How often do you find yourself thinking, "After this week, I’m sure things will slow down"?

The two of us must say some version of this to each other every day. It helps make getting through this week easier.

When we say we hope things will slow down, what we really mean is that we want a reprieve from the mental load of managing everyday life for almost everyone all the time.

Mental load refers to the cognitive effort required to manage and remember everything in our daily lives while trying to anticipate everyone’s needs. It's the background work required to keep things running smoothly, making sure everything is accounted for, and everyone’s needs are met.

Three take-ways from this episode:

1. We are all dealing with many things that other people don’t see. So are they.
2. Asking for help doesn’t always feel helpful.
3. Things don’t slow down after this week.

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"Isn't it ironic? - Don't you think?" – Alanis Morrisette, 1996

Irony is helping our kids learn how to drive while at the same time, trying to get our parents to give up driving.

Irony is trying to help our parents manage life with the internet and at the same time, trying to help our kids manage their lives with the internet.

Irony is helping our parents find a contact on their phone (again) and then having to ask our kids how to use a new app (again).

Three take-ways from this episode:

1. Life is full of irony.
2. Irony is described as something that seems completely contrary to what we might expect.
3. Irony is amusing and poignant. Isn’t that ironic?

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We all have regrets about many things in our lives at any given moment, but should we always say, “I’m sorry?”

We were going to do a podcast apologizing for not having done a podcast since January, but why are we sorry? Whose expectations did we fall short of? Yours? Are you upset with us?

And, if you feel we did fall short somehow, how much of an impact should we allow that to have on ourselves? What benefit could constantly feeling apologetic possibly have to help us do better?

The change needs to start here. We regret not having released a podcast in a while, but decided that we are not sorry.

What do you regret in your life that you should perhaps stop feeling sorry for?

Three take-ways from this episode:

1. There are 3 types of sorry. One is, “I am sorry for doing something wrong.” Another is, “I have sorrow for you about something that you are experiencing.” And then there’s, “I apologize for not being or doing enough.” The last one is where we collectively need to put our attention.
2. It is common knowledge that today, most of us feel like we are not enough but how does apologizing for ourselves ever make anything better?
3. Feeling apologetic is not the same as having regret.

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