Giggle. Cuss. Drink. Repeat.

But culturally, we swapped a mascot of chaotic perseverance for a mascot of curated emotional intelligence. Grover says, “I don’t know what’s happening, but I will run at it repeatedly until something breaks, probably me.” Elmo says, “Let’s talk about your feelings regarding what’s happening, and then we’ll make a sticker chart.”

I thought everyone stood with their back to the water in the shower—until I discovered they absolutely do not. One casual scroll turned into a full-blown rabbit hole on creativity, brain states, and why my best ideas seem to arrive somewhere between shampoo and existential reflection. So naturally, I had to investigate… and share this very important nonsense.