"Inbox" Bullshit - A Poem
We all ask:
What really
matters in this world?
What’s worth
worrying about?
What’s worth
doing?
How do we
maximize a finite set of time, attention and energy?
This is what
I know for sure:
Health, time
and people
Are the only three things in this world
That cannot
be retrieved once they’re gone.
They are the
most precious nouns on this planet.
How you
treat them defines how your life generally goes.
They are
what really matters.
Everything
else is just ‘inbox’ bullshit.
Things will
cry out to you each day, from all directions.
“Fix me.”
“I need
this.”
“I want you
to …”
If you spend
your entire life trying to level up, measure up or get even,
You’ll never
arrive at your fullest, truest self.
You must
develop a filter to focus in on what matters
And cut out
this ‘inbox’ bullshit.
Eat healthy
food.
Exercise.
Call your
parents.
Love your
family.
Be there for
your friends.
Savor every
sweet moment.
Live moments that leave you breathless.
Live moments that leave you breathless.
Your
humanity matters.
Your health
matters.
Your freedom
matters.
Shout it and
live it out loud.
Because this
is all you.
This is what
is important.
This is what
is truly yours.
The rest is ‘inbox’
bullshit.
*This poem is inspired and paraphrased from an article by John Gorman on Medium
**Photo by Patrick Perkins on Unsplash
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