When a North Carolina nurse is found dead after being threatened by a stalker,

investigators quickly write her death off as an accident.

Questions abound in this episode of Last Seen Alive, such as,

how does a body accidentally wind up in a barrel underwater?

Probably not by accident, huh?

Exactly.

Exactly. This episode of Last Seen Alive is brought to you by Audible.

I binge True Crime listens on Audible all the time, but that's not the only genre I'm into.

You guys know as well as I do that if there's one thing being immersed in true crime does,

it's forcing us to acknowledge our own

mortality. Not to sound morbid, but our time here is short, and we all want to make the most of it.

So whenever I'm not listening to deep dives about unsolved cases or forensic investigations,

I like to lighten the mood with something that will help me enjoy the time I have on this planet.

And in that vein, I recently finished listening to Designing Your Life,

How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.

It's a book written by Stanford Professors who specialize in life design,

and it's meant to help you understand who you are and what you truly enjoy

so that you can design a life that's meaningful and enjoyable, whatever that means to you.

I bought this book on a whim, hoping it'd give me new perspective. I love finding new ways to look

at things, and it really delivered. I even ended up buying a copy for a friend. So if your obsession with true crime

has left you acutely aware that our time on this earth is finite, don't lapse into an existential

crisis. Instead, check out designing your life, because while we may not be able to control

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