09/07/2026
I don't think the women I want to work with need convincing that something's wrong with them. I think it's the opposite.
I want to show them how intelligent the thing they've been trying to fix actually was.
Anticipating was intelligent. Overexplaining was intelligent. Becoming this capable was intelligent. Reading everyone's reactions was intelligent. Perfecting, proving, adapting, all of it was intelligent.
Keep the brilliance. What I'm interested in is the exact moment the adaptation turned into the price you thought you had to pay to use it. That's the tax.
This Labor Day I'm running a small experiment. Instead of working harder on the pattern, you take it to Fieldwork. 24 hours, one tax, one possibility. No Zoom, no homework. Normally $300, $150 through Labor Day.
You don't have to buy anything to play along here though. What's something you're ridiculously good at that's become ridiculously expensive for you to keep running?