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103. the coziest time of the year... mood boosters & prepping for the holiday season · Hot Girl Energy Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hello you, guys, Welcome back to another episode of the
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Speaker 1: Hawkeral Energy Podcast. I'm your host, Kayleie, and this is
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Speaker 1: your weekly reminder that it's a new day, a new week,
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Speaker 1: a new mindset, and another day if you become the
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Speaker 1: Hockral energy you want to attract. Hello you, guys, welcome
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Speaker 1: back to another episode. I am still feeling not the greatest.
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Speaker 1: I still have a very raspy voice, guys. I had
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Speaker 1: no voice after I recorded that episode last week. Like
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Speaker 1: I literally from talking on the mic for like forty
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Speaker 1: minutes and then I don't know, I went out for
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Speaker 1: my girlfriend's birthday that night, and I woke up the
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Speaker 1: next morning with no voice. And I had no voice
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Speaker 1: basically almost the entire weekend. If you saw some of
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Speaker 1: my videos, was zach on TikTok this weekend then, and
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Speaker 1: you could probably tell that my voice was kind of
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Speaker 1: raspy and kind of off because I had no voice
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Speaker 1: after recording the episode. I am very much a productive individual,
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Speaker 1: Like I love just getting shit done. I love you know,
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Speaker 1: going groat shopping, getting my workouts done, you know all that.
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Speaker 1: And last week, with being sick, I really had to
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Speaker 1: take a step back from you know, doing my workouts,
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Speaker 1: and you know, I was very much a homebody last
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Speaker 1: weekend with not really going anywhere, Like I went to
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Speaker 1: the States with Zach this weekend, which was fun, but
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Speaker 1: I really didn't do much the entire week. And I
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Speaker 1: think I had to do that because obviously, when you're sick,
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Speaker 1: it's definitely important to listen to your body and rest,
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Speaker 1: and sometimes I don't like to listen to my body
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Speaker 1: and I like to just do my normal things that
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Speaker 1: I usually do. But I didn't do Spincoat all week,
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Speaker 1: to be honest, because it's such an intense cardio session
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Speaker 1: that with me, I have really bad asthma. So when
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Speaker 1: I get sick, I get like a really bad chest
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Speaker 1: cough and just like really bad congestion and anyways, so
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Speaker 1: my asthma just gets really bad when I'm sick, and
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Speaker 1: I could not.
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Speaker 2: Do intense cardios.
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Speaker 1: So I did my first Spinco class yesterday and it
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Speaker 1: was good. I don't think I was ready to get
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Speaker 1: back on the bike, but it felt good to definitely
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Speaker 1: get back into it. But I don't have my next
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Speaker 1: class until I think later this week, so I'm trying
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Speaker 1: to really just yeah do low impact and just more
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Speaker 1: chill workouts. I've just been really like laying low these
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Speaker 1: past two weeks, and I feel like it is what
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Speaker 1: it is. But I'm not that kind of person at all.
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Speaker 1: Like I'm the kind of person that likes to get
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Speaker 1: out of the house, do stuff, keep myself busy, all that,
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Speaker 1: and I feel like it's just been like very chill.
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Speaker 1: And again it's I know it's important for me to
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Speaker 1: listen to my body and just like do those things,
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Speaker 1: but sometimes it's hard.
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Speaker 2: If you guys get it, you get it.
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Speaker 1: But anyways, I hope you guys are having an amazing
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Speaker 1: week so far. Happy November, Merry Christmas. Obviously I'm kidding,
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Speaker 1: but I am fully in the holiday, Like I am
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Speaker 1: so excited for the holiday season. Everybody's already putting up
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Speaker 1: their Christmas trees, which I fricking love to see, like amazing,
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Speaker 1: I have not.
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Speaker 2: Done so yet.
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Speaker 1: I am trying to get all my Christmas to Core
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Speaker 1: shopping done first before we start decorating the house because
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Speaker 1: last year, I think what we did is I put
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Speaker 1: my Christmas tree up, did not do the decorations until
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Speaker 1: later in the month because I went wedding dress shopping
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Speaker 1: this time last year, which oh my gosh crazy. So
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Speaker 1: this year, I'm like, Okay, I actually have the time
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Speaker 1: to do everything in one shot. I don't have to
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Speaker 1: separate it. So I'm actually going to do a whole series.
