Hey everyone, it's K-Sunga here. I just want to let you know that we've launched a brand

new call and advice podcast called Dear Headspace. Each week the headspace teachers, along

with some amazing new friends, are answering your questions about relationships, work,

life, mindfulness, and just about everything else. It's so different from anything we've

ever created and we're so excited for you to hear it. Dear Headspace comes out every

Tuesday on the Headspace app and anywhere that you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening.

Hi, my name is Dora and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Thursday. I wanted to start today

off with a question and that question is what if you were able to see life as a series of rough

drafts and revisions? Now I asked this because the other day I was reflecting and I was laughing at

myself for all the different odd jobs that I had growing up. I worked at Toys or Us, Wendy's, McDonald's,

Zaliskos on and then I started thinking about how many different people I've been in the past.

I found that I would get attached to these jobs and those identities as if they were the final

chapter of my life. I'm sure you've all done the same. And as I'm here writing these podcast

episodes and editing, this process has shown me that life is a beautiful series of rough drafts

and revisions. Not only that, but we're the writer, the narrator, and the editor of our own stories.

There can be moments in life where we think that we've arrived at our final destination or have

attained our final form as human beings, but what I'm learning is that there's really no final

destination. Our lives and our destinies are ever changing. And the more that we can connect to

that sense of impermanence, we allow ourselves the grace to make as many mistakes and revisions as

necessary. I can remember being at a point in my life where I thought, this is it. I had

decided to start going to therapy for the first time in my life so I could begin the healing process

after spending a few years really going through it. And it's funny how therapy works or even when

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