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Aug 7, 2026 13 min

Stop Explaining Your Every Move

from The Modern Taoist Hosted by Kit Mann

Stop Explaining Yourself Most people have developed the habit of providing a reason for every decision they make. Not just the big ones. The small ones too. Why they left early. Why they said no. Why they need the day to themselves. Why they chose the thing they chose instead of the thing that was expected. The explanation arrives before anyone has asked for it. And what's happening in that gap — between the decision and the justification — is not communication. It's a trial in which you are simultaneously the defendant and the prosecutor, assembling a case for a decision that was never anyone else's to approve. This weekend check-in is about that habit. Where it comes from, what it's costing, and what happens when you make one decision this weekend and let it stand without a reason attached. Follow The Modern Taoist so you don't miss the full Tuesday episodes. And if you know someone who exhausts themselves explaining every move they make, send this one their way.

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