Hi there, my name is Neverson Forest and this is the debuted episode of a new show, Questions In Confessions. As a debuted episode, I want to briefly highlight the objectives, the goals, and the schedule of this new show. To start off with today’s date, it is April 3rd of 2026. And this marks my 10th podcast episode, which includes this one that you’re listening to right now. Yay. If you’re curious about all previous episodes, from my other show. You can find it on either Spotify or Apple Podcast. The show with the most episode is called Echoes of a Story. It has a total of nine episodes. It focuses on my creative journey, challenges, and lessons learned along the way. My latest show, which also debuted a few a few weeks ago. It’s called the uh Calligraphers Archive. The show is about exploring topics through different lenses to help to help with critical thinking and understanding diverse perspectives.

Uh now this uh new show is about confessing or asking questions that many of us are either too afraid or ashamed of asking. The idea originated from the fact that I stopped asking questions for the things that I was curious about. School and adulthood played a big part in this change. I can’t specifically remember when it all started, but at some point asking questions, you know, stopped feeling natural and just started feeling risky. For example, in school questions came pressure like the pressure to be right, not to fall behind and not to look like the only person who doesn’t understand and over time that pressure slowly changed my curiosity into caution. So instead of asking questions freely, I started to filter my thoughts, started to hold back and I started waiting for the right moment or the right question. And uh with regards to adulthood, I was really excited to gain my independence and make big decisions for myself.

Unfortunately, this Independence also came with expectations that require certain things to be understood and figured out. For example, the school to apply to, the program and career to pursue, tuition payments, part-time jobs, and many more other things. Not knowing what to do, and seeking help with these things felt like an admission that I was not an adult yet. And as a result, I started to do things my own way. I would research, I would observe, and I would compare, hoping to find clarity without having to expose my uncertainty. And after some time, curiosity became quieter and hesitation became louder. On the surface though, everything looked fine. Decisions were being made, steps were being taken, and progress was happening. But internally though, it was a chaos of questions and doubts with little answer. And I was just doing my best to manage by appearance, I guess.
Thankfully though, I’ve uh I had a I also had a great support system who have uh provided a safe environment where I could ask freely without the fear of judgment, shame and failure. And as time progressed, this safe environment allowed me to relearn to ask questions, to seek help, and be more open and honest. Now, enough time has passed and I feel comfortable enough to grow beyond this uh safe environment, and I have decided to bring this openness to this creative project in both audio and video form.

The questions for this show will take center stage, not as problems to be solved, but as invitations to think deeper to reflect and most importantly to inspire the courage to ask. Uh this means that uh there won’t be any answers to the question mainly because the questions are the focus and for the simple fact that I don’t know the answer. I’m still figuring things out just like everybody else and I completely understand that things are more complicated than what they seem on the surface. Every question can be interpreted differently depending on lived experiences, values and beliefs and there’s no single answer, only multiple perspectives and none of which are absolute.

Now, as part of my creative projects, the objectives of this new show will be to assist me with openness, emotions through voice, and the use of voice changers. The length of the episodes will be short and will follow a random schedule similar to the other shows. I see this show as a great opportunity to take internal thoughts and translate them into something that can be heard, felt, and relatable. Also, please be mindful of the fact that this uh show is still at its uh earliest experimental phase. So there will be a number of changes per episode as I look to improve and find its unique voice and style.

Now to sum up today’s episode, um society has a way of shaping how we think, how we behave, and even how we choose to express or suppress our curiosity. From a young age, we’re encouraged to learn, to explore, and to ask questions. But over time, that encouragement can slowly change into expectations. The expectations to know, the expectations to perform, and to have things figured out. And in that change, the freedom to ask questions begin to feel limited. We begin to carry the weight of being wrong, being a failure, falling behind, which eventually leads to the suppression of undesirable traits established by the environment, by the expectations, and the perceptions we attach to them. So, while this leads to a separation between you and your younger self, the two halves can still reunite if you give yourself the permission to be you by asking questions freely and being open and seeking help.

Now, I want to make it very clear that regardless of what you hear or whatever it may be, I don’t honestly know anything. Again, I repeat, I don’t know anything. I’m just figuring things out just like everyone else. And if there’s one key takeaway from all the episodes in this show is that there is no answer. There’s no answer book for life. No single guide that tells you exactly what to do, when to do it, and how to feel at every stage. There are ideas, there are experiences and perspectives, but no universal blueprint. So remember to embrace your life as a journey of discovery rather than suppression and conformity because you are at the end of the day a student of life. Until next time, take care.