The Vending Machine of Life: Intention, Expectation, and the Quest for a Father's Pride

Andrew Osei shares a deeply personal journal entry exploring the emotional conflict between setting an intention and receiving an unexpected outcome—a dynamic he frames with a simple, powerful vending machine analogy. He dives into the heart of his decades-long quest to build a relationship with his father and earn his verbal affirmation, even enrolling in school for the seventh time to try and make him proud. This episode explores the challenge of mismatched love languages (Acts of Service vs. Words of Affirmation), the disappointment of his father's stoicism, and the profound realization that he was living a life of "lemonade" instead of his preferred "Coke." Join Andrew as he finds a new, more fluid path toward intentions, resolves to live for his own fulfillment, and embraces the journey of being a lifelong learner.