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Still In The Mid West · JLJ This Morning

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Speaker 1: Good morning, you guys. It's me, James R. Jr. I
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am still coming to you from the Midwest, an undisclosed location.
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I'm just kidding. I don't think I'm in. No, I'm in.
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I'm in Cleveland, Indiana. It's the morning. It's morning. Let
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me record this. It's overcast and gray outside. It rained.
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We're going to be at Mother's Hot Day Day 86
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here in Indiana. I just wanted to come in and
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say how do you guys? You guys have seen a
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few videos of me here since I've been posting stuff
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and more videos are coming out. Make sure you're following
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GLJ Media. And I'm ahead of time in my life.
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I have been here almost a month. the Midwest, Indiana
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and Illinois areas. And I have made so many new friends,
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new connections, reestablished older connections and older friends. It was
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my third time here. And I'm just, I, it's, it's,
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it's been such a godsend for me to be able
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to leave L.A., and my just situations. You guys know
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my situations to leave and see other scenery, focus on
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other things. Now I will admit, um, I'm probably neglecting
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a few things, um, by myself, but I don't care
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because I am relaxed. I'm tired. I mean, I do
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a lot of work, but I'm relaxed. I'm motivated, um, productive, um,
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It's about me. I keep saying that it's about me.
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When I'm in LA, it's about everybody else. But for
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when I'm home, it's about me. I get to focus
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on me and my businesses and my work and who
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I am. And there's such a, it's like they always
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use those words like, you know, tanks. You know, I
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love tanking. This tank, I'm gonna tank. I feel like
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the James Lock Jr. tank is being filled. It's overflowing
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right now because it's about me. for a change. And
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I think people who are leaders of a company or
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are caregiving someone or parents of small children or come
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from big family, I think there's people, anybody in some
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kind of like leadership position, sometimes you get lost in
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all of that. And as you're lost in all of that,
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Somehow you forget yourself and you hear it all the time.
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Like you'll hear people go, you know, I was married
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to my husband for 50 years and then he died
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and I don't know what to do. You're not a
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dumb person. It was like, I don't know. I don't
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know how to pay my phone bill, you know, because
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he did it all the time or I don't or friends.
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But I have friends that we never really hang out
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together because I was always taking care of the family.
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You hear that all the time. And I remember I
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had a piece of that. when my daughters got grown
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and I grew up and it's like, they're, they're grown now.
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And so now the major part is done. The day-to-day
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raising was done. And now I can choose what life
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I kind of want. You know, her mother and I
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were like, well, I guess we can kind of do
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what we want. It feels like that a little bit.
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And as you know, the last three and a half
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years or so have been just me taking care of everything.
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And it's not that I'm not taking care of everything now,
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I'm still taking care of stuff, just from far away.
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But I have been so locked into not being able
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to leave, to go anywhere, because something would happen, then
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something else would happen, then something else would happen. And
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I was so just focused, whether it was my brother,
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who had his illness, who was in the hospital, or
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my mom and all her stuff, or me and all
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my stuff. plus running the businesses and everything, I feel re-energized.
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And it's been so, it's hard for people to say like,
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I miss you and I miss you and I appreciate that.
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I love all of them. I don't miss them. Maybe
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I would if I was gone for another two months,
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then it would hit me. But I'm like, I've only been,
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I've been stuck in LA for like two and a
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half years. And now I'm free for just, it's only
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been a month, almost. I like, I don't miss anybody.
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I don't. It's like, I'm like, I wish I could
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be gone longer. And see, for me, back in the
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day when life was easier, I used to go away
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for months at a time. I used to travel a lot.
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And I recognized that then That kept me fresh. That
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kept me fresh. Can we go and say, Tom, I
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was home. I could handle things better because I had
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been somewhere else and other things and, you know, now
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I'm ready to be. So for me, being like landlocked,
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stuck in the place for so long, that's not, you know,
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So that's kind of a funny thing. So when they
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say like, okay, bye, love you too. Because everyone counts
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on me. Everyone, I am, in my life, I am
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the one. I have the role. I come in and
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I'm the funny one. I'm the friendly one. I'm the
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calming one. You know, I know what my role is.
