Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

Do you ever feel pressure or judged or critiqued because you don't have kids yet?

And I think you don't want to have kids. Is that correct? Yeah, no, it is. So I want to

actually hit on all of those because each that you mentioned, pressured, judged, or critiqued.

So let's stick with pressure, judged, or critique because those are very distinct flavors.

So at this stage, I don't get asked of... or critique because those are very distinct flavors. Yes. Yes.

So at this stage, I don't get asked as much anymore because I've been talking about it so

consistently and trying to be as loving and just straight up as possible about the fact

that I've never wanted kids and real about the fact that I chose consciously or unconsciously a man who already had a child.

So some part of me clearly wanted to be a stepmom because I am.

And I love my stepson and he's awesome.

So there's that.

But I've never wanted to have my own biological kids.

Why is that, do you think? You know, I've've never wanted to have my own biological kids. Why is that, do you think?

You know, I've also never wanted to get married.

I just think that we're all kind of born with these innate desires.

And sometimes we adopt the expectations of our family, of society, of the culture that we

grow up in.

For whatever reason, I feel like I popped onto this earth with a very clear inner compass

of the things that I would like to explore or learn or experience.

And also a very clear compass of those things which I just am not interested in.

And so in my life, I've always known what I want to go after. And the little plate that has,

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