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Speaker 1: I'm going to do a four day series of us,
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Speaker 1: you know, resetting the house, putting up the tree, and
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Speaker 1: putting up all the Christmas to Core all that, because
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Speaker 1: putting up Christmas decorations is a lot of freaking work.
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Speaker 1: And I think that's why I like to put the
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Speaker 1: decorations up so early, is because you put so much
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Speaker 1: effort in decorating the house that I don't want it
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Speaker 1: up for just four weeks. I want it up for
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Speaker 1: at least two months. So that's the way I see it.
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Speaker 1: So we're going to be decorating starting this week, which
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Speaker 1: I'm very excited about. I also want to give you
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Speaker 1: guys some inspiration. I had a few messages saying I'm
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Speaker 1: waiting for you to put your Christmas to core up
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Speaker 1: so I have inspo for my decorations. So I also
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Speaker 1: feel like it's my job to put Christmas decorations up
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Speaker 1: early for you guys to gain some inspiration for your
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Speaker 1: decor So I've been trying to explain that to Zach
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Speaker 1: and he's like, okay, fine, like whatever for your job.
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Speaker 2: I get it.
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Speaker 1: He's all about like waiting till after Remembrance Day, which
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Speaker 1: I'm usually on board with. However, Remembrance Day falls on
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Speaker 1: a Monday this year, so I want to get them
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Speaker 1: up on the weekend before that. So we made a
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Speaker 1: compromise and that's how we're doing it. But anyways, that's
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Speaker 1: when we're going to be decorating. So I'm very excited
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Speaker 1: and I cannot wait to show you guys all the
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Speaker 1: decorations I got. So, as I said, I went to
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Speaker 1: the States this weekend and picked up a few things
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Speaker 1: at Target for some Christmas decor went to TJ Max,
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Speaker 1: just did all the fun stops and yeah, so I
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Speaker 1: really want to talk about some holidays because going into November,
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Speaker 1: I think everybody is thinking about the holidays. Let's be honest,
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Speaker 1: people who live in the States, I'm sure you guys
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Speaker 1: are thinking about Black Friday, Thanksgiving. And I also feel
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Speaker 1: like I can get away with it as a Canadian
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Speaker 1: because everyone's like, oh, why is everybody putting Christmas decorations
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Speaker 1: up before Thanksgiving? I'm like, ooh, I'm Canadian. I've already
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Speaker 1: had Thanksgiving. I'm all set, I'm ready to go. I
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Speaker 1: have no excuses. I can put my tree up into
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Speaker 1: core up whenever I want. So Anyways, I just feel
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Speaker 1: like there's a lot of people that I see saying that, like, hey,
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Speaker 1: we need to wait until after Thanksgiving, and I'm like, well,
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Speaker 1: I'm done, so I don't have to worry about that.
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Speaker 1: I think this episode's really going to be about just
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Speaker 1: some mood boosters and things to look forward to this month.
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Speaker 1: There is so much exciting things happening, and I think
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Speaker 1: everybody can take a little piece of advice from this episode,
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Speaker 1: especially for people who have been feeling a bit down
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Speaker 1: or just trying to get back into a positive mindset.
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna share some mood boosters that might help you out,
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Speaker 1: as well as things that you can look forward to
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Speaker 1: this month that I think everybody can agree on. I'm
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Speaker 1: going to talk about two personal things that I'm looking
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Speaker 1: for to this month, and that is one car shopping.
