Sep 16, 2026 · 34 min · 10 segments
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But no, before we get started, really, in all seriousness, I wanted to take some time this week to discuss when we say stress, like, yes, everybody is really, really stressed, right? And we all have different stresses.
I like to remind myself that I am thankful for the things that I have.
At the same time, I feel like this year has really been difficult.
It's really been a very... it's not just like regular stress.
Like I wake up and I, the things I do for the day.
No, it's been a really, really difficult year.
Like, and when I, when I put grief aside, right? Like this year started off on the first day of the year with me losing my dad.
So putting grief aside, um, just everyday life's happenings, right? The people that you think you can count on and you know, you don't really, you know, you realize you really can't count on them.
I'm not talking about you, obviously.
Yeah.
But you know, you kind of learn, um, I don't know how to, I don't know how to explain it.
Like, and maybe it's my wise age of 46, right? Because I turned 46 in August.
You kind of learned that you really need, and I'm not my wise age, but like, and it's not even boundaries that life has a lot of rules.
And for a long time, I feel like this is like that I wasn't living by any of them.
I feel like this is the first year that I have to like abide by a lot of like the weird like rules that life puts in front of us.
So maybe that's why I'm stressed.
So you don't
have one specific thing?
No, I don't have.
This year, you know what it is, honestly, what I'm stressed about this year? You
definitely went over the minute, Mark.
No, it's fine.
It's change.
I had a lot of change this year.
That's true.
But no, before we get started, really, in all seriousness, I wanted to take some time this week to discuss when we say stress, like, yes, everybody is really, really stressed, right? And we all have different stresses.
I like to remind myself that I am thankful for the things that I have.
At the same time, I feel like this year has really been difficult.
It's really been a very... it's not just like regular stress.
Like I wake up and I, the things I do for the day.
No, it's been a really, really difficult year.
Like, and when I, when I put grief aside, right? Like this year started off on the first day of the year with me losing my dad.
So putting grief aside, um, just everyday life's happenings, right? The people that you think you can count on and you know, you don't really, you know, you realize you really can't count on them.
I'm not talking about you, obviously.
Yeah.
But you know, you kind of learn, um, I don't know how to, I don't know how to explain it.
Like, and maybe it's my wise age of 46, right? Because I turned 46 in August.
You kind of learned that you really need, and I'm not my wise age, but like, and it's not even boundaries that life has a lot of rules.
And for a long time, I feel like this is like that I wasn't living by any of them.
I feel like this is the first year that I have to like abide by a lot of like the weird like rules that life puts in front of us.
So maybe that's why I'm stressed.
So you don't
have one specific thing?
No, I don't have.
This year, you know what it is, honestly, what I'm stressed about this year? You
definitely went over the minute, Mark.
No, it's fine.
It's change.
I had a lot of change this year.
That's true.
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