Simone Stolzoff - Don't Overthink It

Is Now A Good Time?

Simone wrote a piece about how he "solved his quarter life crisis" -- link provided below. Topically the piece has overlap with a number of the conversations I've had for this show and it displayed an admirable candor: "I’ve been out of college for four years, and while my med school friends inch closer to their white coats and my finance friends inch closer to their white board meetings, I feel about as lost as ever. I’m in my third industry in as many years, my love life fluctuates between The Matterhorn and It’s A Small World, and the only time I really feel at peace is when I have 10 minutes to poop and for some reason forgot my phone in the other room. But I have found something I do care about—choosing how to orient my attention. It’s the common thread with most of the things I unconditionally love ... ... Not only is uni-tasking incredibly empowering, but it also might just be the answer to my quarter life crisis." Focusing and reorienting our attention is easier said than done. In our conversation Simone shares his still uncertain thoughts about his own path and admits it is hard to take our own medicine. Since our conversation Simone has enrolled in Stanford's journalism school and I look forward to reading more of his writing in the future. Show Notes: Medium: https://medium.com/re-orient/unsolicited-life-advice-from-a-millennial-without-much-life-experience-424b2cac9f76 Musical Notes: Neil Young, "Out On The Weekend" [17:07] Mott the Hoople, "All the Young Dudes" [23:31]