twenty-one ways to prosper as a child of a dying world

by Anne Gallagher

  1. Never take clean socks for granted

  2. Make your bed every morning

  3. Never buy college textbooks. Do people still go to college?

  4. Wipe front to back

  5. Eat your lab grown vegetables

  6. Call your mother

  7. Call your representatives

  8. Go on walks

  9. Go on walks and do your best to avoid falling flaming branches (if you even still have

    trees)

  10. Flossing is really important. It’s not lame to floss.

  11. Try not to panic about the future, you’re probably not going to have one anyway so why

    freak out about it now?

  12. Give yourself an hour a day to read, draw, or write

  13. Rising sea levels provide fantastic waves for body surfing. Or normal surfing. Whatever

    floats your boat!

  14. Florida is gone-- get over it.

  15. So is California. You can mourn that one a little. But not too much.

  16. The past is the past! Try not to be too angry with your great grandparents for placing

    wealth over you or your spawn’s well being-- maybe you would have done the same.

  17. Organize

  18. Collaborate

  19. Yell, scream, and or cry cry cry about the injustice of it all.

  20. Gather some friends and storm some politician’s palatial mansion-- torches optional but

    definitely encouraged.

  21. Learn to dance in the acid rain