5 changes I have made to my [behavior]\u00a0in recent days:<\/strong><\/p>\n1. I no longer text or play candy crush as I walk. I want to stay alert and aware of my surroundings.<\/p>\n
2. When I wait at a bus stop I stand behind the shelter, not under it.<\/p>\n
3. When I walk down the sidewalk I try and walk on the side of the oncoming traffic – the better to see cars coming towards me.<\/p>\n
4. When I leave my home in the morning I make sure I haven’t left anything embarrassing out – just in case I don’t come back and someone else has to enter my apartment.<\/p>\n
5. I don’t wear high-heels. Just in case I need to run.<\/p>\n
5 changes I refuse to make to my behaviour.<\/strong><\/p>\n1. I won’t stop going out. I will go to work, go to the gym, go to the shuk, go to restaurants. This is my life and my city and I won’t have it stolen from me.<\/p>\n
2. I won’t look at every Arab like s\/he is a terrorist. I won’t allow myself to get sucked into racist fear-mongering.<\/p>\n
3. I won’t lose perspective. I will remember that terrorism is about inciting terror out of proportion to the danger. This is still the city where I can (and do) walk safely though my neighbourhood alone in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n
4. I won’t panic. Even when I hear several sirens in a row, or when I see security forces blocking off the street. (not every ‘suspicious object’ is a bomb.)<\/p>\n
5. I won’t stop being grateful for the amazing miracle that is Israel and for the incredible things that make our society one I am so proud of.<\/p>\n
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