Just Pessimism

What Grief Took, and What It Left

Grief doesn’t care if you’re ready. It just shows up. This bonus episode is quiet, honest, and different—no sarcasm, no fake ads. Just space to sit with what’s heavy. If you’re grieving, or missing someone, this one’s for you. No tidy ending—just the truth, and the reminder that you’re not alone .

Life is Just Googling Until We Die

Modern adulthood: googling symptoms, fixes, life advice, and how to pretend you know what you're doing. In this episode, we explore how search bars replaced certainty, and no one actually knows what’s going on.

Success Is Just Surviving Long Enough to Pretend You Planned It

Let’s be honest—none of us really know what we’re doing.Every success story you hear is just someone looking back at years of panic, poor decisions, and Taco Bell-fueled brainstorming sessions and retroactively slapping together a narrative that sounds halfway intentional.

Motivation is a myth

Everyone says you just need motivation. But what if motivation doesn’t exist and we’re all just running on panic, caffeine, and shame? A modern survival tale.

Bills, Budgets & the Cost of Breathing

Welcome to adulthood, where your reward for growing up is a stack of bills and a budget that’s more “fantasy novel” than functional. In this episode, we unpack the emotional toll of paying to exist, pretending we understand taxes, and wondering why breathing feels like a subscription service we never signed up for.

Attention Span Not Found

Your brain has 37 tabs open and none of them are loading. In this episode of Just Pessimism, we explore the struggle of trying to focus when everything feels urgent, distracting, or slightly chaotic. From brain fog to fake productivity hacks, we're calling out the system error in all of us. You're not broken - you're just overloaded and mentally logged off. 

Making Plans

You make the plans. You say yes. You might even send the “can’t wait!” text. But deep down, you’re praying for a cancellation. In this episode of Just Pessimism, we dive into the weird relief of not showing up, the anxiety behind commitments, and why your ideal Friday night might just be doing nothing... in peace.
 

Moving — New Walls, Same Problems

Packing your entire life into boxes and pretending it’s a “fresh start”? Hard pass. In this episode of Just Pessimism, we unpack the stress, the dust, the missing chargers, and the existential crisis that comes with moving. It’s not a new beginning—it’s just your same old chaos in a new zip code.

Relaxation and failing at it!

Ever tried to relax and somehow ended up more anxious? Same. In this episode of Just Pessimism, we unpack the chaos of doing nothing, the guilt of self-care, and why “rest” feels like emotional quicksand. Spoiler: it’s not peaceful, it’s just quiet enough to hear your own mental spiral.
 
 

Life is a scam!!

Remember when life was supposed to get easier once you grew up? Cute. In this episode, we unpack the scam of existing: bills, burnout, and pretending any of this makes sense. If you’ve ever looked around and thought, “This can’t be it,”—you’re not alone. You're just tired.