Screw it Why not

Everyone seems to have that one thing they light up talking about. Maybe I don’t need to know everything myself. Maybe I just need to stay curious, ask people questions, and see where their stories take me.

“ A short period of painful experiences or a life time living with regrets” - Tinman

One life. So, why not???

I keep telling myself I need a better job, more money, more confidence, and a better life before I’m worthy of the things I want. Maybe I’m doing exactly what the Tin Man did, searching for proof that I’m enough when maybe I already am.

I was looking through old photos wishing I could go back, until I realized I wasn’t always happy back then either. Maybe 2026 will become another year I’d give anything to return to. Maybe these are the good old days, and I just can’t see it yet.

Sometimes you follow the same familiar road, only to look around and realize nothing feels familiar anymore. This episode is about feeling lost, questioning how you arrived at this point in life, and trying to find your way home.

I keep thinking about the life I could’ve had if I had made different choices. I tried drinking to make that feeling disappear, but it was still waiting for me the next morning. Maybe some things aren’t meant to be escaped.

I used to feel like I needed video games every day. Now I barely think about them. Sitting awake at 2:26 in the morning, I started wondering if maybe I didn’t suddenly change. Maybe I slowly became someone different.

I keep looking around and feeling like everyone else has life figured out while I’m falling behind. But the more people I talk to, the more I wonder if we’re all just trying to figure it out.

Sometimes one bad decision can make it feel like all the progress you made disappeared overnight. I’m learning that starting over doesn’t always mean going back to zero.