A couple of years ago, I was sitting in the kind of interminable Zoom meeting that makes you want to scratch your own eyeballs out, that’s how boring and frustrating it was to have to sit and listen to. I hate to be mean, but there was one woman in particular who was going on and on about some insignificant detail that truly did not warrant even a fraction of the neurotic energy she was pouring into it — and, by extension, pouring all over the rest of us. That’s when this particular thought came to me, like a flash of lightning, one which I hoped would somehow energetically find its way into her brain, which was continuing to spin out irrelevant word vomit like a battery-powered hamster wheel. GET FUCKED, MELISSA! was what I wanted to scream into my Zoom mic, although of course (and thankfully) I was automatically muted by the host. GET SO FUCKED! Dear reader, it is very important to clarify that I did not wish any harm to befall poor, neurotic Melissa. Rather, I meant get fucked in the best possible way. Meaning, I hope your brain gets completely revolutionized and turns around on its axis in such a way that your completely irrelevant and highly neurotic thoughts never trouble you — or us! — ever again. I hope you experience a change in personality that gets your head unstuck from your ass, and places it squarely back on your shoulders again. I hope you start letting go of what doesn’t matter in the slightest, and start having some hardcore FUN in your life, gaining a radically new perspective on what actually matters, in the process. My point is, get fucked! need not be the dirty slur that makes people feel insulted. Rather, I want get fucked! to become a genuine call to personal empowerment, and a release of unnecessary mental garbage, for the good of us all. ❤️‍🔥—E.S.