BREATHE N BOUNCE

How to Find Community as an Adult Without Feeling Awkward (5 Steps) Let’s just get this out there: trying to find community as an adult is brutal. Not “oh I’m a little shy at brunch” brutal. I mean that specific kind of brutal where you can be surrounded by people all day and still feel like you’re watching life through glass. Like, how did we go from bonding over juice boxes and being assigned the same table in elementary school… to this? Now we’re in our 30s and 40s, sitting on the couch on a Friday night, doomscrolling, telling ourselves we love our peace when the truth is we feel left out, disconnected, and kinda embarrassed about it. And the embarrassing part is the sharpest. Because saying “I don’t really have people” sounds like admitting you failed some basic human requirement. Like everyone else got the memo on how to keep friendships alive while working, parenting, surviving relationships, dealing with anxiety, depression, and whatever fresh hell the news served up this ...

  So i guess I will spend this time asking questions that maybe people have asked or are afraid to ask or will go ahead and ask?  Why are we so attracted ot competition and this thought we have to be the best?  What does it actually gets us?  How does it make us a better society?  I look at what good competition brings and yes, the negative.  I am all over the place here so buy a map. MUSIC FROM THIS EPISODE ALL I DO IS WIN - DJ KHALED and "Friends" WE LIKE SPORTS - Lonely Island GAMES WITHOUT FRONTEIRS - Peter Gabriel ONLY ONE - Slipknot WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO - Tina Turner/Ghost ME AGAINST THE WORLD - 2Pac

  As I embark on my fifth decade, I find myself looking back. I think about the struggles I’ve faced, the victories I’ve achieved, the goals I’ve crushed, and the opportunities I’ve missed. When I really break it all down, it comes to four simple words:  This is the life.  READ MORE