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I know folks are missing that. You take that person out,
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they miss it. They're like, where did it go? So
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I get that part. I get it. But for me,
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I have to chuckle. I'm like, I wish I'd be
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gone in a couple of months. But then I would
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start to miss the people. Oh, yeah, I would miss things.
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Like my garden. I love my garden. I don't miss
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it right now. I mean, I'm in lots of, I'm
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in trees. I am learning so much. about subjects that
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I would never, ever come in contact with. I am
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talking to people who by appearance and in some ways
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are very different than I am. We're finding common ground
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and we're actually finding friendship and we're finding allyship or
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we're finding, what's the other word? I had a moment
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with Doug's son, Drew, yesterday. It was homecoming. And I
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was telling them, I go, you know, I didn't have sons.
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I had daughters. And I, you know, I, I know
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it's like to hit, I know it's like to get
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them ready for events. I know I'm a total girl, dad.
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I know that stuff. And also my nieces, granddaughters. I just,
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I'm just so tuned into the ladies. But the guys,
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I don't have that much experience with in terms of
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things like this. And the parents were gone. He was
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getting ready for homecoming. And he's 17, bigger and taller
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than I am. Nice kid. He was like, James, can
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you tie my tie for me? And it was funny
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because I bought the tie for him, first of all,
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as a present. And he was really appreciative of that.
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I mean, just really nice kids. And then I was like, oh,
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my God. This must be what it's like. Because my
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own father wasn't there for me. And my homecoming and
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all that stuff. So I was like, oh, my God.
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I got a little teary-eyed. I was like, oh, my God. Oh,
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my God. I was like, oh, my God. Yes, I'll
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do it for you. I had to keep it together.
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And I was asked, how are you doing? And I
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was definitely kind of, you know, how are your hands?
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You know. And I tied a tie for him, put
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it on for him, took a picture for his parents.
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I just was like, I just felt like, wow, I
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get to have another new experience that I've never had before.
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I went fishing for the first time with my friend
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RJ and I had a really fun time now. And
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it's another new experience I never had before. I'm going
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to have another new experience this week later. Stay tuned
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for that other video. I'm excited about I've been eating
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foods I've never had before that are to this region.
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I'm seeing places I've never seen before. Meeting people I've
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never met before. It has just been such a... One
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makes the most. Yes, at the same time, because it's
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still going on at the same time, I'm still doing
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my shows, interviewing people. I'm still handling things in Los Angeles.
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You know, all that stuff. It is, it has been. Now,
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I want to tell you guys, so if you follow
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me on social media, a lot of pictures and some
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videos are all, I recorded them and did them at
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a certain time. And they're going to be coming out later. So,
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you'll be seeing stuff I'm not, chances are I will
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not be in that same spot anymore. I'm It's just
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that the Wi-Fi here is atrocious. So I have to,
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if I get Wi-Fi so it's good, then I try
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to hurry up and do something. So there are a
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lot of videos and pictures coming out weeks after the
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actual thing took place. So just keep that in mind
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that everything is actually timely. That's why I was like,
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you're still in Chicago. I'm not in Chicago. It's just
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that I was there. I'm just tagging Chicago. I'm tagging
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my friend. I guess like, like, like that's just, I'm
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just sometimes just posting things now. Cause I feel like
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people want to see what I'm doing. I'm not there.
