S2. Chapter 9: Do Your Job and Go the F* Home | Tao of Lloyd

In Chapter 9 of The Tao of Lloyd, Lloyd digs into the ancient wisdom of “Do your work, then step back,” and discovers it pairs surprisingly well with a viral TikTok urging everyone to “do your job and go the f* home.”

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Somewhere in the multiverse, Lloyd Dobler is calm.
This episode is… not that timeline.

From Black Friday brain spirals to red-light enlightenment, Lloyd wrestles with the art of not overfilling the bowl, unclenching the jaw, and resisting the urge to reorganize your trauma like it’s a storage closet that owes you rent.
There’s the Tao.
There’s House of Pain.
There’s a Dianne breadcrumb.
There’s a yoga class incident.
And there’s a reminder we all need:
Stop. Unclench. Go home.

This is your field guide to late-stage everything — delivered with Gen-X humor, Taoist softness, and a mixtape-maker’s heart.

Based on Chapter 9 of the Tao Te Ching:
Fill your bowl to the brim
and it will spill.

Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security

and your heart will never unclench.
Care about people's approval
and you will be their prisoner.

 Do your work then step back.
 The only path to serenity.