A teeny-tiny inclusive language thing you should try to get better at this next year is avoiding Gregorian calendar-specific language. Like saying months, or Q3.

Because it might be the calendar for YOU in the western hemisphere but not the calendar for everybody in the world!
And when you're using your teeny-tiny inclusive language things, you should avoid words like morning, afternoon, evening, night, day, midday, early, late, et al.

Because it might be those times for YOU in your particular time zone, but not the time for everybody in the world!
You also want to avoid particular times such as one o'clock, twelve noon, nine-thirty, ten-fifteen, two-oh-four, quarter 'til seven, etc., in your teeny-tiny inclusive language thing.

Because it might be right for YOU in your little world, but not for everybody in the world!
And I'm sorry, but your teeny-tiny inclusive language thing cannot include words like workday, work week, time off, time for work, weekend, day off, vacation, holiday, paid leave, etc.

Because YOU may be privileged with work, but not everybody in the world shares your privilege.
Also you must avoid such exclusive language as breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, snack time, brunch, and other meal-related words.

Because it may be time to eat in YOUR little bubble, but not everybody in the world is eating or even has the privilege of even affording a meal.
You may also not use exclusionary words like happy, content, satisfied, full, amused, enjoyable, fun, entertaining, or other such hurtful adjectives in your teeny-tiny inclusive language thing.

Because YOU may feel that way, but not everybody in the world does or even can.
You claim to be inclusive in your word usage but your entire vocabulary is devoted to YOUR situation, YOUR life, how YOU feel, or what YOU'RE doing in YOUR own little bubble.

And in doing so, you're excluding every single other person in the world.

Best not say anything at all.
Or, alternatively, you could stop marginalizing and diluting yourself and your own experiences, and live your unique, individual life, content in the knowledge that it's perfectly normal and acceptable to be different from others and have different experiences.

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