“Now that I’m much older I realize, I was never really lonely. There was always people around me in my life - my family, my friends - that I could have reached out to and built a relationship with.” Jordan Barragan

This TOTM Face to Face conversation is between Wenceslao and Jordan Barragan. Wenceslao is the Ever Forward Club’s Youth Host. You can get to know more about him in episode 123. Jordan  is currently a student at Cal State East Bay, and he also interned at the Ever Forward Club thi past summer. As they share their masks, play our Adventure Card Game, and discuss career paths, poetry, the future, and what it means to be truly authentic, Jordan is allowed to look back on his adolescence so that he and Wenceslao can both learn from the experience…

0:15 Ashanti’s introduction

6:00 Jordan introduces himself

7:30 Jordan shares the front of his mask - I’m always energetic, got a smile on my face, funny. Then, he shares the back of his mask - career path insecurities, fear of failure, desire for acceptance, am I making the right decisions?

10:00 Wenceslao shares the front of his mask - bravery, risk taker, compassionate. Then, he shares the back of his mask - shy around people, lost in what I love, memories absorb me.

12:30 Jordan and Wenceslao play the Everforward Club: The Adventure Card Game. Question 1. What can you start right now in your life to become a better person?

13:30 Question 2. What is something you want to do in your life but don’t talk about?

19:10 Question 3. Tell us a time when you realized you’re becoming an adult.

20:40 Question 4. How much much information do you need before you believe something someone says?

22:40 Question 5. Name something you can do to improve your life. What’s stopping you?

23:30 Question 6. Does the image you have of yourself match the image others have of you?

25:50 Jordan looks back on his high school years and gives Wenceslao some advice.

33:50 Jordan shares how his relationship with authenticity has changed over time.

40:50 Jordan and Wenceslao wrap up, and Jordan shares some final words of advice for Wenceslao.

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