Wednesday, July 9, 2025
The sweet relief of release.
Hope everyone is feeling relaxed and recharged after the holiday weekend. It’s so nice when the 4th falls on a Friday.
Extra-long weekend.
Yippee.
But sometimes all that “free” time puts on some pressure. Pressure to make the most of it. Pressure to host, to accept invitations, to cram too much in…all in the name of fun. And then things can end up feeling very not-so-fun. Why do we insist on doing it to ourselves?
Why are we trying to control our precious free time???
Those lines—as obvious as they may feel—hit harder than they should.
Because we cling to stuff. Even when it’s not working. Even when it’s not ours to hold.
We cling to expectation—what we should do, where we should go, who we should do it with, and how we should feel as we experience it.
And then, after all that “freedom,” we rush back to work and try to catch up and get ahead—on the same day.
Why?
Control.
We want to control how we’re perceived and received by our peers, by our managers, by our customers, and by our vendors.
So when I heard this song for the first time on Saturday, I instantly knew it had a home right here.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did:
“Let things go, it’s not good for you or anybody else.”
When you’re wound too tight, bound by stress, trust me—everyone around you feels it.
At home. At work. At the 4th of July party you didn’t even want to go to.
My unsolicited advice?
Let things go. Let go.
Of the illusion of control. Of the need to manage everything and everyone. Of the expectations. Of the stress of it all.
You’ll feel better. And so will everyone else.
P.S. You don’t need an excuse to let go. But if you need some help figuring it out, I’ve put together this guide to lead you to insights that might get you there.
