Ever notice how one good person ruins a whole grudge?

That line about the chicken walking into frame is hilarious, and honestly it tracks, the unplanned stuff always does better. I went to one of these last year and the group chat we started after is still going, two of us still trade tips every couple weeks.

Back when I drove a forklift at a Lowe's distribution center in Georgia, this older guy named Pete told me during a smoke break that I gripped the steering wheel like I was mad at it. Never forgot that. Started paying attention to my hands, and sure enough every time I got stressed I was white knuckling the wheel and tensing up my whole body without even knowing it. Little stuff like that sticks with you more than the big talks, in my experience. Now I catch myself doing the same thing in my truck and I just loosen up and breathe.