And I'm worried for people abroad too! You think Trump is going to continue to send arms to Ukraine? Not to mention Israel and what happens when our Administration is doing nothing to put the brakes on Netanyahu.

'Nauseously optimistic' sounds right.

I'm feeling anxious. My gut is telling me Trump is going to win, which is where my gut was in 2016.

My gut isn't telling me shit, and I'm mindfully trying to let go of trying to predict. I'm going more and more into news blackout mode to preserve my ability to function.

I'm also thinking more and more of doing a digital nomad thing (regardless of election outcome) for a year or two in the next couple of years and have started researching. ETA: DH seems amenable, which is convenient.

I am so afraid to feel any optimism, and after 2016 I've avoided looking too hard at any predictions/polls/clairvoyant octopods in case I accidentally see some good news. This is an incredibly normal and healthy way to feel for 8 years hashtag everything is fine.

I will be spending tomorrow evening at a friend's house watching the returns come in while we stress-eat cheese and crackers together and listen to our 8th graders make snarky commentary in the background. I have already sent this link to my boss in case coming to work Nov 6 turns out to be a no-go.

My gut is telling me Trump is going to win, which is where my gut was in 2016.

Pretty sure you also said this in 2020, fwiw.

I’m trying not to be superstitious and trying to remember that my anxiety isn’t going to change anything. And that I’m not going to jinx anything by being optimistic.

Hah i may need to send that link to a few of my colleagues as well. Sadly I have a bunch of important meetings Thursdays that I have to do the research and agendas for on Wednesday so I can’t completely shut down. But I do not think I’ll be getting 8 hours in.

I'm mindfully trying to let go of trying to predict. I'm going more and more into news blackout mode to preserve my ability to function.

I’m trying not to be superstitious and trying to remember that my anxiety isn’t going to change anything. And that I’m not going to jinx anything by being optimistic.

All of this.

The past few days, I found I could convince myself of either outcome.

I kept having to remind myself that it is the electoral college that matters.

I fear that neither party will concede on Nov. 6th, there will be court challenges galore, and nothing will be decided until January.

Popcorn is no solace.

I fear that neither party will concede on Nov. 6th

The 2020 election didn't get officially called until the Saturday after the election. I'm not expecting anything different this year.

(Okay, I am secretly hoping for a blue wave so overwhelming that I can just go to bed at 10 pm tomorrow night, regardless of whether Trump concedes, because fuck him. Candidates aren't legally required to concede anyway; if the loser doesn't officially concede/make a concession speech/whatever, it doesn't change anything about the outcome of the election or the winning candidate's plans moving forward.)

Pretty sure you also said this in 2020, fwiw.

May just be natural pessimism.

It feels hard to be optimistic. I do like "nauseously optimistic."