election Day?
The Corporate Sis.