Oct 20, 2026 · 46 min · 11 segments
Hi angels! This week, we're asking ourselves some big questions: are we confusing independence with success? are we putting too much pressure on ourselves to have everything figured out? and are we…
For this week, what I wanted to start off the episode with was I'm pretty sure that we're confusing independence with success.
So I haven't read through all your stats you have prepared, but I would just generally really agree.
I feel like independence is getting pushed really hard as of late.
And like, I don't think it's a bad thing at all, but I don't think it should be the thing where it's like, this is what success looks like being alone.
I think you should be comfortable being independent, but it's not everything.
Grace? I would agree with Blake.
I think straight off, I think maybe it's overrated.
And I think there's a bit of a shift coming where we circle back to like what older generations did of like intergenerational living becomes more of a
You know, lots of people are talking about communes, like that's the key to the future.
So who knows? Do you know who I think has
really broken this norm? Martha Kay, I think has really broken this down and like the internet had a real fucking problem with her still living at home with her parents while she raises her babies.
I think that she's been, correct me if I'm wrong, she's been one of the first of like my gen to do that publicly.
Whereas I know that a lot of my more ethnic friends, it's not uncommon to live at home with, especially your mum, to have that level of support when you do raise children.
And I think that like through hyper-independence or like putting independence up on a pedestal, we've also become quite distant to growing up with a community and having like community-led parenting.
Yeah.
Takes a Village? Well, that's
Where is the village? Where's the village? If we're so hyper independent, where's the village? Yeah.
So according to the 2026 HILDA report or H-I-L-D-A report, approximately half of Australians aged 18 to 29 were living with their parents in 2024 compared to 39% in 2001.
For this week, what I wanted to start off the episode with was I'm pretty sure that we're confusing independence with success.
So I haven't read through all your stats you have prepared, but I would just generally really agree.
I feel like independence is getting pushed really hard as of late.
And like, I don't think it's a bad thing at all, but I don't think it should be the thing where it's like, this is what success looks like being alone.
I think you should be comfortable being independent, but it's not everything.
Grace? I would agree with Blake.
I think straight off, I think maybe it's overrated.
And I think there's a bit of a shift coming where we circle back to like what older generations did of like intergenerational living becomes more of a
You know, lots of people are talking about communes, like that's the key to the future.
So who knows? Do you know who I think has
really broken this norm? Martha Kay, I think has really broken this down and like the internet had a real fucking problem with her still living at home with her parents while she raises her babies.
I think that she's been, correct me if I'm wrong, she's been one of the first of like my gen to do that publicly.
Whereas I know that a lot of my more ethnic friends, it's not uncommon to live at home with, especially your mum, to have that level of support when you do raise children.
And I think that like through hyper-independence or like putting independence up on a pedestal, we've also become quite distant to growing up with a community and having like community-led parenting.
Yeah.
Takes a Village? Well, that's
Where is the village? Where's the village? If we're so hyper independent, where's the village? Yeah.
So according to the 2026 HILDA report or H-I-L-D-A report, approximately half of Australians aged 18 to 29 were living with their parents in 2024 compared to 39% in 2001.
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