Ivanka Trump shares birthday lessons ahead of election

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It’s Election Day, and if you’re anything like me, you’re wishing you’d taken the day off so you could retreat to an off-the-grid cabin for 24 to 72 hours. However, not everyone is affected by anxiety. For some people, it’s actually the perfect time to write a long Instagram caption commemorating their 43rd birthday. In this case, that “someone” is none other than Ivanka Trump.

Never mind the fact that right now her father is in a dead heat to win one of the most important political offices in the world; she’s already made it clear she doesn’t care anymore. No, instead, Ivanka spent yesterday focusing on sharing the various “truths” she’s learned over the past four decades. Alongside the overly long caption, she posted a carousel of photos of herself in various situations that include business, family and standing in front of a piece of art that reads: “Emotions are a lot like waves, we can’t stop them from to come, but we can choose which one we want to surf.” So true.

Through the caption, Ivanka reveals herself as a fan of BrainyQuote.com and shares aphorisms from Esther Perel, Naval Ravikant, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Dolly Parton, Henry David Thoreau and Carl Jung. Although it’s fun to imagine that Ivanka has removed herself from the spotlight to hole up in Miami reading Waldenthat is not what is happening here. If it was, she would know that the Thoreau quote is not “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it,” but rather, “The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life , which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the longer term.” Not that it matters to her, or what I think is the point of this long caption.

Ivanka appears to be using her birthday to address a focal point in the “apolitical” life-coaching space. Her Instagram content isn’t usually like this, and it looks like she may have tested the waters last week when she posted seven paragraphs on the benefits of weightlifting. She has been very conscious of distancing herself from her father in recent years, which frees her up to be Jay Shetty to people who think Jay Shetty is friends with too many liberal elites. This could be incredibly sad for her.

While you spend the day getting retinal damage from too much screen time, Ivanka is busy kicking up her stilettos on a conference table covered in floor plans (?) and envisioning her future. No matter who wins, she has already started painting. Unfortunately for all of us, that means there’s probably a podcast on the way.