It's wild that my last episode at age 39 is episdode 39, isn't it? It's almost like I planned it. I feel like a lot of growth happens at almost any stage in our lives, but I thought that this week I would take a bit of a deep dive into some real lessons that I learned by decade. So let's high level reminisce a bit.

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I have been going extra hard lately, and as a result I have been extra tired. Something that was happening as a result of the fatigue was a sense of guilt. Like I didn't deserve to be tired. Why is that??? When our bodies tell us we are tired and need to recover, why do we hold it against ourselves? Especially when if a loved one told us they were tired we would tell them to rest. Recovery is necessary and rest is self-love. Here are my thoughts on the matter.

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I have really been diving into my recent silence lately, and the reality behind how it is that I leave so much unsaid, and to be honest, I think it comes from a fear of being mean. I dont think anyone ever intends to be mean per se, it's just that lately, I feel as though so much negativity and 'mean-ness' if you will, is volunteered. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but I definitely wanted to talk about it from a personal point of view.

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I try very hard to understand that most people are "making an effort", it's a phrase you hear all the time. If that is the case, then why is it that sometimes it feels like our best effort isn't good enough? I spent a good bit of time attempting to analyze this and I personally feel it has a lot to do with the inability in most cases to see effort. This doesn't necessarily mean that effort is being made, but it doesn't mean that it isn't. My advice? Seek to understand, then you'll know how to proceed.

I have said for a while now, that one thing our society is sorely lacking is respect, however like most things, respect starts with oneself. So while I am very conscious about doing the best I can by my body and mind for the most part, today's episode idea was spawned by the thought "why is it that I do 'x' or exist in 'y' when I know that it is detrimental to me?" I thought I would take a look at it, and share my thoughts with you. I also recorded this with wrapped up in a blanket, I needed the comfy lol.

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I'm not sure if it's my birthday coming up, or just the fact that this year has been...well this year, but I started to notice (read: had pointed out to me) that sometimes I have let the current storm cloud wash away the positivity from instances gone past. So rather than explore feeling/expressing interpersonal appreciation, I thought it might be a bit more uplifting to explore personal appreciation...let's highlight our wins.

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I don't think it's any secret to my friends that I have been having a hard time with certain aspects of competition lately. If I'm being honest, where it feels as though the mass majority of human beings can improve in skills, at least vividly, for a large portion of my life, I have often felt that I don't "get better" at things. Could be video games, other skills, or even life/interactions...sometimes things that even feel like a competition lately are things that I will avoid. So today, I thought I would try to explore the 'why' in hopes that I can start to make my way back to a place where discourse feels healthy and not competitive, and in those instances where I am competing, I can feel less targeted and I can get back to having fun doing my best.

I think that I have come to a head in terms of things that are legitimately stressing me out, and lately I have made the concerted effort to try and minimize that. Especially since I'm learning that it is a lot more visible than I had thought it was. So, I thought I would take today and share with you some of the things that I do that help me to mitigate my stress, and some of those things might surprise you.

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Thank you for spending so much time with me, whether here, Twitch, Discord or elsewhere. Today I wanted to talk about how I value time as I approach what may be my 'midlife crisis'...not to worried about it, but we'll see where it goes. Enjoy the listen and have a great one!

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The headspace has been of for a few weeks. It was suggested to me by a friend that it may help to describe on the podcast essentially what friendship looks like from my point of view. So without massively dissecting it, I knocked it down to three fundamental foundations that most of my friendships thrive on. I really hope that this is more of an uplifting listen for y'all. Getting ready for fall and whatnot, I want to carry some great energy into autumn.

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