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Whatup Reader!

I know the last few weeks have been story time Tuesdays (much appreciate the positive feedback btw 💚), but sometimes I be using these Tuesday emails to simply give you permission that you didn’t need (but that I know many folks still wait for).

Today’s permission slip:

Not everything needs to get done. Some things you can just ignore forever.

Actual footage of Nike right now:

But it’s true. And this is coming from me, the Maestro with the mantra of: Do the thing.

Notice, however, the phrase is ‘Do THE thing.’

Not, do all the things. Nor is it, do the things simply because you think you’re supposed to.

For real, some stuff you can just ignore forever and not do.

Now, what those specific things are for you, I cannot say. But I promise you that they exist.

They are all the things that are taking up space in your brain, and consuming precious amounts of mental and emotional energy, and you can just…not do them.

Because I know folks feel better when they get to go second, allow me to share Exhibit A - my unread emails and texts:

And exhibit B - my unanswered phone calls and apps that need updating:

Very few things in our day-to-day are life or death, and yet I watch as people treat an email like it’s open-heart surgery.

Y’all, it ain’t that serious.

And then we wonder why we don’t have the energy to do the things that are actually important (like spend time with our people, and exercise, and make better food choices, and fight fascism).

Not everything needs to get done. Some things you can just ignore forever.

And honestly, if they’re that important, they’ll come back around.

Happy Tuesday, Reader.

Maestro out.

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