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WOMEN OVER 50: LETTING GO OF WHAT DOESN’T SERVE YOU IN THE NEW YEAR · Uncluttered and Unfiltered: The Podcast For Women Over 50

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  Welcome to Uncluttered and Unfiltered, the podcast urging
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  you to let it go and don't look back, with nationally acclaimed
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  professional organizer Christine Stone and self-proclaimed Hot
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  Damn Mess radio and TV personality Eden Kendall.
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  Welcome everyone to Uncluttered. And unfiltered and happy.
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  Happy New Year. Happy.
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  New Year to you. We are going to talk about the
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  new year and all of the different ways people approach a
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  brand new shiny year. But first we want to do a little
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  bit of a history of just the past few weeks.
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  Now we did have an episode last week, but it was one we recorded
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  a few weeks back and it was the meal prep.
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  Episode yeah, I love that still male prepping by the way, just
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  so you know. Oh.
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  So in the last few weeks you haven't stopped?
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  No, no, no, no good. And I love.
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  It some great tips from. Into the sweet potato thing now.
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  Oh, I forgot to tell you. So in that episode you spoke
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  about. Weetabix.
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  The Weetabix girl and also the the shoving the cheese into the
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  sweet potato. Yeah, well, we tried that on TV
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  on River City. Line and.
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  Well, I didn't use. The rice cheese.
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  Because it didn't melt. Oh yeah, you have to use a
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  certain kind of cheese. According to her, it.
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  Was still delicious. Really.
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  I always done the cheese part, but I've done every other recipe
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  you can think of with sweet potatoes, like where you can put
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  meat ground beef in them and then put all your seasonings and
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  everything. So I've been on a sweet potato
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  cake and a Weetabix. I'm still doing that and I love
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  it. So funny.
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  Love, love, love. Back to the episode prior to
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  this one, if you're concerned about Weetabix or Sweet Potato
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  and not having all of that information, so.
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  OK, so also since we last recorded, we went to the Sean
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  Cassidy concert. Yes, it was a lot of.
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  Fun. Oh my gosh, I have to tell you,
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  it was so much fun and he was so good.
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  I mean, I know you guys are gonna laugh.
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  He's not even my teen idol guy. I thought he was fabulous.
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  I was so pleasantly surprised. I was blown away first of all by
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  the quality of his. Singing eyes.
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  He has a Broadway quality. Amazing voice.
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  Piano everything bass guitar I did not know any of.
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  This, I knew none of that. So when I say you're pleasantly
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  surprised, I mean. And then when he played the song
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  from the music, man, I just, yeah, I loved it.
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  I really, really loved it. He told great stories.
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  It was very touching, it was very funny.
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  And then we were very privileged afterward to be this was what
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  blew, blew my mind. And I, I don't like when people
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  name drop. And I certainly, I know this was
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  a privilege that we had and I, we're just very grateful for it.
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  But it wasn't even a meet and greet.
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  They just said stay after the show and we'll bring you
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  backstage, to which I thought we were going to be put in a line
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  of. People right?
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  Me too, and. Have a minute with him.
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  Yeah. Oh no, we were invited into his.
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  Dressing room, hey. Would you like something to
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  drink? I see he was great.
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  He was so nice. He was so nice.
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  I I love when someone that you know nothing about you expect
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  nothing, just amazes you. Just I can't say enough nice
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  things about him and I really knew not much other than the do
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  run run song. But I mean, he I'm a fan now.
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  I really really really really like.
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  I'm a fan of him as a human. Yes, a fan of him as a
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  performer. And also one of the things he
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  said in the show was that people critics used to all the all of
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  the time report that he was, quote, surprisingly good.
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  And I thought that was so funny that he would say that because
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  it was literally my reaction after seeing him.
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  Wow, he was, surprisingly. Good, right?
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  I mean really good. And it was also a lot.
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  Of and he's funny. Very funny it.
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  Was so. Funny to see some of the ladies
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  and how they dressed. There were large groups of women
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  wearing really cute outfits that they'd had made.
