Jul 9, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 10 segments
Afyia Smith talks about her separation from Epic Games and choosing optimism by exploring the city and visiting new coffee shops, even amid anxiety and uncertainty. Afyia explains her work as a design…
Afyia SmithGuest
And I've just been exploring and my dog loves it because we're in a development.
And I kind of love it because seeing people, seeing faces and getting some fresh air and exercise and
You're explaining this very well, which is, it's like, there's obviously, you know, a backdrop of multiple dimensions of kind of hard, but at the same time, you're describing an attitude of leaning into it, embracing it, being curious, being exploratory with it, and kind of being open about to the idea that even though this is kind of a, what's in front of you is unknown, that there's almost a bit of, I'm hearing like a trust in that kind of unknown a little bit where it's like, you know, you're just gonna be on this journey and you're in a particular place right now, but you also know that you're moving forward and just kind of put one foot in front of the other.
I mean, because the opposite of that is just being extremely just boxed in and worried and scared and nervous.
You know, I need to have some optimism about the future, even if that means just going through it day by day.
You know, in the past, and maybe even still, I had tons of anxiety about, I would make five-year plans and year-long plans and what's going to happen next month and next, you know, I did all of that.
But the very freeing thing that has come along with just like the ending of things and the beginning of things is just that.
And I've just been exploring and my dog loves it because we're in a development.
And I kind of love it because seeing people, seeing faces and getting some fresh air and exercise and
You're explaining this very well, which is, it's like, there's obviously, you know, a backdrop of multiple dimensions of kind of hard, but at the same time, you're describing an attitude of leaning into it, embracing it, being curious, being exploratory with it, and kind of being open about to the idea that even though this is kind of a, what's in front of you is unknown, that there's almost a bit of, I'm hearing like a trust in that kind of unknown a little bit where it's like, you know, you're just gonna be on this journey and you're in a particular place right now, but you also know that you're moving forward and just kind of put one foot in front of the other.
I mean, because the opposite of that is just being extremely just boxed in and worried and scared and nervous.
You know, I need to have some optimism about the future, even if that means just going through it day by day.
You know, in the past, and maybe even still, I had tons of anxiety about, I would make five-year plans and year-long plans and what's going to happen next month and next, you know, I did all of that.
But the very freeing thing that has come along with just like the ending of things and the beginning of things is just that.
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