SnapDragon
Let’s agree to take it easy on the shoulds, shall we?
I should be cleaning. I should be grading. I should take advantage of this weather and be outside.
What a waste of time.
You should have told me. We should be closer. I should be the one you turn to.
Please shut up, voice.
Leave me alone.
Because I could be doing anything.
But there’s only what is.
. . .
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Agreed. One “should” I’m trying to banish right now is the pressure to use this time at home to develop new projects, revive old ones, and write ground-breaking essays. Why do we keep framing this period of our lives in language that casts it as an opportunity? It’s not an opportunity, it’s a pandemic. We’re just trying to not get sick. That’s the only “should” we ought to be focusing on: we should protect ourselves. And, like your second list implies, all these “shoulds” can get warped from self-chastisement to misdirected doubts and anger. Ugh. Hope you’re enjoying a weekend free of “shoulds,” love!
Thank you, my dear friend. Escaping The Shoulds is so hard sometimes! But we can try. 🕊
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Same! :-)
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