I just took my daughter back to school shopping. Yep. One week into August and it's already back to school. Because nowadays, you go to school 10 months a year. And even after you spend 6 hours in school, you get 2 hours of homework.

What ever happened to free time? We're really just preparing our kids for their lives as adults, where they'll be working jobs they hate, spending all their time on their iPhones instead of loving every breath they take.

In America we pride ourselves on being so "free..." but don't kid yourself. This isn't freedom. And that's today's reality check, so listen, subscribe and rate us on your podcatcher of choice, and come back tomorrow for more radical self-help that doesn't suck.