Chadwick Boseman’s Widow Shares the Mantra He Left Her — & Anyone Stretched Too Thin Will Feel It: ‘You Don’t Have to Rush’

There’s something almost revolutionary about being told you don’t need to respond to that text, that email, or that Slack message right this second. For anyone living in the constant ping-ping-ping of modern life — especially those who hold their families, jobs, and group chats together — the permission to slow down instead of constantly teetering on burnout is rarer than it should be. And according to Chadwick Boseman’s widow, Simone Ledward-Boseman, it was one of the clearest lessons her late husband left her.

At the unveiling of Boseman’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star on Nov. 20, Simone told People that she still hears his reminder daily. “A big one is protecting my energy and not being rushed,” she said. “You don’t have to respond to that text right now, you don’t have to respond to tha