I remain a big fan of the TV show Survivor. I have been watching consistently since season 2 (still have never watched 1st season). The game has evolved after 23 years and 44 seasons of play, it must. That doesn’t mean I love every evolution. Lately I was waxing poetic about how much better the game was before there were so many assumed hidden immunity idols, how alliances used to mean something, and so on… so I got a hankering to go back and watch some old seasons. And now I’m in a loop where I worry I’ll need to watch alllll the seasons. They used to change locations! Challenges felt longer and more complex. Some of the newer challenges look like they’re at Disneyland.

Has my own evolution made me less interesting? That’s a great question. Seriously, it is giving me literal pause as I type. I do feel I used to be able to turn the mundane into whimsical and interesting retellings. I’m sooo out of practice. I’m out of practice being my favorite version of me as therapist Heather pointed out.