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You’re ridiculously capable. Maybe a little too capable.

Our society banks on you doing more than your fair share, and the experts, scripts, and systems just give you more to manage. No one is coming to save us from that, so we save ourselves.

It’s harder than it sounds. Going your own way is more ambiguous than following the plan. But the answer to a capacity problem was never one more thing to add to balance it out.

You’re the expert on your own life. You just need to trust yourself enough to believe it.

Despite what we’ve been told, we’re not falling short of a reasonable standard. It’s the standard that’s failing us.

I’m not going to be the expert on your life or tell you how best to navigate it. What I can do is share what I’m noticing as I learn it, in hopes it points you somewhere a little clearer as you figure out your next move.

A Little Less is a weekly essay that’s always free to read.

If you want to start reading before the next essay arrives, here are a few places to begin:

I don't want to be the expert anymore.

This is the essay where I walked away from a publication that promised to give moms answers & started writing one that trusts them to find their own.

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Nobody assigned me any of this. It just became mine.

This one’s on becoming the default parent without anyone asking & what I’ve been doing about it ever since.

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I stopped trying to optimize my mornings. Here's what they actually look like now.

This will give you a look at what mornings actually look like when you stop trying to make them productive.

There’s a paid tier & a founding tier if you ever want to support the work & keep it free for everyone. Details are here but there’s no rush, no wrong choice.

And to those of you who are already paid subscribers—thank you. You’re the reason A Little Less continues to be accessible to all.

Talk soon,
Erin