Suddenly, the train car floods with golden light. We emerge from the tunnel and outside my window, the French countryside rolls by.

Trees, farms, little stone buildings crumbling with age. The landscape shifts from

rich tea green to baked orange to crop yellow with faint white dots of sheep throughout. I feel

a warmth and appreciation for all of these small, beautiful things that I'm so lucky to see.

When we're young, we're encouraged to dream big and aim high.

And while having goals is important, the pressure of achieving those goals can sometimes be overwhelming.

Our guest this week, Jade Bola, best known for her study-focused YouTube channel,

Unjaded Jade, spent her teenage years embroiled in academic pressure, solely focused on her

big plans for the future. It's only after those plans fall apart that Jade recognizes the importance of smaller, quieter moments in her life,

moments that she calls casual magic.

In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories, breathtaking music and mindfulness

prompts so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories.

And that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives.

From Wait What, this is meditative story.

I'm Rohan, and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed.

The body, breathing.

Your senses open, your mind open. Meeting the world. God. I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm The bus slows to a stop.

As the door swings open, I feel the crisp autumn breeze against my face.

I shift my rucksack on my shoulder and walk down the steps. I'm 16 and on my way

home from school. Two other girls get off at the same time as me, but they live in the other direction.

With a casual smile and a wave goodbye, I begin my solitary walk home.

The streets of my small town are lined with trees.

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