Jody Avergan
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first heard Aug 2025
last heard 2 Aug
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And yeah, children, they keep us young.
Yada, yada, yada.
But a child can't heal my hamstring or make me dunk again.
But I will say, this idea of loss and growth balancing each other out, it really is the key.
I appreciate that answer, and I think I've been asking myself some of those questions.
And certainly I think I've grown in some ways, and I don't want to just be the super-driven, myopic, probably not best friend and boyfriend that I was in my 20s.
But I will say –
To be a little grumpy in response to your very nuanced point.
All of the things you've said, which is, okay, yes, you're losing something, but look at all the other things you've gained.
That still at some level to me strikes me as...
concession.
And so I wonder how you talk to someone who's as stubborn as me about being upset about getting old.
Yeah.
Can you talk a little bit more about that asking future oriented questions?
Because I do think there's more of this sense of like, let me look back at all the things that I still want to hold on to and find another thing that will check all those boxes.
You know, let me do a census of the past.
But you're saying it's more about looking forward.
Some athletes approach what comes next a little differently.
Instead of not competing anymore at all, they do it at a different level, with a different bar for success.
There are long-distance runners like Olympic medalist Dina Castor who still get out there and race, even though they know they're not going to win a medal anymore.
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