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  Yep, that supported him. So it was great.
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  So that was a lot of fun. And it's always fun when we get
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  a chance to do things, do something social together too.
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  Because let's just face it, we're fun.
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  We are fun together. Everywhere we go, we're fun.
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  We're fun. We were at a football game this.
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  Week. Oh, that was fun too.
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  That was fun. So much fun.
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  The Jaguars are the team that we support because we record here
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  in North Florida and we love. Our Jags.
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  Yes. And we would love to, to just,
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  we're going to just put it out there into the universe and
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  listen, if it isn't the case, you can't fault us for hoping
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  that. We go to the Super Bowl, go
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  Jags. That's what we would like to put
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  out there, yes. All right.
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  So having said that, let's talk about the shiny new year.
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  Yes, there are a lot of different things that people do
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  when they start getting ready for a new year.
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  Some, you know, New Year's resolutions, I think those tend
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  to kind of be more of a thing of the past.
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  Because there are too many. Statistics that come out to tell
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  us why they don't work. And so I think we're just being
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  hit over the head with 90% of Americans abandoned their New
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  Year's resolution by January 13th or what have you.
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  So we've had it drilled in our head that that's not the right
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  way to be, but there are other forms of kind of creating a new
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  you in the new year, right? So let's talk about one of them,
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  which is leaving things behind. Instead of looking into the new
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  year with this is what I want to give up or this is what I want
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  to start doing. You're talking about things that
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  didn't serve you in this past year and leaving it behind.
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  So have you put some thought into this?
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  I really didn't. This is the one I had a really
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  hard time with. Why?
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  Because this past year in 2025, I really can't think of anything
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  that I'd be like, God, I can't wait for this year to be over
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  with. You know what I mean?
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  Like health was good, knock on wood, you know, just everything
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  was this year was very non drama filled, which is kind of rare
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  when you especially when you have kids and grandkids anyway.
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  So the only thing I could think of and you're going to laugh at
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  this is that I'm done saying I'm going to cut bangs.
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  I say it. I say it almost monthly.
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  I'm going to cut bangs. I'm going to cut bangs.
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  I want bangs. I need bangs, bangs this, bangs
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  that. My hairdresser thinks I'm a riot
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  because all I do is I'm going to cut bangs.
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  Long bangs, sideswipe bangs, shorter bangs.
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  I don't know. And I never do ever.
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  Ever. Ever.
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  Never. So I'm not going to talk about
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  bangs anymore. And if I do do it, I'm just
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  going to do it and not talk about it.
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  Well, funny enough and a while back I ordered it like a little
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  cheapy version from Amazon that I sent right back, but I just
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  ordered and it's supposed to arrive.
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  Tomorrow. Oh, really?
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  And I'm bringing it to my hair stylist, A Topper.
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  It's like a semi wig kind of thing.
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  And it has some bangs that you can put on top basically.
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  So if you have your roots are growing in, it looks like a.
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  Fake part. And it's like a wig, almost.
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  And I ordered it to do a segment for the TV show that that we
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  host. But I thought if it's something
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  that is nice to have, I love it for when the the Gray roots
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  start showing up and also just so I can play around with some
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  bangs. So I will show you that.
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  And if it it's work, I can't imagine you ever using any kind
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  of weight of any sort but. No, I don't.
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  Know see if it looks good like you can use it to see if you
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  like the bangs. I you know what I think bangs
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  are good. As you get older one hides
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  wrinkles. Just saying.
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  Yes. And also if you have the right
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  face frame, it could actually really make you look younger.
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  I don't know. I mean, you know, bangs.
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  Don't work for me because of the texture of my hair.
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  I have such WAVY weird hair. I bangs definitely don't, yeah.
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  So I can't. I've tried to bangs and it just
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  never ever goes how I want. And then you end up Bobby
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  pinning them until they grow out on each side.
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  That's why I and my kids sent a picture the other day of when I
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  was younger and had bangs and I said the next time I want to cut
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  bangs can you send resend this picture?
