<p>In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk affective forecasting, fantasy literature, workplace mattering, and collapsed demands. Also, a punk rocker gets a miracle bus ticket, and the ice monster comes for our kids. </p><p></p><ul><li><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://mbird.com/events/mockingbird-nyc-conference-2026/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to register for the Spring Mbird Conference in NYC (4/23-25)</li><li><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://themockingpulpit.fireside.fm/1751" target="_blank">Click here</a> to listen to Sarah's sermon "I Like Your Dancing", delivered at RJ's church. </li><li><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7065732/2026/02/24/psychology-of-happiness-athletes-predicting/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to read "Most of Us Are Bad at Predicting What Will Make Us Happy" by Ruston Dodd on The Athletic.</li><li><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/22/myth-monsters-and-making-sense-of-a-disenchanted-world-why-everyone-is-reading-fantasy" target="_blank">Click here</a> to read Francis Spufford's defense of fantasy in The Guardian.</li><li><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.theupandup.us/p/mattering-genz-youngadults-jennifer-wallace" target="_blank">Click here</a> to read The Up and Up's interview with Jennifer Breheny Wallace about Gen Z and Mattering. </li><li><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://mbird.com/everyday/the-three-quarter-life-crisis/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to read about "The Three Quarter Life Crisis" by Rob Myallis on Mbird.</li><li><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://mbird.com/suffering/what-remains-when-nothing-can-be-done/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to read "What Remains When Nothing Can Be Done" by Kyle Wells on Mbird.</li></ul><p></p>