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Australia, we are swimming in un-ironed clothes.

We’re really not stuffing any mushrooms for sit-down dinner parties.

Our email inboxes are more cluttered than they ‘should’ be, and our gym contracts aren’t getting that much of a work out.

And yet, here we are, with our stubbly legs and unmade beds, soldiering on, us imperfect people.

That’s what I learned this week from sharing my ‘I Don’t’ list here onMamamia. Several days ago, I wrote that rather than curating endless productivity tips, busy women (and by that, I mean justwomen) should be telling each other about what theydon’tdo so we can, once and for all, kick the damaging myth of the Superwoman into touch. And I’ve been marinating in all our glorious undone jobs ever since.

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It’s been like being at the centre of a long exhale. Like all of us had been thinking, ‘I’m the only one who doesn’t have a silk pillow case washed daily in baby shampoo and dried in gentle morning sunlight.’

As if we’d all been literally scrolling through Instagram confused about how it was that all these other women have an extra two hours in the day to greet the sun with yoga and gratitude while so many of us are welcoming it with a squawking baby, a puddle of cat vomit or a pounding head.

There’s been a gasp of collective release as everyone simultaneously realised that they weren’t the only ones who find playing Lego with small, angry people about as much fun as a Trump Tweet.

And everyone’s been sharing their ‘I don’t’ lists with me. With each other. With the world.

So, I’ve taken the liberty of stealing your content to pass it off as my own (#efficient). And I present, without comment, the most UNDONE of our I Don’t lists:

(Honourable mentions go to: Wash my bras; do kids’ arts and craft; cook (like, ever); have a skincare ‘regimen’; Stay calm; do overtime; get my nails done; remember all the birthdays; wear uncomfortable shoes…). Look, we could be here all day. What’s on your I Don’t list? Let us know in the comments.

Holly Wainwright

Executive Editor

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