If you are in crisis, or know someone who is, please contact the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline, or dial 911 in the event of an emergency.call 988chat with someone at 988lifeline.org Seize the Awkwardhttps://seizetheawkward.org/I have a list of people I check in on regularly. I have people who check in on me. It makes all of the difference in the world to me. You never know what others are going through until you ask. Sound It Out Togetherhttps://sounditouttogether.org/Important tools designed to help teach kids about the importance of emotional well being. NAMIhttps://www.nami.org/HomeThe National Alliance on Mental Illness has loads of helpful information for patients and caregivers of all ages. playlistStranger in a Strange Land - Margo PriceLeon Russell's version is a masterpiece. Margo's version is all kinds of badassMake Me a Believer - Yelawolf w/Shooter JenningsDays like today make me insanely grateful this song exists. If Tiny Chef did a cover, I'd be in. It's a little gritty for cheffy, but he's a bass. He'd own it.I'm a mess, but I've got to get this shit out of my head so I can live my life. I think about this episode a lot. It took me 6 editing sessions to get through it.Here's a link to the YouTube video I mention towards the end:https://youtu.be/_szAosvdWdM?si=q-iYjzHAr4b5cLmZIf there is one thing I would love to go viral for, or gain notoriety for, it would be the creation of a program that encourages companies to invest in developing careers to those without degrees. I’m not looking at this traditionally, but rather like an apprenticeship, where skills are learned in place somehow. And earned work credits, where some number of years of continuous experience in the field becomes universally accepted to be the equivalent to a degree.