Yeah... Let Me Get That!

Right after Christmas, I was walking through Walmart. And if you know me... y'all KNOW I'm going to the clearance section FIRST!! OKAY! Anytime I'm shopping I sort "Low to High..." not paying full price for nothing... well for most stuff. But anyways... EVERYTHING was on sale, and I almost walked right past it tucked in the corner of the bottom row: There it was: AUDACITY!! I knew it was on sale most of the year... but NOW, it was on CLEARANCE!! Buy one, get ten free—and I cleared the shelves!

That's right, I got some damn AUDACITY too!!

All last year I was being careful. I was being "understanding." I was taking the high road until my feet were blistered, and my spirit was down-right exhausted. I watched people walk through life with a level of audacity that left me shaking my head wondering where they got it. I just KNEW there was a secret warehouse, distributing it via a government stimulus check I didn't qualify for. Because I know for a fact that "Shame" and "Self-Awareness" are currently on backorder, yet the world is suddenly overflowing with people who have the nerve of a toothache and the confidence of a man with zero experience and a full-page resume.

We used to live in a world where, if you were doing wrong, you at least had the decency to be quiet about it. There was a certain level of "discretion" that came with being trifling, but folks were out here being absolutely unacceptable. Y'all I was PERPLEXED!! Looking around, rubbing my temples and squinting my eyes, trying to figure out one thing: WALMART!

We are witnessing men who are "between jobs" (for the third year in a row) having the audacity to critique the way a woman manages her household. We are seeing people who haven’t mastered basic communication having the audacity to give "relationship coaching." We are seeing "friends" who haven't checked on you since the Obama administration having the audacity to lead with "Hey, I have a favor to ask."

We’ve paid the "trifling tax" for far too long. We paid it with our sleep, our peace, and our sanity. Every trifling person I knew went and bought a lifetime supply. And after watching them move through the world with all that unearned confidence? I got us some too: plenty!! Come take some of this off my hands.

People have the audacity to treat you poorly because they’ve calculated that you’ll be too "nice" to make them uncomfortable. They’ve gambled on your silence. We let shit slide because we didn't want to "cause a scene." Well baby, the scene is currently in production!! We saw how much people get away with just because they have the nerve to act like they deserve it. So, in 2026, we are matching that energy. Don't play with me!

If they have the audacity to ask, I have the audacity to say "No." If they have the audacity to disrespect my peace, I have the audacity to show them the exit... colorfully!

If you see me moving a little differently this year, don’t be surprised. It’s not an attitude—it’s an upgrade. I’ve got a fresh pack of audacity that I plan on using every single day. And if ANYBODY questions where you got the damn audacity you tell them: "You should have grabbed some while it was in stock." Cause I got all they had on the west side!!