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  So my guess is it wasn't. Flattering.
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  No, it wasn't flattering at all. So, all right, so you're leaving
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  that behind in the in the. Yeah, other than that, I mean,
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  and I thought about this for days.
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  I just couldn't think of anything else that I wanted to
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  leave behind that was so bad that I just don't want to ever
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  revisit that again. Maybe it's because when you hit
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  my age at 63, you already say no to things you don't want to do.
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  So you don't feel like, oh, I'm not going to do this anymore
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  because I really didn't like doing.
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  Because you're past that point, right?
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  Well, it's funny you say that because I was going to say that
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  the two that I came up with, I think you've already left them
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  in the past. Let me hear that.
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  So one of them is letting people push my buttons, mostly my I'm
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  talking about mostly my kids, mostly my son.
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  And he just can push my buttons and he can say something that I
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  will take so seriously. And he's just, and my husband
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  will say he's just messing with you.
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  He's just trying to push your buttons.
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  So no longer am I letting. That's good though.
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  Anyone in my family? Yeah, I think that's good
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  though, because they're. A big we we make fun of each
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  other, right? Yeah.
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  And I tend to. I've noticed that with
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  menopause, I have become more sensitive.
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  And so I about it and I get upset about it.
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  And so that is going to stop. And the other thing is, and
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  whenever I talk about this, people seem a little bit
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  surprised. But I am such a critic of
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  myself, you know, whether it's I look at a picture of myself and
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  I'm disgusted or I hear my own voice and I hate it or I'm just
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  beating myself up all of the time and I plan to leave that
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  behind. Doesn't serve me it.
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  OK, I didn't put that one down because I don't think I can
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  leave that behind yet. It's hard to do.
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  It is very it's. Hard to do.
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  I think also social media is is not because of comparisons,
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  giving and friendly when it comes to that.
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  If you can let that go, let me know and let me know how you did
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  it. Yeah, because that's a tough
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  one. Well, what?
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  Among the different articles I've read or videos I've watched
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  towards that goal, yeah, one thing is you have to treat
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  yourself like it's another person speaking like you almost
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  have to name that part of your brain like Ethel.
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  So when Ethel start, excuse me, when Ethel starts to say you,
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  you sound like a frog when you talk or you, you your hair is
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  always frizzy or you know, why can't you pull off that outfit?
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  I have to say, be quiet, Ethel. You know you have to.
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  Tell that part of you, I love this.
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  It's like a separate entity almost like if you've heard of
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  people naming their tumor yes. So you're just, you just name
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  it. It's just a.
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  Name. Oh, I love that.
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  And I'm. Going to try it.
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  I'm going to try that too now that you just said.
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  That so mine's Ethel we'll have to give you.
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  Your Yeah, we have to give a really good.
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  Thing sorry Ethel's if you are listening that you're not ugly
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  the the name. I want to associate that name
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  with something that's unpleasant.
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  I love that, I really do. OK, OK.
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  What was your other one? My that was the.
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  Episode Oh yeah OK cuz you had not.
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  Not getting my buttons switched and not tearing myself apart.
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  Yeah, regularly. So that there's that.
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  So, OK, so that that's the whole premise of leaving something.
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  Behind. It is a great idea on New Year's
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  is a great idea year round. If there's something that is a
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  behavior that's not serving you a relationship, you can leave a
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  relationship behind. Yeah, you can block someone's
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  number. Are you superstitious about New
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  Year's? I didn't do laundry on New
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  Year's. So I Why?
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  What's that mean? Wait, I'm not.
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  Supposed to do laundry on New Year's Day.
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  Because it. Washes away good fortune.
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  Fortune. OK, well, that'll be another
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  thing I have to do. Yeah, but.
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  What else? Well, so for me, and this is
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  honest to God, his spring true. If you have a terrible New
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  Year's Eve, it sets the whole year.
