In all my 66 years, I have never seen the likes of the activism and energy that this man stirred up.

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36. One thing per day.

Little things. Focus on what you care about most, and make that your daily priority. A phone call a day to one of your three congress critters is good. Or a postcard. Or knitting on a scarf for a kid in the foster system, quilting a lap blanket for an elder in care, or making a batch of cookies for your local volunteer organization. You know what your strengths are. Use those.

And one of those little things you must do is self-care. You have to take care of yourself. It's a radical form of resistance -- it means that the weapons of exhaustion, frustration, apathy and disgust are useless against you. When you're feeling tired, overwhelmed or anxious, check this document first: https://t.co/V24BIC61l2 (this goes to a google drive document in pdf format). Do those things first.

If media terrifies you, it's okay to block everything except your area of focus and what connects you to your real-life social world. Really, truly. Activists have been doing this for years, and so do academics, scientists and specialists. It's hard to be a generalist activist or generalist academic or generalist scientist. We build knowledge and power by breaking large goals into very small tasks and actions.

If we all try to do everything, none of us will accomplish anything. But if we all focus on our one thing, and stand with our accomplices when their thing is urgent, we'll accomplish everything.

One brick at a time. That's how China built the Great Wall. One brick at a time. But that thing is visible from space.