Are you still staring at those epics in every product backlog refinement session?

Do you remember when do you add them? Do you still feel for them but other stories are taking higher priority? Please check, is that you wish or want?

Trust me, they are not that important. They don’t carry the value that you carry in your perception. 

You won’t have survived all along if that’s unstoppable. If that’s the need of the hour then the other epics won’t have taken the priority. 

Do you realize now, even your split-second attention to those epics are counterproductive? Slowly drains your energy and demand you to weigh every time with every other story and you give up eventually. 

Don’t worry, quash them gracefully. They don’t deserve to make an entry. If they qualify then they get on even if you don’t like it. Keep your product backlog lean and clean and feel light.