Gemma Spake

it's like never ending.

It's aggressively in our faces.

It's not all that it's cracked up to be.

The pressure to be extraordinary actually sucks the joy out of life.

And I think finding ways to counteract it and to be like, actually, my objective is to have fun.

My objective is to have experiences.

My objective is to have great relationships.

is probably going to make you happier than the people we see highlighted as these exceptional people who at 40, 50, 60 are now having the realizations of like, who the frick am I that you were able to have at 20 because you didn't have mega success and you hadn't found yourself before you even knew yourself.

So

I don't know.

That's been what I've been thinking about a lot recently.

And I think it's a real sign that we need to reinvestigate what is successful and what is extraordinary in our society, because I think our current version of it isn't

all that it's cracked up to be and doesn't seem to be particularly enjoyable for the people who find it.

So that's where I'm going to leave the episode.

If you have made it this far and if you are listening on Spotify, what is something in your life right now that you think you should be having more fun doing rather than stressing out

As much as you probably are about career, hobby, relationship.

What is something that you think that you and that you want to focus on enjoying more than you are performing at?

Mine is my hobbies.

That's an easy one.

I feel such a like I constantly feel like I need to monetize or make public everything that I do because like being in my 20s and living as a 20 something is like my that my brand and I'm really trying to be better at just enjoying them for me and seeing where they flow.