He defaults to charm and enthusiasm instead.
And I mistook that for genuine interest.
“No” is a perfectly good response.
I Kept Running Into This Guy in the Elevator
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He defaults to charm and enthusiasm instead.
And I mistook that for genuine interest.
“No” is a perfectly good response.
Most of us treat our bodies like they’ll just bounce back forever. But there’s a point where skipping the walk, the checkup, the stretch session... it adds up.
This episode is me figuring that out in real time.
Last weekend I was at my parents’ house to bathe my pops. We got into a heated discussion.
He said something that triggered me, and I lost my composure. For the record, he’s an 80+ year-old man and always says things that are triggering.
I must’ve been the most annoying kid.
My poor parents had no idea what to do with me and all my wild ideas.
I wasn’t trying to be one of those people who quits social media and finds inner peace.
I just needed a breather.
I just recently turned 50. Half a century in, and I’m realizing how much fake tension lives in families just because no one actually sits down and talks.
The Censor
(from reading the Artist Way)
For years I locked away the colors that made me—me.
I used to talk a lot.
They taught me silence in their own colorful way.
Not every family story starts with warmth. Some begin in struggle, silence, or survival. But it’s still possible to create something meaningful for the next generation.
The most dangerous fights aren’t loud. They’re the ones that never happen.
Avoiding conflict doesn’t protect your relationship, it poisons it quietly.
In this episode, I talk about how being “weird” wasn’t a phase, it was the start of becoming myself.