December 27 — The Things We’re Quietly Done Within
There are public resolutions, and then there are the quiet ones — the ones you don’t announce because you’re not looking for applause, just peace.
This is a list of things many of us are gently, lovingly done with:
• Explaining ourselves to people committed to misunderstanding
• Confusing productivity with worth
• Being polite at the expense of our nervous systems
• Pants that negotiate instead of cooperate
We are done with urgency that isn’t real. With outrage fatigue. With the belief that everything must be fixed immediately or else we’ve failed civilization.
We are especially done with pretending we didn’t notice things this year.
A mindful activist understands this: burnout is not noble. Exhaustion is not a virtue. You do not win by disappearing.
Letting go doesn’t mean giving up. It means reallocating energy. It means choosing where your care actually makes a difference — and where it doesn’t.
You don’t owe everyone access.
You don’t owe every conversation your oxygen.
You don’t owe the algorithm your soul.
Quiet boundaries are still boundaries.
Rest is still resistance.
And sometimes the bravest thing you can do is say, internally and without drama:
“No. Not that. Not anymore.”
Pay attention. Take care. Keep going.
Julie Bolejack, MBA
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