Pod Cast Rough Draft (Extremely Rough)

I believe in car rides. I'm not the best at stress management and there's something deeply comforting to me about sitting back and watching the world move past my window. Cars take you where you want to go, weather it be mentally or physically. For me, they're the only place i can think in the perspective i need to to handle what ever may come at me in my life. It doesn't really work when you're the driving, it's better to be in the passenger seat, and its always good to go with someone you can level with. It's not about having an authority figure giving you advice. It's about having someone that can speak to you like they're your equal and either appreciate mutual silence or help put together the puzzle that we call life. For me, my dad is this person. There's never any pressure to talk, which is relieving - i feel that half of what people say is only because they feel obligated to carry on a conversation. It takes someone thats comfortable with themselves to be able to sit with someone and not have to fill the air with small talk. Sometimes all we do is drive and listen to music. I usually pick things that are relate able to the situation im trying to think about and they sometimes guide me to the solution i was looking for. Over all its just a relaxing experience. People, weather they realize it or not, are constantly under alot of pressure, and that's my place where i don't feel obligated to worry about the fickle things that stress us out from day to day. I think car rides became comforting to me when i was baby. Alot of times if i was having trouble falling asleep, or if i was having a tantrum, my parents would take me for a ride around the block and i would calm down. For a long time, when i was a kid, this wasn't necessary for me anymore. But in recent years, as i've gotten older, its really been a nice escape. I always come back home feeling better than i did. And for this reason, i will always believe in car rides.

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That's all i have. =/