I'm Annoyed! Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts

Do you ever wake up thinking, “Today is gonna be smooth sailing” — only to have the universe laugh in your face? 😂 From your favorite restaurant suddenly refusing AmEx, to your phone “updating” itself into chaos, to your smart speaker deciding it’s smarter than you… sometimes it feels like the entire world is built to drive us nuts. It’s like death by a thousand paper cuts, and moms are left holding the Band-Aids.

On this episode of GoodMom, Lindsay and Sunny are serving up the real talk on those everyday annoyances that sneak up on us and pile on until you just want to scream into a pillow. But instead of letting it break us, we’re swapping strategies for staying sane:

✨ Grounding in the chaos – why taking your bare feet to the dirt actually works.
😴 The power of a nap – sometimes shutting down is the only way to reboot.
😂 Humor as medicine – because if you can’t laugh at your “smart” lock dying, what even is the point?
🧘 Knowing your limits – how saying “not now” can actually save your day (and your sanity).

We’ll also dive into the bigger picture — maybe all these annoyances aren’t random at all. Maybe they’re little nudges showing us the old systems are broken and it’s time for change. Until then? We laugh, we nap, we ground, and we keep it moving.

So pour yourself a giant cup of coffee (or hey, maybe a margarita 🍹), plug in your earbuds, and join us as we laugh our way through life’s little “you’ve got to be kidding me” moments.

👉 And we’d love to hear from YOU, mama! Share your own “thousand paper cuts” stories or sanity-saving hacks by leaving us a voicemail at goodmom.org. Your voice might even end up in a future episode!