Wednesday, May 21, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My friend Ellen and I used to kid around about how thrilling it is to quit a job. \u201cTake this job and shove it,\u201d up yours, where the sun don\u2019t shine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Getting the red ass is putting your ass \u201con the line.\u201d The sun will scorch your little tushy. When you quit a job, you\u2019re shoving it, but you\u2019re not sticking it \u201cto them.” You\u2019re getting your ass out of the way. A new fire of creativity and independence has been lit under your ass – the fire of self-reliance, and freedom, another place where the sun don\u2019t shine. But this time, it\u2019s peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The subtle art of not giving a rat\u2019s ass made my last year of teaching playful and fun. I was a lame duck – I hadn\u2019t a rat\u2019s ass to give. I was going out of business where \u201ceverything must go!\u201d And everything went, including my battle picking, my office junk, and my junky attitude. It was fun to clear out, especially my red ass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During my lame duck period, I still had obligations, meetings with prospective students, reports to do, and papers to grade. But I did them with a certain laissez faire<\/em>, which means \u201cleave them to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n What needed to be shoved was not the job, but my attitude. I didn\u2019t need more work or battles – I needed more laughter and detachment. I wasn\u2019t sticking anything to anyone when I quit. I just learned the beauty of \u201cwhere the sun don\u2019t shine.\u201d Not giving a rat\u2019s ass will clear up your red ass, and light a fire under your ass for your own mental wellness – fun<\/em>. Besides, who likes an asshole? Leave them to do it. If you want to shove something, shove that<\/em>, and let go before you quit, before you die, or before you permanently become a crusty old arschloch<\/em>! Up yours…I mean….Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wednesday, May 21, 2025 My friend Ellen and I used to kid around about how thrilling it is to quit a job. \u201cTake this job and shove it,\u201d up yours, where the sun don\u2019t shine! Getting the red ass is putting your ass \u201con the line.\u201d The sun will scorch your little tushy. When you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-morning-motivation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymorningmotivator.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymorningmotivator.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymorningmotivator.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymorningmotivator.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymorningmotivator.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mymorningmotivator.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4768,"href":"https:\/\/mymorningmotivator.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767\/revisions\/4768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymorningmotivator.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymorningmotivator.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymorningmotivator.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}