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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wanted a week off for 'self-care' before taking office next month

The youngest person ever elected in Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that, for working people, immigrants, & the poor, 'self-care is political'

BY NAMRATA TRIPATHI

UPDATED DEC 19, 2018

The New York congresswoman-elect, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, on Monday announced that she is taking a week's time off for "self-care" before starting her new position in January, according to reports. Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic Socialist, made the announcement through a video on Instagram, saying she will be taking some time off in an attempt to prevent feeling burnt out even before she takes office next month.

"I am starting a week of self-care where I am taking the week off and taking care of me. I don't know how to do that though, so I would appreciate any and all self-care tips," the youngest person ever elected in Congress said.

The 29-year-old, in the video, revealed that she drove to "the middle of nowhere" in upstate New York with books, lavender oil and music and later posted about her self-care decision on Twitter politicizing it.

New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a rally calling on Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) to reject Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court on October 1, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. Sen. Flake is scheduled to give a talk at the Forbes 30 under 30 event in Boston after recently calling for a one week pause in the confirmation process to give the FBI more time to investigate sexual assault allegations.