This is the advanced class. It’s when you have a huge argument with a loved one, but you both decide to address it by not addressing it and instead posting a vague Instagram story about “peace, love, and boundaries.” Everyone knows what’s happening. It’s like interpretive dance for feelings.
My sister and I once had a full-blown feud over who left the milk out. Neither of us apologized. Instead, she sent me a meme about “toxic dairy energy.” I replied with a gif of a crown. We haven’t spoken about it since, but we’re somehow closer. Don’t ask me how it works. It just does.
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Lesson Four: The Media Training for Your Brain
You know that voice in your head that criticizes everything you do? Harry and Meghan School teaches you to respond to it like a press secretary. “That’s a false narrative,” you’ll think when you burn toast. “I’m a complex individual,” you’ll mutter when you forget a friend’s birthday.
It’s basically positive spin on steroids. The other day, I tripped on a curb in front of a crowded café. Instead of feeling mortified, I stood up and declared to the pigeons, “I am redefining my relationship with gravity.” A stranger clapped. I’m not joking.