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Speaker 1: I think I mentioned it in a previous episode where
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Speaker 1: I'm actually selling my car. I've had my car now
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Speaker 1: for almost five years. She's great, we love her, except
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Speaker 1: I'm due for an upgrade. I just yeah, I'm just
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Speaker 1: you know, I'm just ready for a change. So I
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Speaker 1: took pictures and got my dad to detail the entire
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Speaker 1: car this weekend and we're gonna post some stuff up
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Speaker 1: on Auto Trader or whatever it's called. Right now, I'm
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Speaker 1: looking at a land Rover, the range Drover of a Lar,
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Speaker 1: but there's two other cars that I had in mind
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Speaker 1: that I want to test drive before I confirm with
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Speaker 1: the range Drover, so I'm going to probably drive them
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Speaker 1: this week. I'm looking at an Audi Q seven and
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Speaker 1: then a Mercedes. I think it's the Glee or GLA,
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Speaker 1: I cannot remember, but they're all SUVs. I just I'm
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Speaker 1: an SUV girl. I like my Master to CXI. That's
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Speaker 1: what I currently and I'm just in need of upgrading
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Speaker 1: and just getting another SUV. So that's kind of what
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Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to this month, is you know, having
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Speaker 1: a new car, which is exciting, and yeah, saying goodbye
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Speaker 1: to my white Mazda. And then another thing I'm looking
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Speaker 1: forward to is something that I'm planning for the very
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Speaker 1: first time, and I wanted to bring it to your
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Speaker 1: attention because it's something that I think you guys are
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Speaker 1: going to be really excited about. I cannot obviously share
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Speaker 1: the details yet, but it's something that's coming in the
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Speaker 1: new year, and it's my first ever brand collaboration. I'm
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Speaker 1: actually partnering with a company who reached out to me
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Speaker 1: to do a collaboration, and I'm basically designing and doing
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Speaker 1: everything with this company and then we're launching it together
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Speaker 1: as a collaboration.
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Speaker 2: So I still.
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Speaker 1: Cannot believe that this is happening, because I feel like
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Speaker 1: this is something I've wanted to do for such a
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Speaker 1: long time, and this is something that you guys are
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Speaker 1: going to love, Like, I just know you guys are
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Speaker 1: going to freak out when it comes out. And this
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Speaker 1: week on my Instagram stories, make sure to follow me
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Speaker 1: if you don't, I'm going to be sharing some sneak
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Speaker 1: peaks of design that I really want your input on,
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Speaker 1: so helping me with the color schemes and yeah, just
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Speaker 1: overall feel of the product. So definitely make sure to
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Speaker 1: stay tuned for that because it's going to be so
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Speaker 1: freaking exciting. I literally cannot believe we're doing this in
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Speaker 1: such a short period of time too, Like we're launching
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Speaker 1: in January, which is a very quick turnaround time because
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Speaker 1: we just started.
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Speaker 2: Talking about this like three weeks ago.
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Speaker 1: We've actually been talking about this for the past six months,
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Speaker 1: but with the wedding, obviously that was my priority and
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Speaker 1: I didn't have the time to make this partnership a priority.
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Speaker 1: But now that the wedding's done, we're taking a full
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Speaker 1: dive into the planning process right now, and the girls like,
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Speaker 1: let's do a quick turnaround time and just release it
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Speaker 1: in January, So that is the plan. So anyways, I
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Speaker 1: just wanted to bring that to your attention, and that's
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Speaker 1: something I'm really looking forward to this month, is just
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Speaker 1: designing and collaborating with this brand. So yeah, definitely make
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Speaker 1: sure to stay tuned and help me with designing my
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Speaker 1: first product launch. But let's get into today's episode. Let's
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Speaker 1: talk about some things to look forward to this month
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Speaker 1: and just ways to boost your mood if you're feeling down.
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Speaker 1: So let's talk about things to look forward to. I
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Speaker 1: mentioned Christmas. Obviously, everyone's talking about the holiday season right now.
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Speaker 1: That is the most trending topic. I'm talking about it,
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Speaker 1: everyone else is talking about it. I'm very excited to
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Speaker 1: have my house decorated and also just get into some
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Speaker 1: holiday festivities. One thing that I always love to do
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Speaker 1: around this time of the year to get me in
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Speaker 1: that festive mood is obviously go Christmas shopping. So if
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Speaker 1: you're feeling like you want to get into the Christmas spirit,
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Speaker 1: grab a friend, grab your sister, grab your partner, go
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Speaker 1: to home sends together, go to home Goods, go wherever
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Speaker 1: you can target to go. Do a bit of Christmas shopping.
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Speaker 1: Maybe grab a little sweet drink at Starbucks or your
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Speaker 1: local coffee shop. Get yourself in the festive mood by
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Speaker 1: getting a little sweet treat and then doing some Christmas shopping,
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Speaker 1: even if it's as small as just getting a Christmas
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Speaker 1: can or a mini Christmas tree, or a little wreath
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Speaker 1: for your desk or just your space in your room.
