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I recently heard Amy Poehler say that either you're annoying or boring. You have to pick one.

And I fully think I fall into the annoying camp rather than the boring.

Welcome to how to where we welcome you no matter which camp you fall into.

You know, each week on the show, we talk with a listener about something they're struggling to navigate.

And we bring in an

expert with personal experience to give them guidance. I'm Carveau Wallace. And Amy Polar aside,

if we were to turn back the clock to a young Jesse 30 years ago, I don't think we'd find a kid

who was annoying, excited, maybe, excellent student, absolutely, enthusiastic, for sure. It's funny because these are the traits we'd all say we'd want to see in our kids. But for Jesse, it felt like she might be too much.

I was just a really, like, passionate kid.

And in fourth grade, I just have such a visceral memory of trying out for the school play and just, like, closing my eyes and singing this solo so passionately and opening my

eyes.

And I had a teacher who was laughing at me.

And that was, like, my experience throughout my childhood was just, you're just so

enthusiastic. Everything is too much, you know, too loud, too aggressive about your ideas, interrupting people.

Feeling okay about yourself in grade school is hard enough. And it's especially hard when everyone around you is always telling you to tone it down.

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