From approximately age 17 until now, I've been sort of learning how to be an adult. It started at 17 for me because I finished school and I started working. I was in the real world and I had real responsibilities. And it's been an incredible experience. Like, I've loved the transition from childhood

to adulthood. It's been one of the most challenging phases of my life thus far, but also

one of the most rewarding, because being a child, being immature, is really exhausting.

Like not having social skills, not having emotional intelligence, not knowing how to handle things. Like, not having an archive of information in your brain is really exhausting.

There's so much peace that comes with growing up and gaining wisdom.

It's so wonderful. And it is painful at times. There are definitely growing pains. But I'm at the point

now at age 24 where, like, I think the worst of it is over. And my brain is developed enough now where it's like,

all right, I still have a lot to learn, but I have enough figured out that I'm now able to

sort of bask in the fruits of my maturity, I guess. But I will say there have been some

interesting challenges on this journey from childhood to

adulthood. And one of the most confusing has been making friends as an adult, because it's very

different than making friends as a child. I briefly interrupt this episode to let you know that

this episode of Anything Goes is presented by Walmart.

Sure.

Technically, it's still summer, but mentally, I'm already starting to think about fall fashion.

And you know who has everything to upgrade your fall wardrobe?

Walmart.

Walmart has all the pieces you could ever need.

We're talking about cozy sweaters for apple picking, casual staples for carving pumpkins.

We're talking about cool sneakers, cute boots, and the price is right.

Shop major fall trends and new drops at Walmart.com slash shop slash women's

dash trends. That's Walmart.com slash shop slash women's dash trends. Now back to the episode.

...