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Speaker 1: That is the best way to get yourself into the
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Speaker 1: Christmas mood. I'm telling you right now, entering one store,
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Speaker 1: seeing everything decorated, seeing all the Christmas to core out,
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Speaker 1: I feel like it's a winter wonderland, Like I feel
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Speaker 1: so excited. To walk into a store like that gets
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Speaker 1: me so excited for this season, and it immediately puts
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Speaker 1: me into the Christmas spirit. So definitely get some Christmas
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Speaker 1: shopping done, and let's be honest, if you do Christmas
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Speaker 1: shopping in November, I feel like a lot of the
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Speaker 1: good stuff is out right now. I feel like if
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Speaker 1: you wait till December, usually all the good stuff is
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Speaker 1: sold out. So going earlier is definitely the best call
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Speaker 1: in my opinion. I'm you guys know me. I'm a
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Speaker 1: home decor hoarder. Like I love buying a home to
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Speaker 1: core stuff, So whenever it's Christmas decor and it's out,
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Speaker 1: I try and get it as early as I can.
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Speaker 1: Like this year, I went before Halloween, which I never do,
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Speaker 1: but I know a lot of the good stuff is
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Speaker 1: usually out before the holiday season, so that is the
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Speaker 1: best way to do it. So definitely put that on
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Speaker 1: your list. To do this is to do a little
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Speaker 1: bit of Christmas shopping with your loved one. Another thing
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Speaker 1: to look forward to is putting up your Christmas tree.
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Speaker 2: Everybody, let's talk about it.
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Speaker 1: If you're putting it up now, great, If you're putting
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Speaker 1: it up at the end of the month, that's great too. Now.
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Speaker 2: I do know some people that wait.
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Speaker 1: To put their Christmas tree up not until December, which
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Speaker 1: is fine, But guys, if you're putting in the effort
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Speaker 1: to put up a tree, decorate it. You know, it
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Speaker 1: takes about two hours realistically to do all that. You
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Speaker 1: might as well have it in the house for an
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Speaker 1: entire month. And let's be honest, the house always feels
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Speaker 1: cozier and it looks better with the Christmas tree. If
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Speaker 1: I could have my Christmas tree up all year round,
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Speaker 1: I would.
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Speaker 2: Now.
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Speaker 1: I know there is some people that also do real
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Speaker 1: Christmas trees, and I know they don't last that long,
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Speaker 1: So you know what, that's fine if you want to
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Speaker 1: wait till December to get your real Christmas tree, that
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Speaker 1: works too. I have a fake one just because I
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Speaker 1: grew up with a fake Christmas tree in my family,
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Speaker 1: and Zach also grew up with a fake Christmas tree,
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Speaker 1: So for us, it's just convenient. We have it in
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Speaker 1: the basement. We can put it up whenever. And there's
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Speaker 1: some really good fake Christmas trees out there, like that
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Speaker 1: home Depot one that's gone viral. I want that one
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Speaker 1: so badly, but I promised myself I wouldn't.
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Speaker 2: Buy it until the next house.
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Speaker 1: Another thing to look forward to in November is Black
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Speaker 1: Friday sales. There is going to be so many sales
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Speaker 1: happening within the next few weeks, So if there's anything
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Speaker 1: on your wish list or just things you've been eyeing, wait,
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Speaker 1: Oh my god, guys, I am coughing non stop here.
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Speaker 2: Sorry.
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Speaker 1: If you guys hear my voice changing every few times,
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to edit the coughing out. As I
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Speaker 1: was saying, wait to buy anything in your shopping cart
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Speaker 1: until the Black Friday sales start. I have so much
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Speaker 1: in my shopping cart at so many different places like Aritzia,
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Speaker 1: the Gap, Jay Crew, Reformation, Simons, like just a lot
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Speaker 1: of random spots, to be honest, and I'm like, why
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Speaker 1: am I going to buy something when realistic this is
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Speaker 1: going to be on sale in two weeks, So put
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Speaker 1: those items aside for two weeks and just pray that
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Speaker 1: they'll still be in stock by the time their sales
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Speaker 1: going on.
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Speaker 2: Because, let's face it, we love a good sale.
