Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa

We all dabble a little bit here and there into drama.

feeling this way.

But I'm talking about actual drama where you're hanging out maybe with a friendship group that all they want to do is backstab each other.

All they want to do is have one person who's more important than the other and leaving someone left out and pushed out.

Marital dramas, family situations where every time you go there, you feel so stressed and overwhelmed and

and you don't feel remotely good about yourself every time you leave.

Workplace environment, that's the kind of peace of mind that I'm talking about.

You know, not having so much on your plate, kind of trying to... So if you know that peace of mind is your priority and it's something that you can actually name and know what that looks like, then it's something that you can really work towards.

And I think the reason why peace of mind really becomes a priority later in your life, 30s more so than your 20s or 40s,

Probably by the time I'm 60, my version of peace of mind will be so elite versus what it is now.

But it is because of lived experience.

I don't think I could have this realization in my early 20s because I haven't had that lived experience.

And like I said, it will only get better as I get older.

but it is valuing what is important versus what is a waste of time.

What relationships do I know based on experience is going to waste my time and wear me the fuck down?

What jobs, even though I know maybe there's good points to it or good parts to it, does it ultimately wear me down?

Now, there's a difference between peace of mind and trying to protect your peace of mind

and also allowing yourself to be and exist in high stress environments, but still have that peace of mind.

I don't want you to think, oh, anything that causes me stress, get away from, get away from.

We're not precious.