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Janie's avatar

What a wonderful, helpful, thoughtful completely non-MAHA take on what actual rest would look like. You'd think since entering unemployment (former, fired Fed), I'd be able to step off the treadmill for a bit and do some of this, but it's like I'm hyper-addicted to what the next anvil will be. Thanks for giving me some things I can put into effect (going outside, ending social media after 9PM (stretch goal), working on my focus by leaving my phone and computer in another room, making a friend date).

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Kelly Ford's avatar

Reading about your detox was such a lovely way to start my week. Thanks so much for sharing what this looked like for you. You have inspired me to try to figure out a similar one for my own sanity.

I'll preface by saying, I can't quite make my words sound right. I just want to recognize that you take on *so much responsibility* for your readers by way of staying informed, having your finger constantly on the pulse point. I know that this just feeds the screen addiction (?), making all of those negative implications so much worse. Thank you for doing that for us. Thank you for also showing us your humanity. YOU DESERVE SO MUCH MORE REST. Thank you for taking on all that you do for us, and (!) let a stranger on the internet also tell you that this responsibility doesn't need to be 24/7/365. :)

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