Hey You, Stranger!

Hey You, Stranger!

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Sometimes, when things seem to fall down, and when we can't see anyone around to help us pick the fallen pieces up, we tend to do it by ourselves in silence. But I don't want for us to stay living with that mindset, because I still believe that help is everywhere-you can see it even at the most impossible places. And I wrote this book with the hope of being heard by someone-at least someone-because when I feel like the only solution is to give up, I write what I feel down. And they say that there's a possibility that a random stranger out there knows how it feels. That's when I started not feeling like I pick every of my piece from the ground all by myself, because I know that someone out there can understand me. I don't have to carry it all alone, because someone is there to help me. You are there. And I want you to know that I am with you, too, through all the struggles that you face. We may not know each other, but I am here. I will listen. Hey you, stranger! Tell me what burdens you, for we might be facing the same challenges. We will win it together. 03.21.24
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In 2015, I quit my digital marketing job at Nike to take a solo road trip around the country, funded by driving for Lyft in each of the cities I stopped in. In the beginning, I thought that driving for Lyft was simply the key to supporting the trip financially. However, I soon found that the dynamic of having strangers jump into my car to talk about life for 20 minutes or so, under the context that we would probably never speak again, was the most powerful piece of my year off. I was so inspired by my passengers that I wrote a book about them, called We're All Going to Die: Lessons Learned From My Year Road Tripping As a Lyft Driver. My passengers became my biggest teachers in what, lo and behold, turned out to be a year of personal growth and self-discovery. I learned the value of more listening and less ego. I saw how hungry people are for real human connection and conversation in a world more digitally connected and emotionally isolated than ever. I took the time to face my own issues, including my father's suicide five years earlier. I began to understand how important it is to be human - to feel your emotions, to share those feelings with others, and to find lightness and humor in the hard stuff. What became most obvious to me was that at end of the day, we're all going to die anyway. This book is a story about my personal growth, supported by the stories of the many people who trusted me enough to jump into my car and open up their hearts to me.

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