The only real life pro tip I have to offer is to get involved locally with people you trust who have a clear analysis of how the world can change for the better. You'll find work worth doing, people worth doing it with, and the clarity of knowing that lots of the national political discourse is barely related to any of that.

It took me only one election night watch party to swear them off for the rest of my life. I'll be at home watching Taskmaster reruns and doing some wood carving like a real human