This week on The Pause: Straight Up, we’re doing two very important things: dancing through the outrage and officially announcing the death of giving a f**k.

First up, I’m over the Super Bowl halftime pearl-clutching. If you’re deeply distressed about Bad Bunny being joyful and wildly successful in Spanish…I have questions. Then, I’m digging into the unqualified midlife joy of simply no longer prioritizing the opinions of others. We're talking things like body image baggage from eighth grade and the radical act of saying, “I’m too tired” and meaning it. 

Escape Plan? This week, we’re jetting off to Buenos Aires with a bottomless budget. And in Things I Didn’t Hate: progress on my crochet blanket at long last.

If you’ve felt your tolerance for nonsense shrinking with every passing birthday, welcome! You're among friends.