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Tereza Coraggio's avatar

Unsubbing is a great strategy. Then unread posts don't pile up in the corner and nag at you. I may need to adopt your technique!

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Jo Waller's avatar

Exactly that Tereza! 🌸🧘🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♀️

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Tereza Coraggio's avatar

And it gives me a chance to keep flirting with hitting 1000 subs. I hit 1008 and then the Mansplaining Econ post lost me 13 (let's guess what gender). So I'm back up to 997 in this little game I play with myself ;-)

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Barbara Sinclair's avatar

Unsubscribe away! It's healthy. I have the setting turned off anyway so there's no notification. Unsubscribes help keep our egos in check. :) Enjoy your time off.

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Tarn - mutual eye-rolling's avatar

I just every now and then delete all my Substack emails, and start afresh that way.

Avoids upsetting anyone with unsubscribes, and cuts down on the job of unsubscribing then resubscribing.

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Barbara Sinclair's avatar

Email gets so overwhelming. So much to read and so little time!

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Tarn - mutual eye-rolling's avatar

It's not just the time reading is it; it's the time thinking about it afterwards.

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Visceral Adventure's avatar

Enjoy the time off, dear! ❤️ if you get the chance to hang out with some toddlers- do it. 😂 the great equalizer. Mine just decided to use some anti-fungal for toothpaste. 🤪

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Jo Waller's avatar

Yuk! Yes I will if I can find some. My inner 4 year old girl is very strong, I'll hang out with her if I can't find any toddlers.

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Javier Lopez's avatar

I genuinely respect your need to take some time off and for giving your subs a heads up! I've recently been busy with family stuff (things just pile up sometimes) and forget to relay the pause in activity or at least assure subscribers that production will kick in after the break. Some people are very good at this obviously but it's something the rest of us need to work on. Thanks for all you do. You're one of my favorite subs. Hope to see you back soon refreshed and just taking it as it comes.

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Jo Waller's avatar

Aww thank you Tsubion and you're very welcome. I'll be back soon 🙏🏽

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OUTRAGED HUMAN's avatar

Take your time, meditate, breathe, love, enjoy :)

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Jo Waller's avatar

Will do xxx 🧘🏻‍♀️

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Joe Van Steenbergen's avatar

Enjoy.

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Decaf's avatar

I hope your time off is productive, helpful, restful, and whatever else you're looking for! All the best! Every now and then I take time off, too.

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Jo Waller's avatar

Thank you Decaf. And all of those for you too. 🧚🏻‍♀️

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Decaf's avatar

Thank you! I actually just "came back" from time off, and I have more scheduled for the summer. I find that it's the best remedy right now as I can't count of things I took for granted in the past. It's definitely helping to look at things differently.

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rwbliberty65's avatar

No worries

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