1.    Put away Sarah Palin doll. Remove pins first.
2.    Stop fantasizing about David Gergen and tell your significant other you love him.
3.    Realize that while you were fantasizing about David Gergen your significant other, like the majority of men in America, was fantasizing about Gossip Girl Blake Lively.
4.    Forget about Blake Lively. Begin writing a novel about a cougar and her hot cubs, a bestseller whose idea has come. Print out a few pages and leave for significant other to find. Oops!
5.    Plan romantic dinner to regroup and rekindle.
6.    Shop for new outfit to wear to aforementioned dinner. Recessionistas rejoice! Everywhere you look, another store is having a 40% off sale to move the merch.
7.    When jonesing for the election, shift thinking to another part of the brain. Wonder what Madonna and Alex Rodriguez are doing tonight?
8.    Plan an Inauguration Party on January 20 at your house to celebrate your candidate whether he won or not. Wear blue or red.
9.    Fear of flying in a candidate-free zone without mother’s little helpers? Think of five post-election reasons to convince your doctor to renew your prescription for Valium.
10.    If withdrawal symptoms persist, before you go to rehab, soak for one hour every night for the next week in a warm bath bubbling with lavender-scented oil while re-reading “D.V.” — the memoir of Diana Vreeland — and you’ll get your style mojo back. Add pitcher of martinis (into you, not into bath) and tally-ho sisters!