He claims that veterans struggling with transition must stop wasting time on distractions and actively work towards finding and pursuing their personal passion.

“start making moves towards the thing you're passionate about yeah and if you don't know what that is you know instead of wasting time going out drinking or like whatever the things are that you know you're wasting time you just know what you just know what they are”

Transitioning out of the military is the most difficult emotional challenge a service member will face.

“And DJ said it to me. He goes, "Transitioning out the military is the hardest thing you'll ever do." And I was like, "Nah, it's all right. I've dealt with dealt with way worse than that." Legit. Like, no [ __ ] It's the hardest [ __ ] thing I've ever done.”

Veterans transitioning to civilian life often experience a difficult loss of purpose and identity that should be addressed by fostering community and maintaining healthy routines.

“I started to reject all of the things that I thought I didn't love about the Army the structure of well I'm never I'm never doing PT again never going to wake up early again right I'm I'm not going to you know everything's going to be just efficient and and you know so optimized and I'm in control o”