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  So if you don't, if, if you're not having fun, say, or there's
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  drama going around you or whatever it is, it sets the tone
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  for your whole entire year. So the past, I would say like 5
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  years, we've stayed home or we've just gone out to dinner
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  and then come home. And I swear it's worked because
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  when we were younger, younger, like in our 40s, you like how I
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  say 40s. Yeah, the young.
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  The little young people, I think you know you, you're with groups
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  of people and there's always some sort of drama going on or
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  someone drinks too much or whatever it may be.
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  It just seemed like it set the tone for the whole entire year.
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  And now that we don't really go out on New Year's Eve, it's
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  really been, first of all, you're so refreshed when you
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  wake up on New Year's Day and ready to take on the year.
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  So that's just been one of my superstitions kind.
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  Of I like that I actually was very.
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  I don't know what made me do it because I haven't done this in
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  years past, but I was insistent because Steve was upstairs and I
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  was downstairs and I'm not even always awake by midnight on New
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  Year's Eve, but I was and I was insistent that he come
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  downstairs and kiss me at midnight.
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  I just felt like it was for some reason that felt so important
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  to. Me, that is important though.
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  I love that. I was sleeping though so we
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  couldn't do that but. Then again, I want to be asleep
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  by midnight. I just set the tone for the
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  year. Right.
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  Exactly. Stay up.
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  To midnight. So I don't know, but but yeah,
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  so. So that's the only superstition.
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  And I really, if I had to do laundry, I would have done it.
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  I just decided. Well, I like that.
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  Now, I'm not gonna do laundry on New Year's Day.
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  I don't want to wash anything away.
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  Came up on one of my social. Media I love that I.
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  Don't want to tempt fate. I really don't.
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  OK, so that's the whole Leaving something in the past
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  Another thing people do is they pick a word for the year and
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  they look towards that word to be their driving force or to be
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  a goal that they aspire to be. So what did you Did you study a
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  word? For your year, Well, I did
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  because you asked me, right? So I normally wouldn't have done
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  that. So I like that too.
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  I picked Friends and the reason why I picked that is because of
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  you. And that's why I'm going to
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  relate back to the Sean Cassidy. So it was December, my husband
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  was out of town, which by the way, any of you ladies out there
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  know when your husband goes out of town, you're like, OK, good,
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  I don't have to cook. I didn't you know, blah, blah,
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  blah, blah, blah. You have.
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  A lot of freedom. So he was out of town and Sean
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  Cassidy didn't start till 8:00. Which, ladies, if you listen to
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  us, you know that's like way past my bedtime.
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  As well be 1. AM right, it means so I'm like,
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  yeah, and it's 8:00 so I really had to do my thing to go and I'm
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  like dragging my feet going should I have even committed to
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  this blah, blah, blah. But then I thought, no, she went
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  to Donny Osmond for me. I'm going to Sean Cassidy for
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  her and I'm going to be that person.
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  I'm going to put bells on. So I had to have a cup of coffee
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  to stay up. I immediately started the fun
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  just by getting in my Uber because I thought the traffic
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  was for Sean Cassidy. I told you this.
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  And the lady goes, no, honey, I'm sorry.
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  It's for something else. I don't think people would be
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  waiting in this trap. And I'm was like, uh oh.
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  And the minute I saw your face standing in line, I thought,
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  this is so good. I'm so glad I went then.
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  We had so much fun. Everything made us laugh so
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  hard. Yes.
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  And I thought, you know what? And I was so glad it was in
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  December because I'm like January is going to be my start
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  of going out more. And so you saw me at the Jaguar
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  game on Sunday, which by the way, I never go, but they were
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  winning. So I have to support my team and
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  so it just started this whole thing.
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  So now my big thing for this year is hanging out more and
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  getting out of my house and doing things because once I'm
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  there, I have a good time. That is tremendous and let me
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  tell you, I'm wanting to see if I even wrote it down to prove
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  this. Mine was family.
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  My word is family, which is friends and family.
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  I love that for the very same type of reason and that is to
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  make sure that I am putting time with friends and family.
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  That's so funny. As a as a priority.
