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ChiChi's avatar

I am an unintentionally untethered woman, I guess. I am burned out on bullshit in both my work and personal life, so the walking slowly and not being a placating people pleaser (as much) has been happening naturally as a result of being burnt the f*ck out. My face is a blank page to others, but inside I feel a mixture of horror, amusement, and fascination in varying degrees about this current state of being. I haven't gotten fired yet, so the horror is a smaller sliver lately.

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Alex Mathers's avatar

wow - keep going!

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FieradiTe✨'s avatar

Love this post 🫰🏼🫰🏼🫰🏼

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Alex Mathers's avatar

thanks!

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Ryan J. Gill's avatar

I just started wrapping up conversations - as a habit, maybe a decade ago.

A sensitive “I’ll let you get back to _____” was my beginner phrase.

At first there was some guilt - that societal turd we carry around, but honestly I realized very fast that people DO respect you for having some sort of direction.

Thanks - I enjoyed the cliff’s notes approach - very clean and clear.

-Ryan

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Alex Mathers's avatar

love it Ryan, thanks

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Roriedo's avatar

Martial arts training when approached in a humble way can help with at least some of these particularly those related to movement and space but also about time and listening - thank you for the reminder

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Alex Mathers's avatar

sure thing!

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Debra Douglas's avatar

Loved this. Lately I’ve been in a race with myself. I don’t win.

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Alex Mathers's avatar

haha Debra

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Jeff Filler's avatar

Good stuff ... Subscribed ...

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Alex Mathers's avatar

thanks Jeff!

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Madison Riker's avatar

i need so much work. how am i going to remember all of these?

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Alex Mathers's avatar

print em out!

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Nidarshana Sharma's avatar

Silence is our ally , yes. And there’s a certain confidence in talking slowly. Thanks for this. :)

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Alex Mathers's avatar

yep!

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Alex Mathers's avatar

thanks for the note

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