What actually matters right now?

Samantha says veganism does not matter to her: "I tried to be vegan for three months and I failed miserably...the way I craved a cheeseburger...was wild."

Kate Torode says midlife crisis matters: "the whole book is written around my midlife crisis" and it's about "rediscovering her dream and just kind of going for it."

Valentina says Holidays matter because "no matter how high performers we are, we also need maintenance time, like the machines" — and she's eagerly looking forward to her own.

DJ finds Brazilian jiu-jitsu humbling: "Technique beats force... I rolled against a girl who was probably about 80 pounds... and she absolutely dominated me for about 25 minutes. And it was just, I tip my hat for the technique."

Kat says pizza matters: "I'm Italian... pizza matters, it's soul food... when I have a really bad day, I really ask myself, what can I do today to feel better... I'm going for a gelato, I'm going for a pizza with friends."

"Marx would be really disappointed in all of the Labubu dolls that in a year's time I think are gonna be under a landfill. So no, doesn't matter. And you're gonna get scammed if you buy them."

Mary finds underwater hockey too claustrophobic: "I couldn't even think the idea of scuba diving down there would freak me out."

Kat says AI matters: "It'll help you... in business and your personal life. Maybe I just using it for business, and it helps me a lot."

Nutrition matters to Jackie because it is 'one of the building blocks for body performance and body energy.'

Heather Johnson says cats matter: "Dogs and cats matter. I have sucker tattooed on my forehead apparently...I gotta feed 'em again."

Gnosis matters to the author because GRIOTGNOSIS fuses esoteric knowledge gained from 15 years of traditional initiations with magical realism and occult wisdom.

Anne Catherine Bedard says art therapy matters "a hundred percent" and encourages, "go make something that is not perfect...it's okay to get messy."

Marc Foreman says shopper marketing matters: "I'm living proof. It's the whole example of going in for one thing and coming out with 10. That's all shopper marketing...geniuses at work...know exactly how to put stuff together to make it really pop."

"Exercise matters. It's good for the brain, good for the body."

Dusan knows firsthand that Divorce matters — it "can change your life drastically," affecting not just you but your child and everyone around you.

Maria says extreme ironing does not matter to her: "Not matters. Not at all. Although... I would watch it if it was like on ESPN or something."

Ella is "iffy" but says artificial intelligence matters "if you need help... it could guide you... could be used as like a resource... not just like doing it for you."

Ecopsychology matters to Melissa because it reveals how nature, place, and environment shape healing, urging us to look beyond the office to our oldest human relationship.

Mary loves Pickleball, calling it "one of my favorite things to do right now" and "a great way to exercise and have fun."

"Rhetoric is one of the most important parts of not just speech and debate, but day-to-day life. And if more people could implement it on a higher scale, I think that our world, our country, our globe, would be a lot better."

Dusan says Chocolate matters a lot — it "could boost my concentration" when studying as a child, or was at least a good excuse to get sweets from his mother.

Angela Fuller says video games do not matter: "I hate video games... we need to be experiencing the world in real time."

Kat insists sport matters: "You become so much stronger... sport teaches you so many things... if you can transform your body through commitment and movement, you can change your life."

Adhd matters to Joe because living with it 'all my life' shapes every experience, making it a constant, defining presence.