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Speaker 1: We love saving money, So try your best to wait
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Speaker 1: until the November sales start. I also love to get
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Speaker 1: Christmas shopping done around that time of the year, with
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Speaker 1: just getting gifts for my parents, my sister, Zach, friends,
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Speaker 1: other family members, anything like that. I feel like it's
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Speaker 1: best to capitalize on the sale season and yeah, just
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Speaker 1: get everything that you can in that one shot. Another
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Speaker 1: thing that I'm looking forward to is I'm excited to
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Speaker 1: see the first snowfall. I can't believe I just said that,
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Speaker 1: but I am actually really excited. Usually it happens in November,
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Speaker 1: usually the end of November or beginning of December, but
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Speaker 1: I feel like seeing the first snowfall really solidifies that, Yep,
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Speaker 1: Christmas is here, and it gets me in the mood
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Speaker 1: to just like, get out the Christmas movies, get out
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Speaker 1: the Christmas music. All that is something I always look
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Speaker 1: forward to around this time of the year. It just
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Speaker 1: makes me immediately think of cozy season, and that's obviously
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Speaker 1: what we're in. Another thing that I always look forward
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Speaker 1: to around this year is cozy nights in. I feel
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Speaker 1: like I definitely stay in more around the colder months
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Speaker 1: and don't go out as much, which I'm not complaining about.
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Speaker 1: I love a good cozy night in and just watching
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Speaker 1: our favorite TV show or favorite movie. Right now, we've
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Speaker 1: been watching One Tree Hill. It has been the best
14:06
Speaker 1: thing ever. If you have not watched One Tree Hill,
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Speaker 1: you need to get on it. I have not watched
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Speaker 1: it in like twelve or thirteen years. It's been a
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Speaker 1: very long time, so it feels like I'm watching it
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Speaker 1: for the first time right now, and oh my god,
14:17
Speaker 1: something so shocking happened last night. I forgot to talk
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Speaker 1: about that, but I'm not gonna give it away to
14:21
Speaker 1: someone who hasn't watched it. But anyways, I forgot this happened,
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Speaker 1: and I was in complete shock for like an hour
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Speaker 1: after it happened. And we're on season three. I'm like
14:31
Speaker 1: waiting for Zach to come home just to play the
14:33
Speaker 1: first episode of the night. For us, we usually get
14:35
Speaker 1: about three to four episodes in per night because we're
14:38
Speaker 1: just that locked in and it's been the best thing ever.
14:40
Speaker 1: If you want to watch it, it's on Amazon Prime.
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Speaker 1: We love it, We're obsessed with it, and I'm telling
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Speaker 1: you right now, if you have not seen it, you
14:47
Speaker 1: need to watch it. So yeah, so cozy nights in
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Speaker 1: watching your favorite show together, just really enjoying the cozy
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Speaker 1: time of the year. But as much as I love
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Speaker 1: staying and I do also love the holiday season for
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Speaker 1: dressing up, going out these usually Christmas parties, going on
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Speaker 1: New Year's Eve parties, all that. Just things to dress
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Speaker 1: up for any occasion is always a fun thing to do.
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Speaker 1: Putting more makeup on, finding cute outfits. I also love
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Speaker 1: dressing up around this time of the year because it's
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Speaker 1: usually a lot of sparkly things, a lot of glitter, like,
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Speaker 1: just a lot of things that are really out there
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Speaker 1: just in terms of outfits. So I'm very excited to
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Speaker 1: attend some Christmas festivities.
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Speaker 2: So those are things to look forward to this month.
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Speaker 1: I think it's a lot of Christmas related things, but
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Speaker 1: I think that's just the reality. I think everyone gets
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Speaker 1: in the Christmas mood around this time of the year.
