Going after your dreams is one of the hardest things you can do. Along your journey you'll see people "make it" doing a whole lot less. You'll struggle with comparing yourself to others. You'll do more, try harder for seemingly nothing. All you can do is persevere until you get your chance; your "one."

Introducing a mini series for the Young Adult Musings podcast "Inner Work." A series where I interview myself deconstructing my thoughts and emotions to cope with the uncertainty and frustration of life. In this episode I awake in what my subconscious self calls a "subconscious liminal space." "Not quite a dream, definitely not reality, but constructed BY reality." Enjoy, hopefully something resonates with you.

Introducing, the very first Young Adult Musings "Original,"

Indomitable - Don't Fuck Around. This is the first episode of an anthological-esque superhero series debuting with the strongest hero in the verse: Indomitable.

Black market serums are exacerbating crime in the city. Becoming "altered" is making criminals bold.

Sound Effects:

-ZapSplat (majority of production)

- Freesound.org (below)

- Cracking knuckles.flac by CGEffex -- https://freesound.org/s/93981/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

- Popping neck knuckles or any thing that pops by JoMungus -- https://freesound.org/s/718592/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

I was distraught to say the least upon seeing the election results. I felt doomed for a bit but no, I shouldn't; WE shouldn't. Hate Will Never Win.

Audio Attributions

Another Crowd by unfa -- https://freesound.org/s/211146/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Dress Shoes Moderate Approach-FOLEY.wav by TomchikRec -- https://freesound.org/s/274155/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Applause, polite, short, echoey space by peridactyloptrix -- https://freesound.org/s/196097/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 (first one)

Applause_4.wav by BugInTheSYS -- https://freesound.org/s/108513/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 (last applause)

Medium Crowd Clapping 2 by jentlemen -- https://freesound.org/s/432329/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Applause_1.wav by BugInTheSYS -- https://freesound.org/s/108510/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Applause_2.wav by BugInTheSYS -- https://freesound.org/s/108511/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Medium Crowd Clapping 6 by jentlemen -- https://freesound.org/s/432333/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

The rich have gotten too comfortable. Many of the rest have gone complacent, even worse: ignorant. It's never been about left versus right; it's about Up Versus Down.

Audio Attribution

ABC News Live - Tiktok Account

I suffer from serious self doubt sometimes; but I'm hopeful that if I keep on creating and living intuitively everything is going to be okay. I got this, and so do you.

Audio Attributions

casette being loaded and rewound.wav by dbspin -- https://freesound.org/s/396695/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

c-casette_noise.wav by tliedes -- https://freesound.org/s/56334/ -- License: Sampling+

makeup drawer.wav by humga -- https://freesound.org/s/315748/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

We all got a fire within us, we're energy after all. Usually my "fire" is regular degular, doing it's thang. Other times it's roaring with confidence! Many times it's bogged down, dying out; reduced to embers.

Audio Attributions

fire_embers_large_campfire.aif by Dynamicell -- https://freesound.org/s/17554/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Bonfire (raw recording) by amether -- https://freesound.org/s/189236/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

AMBIENCE 2 CRICKETS EARLY MORNING.wav by MessyAcousticApocalypse666 -- https://freesound.org/s/594778/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0

leaves rustling walk field recording with zoom h2n by Garuda1982 -- https://freesound.org/s/424165/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

twig snap.wav by mrjingles -- https://freesound.org/s/17184/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Zippo Lighter Open & Light by RoganMcDougald -- https://freesound.org/s/260439/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Lighter by Vrymaa -- https://freesound.org/s/734640/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Episode 10, the season finale for Young Adult Musings season 1, "Break. Through."

In the end, we'll all win. No matter what, we'll Break. Through.

Raw shows 2 things, raw emotion and what I nearly named this episode: candid pain. In this episode you hear a voice message I recorded yesterday in a group chat with friends. After being strung along and rejected for an opportunity I thought I had a good shot at, I broke down. It's vulnerable, but I fashioned it into a Young Adult Musings experience because it's real. Many are searching for a good opportunity and they try and try and try to no avail.

There's a storm within all of us. Sometimes it stirs, rumbling, maybe cracking thunder ready to downpour; but you have to resist. The damage isn't worth it.