The Silence Tax

After the Feast, the Bill

Black Friday morning. The house is quiet. The holiday ran smoothly. And the bill arrives anyway. November didn't end for you. It just paused long enough for everyone else to have pie.  This is exhausting. You're not imagining it. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2533836/open_sms] Content Notice Documentation, not confession. Patterns preserved, details altered. If it sounds familiar, it is. That's the point. Language left intact. Adult themes unavoidable. This record exists for documentation only. It is not therapy, not advice, not a solution. No repair. No community. Recognition is the record. About The Silence Tax [https://thesilencetax.com/] What gets named, gets kept. What gets kept, can't be erased. New episodes Tuesday and Friday.

You Serve. They Give Thanks.

The Thanksgiving that collapsed under ten pounds of potatoes and one bad decision. You serve. They give thanks. The ledger shows the difference. This is exhausting. You're not imagining it. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2533836/open_sms] Content Notice Documentation, not confession. Patterns preserved, details altered. If it sounds familiar, it is. That's the point. Language left intact. Adult themes unavoidable. This record exists for documentation only. It is not therapy, not advice, not a solution. No repair. No community. Recognition is the record. About The Silence Tax [https://thesilencetax.com/] What gets named, gets kept. What gets kept, can't be erased. New episodes Tuesday and Friday.

The Pre-Approved List of Thanks

The gratitude you organize for everyone else. Three weeks into National Gratitude Month, you're coordinating thankfulness for people who are grateful they don't have to plan it. This is exhausting. You're not imagining it. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2533836/open_sms] Content Notice Documentation, not confession. Patterns preserved, details altered. If it sounds familiar, it is. That's the point. Language left intact. Adult themes unavoidable. This record exists for documentation only. It is not therapy, not advice, not a solution. No repair. No community. Recognition is the record. About The Silence Tax [https://thesilencetax.com/] What gets named, gets kept. What gets kept, can't be erased. New episodes Tuesday and Friday.

The Measurement Addiction

We've become addicted to measurement. But the measurement never ends. Every solved problem reveals three new problems. That's the silence tax: doing unpaid labor for your own surveillance and calling it self-awareness. This is exhausting. You're not imagining it. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2533836/open_sms] Content Notice Documentation, not confession. Patterns preserved, details altered. If it sounds familiar, it is. That's the point. Language left intact. Adult themes unavoidable. This record exists for documentation only. It is not therapy, not advice, not a solution. No repair. No community. Recognition is the record. About The Silence Tax [https://thesilencetax.com/] What gets named, gets kept. What gets kept, can't be erased. New episodes Tuesday and Friday.

Poor Life Choices

Forty people in their sixties share regrets. A man reframes their survival requirements as poor decisions you should learn from. That's the silence tax: being blamed for surviving. This is exhausting. You're not imagining it. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2533836/open_sms] Content Notice Documentation, not confession. Patterns preserved, details altered. If it sounds familiar, it is. That's the point. Language left intact. Adult themes unavoidable. This record exists for documentation only. It is not therapy, not advice, not a solution. No repair. No community. Recognition is the record. About The Silence Tax [https://thesilencetax.com/] What gets named, gets kept. What gets kept, can't be erased. New episodes Tuesday and Friday.