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I can’t believe that I haven’t written a blog in well over a month! Now that the election has come and gone I find myself with a lot of extra time on my hands. I am relieved but bored at the same time. My original plan was to pretty much take a break from grassroots activism till after the New Year. My house is a mess and my family definitely needs some attention. We recently decided to start homeschooling our oldest child and intend to home school all three of the kids next school year. I have so many things at home that I could be doing but I just can’t seem to get motivated.
Maybe I am still just so bummed about last weeks local election results. Many of us worked so hard to win Proposition 2 (a ballot measure that would have prevented the city of Austin from giving Simon Malls 65 million dollars in tax breaks) and we ended up losing by only four percent. That was so disappointing! If only we had worked just a little harder those last few weeks we might have won. Not to mention all of the local races we worked on and lost. I can’t think of one single race or issue our group of activists here in Travis County has won. Part of me is ready to just throw in the towel and go back to reading books and enjoying my life. Another part of me knows that isn’t even close to being an option.
So how do I find a happy medium? I had fooled myself into thinking that I was doing a good job balancing a full time job, three kids, and being a grassroots leader but lately I am having second thoughts. My husband has really stepped up and helps out a lot. He is the greatest! He works third shift, does about 85 percent of the homeschooling, he cleans, does laundry, takes care of our youngest child all day. All on about three to five hours of sleep a day. He rarely complains but I can tell he is getting worn out.
I guess I need to choose my battles a lot more carefully. There is no sense in fighting un-winnable battles i.e. donating time and money on campaigns that have zero chances of winning. Hopefully the community of activists I am involved with will pull together and work one or two local issues and we’ll win one soon!
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