Episode 1 and already thriving… if by thriving you mean "recording" the entire first episode without pressing record. Iconic, really. Very us.

This week on Adult Gap Year, we kick things off with the most on-brand origin story possible (chaotic, questionable—no notes), before nosediving into a topic that might hit a little too close to home: limerence.

If you’ve ever:

• become obsessed with someone you barely know
• replayed a conversation 48 times
• felt high from a single text
• or built an entire future off ✨vibes✨

…this one’s for you.

We unpack what limerence actually is (spoiler: it ain't love), why your brain is addicted to uncertainty, and how modern dating makes it approximately 1,000x worse. Enter: hot-and-cold behaviour, the “dangled carrot” theory, and emotional attachment to people who have done… very little to deserve your attention.

We also get into:

• how limerence shows up differently for each of us,
• dating in Australia vs literally anywhere else,
• why texting is ruining your life (respectfully),
• falling in love with potential instead of reality,
• the deeply unsexy but genuinely life-changing shift into knowing what you actually deserve (AKA dating with standards),
• and how one of us managed to experience limerence at the age of six.

It’s messy, honest, and surprisingly (maybe) useful.

A scrappy little bonus clip from Adult Gap Year where we unpack the difference between having ADHD and hiding behind it. Missed calls, funeral-day guilt, 17 alarms, pre-cleaning before the cleaner - it’s all here.

We talk time blindness, being “that late friend,” reminder fatigue, and the uncomfortable truth that understanding your wiring doesn’t magically remove your responsibility. Equal parts self-drag and self-compassion - with a side of laugh-or-you’ll-cry energy.

Welcome to Adult Gap Year—the podcast for people whose brains buffer like a 2007 YouTube video .

Hosted by Jen & Gracie—two single women in their 30s navigating burnout, ADHD diagnoses, spiralling life plans, and the constant battle between perfectionism and zero executive function.

If you’re stuck between burnout and delusion…overwhelmed but under-stimulated… or just tired of pretending your brain works the way it “should”—you’ll fit right in.

Episodes dropping in early 2026.

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