My best bud Noodles but you can call him Bill or Franklin. But under no circumstances ever call him Kevin. We talk about religion, Facebook, self-awareness, and Mc Donald's breakfast sandwiches. 

I've had the MTV show "Catfish" in the background while I've been working lately.  Now I am completely dumbfounded on how someone can be catfished.

So I've been away for a while. I promise to explain everything. Tons of changes in my life including a future wife and a new podcast studio. 

Today is my birthday. 45 years celebrated being 6ft above ground. Its time to focus on what I need to do in life before I turn 50. Hard to swallow that is only 5 years away. 

My buddy Drew joins me on this episode of the podcast. The conversation starts by discussing a series I'm currently binge-watching on Showtime called Ray Donovan. Loving the show because the main character shares a Myers-Briggs personality with yours truly. 

If Superman's weakness is kryptonite then my weakness is definitely overthinking. Overthinking has been a huge part of my successes in life but it has also been the central issue to the majority of challenges in my life. So how does one deal with overthinkers like me? I discuss the article 16 Things Know if you Love an Overthinker to bring some light to how my brain works. 

Call-out Culture aka Outrage Culture is a form of public shaming that aims to hold individuals and groups accountable for their actions, by calling attention to behavior that is perceived to be problematic, usually on social media. A variant of the term, cancel culture, describes a form of boycott in which someone (usually a celebrity) who has shared a questionable or unpopular opinion, or has had behavior that is perceived to be offensive called out on social media is "canceled": they are completely boycotted by many fans, often leading to massive declines in celebrities' (almost always social media personalities) careers and fanbase. via Wikipedia

The place I work has created a great opportunity for our employees to go back to college. I've taken advantage of the opportunity and have been taking online classes with Rockford University. School for me in the past has been sort of a nightmare so enrolling at 44 years old still have me apprehensive. Do I have the focus and passion now later in life that I didn't have as a young man? I guess we are going to find out. 

After a lot of encouragement and multiple attempts in recording a new episode, only to delete them, I finally have a new Everyone Needs a Little podcast episode. A lot has changed in 6 months. Let's catch up, shall we? 

Podcasting still brings me happiness but I was feeling way too vulnerable when so of you that listen to this podcast would see me and bring up something I had talked about in an episode. Not your fault at all that I would die a little inside from embarrassment but it did make me nervous to realize there are a lot of people that listen to this podcast and know some pretty personal things about me. So I took a little step back.