Inside Rylan’s Mind

Rylan Banis
  • 4.9 (15)
  • Personal Journals
  • Updated Weekly

Sometimes it's a story, sometimes it's a random thought, and sometimes it's something that should've stayed in my notes app. Either way, here we are. New episodes every Thursday at 6 AM IST. Check out my other work: https://linktr.ee/rylanbanis

  1. 4d ago

    Ranking Attractive Traits

    I stumbled across a tier list containing over a hundred personality traits and started ranking them based on how attractive I find them in a potential partner. What began as a silly internet exercise quickly turned into a deeper question: what do our preferences actually reveal about us? In this episode, I explore the traits that instantly draw me in, the ones that push me away, the contradictions in my own standards, and whether attraction is really about the traits themselves or the stories we attach to them. Inspired by a personality-traits tier list template on TierMaker. Check out my other work: https://linktr.ee/rylanbanis

    1h 59m

  2. Jun 11

    Getting My License

    For the first 23 years of my life, I had never driven a vehicle. Then I decided to get both my bike and car license, and what I expected to be a straightforward process somehow turned into a full-blown saga. From choosing a driving school and studying hundreds of learner's license questions, to dealing with RTO bureaucracy, failing my bike test spectacularly, accidentally turning on windshield wipers during my car test, obsessively practicing figure eights, and eventually surviving a redemption retest, this journey had way more plot twists than I anticipated. In this episode, I'm basically reliving the entire experience, sharing the mistakes, frustrations, funny moments, and lessons learned along the way while thinking out loud about what it actually feels like to learn driving as an adult. Check out my other work: https://linktr.ee/rylanbanis

    1h 9m

  3. Jun 4

    Comic-Con & My 200th Episode

    In this episode, I talk about going to my first ever Comic-Con alone after years of wanting to attend one. What started as a spontaneous decision turned into something much bigger: an unexpected deep dive into nerd culture, comic book history, collectibles, cosplay, and the realization that I might care about this world far more than I thought. From missed buses and overpriced food to buying my first Spider-Man comic and learning about Marvel’s history, this episode is less of an event recap and more of a story about rediscovering a dormant interest in adulthood. Check out my other work: https://linktr.ee/rylanbanis

    37 min

  4. May 28

    Designing Public Trackers

    I basically talk about the part of tracking your life nobody warns you about, not the tracking itself, but building the actual system behind it. The templates, layouts, rules, formulas, workflows… all that. I realised making a tracker that’s actually useful and User-friendly is weirdly hard. Every time I “fixed” one thing, something else broke. Then came the endless testing, redesigning, finding edge cases, simplifying things, overcomplicating them again, and slowly realizing I might be spending more time optimizing the tracker than optimizing my life. If you’ve ever fallen down the spreadsheet/habit tracker/self-improvement rabbit hole, this episode will probably hit a little too close to home. Check out my other work: https://linktr.ee/rylanbanis

    30 min

  5. May 21

    Tracking My Life: 30 Days In

    I talk about how I track habits, workouts, sleep, food, body weight, expenses, media and more using apps + Excel sheets. I share real stats, surprising patterns, progress made, and why data might be one of the best tools for self-improvement. If you’ve ever wondered where your time, money or effort actually goes, this one’s for you. Check out my other work: https://linktr.ee/rylanbanis

    1h 6m

  6. May 14

    Anchor to Spectator

    I went into this New Year’s party thinking I might either kill it or completely flop… and somehow I did both. I start off unsure, end up owning the crowd, accidentally become the DJ, and then slowly lose control of the entire night to chaos I couldn’t really fight. Somewhere between running the show and sitting outside alone before midnight, I’m just thinking, did I actually enjoy this, or did I just execute it well? And somehow, at the end of all that, I get paid more than I expected and almost lose my phone in the process. Check out my other work: https://linktr.ee/rylanbanis

    38 min

  7. May 7

    Pet Peeves

    This episode is basically me going through a tier list of 80+ random pet peeves and deciding which ones are just mildly annoying and which ones make me irrationally angry for no reason. Somewhere in between, I also realize I do some of the same things I hate, which is… not great. It’s chaotic, a little judgmental, slightly self-exposing, and mostly just me thinking out loud about the weird, specific things that get on my nerves. If you’ve ever been annoyed by something stupid and couldn’t explain why, you’ll probably relate. Check out my other work: https://linktr.ee/rylanbanis

    2h 1m

  8. Apr 30

    4,000 Liked Songs

    This episode is a reflection on what 4,000 liked songs actually represent, not taste, not curation, but a living timeline of moments, moods, and phases. I talk about how I “like” music generously, how Spotify quietly became a background constant in my life, and how its algorithms seem to mirror (and sometimes manipulate) my emotions with unsettling accuracy. From rebuilding my library after deleting it, to chasing nostalgia, to experimenting with sound for focus, this is less about music and more about memory, identity, and the strange intimacy between a listener and an algorithm.Check out my other work: https://linktr.ee/rylanbanis

    39 min
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Sometimes it's a story, sometimes it's a random thought, and sometimes it's something that should've stayed in my notes app. Either way, here we are. New episodes every Thursday at 6 AM IST. Check out my other work: https://linktr.ee/rylanbanis

Information

  • Creator
    Rylan Banis
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    203
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Rylan Banis
  • Show Website
    Inside Rylan’s Mind

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