It's like someone took their finger off pause and finally pressed play on life.

That's how I've been describing how things feel in the fall of 2021.

The thing is it feels like they pressed play on a scratched CD that starts, stops and skips just when the song hits the verse you know by heart.

Kids are back in school in person. But, it still feels weird.

Most adults are back in person at offices, at least a little. But, it still feels weird.

Running races, sports, and festivals are back. But, say it with me, it still feels weird.

Life isn't exactly how we expected it to be post-vaccine. Vaccines were supposed to get us back to "normal."

That hasn't exactly happened. The delta surge created a whole new set of worries and a feeling for a lot of people that this COVID-19 era won't end.

A lot of people describe a never-ending sense of overwhelm and anxiety.

The result is a lot of us feel stuck.

It's hard to make plans. It sometimes feels fruitless to make goals. And, for some people, the ongoing stress of living through a pandemic makes it tough to feel joy.

In this season of the "Dying to Ask" podcast, we're looking at ways to hit the restart on life, no matter what curveballs coronavirus throws us.

In this solo episode, Fitz sets up what to expect in Season 8 and explains why getting back to "life" is tricky.