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  So for example, I that day on the way to the Jaguar game on
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  Sunday, I had Chloe and her boyfriend, my daughter and her
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  boyfriend in the car. So we faced timed my mother
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  because I just we hadn't done that in a while.
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  And then I have a FaceTime set up for tomorrow night with two
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  of my old high school. Friends, I love that.
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  So I'm being very intentional. My family want to make sure that
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  my friends and my extended family hear from me more often.
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  That's so good. And that I know what they're up
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  to and that I can support them. And people are so forgiving in
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  this day and age, especially with social media, because you
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  kind of feel like you see people.
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  Right. All the time, even though, yeah.
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  So people are more forgiving of it.
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  So I haven't really had anyone say to me like I never see you,
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  but I know that they're friends. I have one friend that I know
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  listens to our podcast regularly, and I can't think of
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  the last time I laid eyes on her.
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  And that's got to change. Yes, you know, that's got to
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  change. I just FaceTime with one of my
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  best friends since 7th grade yesterday, yeah.
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  It's just something you, yeah, you have to make the time to do.
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  And I'm not saying you have to do it, but if your intention is
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  to, then you have to. So I have it as a recurring
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  thing on my calendar. Every Friday it will come up and
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  say Framley, and that's going to remind me that I should think of
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  someone that I haven't seen in too long and either shoot them a
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  text or make a plan or make a phone call, God forbid, you
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  know, that kind of thing. So that so that's my word for
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  the year. Other people have things like
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  the word balance or boundaries. Those are the people who are.
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  Always. Yeah, I already have boundaries.
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  Though so, so it just it can be, it can be cooking could be a
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  word for the year you want to put more meals on the table for
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  your family, less cooking. So it can be, you know,
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  restaurants. Right, you.
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  I like that, though, when you said that, I mean, and that the
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  word that just kept coming up over and over is friends.
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  Yeah. So it's weird once you get that
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  in your brain, like, what's the one word it?
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  You can't stop thinking about it, almost.
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  So anyway, thanks for getting me out of my house and taking me
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  that. You're welcome.
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  It's so much. Fun.
• 19:45
  So the other way people approach a new year, and this was in a
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  book I just recently read and that's where I got it, is you
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  picture yourself one year from today, you almost have to close
• 19:57
  your eyes and say, what is it that I will be feeling,
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  experiencing, doing, seeing? Just plop yourself into a day a
• 20:06
  year in the future. Then the next step is you have
• 20:09
  to back away from that and think, what do I need to do
• 20:13
  between now and then so that that can be a reality?
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  Because yes, I would love to picture myself doing XYZ, but
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  it's not going to organically happen, right?
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  Well, it's unlikely. Right.
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  So did you try this? Yes.
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  And I came up with two things. OK.
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  So a year from now, and I'm glad we're it's being recorded
• 20:36
  because that's something, Yeah, that's important.
• 20:38
  So we can go back and you should.
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  Write this down if you're doing. This at home, the first thing
• 20:43
  was health. Health.
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  Because if I can be as healthy as I am today a year from now,
• 20:50
  then I really have nothing more to ask for.
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  Because as you get older, you realize you can't buy your
• 20:56
  health. You can't.
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  You know you can do preventative healthcare, but it's just when
• 21:02
  you're feeling healthy, you just have to be grateful.
• 21:04
  Well, they say you can have a million problems until you're
• 21:07
  I'll. And then one exactly, you only
• 21:10
  have one issue. And for example, this morning
• 21:14
  when you had someone on who had breast cancer or male on our TV
• 21:19
  show, Yeah, on your TV show, I immediately like in my brain
• 21:23
  thought, you know, anything you thought in the morning before I
• 21:27
  heard that became like, I mean, that's real, that's important,
• 21:32
  that's serious, you know what I mean?
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  So I think you have to keep reminding yourself if you have
• 21:37
  good health, you really have everything.
• 21:39
  So if I can be as healthy a year from now, I'll be very happy.