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Speaker 1: Fall is still a thing, but I think personally for me,
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Speaker 1: not like I'm overfall, but I think my mindset right
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Speaker 1: now is prepping for the holidays and just getting the
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Speaker 1: house all decorated and all that. So for me, I'm
15:47
Speaker 1: already in the Christmas mood and I'm ready to take
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Speaker 1: on the holiday season. But i know some people are
15:53
Speaker 1: still very much in the fall pumpkin mode until their
15:57
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving is over. I blame that as a Canadian, having
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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving in October versus November makes me want to start
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Speaker 1: decorating earlier because we've already had our fall festivities and Thanksgiving,
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Speaker 1: so now I'm just immediately thinking of Christmas. But I
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Speaker 1: also want to talk about some ways to boost your
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Speaker 1: overall mood in terms of if you're feeling down or
16:16
Speaker 1: if you're having a hard week, what are some ways
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Speaker 1: that you can boost your mood and just feel better
16:21
Speaker 1: going into the week or the day. For me, when
16:23
Speaker 1: I'm feeling down or when I'm feeling low, I feel
16:26
Speaker 1: like the best way to boost my mood is to
16:28
Speaker 1: call a friend or a family member. I love calling
16:31
Speaker 1: people that you know, I may have not talked to
16:32
Speaker 1: in a while, like long distance friends, or calling my sister,
16:36
Speaker 1: or calling my mom, doing a FaceTime call. You know,
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Speaker 1: sometimes just talking it out with someone is the best
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Speaker 1: way to do it. And I love being able to
16:44
Speaker 1: have friends and family members that are willing to take
16:47
Speaker 1: the time to chat with me. So if you're feeling down,
16:50
Speaker 1: call a friend, call a family member, call your partner,
16:54
Speaker 1: being able to debrief with them. Maybe just talk to
16:57
Speaker 1: them about something that you might be going through that
16:59
Speaker 1: might be feel really really good, just to get off
17:01
Speaker 1: your chest. Another thing that I find always helps boost
17:04
Speaker 1: my mood is just getting outside more. I feel like
17:06
Speaker 1: if I've stayed indoors for a long period of time,
17:10
Speaker 1: I get in my head a bit and I think
17:12
Speaker 1: negatively when obviously we don't want that. So I feel
17:15
Speaker 1: like going outside really helps me clear my mind. It
17:19
Speaker 1: helps me just kind of like reset in a way.
17:21
Speaker 1: So I always just love to book workout classes, you know,
17:25
Speaker 1: force myself out of the house by going to get
17:27
Speaker 1: things done like grocery shopping or you know, productive things
17:31
Speaker 1: that I have to do throughout the day, like a
17:32
Speaker 1: little to do list of running errands, or even just
17:36
Speaker 1: going outside for a walk. The little things like that,
17:38
Speaker 1: I feel like help me so much. Writing things down,
17:41
Speaker 1: the things that you need to get done, I feel
17:43
Speaker 1: like it boosts my mood because it's things that you
17:45
Speaker 1: get to look forward to each day, right, So getting
17:48
Speaker 1: out of the house, getting these things done, stepping outside,
17:51
Speaker 1: I feel like is definitely good for your mood. Another
17:54
Speaker 1: great thing when you're feeling down is writing out your
17:56
Speaker 1: emotions and how you're feeling about a situation. So get
17:59
Speaker 1: out your journ, free your mind. I'm more of a speaker,
18:02
Speaker 1: so that's why I say call a friend or a
18:03
Speaker 1: family member when I'm like in a negative head space.
18:06
Speaker 1: I feel like talking it out with someone really helps
18:08
Speaker 1: me out. But some people feel like writing it out
18:11
Speaker 1: is the best way to allow yourself to free your
18:13
Speaker 1: mind and just get out what you want to get out.
18:15
Speaker 2: So that's why journaling.
18:16
Speaker 1: Is so so important, is to be able to write
18:20
Speaker 1: out whatever you're feeling or just like how you can
18:24
Speaker 1: create more of a positive mindset for yourself. This other
18:26
Speaker 1: one is like something that I never realize is something
18:29
Speaker 1: that I always do that actually boosts my mood every
18:32
Speaker 1: single time, and that is playing with a pet.
18:34
Speaker 2: So playing with your cat, playing with.
18:36
Speaker 1: Your dog, Like for me, I feel like there's a
18:38
Speaker 1: little bursts of moments where I play with Freddie throughout
18:41
Speaker 1: the day and he's so happy. It makes me happy
18:44
Speaker 1: seeing him happy, and that right there is just a
18:47
Speaker 1: little boost of happiness. And I don't think I ever
18:51
Speaker 1: talked about this, but I think one reason why Zach
18:54
Speaker 1: and I actually got Freddie is because I personally felt
18:57
Speaker 1: very lonely at home with no animal in the house,
19:01
Speaker 1: and I grew up with dogs. Zach grew up with dogs.
19:03
Speaker 1: I feel like an animal is not talked about enough
19:06
Speaker 1: about how it's helped your mental health because you know
19:10
Speaker 1: you're alone a lot of the time, if you do
19:11
Speaker 1: work from home, or if you you know are just
19:15
Speaker 1: at home a lot, and you feel like you don't
19:16
Speaker 1: have any company around you. And having Freddie is truly
19:21
Speaker 1: the best thing for me personally because I have something
19:24
Speaker 1: to take care of, I have something to look forward to.
