As climate change, political upheaval, addiction, mental and physical health concerns, and hate threaten to overwhelm us, resistance has become a necessary way of life. So this year, as in previous years, I offer you a list of simple but potent forms of resistance to add to your everyday life in the hopes of spurring you to positive change in your own body and life and for the sake of us all.
Go to the library
Visit your local parks
Purchase art directly from an artist
Make eye contact
Eat something you harvest yourself
Buy in bulk
Write a physical letter
Mend instead of replacing
Hug more people
Sit in silence, doing nothing