Lauren Jackson

What did faith look like to you at that point?

I mean, yeah, yeah, I stopped going to church, but I didn't stop searching for answers to the big life questions that plague us all.

And that made me like most Americans.

Almost everyone believes in something, whether that's religious or not.

The most recent Pew survey said that 92% of Americans say that they believe in a God, spirits, souls, or an afterlife.

But only 30% of Americans actually attend a house of worship weekly.

So, like most Americans, I found meaning outside of religion.

I threw myself into work.

I did what I'd always wanted to do, which was be a journalist.

I was really motivated by the mission of The New York Times.

I worked all the time.

All the time.

I also worked out as much as possible in my off time.

I hiked.

I went to workout classes.

SoulCycle, CrossFit, these expensive workout classes that promise not just a healthier body, but also a better life.

I never got into astrology, but I understood why so many people, especially young women, had downloaded CoStar, the astrology app.

I've had so many conversations over the years about astrology and about Mercury.

Yeah, Mercury seems to always be in retrograde.

But I get it.