Add to Cart: One Thick Skin, Please

What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?

Like many card-carrying members of modern society, I proudly hold an Amazon Prime membership. Which means, naturally, I can have just about anything my heart (or impulse control) desires delivered to my doorstep in record time. Need paper towels? Done. A last-minute birthday gift? Covered. A random 2 a.m. purchase I’ll question in the morning? Already out for delivery.

At some point, we’ll unpack my relationship with Amazon a little more—because, trust me, there’s a story there. But for today, just know: I’m a frequent flyer.

So when I sat down with this prompt, my mind wandered like it usually does. Sure, I’d love to read minds (strategically, of course). I wouldn’t hate waking up with effortlessly perfect Pinterest hair. Baking something edible—consistently—would be a win. And yes, I stand by my lifelong dream of sharing a few cocktails with Kenny Chesney on a beach somewhere.

But instead of typing any of that, I found myself entering two simple words into the Amazon search bar:

Thick Skin.

According to vocabulary.com, “thick skin” means being emotionally resilient, mentally tough, and not easily rattled by criticism, rejection, or the occasional unnecessary comment that somehow sticks longer than it should.

In other words, I’d like to glide through life a little less ruffled. A little less reactive. A little more…unbothered.

That’s it. That’s the wish.

It doesn’t feel like a big ask, honestly. Not compared to mind-reading or mastering the perfect sourdough. Just the ability to let things roll off a bit easier. To not carry what was never mine to begin with.

And if Amazon happens to have that in stock? Even better.

I’d gladly pay the extra $2.99 for same-day delivery—somewhere between 4 and 8 p.m. would be perfect.

Because while I’m still a work in progress, I have a feeling this is one package worth waiting for.

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Author: KikiFikar

Kiki Fikar is a native New Yorker who is passionate about taking the day to day life we all experience and sharing it in her tales from Suburbia. She will often be found at the gym, writing snippets each day for future story lines, listening to her two children create their lives, and building the perfect beachfront home and writing retreat in her mind.

30 thoughts on “Add to Cart: One Thick Skin, Please”

  1. Lol, love this. I am not a big Amazon shopper, but if I could find it in a small local discount store I might be persuaded to buy it. But a little bit of thin skin isn’t so bad. It reminds me I am not all sarcasm and ” who cares” attitude…I mean, mostly, but not all. Lol

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  4. Dude… I so love Amazon… how did I ever survive without it? And I absolutely can’t imagine life without it now… haha I get stuff weekly lol… most recently this week… an ab roller & mat… 40 lb dumbbell set… face wash… aspirin… cheap Amazon brand body lotion… coffee… protein powder 🥳😁

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  5. This is what I’m talking about. Anything and everything can arrive on your doorstep! OMG making the Amazon guy deliver the 40 lb weights! lol (btw I used 40s for a farmers carry at gym on Monday morning).

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  6. Karen, so funny! “Amazon’s Choice” for thick skins… “Order now and receive by Thursday, March 26” 😂

    I’m sorta the opposite… after almost 40 years working for Dunder Mifflin and hearing the boy cry wolf uncounted times (“They’re gonna HATE this pitch!”… “I heard layoffs are coming!” … “We’re having a corporate audit!”) I am very jaded. Yeah, yeah. So go ahead, gimme your best insult or passive aggressive schtick … yawn 🥱😂

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  9. Yeah haha… and Amazon has forever made Christmas shopping for me lazy and easy… stress free! 🥳… I thought about the driver having to deliver the dumbbells… 😁

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  10. You’re ‘thin-skinned’ because you care deeply. That can’t be wrong. I would say you don’t need a thicker skin, you just need shields around you to protect you from some of the criticism, rejection, and unnecessary comments.

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  12. My wife has Amazon Prime, and I have Walmart+. You don’t need anything else in the universe if you have those two. 😂 By the way, I checked on Amazon, and Thick Skin is on sale. 🤣

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  14. Thank you so much. You’re right. I do care deeply. Probably too much but that’s who I am. Sometimes I care more for others and ignore myself which is a whole other show and order from Amazon. lol

    Thank you for reading and checking in! ❤️

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  17. Ha! I burst out laughing. Yeah living in that environ can turn you cynical! You’re probably saying “Bring it!!!” lol

    Thank you so much for reading my friend! So glad you are here. 😊

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  21. I do like Amazon and it’s obvious from the comments I’m not alone. I love that he took ten years to make a net profit, that’s tenacity and belief. Thick skin? I’m not too sure. Don’t people with thick skin get more criticism, rejection and comments?😂 “Don’t worry about upsetting her/him she’s/he’s got thick skin.” (See how I got the pronouns right?) But it’s a lovey thought, Karen 😊

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  23. That is a good thing to have! I’m not sure any of us have it, we just learn how to walk away. Sometimes literally, other times mentally. Doesn’t give things time or a place to stick around.
    ~ Rosie

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