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“Alright. I go figure.”

I Go, Figure: What an Ancient Board Game Taught Me About Modern Life

Not I’ll figure it out. Not let’s Google it . Just: I go figure . As in: I will literally go into the figuring. Slowly. Without an answer waiting at the end. In case you’ve never played: Go is a 4,000-year-old board game from China. Two players place black and white stones on a 19x19 grid. The goal? Surround more territory than your opponent. igo figure

Then another.

Then go figure. Liked this? Share it with someone who needs permission to move slower. — Jamie “Alright

When I don’t understand something, my instinct is to attack it — read faster, click around, ask three people at once. But last month, a friend taught me the board game Go , and suddenly I heard myself saying something I almost never say:

That’s it.

4 minutes I’ve never been good at just sitting with confusion.

Next time you’re stuck — on a decision, a sentence, a conversation — try saying out loud: I go figure. Just: I go figure

April 17, 2026