Detoxing and Addiction, Taking a Break, Presidential Debate - TFS #6

This is episode 6 for The Flip Side podcast, can’t believe we’re 6 weeks into the podcast series!

Starting off with our usual weekly catch up, with Krishn’s exam being a success and everyone slowly finishing off the crazy week that just passed.

From the US Presidential debate, to Donald Trump getting corona, it’s been a mad week around the world and we touch on all the topics in this week’s podcast episode.

We also reflect on the detox challenge we gave ourselves, with Andy going cold-turkey from watching YouTube videos and not managing to successfully complete his challenge.
Krishn detoxed from instagram. He deleted his IG app from his phone and wanted to take a week from IG. This was an extremely difficult challenge and he speaks about his experience with the IG detox.
Steven detoxed from Reddit and all things anime, gaming, and took his life offline from the digital world.

We also talk about running life in auto-pilot mode and not getting anything actually done, not feeling happy or content with yourself and grinding day in and day out only to be unhappy and burnt out.
Andy shares his experience on his new routine, from taking days off, doing what he wants, to experience life outside the office, going out more, and how all of this can affect your professional life.

We also touch on the US Presidential Debate, Donald Trump getting Covid, the whole Trump vs Biden topics and the current state of US political affairs.

TRANSCRIPT:
00:00 Intro
01:00 Krishn’s Exam
01:40 Cold Turkey Journey
02:20 Eating Without Doing Anything
03:50 Mobile Phones Are Weird Evil Things
05:50 Getting Off Instagram
08:20 Detox Results
09:07 Youtube Addiction
10:15 Steven’s Reddit Challenge
12:50 Challenge Winner
13:40 Running on Autopilot
18:20 Burning Out
19:35 Cracking the Code
20:08 All You Need is a Break
22:00 The Value of People
22:35 Why We Keep Negative People in Our Lives
24:55 The Lions and The Wolves
26:55 Beware of the Wolves
29:10 The Whole Point of Friends
30:20 Appreciate the Silence
32:15 Wolves Disguised as Lions
37:40 Trump vs Biden
38:00 Trump Got Covid19
39:05 US Presidential Debate
40:10 Getting People to Vote
41:55 The Flip Side Covid 19 Conspiracy Prediction
43:10 Outro