Wade Barnes

I'm going to try to give them something to some beacon of light.

I will be the beacon of light.

And so I've just always had this pressure of like, even before making content that I'm responsible for people's happiness.

um and with the platform we have sometimes there's a pressure of like am i doing enough am i am i saying all the things i should say like there's a lot of issues we don't touch on and i don't know that i want to touch on but sometimes my brain's like should we go into all these things should we share our really uninformed opinion at least my opinion would be uninformed should i do this am i doing enough am i entertaining enough am i helping people enough

And I've never taken time to really consider what life would be like if I just took a break from trying to uplift all those around me.

And for whatever reason, like I said, health-wise, people around me, the last six months, it's just that pressure has finally just hit me to the point where it's like, I can't lift up everyone else because I'm really kind of...

at a point of burnout that's pretty strong.

But I have been talking about it.

I've been open about this with, you know, Molly and some friends and family.

We've talked about it a little bit, you know, before show here on this episode, but

I do generally try to just probably unhealthy, but I do try to just shove it down.

Sometimes I'm like, you know, I've gotten my entire life.

I have gone through a lot of stuff.

I've lost a lot of people.

I've dealt with a lot of shit.

I'm sure we all I know you guys have.

I know everyone has, but I've always handled it one way.

And it's like, well, that must be the perfect way to handle it because it's always worked so far.

It hasn't this past six months.

So I'm adapting, but it has been a challenge and it's new waters for me to be like my walls are down and I can't put them back up.