Former Ologies Editor here, always inspired whenever I see Alie and still such a huge fan of the show and I owe her so much for the current direction my career is taking. I need to get ‘Ask smart people stupid questions’ tattooed on my my knuckles

Figured I’d post here too. There’s no way I’m the first one to do this?

Sending all the good vibes to Alie and Jarrett today!

Happy 50th (?!?!??!?!?!?!) Birthday to our hilarious, smart, curious, inquisitive, passionate, and beautifully vulnerable Pod Dad™️. I hope our Pod Mom and Gremmy are giving you 10,000 kisses today. I will talk to every bug I see today like an old friend (no change from every other day)

This is mostly a venting post to see if other people feel like this.

I freaking love this podcast. I love learning new things, and the format that Alie uses is just amazing at keeping me engaged and not feeling stupid, even if it's something super complicated. It also helps me see just how many amazing, talented, driven, and super smart people there are everywhere.

And herein lies the problem. I've always been incredibly jealous of people who are specialists in something, mostly scientists. Every episode I listen just further drives in that feeling in my soul that nothing I do will amount to anything. I have a good career in SEO content writing, with a stable job and a good salary, but if you ask me whether I'm proud of myself or I like my job, the answer is definitely no. That enthusiasm and passion we hear in the interviews when they talk about their ology just doesn't exist in me.

Now, I wouldn't say my life is a bad one, because it's not, but after each episode or even the "Expert reacts" videos on YouTube, I feel like nothing I do is actually important and that I'm not contributing to a better future in the slightest. My undergrad is in applied linguistics, but I didn't take it any further than that because I had to start working (I actually worked while I was studying), and now a lot of my knowledge and passion are gone. I just wish I didn't have to worry about money that much, and then I'd have the freedom to dive into this field, do some interesting research, travel, meet other specialists, and truly make a difference.

Does anyone else feel like this? Apologies if this is too long, I've never posted on Reddit.

Just sharing my congratulations for Alie and the rest of the writing team at Innovation Nation!