not everyone needs a podcast - ep. 1

Let me give you a little background really quick.

When I was growing up, I was quite different than my peers.

I was bullied a lot.

I was bisexual in a conservative little small town.

I just felt very ostracized a lot.

And through that, I had a number of teachers who made me feel seen, made me feel understood, made me see the value within myself.

And because of that, and because both my parents are teachers, growing up, I wanted to be a teacher.

I never had any other career in my brain.

All I ever wanted to be was a teacher.

And not because I wanted to be in a middle school teaching math, which is literally what I was going to college for for a hot minute there.

I wanted to be that teacher to people.

I wanted to be that person that they feel like they could come to during lunch and cry to about what maybe they thought was unfair in their life and lend an ear, literally act as like a therapist.

Like I wanted to help people.

I wanted to help people like me.

And not even just people like me.

I just wanted to help everyone.

I always want to help everyone.

I say it a lot, okay? And while I'm not necessarily a teacher now, I do feel like...

I mean, in a way, I'm a teacher because I post makeup tutorials and other types of tutorials.

And I think that I maybe teach people a thing or two here and there.

But I still have this... hole that needs filled.

I do.

I remember when TikTok was going away.

Okay.

Last year when it went away for one singular day, the biggest reason that that upset me wasn't because, oh no, I'm going to lose my job, which yeah, that was terrifying.