What's Your "Someday?" - The Complexity of Dreams, Avoidance, and Stalled Satisfaction

What's Your "Someday?" - The Complexity of Dreams, Avoidance, and Stalled Satisfaction

June 29, 2026 · 48 min · Season 2 · Episode 31

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The episode explores the concept of 'someday' as a way to postpone life goals and discusses whether it represents optimism or avoidance.

Someday is the most polite way to postpone our own life, and we’ve all got a list. We pull that word apart with equal parts humor and honesty, starting with our own “somedays” like learning guitar, traveling more, playing iconic golf courses, giving a TEDx talk, and shifting creative projects that keep getting pushed down the road. The question we keep circling is simple and uncomfortable: is “someday” optimism, or is it avoidance with better branding? We talk through the real reasons goals ...

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