• 21:43
  That's a, that's a really, really solid, yeah.
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  That's all I could think of because that's so important.
• 21:49
  So then you have to think, OK, what will I be doing?
• 21:52
  Well, I will go to all of the appointments.
• 21:53
  And you know. Our pain in the.
• 21:54
  Neck, yes. I will continue to try to eat
• 21:57
  right, yes, get some movement, get some good sleep, right.
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  Obviously there are some things that are beyond our control,
• 22:02
  right, Depending on how you feel about this.
• 22:05
  I personally went and got a flu shot.
• 22:07
  I mean, I just, you know, everybody has a different.
• 22:09
  We're not here to. Yeah.
• 22:11
  You do you, right? But if that if your own health
• 22:15
  is an aspiration, then certainly you.
• 22:18
  Taking care of yourself. Yeah, yeah.
• 22:21
  And not putting off what you need to be doing today if you do
• 22:25
  suspect anything or feel a certain way, you know?
• 22:29
  So yeah, that's. Yeah, mammograms.
• 22:31
  Everything. All of it, OK.
• 22:33
  And you said you had two. Well, the other one is I hope by
• 22:36
  this time next year we double our listening audience.
• 22:40
  OK, I love this because you can help.
• 22:44
  Because everyone listening can help, because in order for us
• 22:48
  this is pretty basic math. If everyone listening would tell
• 22:52
  one friend that would double our numbers.
• 22:54
  Now we have some pretty impressive.
• 22:56
  Numbers. We're really happy with it, but
• 22:59
  we all along have just wanted to reach more.
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  Peace. Not for selfish reasons, we are
• 23:04
  not. You know, we might occasionally
• 23:08
  ask you to share something on social media or whatever, but we
• 23:12
  don't hammer you with please leave a review.
• 23:14
  Right, right. It does indeed help, Believe it
• 23:16
  or not, it helps. There's an algorithm out there.
• 23:20
  Things that are more popular rise to the top.
• 23:22
  It's it's a vicious cycle. But I too want to see.
• 23:28
  That would be great. That's double in numbers.
• 23:30
  I think that would be great. I mean, I think that there is
• 23:34
  some work that we would have to do on our.
• 23:36
  End that. Happened.
• 23:37
  I don't think I know, but really, if everybody listening
• 23:41
  told one friend. Of course that's simple math.
• 23:44
  I'm kidding when I say it's, but it's true.
• 23:47
  I mean, so please don't hesitate.
• 23:49
  I mean that it means a lot to us.
• 23:51
  It really does. We don't sit.
• 23:53
  We don't live and die by the numbers.
• 23:54
  I don't even think you've ever asked.
• 23:57
  She's like, how many downloads? I mean like that you're my my
• 24:01
  techie guru. I don't know any of that.
• 24:04
  Something that tells you how, but anyway, so OK, so that
• 24:10
  that's good. So that's now I, I know we had
• 24:13
  said we wanted to do something about organization at least a
• 24:16
  little bit in every episode. So I have a little story for you
• 24:20
  to get your tape. And I, I told you this one
• 24:23
  already on the phone, but it's something I came across called,
• 24:27
  it's a trend called a house purse.
• 24:29
  Oh, yes, yes. Yes.
• 24:31
  So a house purse evidently is like a tote bag or a purse that
• 24:35
  one takes from room to room in their own house.
• 24:37
  So your readers, your, I don't know, remotes, if you have
• 24:41
  multiple remotes for TV's, I don't have to.
• 24:43
  I don't know how to use a single remote in my house.
• 24:45
  And I'm the techie and this, this duo here.
• 24:48
  But you know, your readers, your phone, anything you might need
• 24:51
  from one room to another, maybe your Stanley Cup, you know,
• 24:54
  whatever you take it from room to room in a purse.
• 24:56
  And this wasn't necessarily something that is trending among
• 24:59
  a certain age. It's just.
• 25:00
  Homebodies, So what are your thoughts on the House purse?
