Hi PaulTalkers and other viewers, I’m Paul
and I want you to register to vote!

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YouTube has found that on average it takes
one minute, thirty-four seconds to register

to vote.

That’s what this counter is counting down.

To get started, just search Google for “register
to vote” or click on this info card in the

corner!

You can do that in another window while I
talk to you here about Spoon Theory and how

it applies to voting.

Over a decade ago, Christine Miserandino was
trying to explain to a friend what it’s

like to live with a chronic illness (versus
not having to do that) and grabbed a bunch

of nearby spoons then asked her friend to
list all the things they do in a day.

For every “thing” (getting up, taking
a shower, having breakfast, getting dressed,

etc.) Christine [sound of clanging spoons]
*chuckle* set aside one of the spoons.

Before her friend finished listing all
the things, the spoons were gone and the theoretical

day wasn’t done.

That’s what it can be like when you have
a chronic illness, like lupus for her, or

depression for me.

(But if you don’t have a health issue limiting
them, you have a for-all-practical-purposes

unlimited amount of spoons.)

If you know someone who has a chronic illness,
that is why sometimes they just won’t be

up for “things”.

How does this apply to registering to vote?

Because everyone has different abilities and
spoons, I try not to say that anything is

easy, but the online process to register to
vote in the United States has probably never

been easier.

You don’t have to deal with a person.

You don’t have to articulate very many personal
things about yourself.

You don’t have to physically manipulate
much.

And on average it doesn’t take much time.

So even for Spoonies, it may be more doable
than you think to register to vote, so please

do!

And that’s time!