Tricia Hersey

I want to say yes to things that I only feel like really a yes about. It's meant I've lost money. I've lost projects that I haven't been able to get on because they wanted to rush me and micromanage me and I had to return a call in two minutes. That's not the pace that I'm living on. I'm not working on the unsustainable pace that white supremacy work culture wants me to. I just am not.

I want to say yes to things that I only feel like really a yes about. It's meant I've lost money. I've lost projects that I haven't been able to get on because they wanted to rush me and micromanage me and I had to return a call in two minutes. That's not the pace that I'm living on. I'm not working on the unsustainable pace that white supremacy work culture wants me to. I just am not.

Blessings on your day, but I'm not going to do it. And so I've lost money. I've lost opportunities. I really also feel like I'm an outlier in a lot of ways because the deeper I get into this, it can be lonely. To be really frank about it, there isn't a lot of people around me who have got to the point where I'm at. And so grind culture has its grips.

Blessings on your day, but I'm not going to do it. And so I've lost money. I've lost opportunities. I really also feel like I'm an outlier in a lot of ways because the deeper I get into this, it can be lonely. To be really frank about it, there isn't a lot of people around me who have got to the point where I'm at. And so grind culture has its grips.

Blessings on your day, but I'm not going to do it. And so I've lost money. I've lost opportunities. I really also feel like I'm an outlier in a lot of ways because the deeper I get into this, it can be lonely. To be really frank about it, there isn't a lot of people around me who have got to the point where I'm at. And so grind culture has its grips.

It just has these grips on people so tightly, even people in my own family, my own partner, my own brother, everybody. I'm like, let's go hang out and take a walk. Let's go look at some ducks by the lake. And they're like. I got to go to work. I got my second job is coming. I got to do this.

It just has these grips on people so tightly, even people in my own family, my own partner, my own brother, everybody. I'm like, let's go hang out and take a walk. Let's go look at some ducks by the lake. And they're like. I got to go to work. I got my second job is coming. I got to do this.

It just has these grips on people so tightly, even people in my own family, my own partner, my own brother, everybody. I'm like, let's go hang out and take a walk. Let's go look at some ducks by the lake. And they're like. I got to go to work. I got my second job is coming. I got to do this.

I mean, the way that our entire lives are built around labor and what we got to do next, that there's never a moment to just be specifically with black people. We don't even understand what the word leisure means. What is a leisure? What's a hobby? You know, everything has to be monetized. Everything has to be. A part of our life to be able to eat and live and make it.

I mean, the way that our entire lives are built around labor and what we got to do next, that there's never a moment to just be specifically with black people. We don't even understand what the word leisure means. What is a leisure? What's a hobby? You know, everything has to be monetized. Everything has to be. A part of our life to be able to eat and live and make it.

I mean, the way that our entire lives are built around labor and what we got to do next, that there's never a moment to just be specifically with black people. We don't even understand what the word leisure means. What is a leisure? What's a hobby? You know, everything has to be monetized. Everything has to be. A part of our life to be able to eat and live and make it.

And so in a lot of ways, this is an outlier movement. And I feel like an outlier in a lot of ways and that people are beginning to see that grind culture does not have your best interest at heart. And so it's a slow, meticulous thing for people to get to. that point. It's going to take years. And I'm also grateful for that. I'm grateful for the slowness.

And so in a lot of ways, this is an outlier movement. And I feel like an outlier in a lot of ways and that people are beginning to see that grind culture does not have your best interest at heart. And so it's a slow, meticulous thing for people to get to. that point. It's going to take years. And I'm also grateful for that. I'm grateful for the slowness.

And so in a lot of ways, this is an outlier movement. And I feel like an outlier in a lot of ways and that people are beginning to see that grind culture does not have your best interest at heart. And so it's a slow, meticulous thing for people to get to. that point. It's going to take years. And I'm also grateful for that. I'm grateful for the slowness.

I say in the book, give thanks for the idea that this doesn't have to be rushed, that this doesn't have to be urgent. Like, why would we use the same tools that have been taught to us to be urgent, to be rushed, to try to heal? It just doesn't make sense.

I say in the book, give thanks for the idea that this doesn't have to be rushed, that this doesn't have to be urgent. Like, why would we use the same tools that have been taught to us to be urgent, to be rushed, to try to heal? It just doesn't make sense.

I say in the book, give thanks for the idea that this doesn't have to be rushed, that this doesn't have to be urgent. Like, why would we use the same tools that have been taught to us to be urgent, to be rushed, to try to heal? It just doesn't make sense.

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