I’m letting go of…

In partnership with the artist Swoon’s The Million Person Project, people across the country share the legacies they would like to transform for the better or leave behind.

07 Mar 2021

I'm letting go of being afraid, I've let go of being Afraid being only eight years old then, I didn't have any brothers or sisters to confide in so, I was always lonely growing up. Trisha's parents were there but they were always doing what parents...

I'm letting go of the need to be beautiful, perfect, or right. I'm loosening my grip on fictitious future aims, replacing the struggle with an easy embrace of what already is. I'm letting go of control, the need to be anything other than human. In this...

I'm letting go of the shame and guilt I have carried with me for years, about things that were never my fault to begin with.

I'm letting go of the news. I'm not aware of what President Biden is trying to accomplish. I do not know what former President Trump is up to. I cannot worry about climate change and politicians and when pandemics will cease. Tomorrow I will bake oatmeal...

Of comparison. Comparing your accomplishments, comparing your failures, comparing your strengths, comparing your weaknesses. When you spend so much time comparing yourself and in competition with others you...

I'm letting go of feeling like everything I do has to be "good", and taking up some hobbies that I enjoy, but am not technically "good" at. And...

I'm letting go of criticizing myself and my body for not looking and functioning the way it did when I was in high school when I played competitive...

I'm letting go of past mistakes. Life is too short to keep holding onto regrets from years ago.

I'm letting go of my childhood teddy, Slompy, I've had since I was 2 years old. He's been my constant in a life full of twists and turns...

I'm letting go of resentments. It's affecting me more than those people who caused the resentment as it's probably not on their minds. Rather than thinking these...

I'm letting go of making lists to procrastinate.

I'm letting go of trying to be everywhere all the time. A lesson learned particularly in 2020--you can't show up to everything with 100% energy. It's not possible...

I'm letting go of the indentured servant surname that was acquired by my grandfather. He was originally from Southern Spain and went to work for a British family. This family took him on the long journey across the Atlantic. When he arrived at immigration, no one understood his...