Lately I feel like I can’t be the only one looking around and thinking, “Is everybody sleepwalking?” Since 2020, something has been very different about life in America, and you can feel it in your bones—grocery bills, housing, job security, the pace of life, and even trust in institutions. In this video I talk through that heavy, quiet realization a lot of people are having: the life we thought we had—the future we planned and saved and worked for—feels like it’s gone, and it’s not coming back the way it was. But I’m not sharing this to make you spiral. I’m sharing it because you’re not alone, and because we’re at a crossroads. There’s a real grieving process when you “wake up” and realize things aren’t as they seem, and it can create distance with friends and even family when they don’t see it. My takeaway is simple: don’t give up, don’t let yourself be pushed into fear and depression, and don’t outsource your thinking to headlines designed to manipulate your emotions. Do what you can do here on earth—prepare, simplify, get practical—and always remember God is greater.