• 25:04
  Well, so it's funny when you told me that I could so see you
• 25:08
  doing that. Yeah, I think that would be so
• 25:10
  helpful for you. Yeah.
• 25:12
  Although I even think you might lose the house purse, but I I
• 25:17
  definitely can see you at least trying it.
• 25:19
  I don't know if it would last, but I think I could see.
• 25:23
  I would hate that. You would not like.
• 25:25
  It and that's why me and you are so good because there's.
• 25:28
  Where where I would. You OK?
• 25:30
  So as an organized person, yes, every room has everything I
• 25:35
  need. So I don't have to go from room
• 25:38
  to room to room to grab what I need.
• 25:41
  Like in my bedroom, I have all my glasses, my eye drops, OK,
• 25:47
  for instance. Then in the kitchen junk drawer
• 25:50
  I have glasses and eye drops. You know what I mean?
• 25:54
  So anything that I need? Anything you would need.
• 25:58
  Anything I have it so I don't have to go.
• 26:02
  Oh, my God, now I have to go in there.
• 26:04
  Now I have to go in there. I mean, yes.
• 26:06
  Do I forget my phone sometimes in the kitchen and then I'm in
• 26:08
  my bedroom and I have but I mean, you know, now that I have
• 26:12
  hey, Siri, where's my phone? That's not even a problem
• 26:15
  anymore. So.
• 26:17
  Yeah. So I I really would never use
• 26:21
  that. And it to me, to me, it would
• 26:24
  almost be more clutter. Like is it sitting on the floor
• 26:27
  all the time? It, you know, if I saw it
• 26:30
  sitting next to the living room chair would bug me, you know
• 26:34
  what I mean? So for me, I like things up off
• 26:37
  the floor, so I wouldn't be into that so much now I.
• 26:42
  Did do something that's along the same vein and that is for
• 26:49
  Christmas I received a Hulkin bag which is on your list of
• 26:52
  things that you like and it is the rolling Big giant bag and
• 26:57
  that's almost like my home to office.
• 26:59
  Purse love it because in it. I have a backpack full of
• 27:03
  workout clothes, like not a big giant backpack, just a little 1.
• 27:07
  And I keep my camera supplies for when I'm going out, doing
• 27:11
  reporting kind of shoots. I keep my makeup bag in there.
• 27:16
  So because what I was doing was finding that even though I have
• 27:20
  a separate set of makeup at home, I was finding that maybe I
• 27:22
  would want something on the weekend that I kept here.
• 27:24
  So now it goes back and forth with.
• 27:26
  Me and isn't it easy with wheels?
• 27:28
  With wheels it's so easy. Funny story though about that.
• 27:31
  My husband originally bought me the large one for Christmas and
• 27:36
  because they didn't think it was that big of a difference and I
• 27:38
  was like I'm going to look insanely walking into work every
• 27:41
  day with this giant 1. So I've got the medium one, but
• 27:45
  instead of returning the large one I still have it and I
• 27:47
  thought. It's great for travel.
• 27:49
  It's always good. I have both so I use them both
• 27:52
  and they're you'll have it forever.
• 27:54
  They're such good quality. Yeah, I love it.
• 27:57
  So thank you for that, for turning me on to that.
• 27:59
  All right, so anyway, happy New Year, everyone.
• 28:02
  Whether you decide you're going to leave something in the past,
• 28:04
  whether you're going to create a word, whether you're going to do
• 28:07
  all of it, we'll put something up on our ladies only page.
• 28:10
  It's a private group on Facebook just for everybody who listens,
• 28:14
  and we would love for you to join.
• 28:16
  We've got links in our show notes to all kinds of stuff,
• 28:19
  including that. And you know, we want to double
• 28:22
  the numbers as we mentioned. So please share us with one
• 28:24
  friend and if you can leave a review, thumbs up.
• 28:27
  All that kind of stuff does indeed help.
• 28:28
  So all the negativity, all the things that aren't serving you,
• 28:32
  you're going to leave those behind.
• 28:33
  You're going to let it go. And don't look back.