Welcome!

Hey — welcome to The Honest Optimist. I’m Syd D., and this is my corner of the internet for all things funny, honest, and mildly existential. Think of it as a column about being human — the kind of

Welcome to The Honest Optimist

If I’m being honest (and that’s kind of the point), I started this column because I wanted a place to slow down and make sense of it all — the good, the hard, and everything in between. Here are The Honest Optimist, we love finding the humor in everything, living life to its fullest, and hopefully learning something new to help someone else along the way. My mind is always running somewhere between “you should probably write this down” and “how did we get here again?” So I did!

Here we are.

This isn’t a guide or a highlight reel. The Honest Optimist is more like a collection of moments — thoughts on change, joy, routines, mistakes, and the funny ways life keeps teaching the same lessons until we finally get them. Some entries will be light and full of perspective; others will sound like I’m just thinking out loud. Most will live somewhere in the middle.

I can promise honest stories, a few lessons learned, and the reminder that even when things don’t make sense, there’s still a lot of good to notice.

If you’re someone who’s trying to figure things out with equal amounts of hope and sarcasm — welcome. You’re my people.

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