SZA's mom has some words of wisdom for coping with stress and hello to our new mentor

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SZA's mom has some words of wisdom for coping with stress and hello to our new mentor
SZA performs during BUKU Music + Art Project at Mardi Gras World on March 9, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images) Credit: Getty Images

Hello to our new life coach, mentor, and role model: SZA's mom.

SZA—singer of "All The Stars" from the Black Panther soundtrack—shared a text message her mom sent her and it features some words to live by.

"Remember, you can even eat an elephant one bit at a time. To help change feeling stressed out and overwhelmed, jot down all the stuff that's making you crazy, then write beside it what must be done NOW, what can be done LATER, and what would be nice to do if you could but is OPTIONAL," wrote SZA's mom.

"Focus only on the NOW. Don't worry about the other stuff right now," wrote her mom.

Her mom then advised her to look at her "NOW" list and see if any of those tasks can be delegated to someone else.

"Next you prioritise the remaining shorter list for you to do yourself," she continued. "You've now made more space in your life for the things you love and want to do."

So, there you have it. SZA's mom just solved our problems with one text message.

We need more of SZA's mom's pearls of wisdom in our lives.

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Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.

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