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I'm not there anymore, but you know, who cares? It's like, just,
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I'm just, I want to post stuff. I want to
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tag people and post their stuff. That's all. That's all
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that is. So, um, you see some stuff online or
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see some of these videos. I may have done it
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a while back and then now it's coming out. Does
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that make sense? also I'll tell you guys it's early
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folks let me get some more coffee I love this
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mug by the way what's funny is this is a
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Starbucks because I'm drinking Dunkin Donuts coffee I'm glad this
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time period this time I brought my office with me Basically,
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it's been wonderful. I have my real computer here and
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having my stuff with me. And then, of course, after this,
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I'm going to, I'm going to be going to Vancouver,
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British Columbia. I'm going to be there for the Hardee's
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family reunion 10-year anniversary. I got ready for that. I
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had to buy some clothes because it wasn't going to
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be very different there than here. And I'm like, I
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don't have a jacket. I don't have pants. So I'm
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finding stuff online and getting it in I found some
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really good stuff online, actually. You know, me and Amazon.
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And yes, I've gone to the Walmart. I got a
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few things. I will admit this. Okay, so Walmart is
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not my favorite place in the world. But I will
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tell you, they have this brand called George. I don't
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know if it's just their brand or whatever. It does,
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if the clothes look good on me. For us big girls.
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You know, big boys. It looks good for us. So
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I like their shirts. And, um, I like their collared shirts.
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I like their t-shirts. These fit really, they're really sturdy
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and they fit really nice. So I can't complain that much.
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And the prices are amazing. They're not expensive at all.
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I don't think they're discontinuing the brand of their bodies,
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but I've been buying them wherever I go and buying
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them up. Because I don't have clothes, you guys. I
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don't have clothes. It's just the weirdest thing. Because I
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guess I stopped going out places. I just didn't, I
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stopped buying clothes. I wear the same things every day,
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all the time. I just wear the same 10 things
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and rotate them out. And I occasionally go out. And
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even with that, it's the same, like, two or three things.
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So I have committed to building my wardrobe because I've
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been getting out more. Even in LA, I've been getting
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out more. So we got to do that. Mosquitoes are
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eating me alive, but not as bad as they could be.
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Some of the days are like, wow, but they're not
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as bad. I get some, I'm getting some heat, so
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I'm not torn apart in pain. Thank God. Thank you, God.
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So I'm here for another week and a half or so,
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and then I go to Vancouver, and then I go home.
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And that's the thing. California, like, all my problems are
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in California. Oh, my God. Yeah. That's where I go.
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I don't want to go back to California. I have
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to go back. I have to go back. Because the
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one thing I do... Appreciate is all my clients My
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other world my so this is my media stuff. I'm
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doing being great and out a lot of stuff, but
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then I have my Coaching clients Am I organizing clients
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I love them and that's where I makes my mom
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makes my money So I'm hooking on getting stuff ready
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for them Doing that And I said, I'll be excited.
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I'm getting that all set up. I have some clients
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waiting for me. I'm ready to do that. Make some
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good money. And I've got to get to one person
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on my back. I've got one person I think. If
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I say let's come back, I might come back. Yes.
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I'm excited about that. So that's one thing I'm excited about.
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When I get back, I have that. I have a
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couple of things lined up. Then it's back to my
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other stuff I have to do, but I will focus
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on that later. This video, I'm going to focus on
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that stuff. Just know, and hopefully my clients are watching
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this in LA, I am excited to see you guys
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again and get back to work. So I'm telling you folks,
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as an organizer, seeing their faces whenever I do any
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project for them, their smiles are bigger than life. I'm
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all in. But then it goes back to here. I'm
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actually making real friends here. And, um, and I, and,
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and it's going to be hard. It's going to be
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hard to leave them. And Doug's going to be leaving
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two days before me, a day before me. He has
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to go. He has a job and has to leave.
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So we say goodbye to each other a little prematurely
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before I leave. Um, and, you know, But I'm going
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to talk about that right now. I've got a week
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and a half of that. I'm going to talk about
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it right now. I think stay my positive state. Mentally,
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James R. Jr. is doing really good right now. And
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I don't know how long it's going to last. No
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one's going to have him when I get back home
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to L.A. But I'll tell you, I will not forget
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this feeling over the last month or so. It's been wonderful.
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Talk to you guys later.