19:26
Speaker 1: He brings me so much happiness, and I don't know,
19:29
Speaker 1: I just feel like having him around is definitely something
19:33
Speaker 1: that's helped me working from home and just having my
19:35
Speaker 1: own little bestie with me having Freddie but still being
19:38
Speaker 1: able to have a bit of freedom by doing things
19:41
Speaker 1: that I love, like going to workout classes and all
19:43
Speaker 1: that is nice. But yeah, I feel like people don't
19:46
Speaker 1: talk about dogs or cats enough because I do think
19:49
Speaker 1: they are an important part of our life and they
19:52
Speaker 1: do bring so much happiness. And yeah, having Freddie in
19:57
Speaker 1: my home and just constantly being with him every day
20:00
Speaker 1: really does bring me so much joy. And yeah, I
20:03
Speaker 1: feel like so much purpose.
20:05
Speaker 2: I know that sounds kind of funny, but like.
20:07
Speaker 1: I love being able to take care of him and
20:10
Speaker 1: have him as my little fur baby. Another thing to
20:12
Speaker 1: boost your mood is cleaning your space. This is something
20:16
Speaker 1: I always try and do every Sunday, which you guys know,
20:19
Speaker 1: even if it's just a decluttering or reorganizing any little
20:23
Speaker 1: step of cleaning your space is such a mood booster.
20:27
Speaker 1: You have no idea. Like the difference I feel after
20:29
Speaker 1: cleaning the entire house is insane, Like my mood went
20:33
Speaker 1: from zero to one hundred real fast just from making
20:35
Speaker 1: the effort of actually tidying up my space. Now, I
20:38
Speaker 1: feel like there's a lot of people that struggle with
20:40
Speaker 1: the motivation of getting up to clean their space. And
20:42
Speaker 1: I'm telling you right now, the key thing for me
20:45
Speaker 1: to get my butt off the couch and actually clean
20:48
Speaker 1: is turning on music or a podcast. Works every single
20:51
Speaker 1: time I tell my Alexa. I'm not gonna say Alexa
20:53
Speaker 1: right now because she's might hear me, But if you
20:56
Speaker 1: say that, or a song or a podcast that you
20:58
Speaker 1: want to listen to play it in the background. It's
21:00
Speaker 1: a distraction with the noise in the back. It's something
21:03
Speaker 1: to focus on. But also being able to clean at
21:05
Speaker 1: the same time is your motivation to get shit done.
21:08
Speaker 2: So that is my.
21:10
Speaker 1: Key to motivation for wanting to clean my space and
21:14
Speaker 1: boost my mood is.
21:16
Speaker 2: Turning on a podcast or some of my favorite music.
21:18
Speaker 1: Another thing you can do to boost your mood is
21:20
Speaker 1: plan something fun for the week so you have something
21:22
Speaker 1: to look forward to.
21:23
Speaker 2: I always love.
21:25
Speaker 1: To find ways to plan something on the weekend or
21:27
Speaker 1: a week night. So last weekend, Zach and I decided
21:30
Speaker 1: to go to the States, so that was something I
21:32
Speaker 1: was very much looking forward to. This weekend, I'm going
21:35
Speaker 1: car shopping with my dad. That's something I'm looking forward to.
21:38
Speaker 1: Another thing I'm looking forward to is decorating the house
21:40
Speaker 1: for Christmas. So putting things in your mind that you
21:44
Speaker 1: want to get done and adding it as a task
21:46
Speaker 1: of things to do for the week is definitely going
21:49
Speaker 1: to allow you to look forward to something. Maybe you
21:50
Speaker 1: haven't gone on a date with your partner in a
21:53
Speaker 1: long time. Have a little date night with him and
21:55
Speaker 1: go out. Maybe you're wanting to reorganize a room in
21:59
Speaker 1: your home. Take the time set that aside. Do that
22:02
Speaker 1: on the weekend, Like write things down that you want
22:04
Speaker 1: to get done before the end of the year, and
22:06
Speaker 1: then plan it out from now till the end of
22:08
Speaker 1: December of how you're going to get those things done.
