YCYP - You Choose Your Path

This week's topic originated from a poll Scott posted on Instagram, asking what people thought were the criteria of people they deemed "family" in their lives. Many good responses were sent, and one of them was our guest Ryan asking if he could share his experience within the military and how that shaped his definition of family.

In this episode, we let Ryan (@driftinfantry763) take the reigns for most of it! He shares his experience with creating close bonds in the military, the difficulties of leaving that lifestyle and rejoining civilian life, his new found passion in drifting, and how he's had to adjust through all of it. 

You're excited, because you have a new thing you want to do! So you tell all of your friends about this great idea you have, and that you're gonna do it big. But what happens in our minds when we tell people about our goals? What happens when things get sidetracked or we change our minds? Caleb, Scott and Stephanie discuss what we think happens when we discuss our goals, the hurdles that come with them, and how to navigate the questions we get when we change our goals.

Whether it be customizing our vehicles, having fancy clothing, or just being in a career field that not many get into, we all have things that we strive for where the appeal may largely be based on the fact that not many people have/do that thing. What does this mean though? How does it play in to our decision making, and what impact does it have on our lives? How can we be aware of when we are interested in something purely for the sake of exclusivity? Caleb and Scott take a deep dive into this phenomenon and hopefully provide some eye opening insight for you to better understand your own desires as well as seeing what compels others to seek out exclusivity.

Social Interactions involve way more than just the words that are said. How can we better understand and watch for the unspoken communication that our peers are expressing to us? How can we get better at expressing ourselves through actions instead of words? Caleb and Scott discuss their experiences with meaningful interactions, and the ones that seem to fall short, and what these interactions do for social and relationship development.

Jobs and Relationships are two things that not only occupy a large amount of our time, energy, and mental capacity, but they also tend to have similar experiences and issues.

The group discusses the similarities, analogies between the two, and how we can use experience with one to better the other.

At first thought, it may seem like these are two silly things to compare, but have a listen and see what you think!

On a good day, we can handle almost anything! But sometimes we just have those days where we run out of energy. Maybe it's because we had a bunch of hurdles that we encountered, maybe it is just social overload, or maybe we just feel like we've been doing too much.

No matter what the circumstance, sometimes we need to recharge, and thats ok! We can't be our best selves, get good work done, or truly be supportive of our friends when we are drained. Even though it seems selfish or like it will "delay" our progress, it actually helps us get back in the mix of things with a renewed outlook and a fresh mind to fully immerse ourselves and do the best job we can!

Emotional abuse is a tricky topic to discuss, and one that often gets mis-interpreted (both overused and under recognized). But Caleb, Daniel, Stephanie and Scott take the time to discuss what early signs are, what different environments can foster emotional abuse, the ways to remove yourself from it, and most importantly, the root cause so that we can prevent it from happening. 

Emotional abuse is something that people often tolerate because it looks a lot like someone you care about being disappointed in you, and if you're an empathetic person, that means you feel bad for doing so. However, there are ways to know if a situation is genuine or if it is manipulation.

What is extremely important is to recognize when it is abuse, and to remove yourself as promptly and safely as possible. We give our best advice on how to do so.

What is love? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.

But seriously, the term love seems to be universally known, yet rarely explicitly defined.

Even moreso, the word is often (almost always) used incorrectly. Even though we try to stray away from absolutes on this show, we discuss what the definition of love is to us, and how to properly navigate feeling, expressing, and receiving authentic love, as well as dispelling the false version that many people seem to gravitate toward.

When we are young, we see adults as all-knowing, invincible, successful people. But as we get older, we start to realize that everyone has their battles.

This episode, we discuss not only being aware that other people are almost always going through some challenges, but to recognize that we become these adults that young people think have it all sorted out.

Often times we get in discussions where people say they want to do things, but they have nobody to do it with. Or they were going to do something, but had nobody to do it with, so they didn't do it.

There is a common misconception of doing things by yourself, and all too frequently do people miss out on amazing experiences because they don't want to do it alone.

This episode, we discuss the typically unrecognized benefits of doing things by yourself, the false ideal that you'll be judged for doing so, and ways to navigate it.