On this week's podcast, we continue a segment called Friday Phrases - a series where I talk about underrated words or phrases with deeper meanings tied to personal memories. The phrase we talk about this week is "pretty good" and the importance of voice inflection in interpreting the description of someone or something as pretty good. Furthermore, we dive deep into a scale of emotions and the nuances of someone's reply to asking how they are .

On this week's podcast, we talk about the process of making friends and how it has been personally difficult for me in college. We go through the steps of seeking out people, going out of your way, having intention and deepening friendships that will hopefully last a good while. After all, friends are sometimes people you can sit with and say absolutely nothing, but still have the best time. 

On this week's podcast, we talk about investment - not exactly the money kind. I talk about investing your time, energy, efforts and money into things that matter to you and ensuring that's just the right amount for the specific investment. Inspired by a Joey Kidney TikTok, we dive into an appropriate amount of being wholly invested versus being wholly invested and giving everything you have. At the end of the day, we have a limited amount to invest and must do it wisely, while also expecting mutuality in these investments. 

On this week's podcast, we talk about a topic that's very important to me - communication. Whether it involves yourself, two people or a large group, communication aids in all aspects of life from personal to professional. After learning the consequences of poor communication, I talk about the methods and benefits of communicating, along with how to do so. However, communication by itself can not fully yield its benefits, but requires one more thing for mutuality: understanding. 

On this week's podcast, we talk about standards - levels of comparison that are part of our personal identity and perception of the world. Standards can be built upon measurements, models and norms that can be applied to comparative evaluations in all aspects of life, while specifically trying to meet the standards of other people. At the end of the day, it's important to meet the standards for ourselves and what we believe is the best of our ability. 

On this week's podcast, we talk about the different personas created by the various people in our lives that we've gotten to know for their own reasons. We first focus on how people see us differently in the present day in the numerous environments we're present in, but then add in the aspect of time to talk about how people view us over time. At the end of the day, these different personas make up who we are and that's something to stay true to. 

On this week's podcast, we talk about living the life versus living the life that life has given you. There are 24 hours in a day and we choose what to do with our time whether it's making the most of life by doing what we want or simply doing things to get by and pass time. Although various circumstances prevent us from always being in full control of our lives, we can strive to live the life that we want. This topic was one of my favorite things to talk about so I hope you all enjoy it. What life do you want to live?

On this week's podcast, we relate broken bones to problems. Once there is a fracture, we must refrain from using the broken bone to make it feel better as broken bones heal stronger in the short term. Not only will these healing process heal the bone, but the extra support can heal you to make you a better person as well. However, if it keeps breaking, we must question whether or not we'd like to wear a cast forever or take a risk by making a change like surgery. 

On this week's podcast, we talk about the idea that good people can do bad things. Bad things are a very subjective concept, which makes it difficult to think about what is considered good or bad. These bad things could be mistakes or intentional choices which could get in the way of relationships, questioning the goodness of other people. Bad things can be done by good people, but it's important to learn and become better from these mistakes or choices as they don't have to ruin your life or others. 

On this week's podcast, we continue a segment called Friday Phrases - a series where I talk about underrated words or phrases with deeper meanings tied to personal memories. The phrase we talk about this week is "almost there" and specifically examine the happy and sad ways of looking at the word "almost." Whether "almost" is used to reflect on an unaccomplished goal or utilized to motivate oneself to cross a finish line, the word must be used wisely according to the varying circumstances of situations.