22:11
Speaker 1: Or maybe there's things on your vision board or your
22:14
Speaker 1: bucket list that you're like, oh, I never did that,
22:16
Speaker 1: Like I need to get that done. So you need
22:18
Speaker 1: to find time in your schedule to make sure you
22:20
Speaker 1: get that stuff done. So I think planning fun things
22:24
Speaker 1: is so crucial to boosting your mood, and taking the
22:28
Speaker 1: time just to make it happen is also important. So definitely, definitely,
22:33
Speaker 1: definitely take a look at your vision board, take a
22:35
Speaker 1: look at your bucket list, think of things that you've
22:37
Speaker 1: been wanting to do that you haven't done in a while,
22:39
Speaker 1: and make it a priority this weekend or before the.
22:41
Speaker 2: End of the year.
22:42
Speaker 1: It will definitely be something that you'll look forward to
22:44
Speaker 1: at the end of the week to get done, and
22:47
Speaker 1: we'll just overall boost your mood. The last thing that
22:49
Speaker 1: I always find boost my mood is cooking something that
22:52
Speaker 1: I love or baking your favorite sweet treat. I'm a
22:55
Speaker 1: big dinner girl. I love cooking different recipes, trying new
22:59
Speaker 1: recipes out. I find it it's fun. It's something to
23:01
Speaker 1: look forward to, trying something new, trying something different, or
23:05
Speaker 1: making your favorite sweet treat. Like doing something like that.
23:07
Speaker 1: It's such a small little task, but I'm telling you
23:10
Speaker 1: right now, it's truly a boost of endorphents right there
23:13
Speaker 1: by just boosting your mood and it just makes you
23:15
Speaker 1: feel so good doing those little things. I know, those
23:17
Speaker 1: little things don't seem like a lot, but it really
23:21
Speaker 1: does add up when you do those things, and it
23:23
Speaker 1: really just completely boosts your mood completely into more of.
23:27
Speaker 2: A positive mindset.
23:28
Speaker 1: So yeah, I hope this helps you out if you're
23:30
Speaker 1: feeling down, or if you're feeling like you needed a
23:32
Speaker 1: bit of a mood booster, or just things to look
23:34
Speaker 1: forward to this month. There is so much to look
23:37
Speaker 1: forward to this November. I think a lot of it
23:39
Speaker 1: has to do with getting into the holiday season, Thanksgiving,
23:43
Speaker 1: sales events, planning cozy nights, in going out with your
23:48
Speaker 1: partner or your friends. Like I think that was kind
23:50
Speaker 1: of like the highlight of this episode was really just
23:52
Speaker 1: looking forward to things coming for this month and obviously December,
23:56
Speaker 1: I think for me, I'm looking forward to going into
23:58
Speaker 1: the new year. I think for me, I've realized that
24:00
Speaker 1: I always think one step ahead. So December, I usually
24:03
Speaker 1: think about going into the new year like, Okay, how
24:05
Speaker 1: am I going to make this the best year yet?
24:07
Speaker 1: What are the stets that I need to take to
24:09
Speaker 1: make it the best year yet? So I'm always one
24:12
Speaker 1: step ahead, and I think that's crucial to doing that.
24:15
Speaker 1: So for me, obviously I'm thinking a lot of December
24:18
Speaker 1: thoughts and a lot of people's head but in my head,
24:20
Speaker 1: November is the best time of the year because we're
24:22
Speaker 1: talking about Christmas, We're getting in the holiday spirit. In
24:25
Speaker 1: December for me is yes, it's Christmas, but I'm thinking
24:28
Speaker 1: about the next step, which is getting into the new
24:31
Speaker 1: year and achieving my goals for twenty twenty five. Anyways,
24:34
Speaker 1: I hope you guys enjoyed this episode. I'm sorry that
24:37
Speaker 1: I'm still not one hundred percent. I tried to do
24:39
Speaker 1: my best and I didn't want to miss an episode
24:41
Speaker 1: this week because obviously going into a new month, I
24:44
Speaker 1: wanted to make sure to provide an episode for you guys.
24:47
Speaker 1: But I love you guys. Also much thank you guys
24:49
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24:58
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25:00
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25:03
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25:06
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25:08
Speaker 1: definitely make sure to stay tuned for that. But I
25:10
Speaker 1: love you all so much, Thank you guys for listening,
25:12
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