I’m asking a question most people never stop to think about. Do you need to be liked? I’ve always told myself I don’t, but sometimes I wonder if it’s the world that’s off or is it just me. From traveling solo and eating alone to watching how my dad treated people with kindness that didn’t always pay off for me, this one’s about what it means to do life on your own terms.

I dive into what it’s like to be introverted in an extroverted world, how social circles and life can feel like high school all over again, and why being nice doesn’t always lead to success. Whether you’re a solo traveler, a quiet thinker, or just someone who’s tired of chasing approval, this might be your episode.

I am a real human, feeling stuck in a world that is growing more fake by the day. When you think about it, our food, our medicine, our news, social media, entertainment and general life are all fake, and slowly being usurped by A.I. I share with you things I notice about how everything is counterfeiting humans and the human experience. So I ask simply....do you really like the fake ones?

Coming up on age 50, and I am really lost and confused by the world I see around me. Do we long for an earlier time, when it turns out that we were probably lied to about it anyway? Do we look forward to a new time, when things don't look much better? Do we just run off and eat cheeseburgers and not care? I am lamenting today about what I see as I approach age 50, yet not quite at the half way mark yet. I am pulling you down with me, to the depths of this ocean, and we will talk about it