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- 0:00Speaker 1: Hello, my name's Santasha Nabananga Bamblet. I'm a proud yr
- 0:04Speaker 1: the Order Kerni Whalbury and a waddery woman. And before
- 0:08Speaker 1: we get started on She's on the Money podcast, I
- 0:11Speaker 1: would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land
- 0:14Speaker 1: of which this podcast is recorded on a wondery country,
- 0:18Speaker 1: acknowledging the elders, the ancestors and the next generation coming
- 0:22Speaker 1: through as this podcast is about connecting, empowering, knowledge sharing
- 0:27Speaker 1: and the storytelling of you to make a difference for
- 0:30Speaker 1: today and lasting impact for tomorrow.
- 0:33Speaker 2: Let's get into it.
- 0:34Speaker 3: She's on the Money, She's on the Money.
- 1:00Speaker 4: Hello, and welcome to Sheets on the Money, the podcast
- 1:03Speaker 4: millennials who want financial freedom with me today. I have
- 1:07Speaker 4: a lady who knows just how much I love Christmas,
- 1:10Speaker 4: Victoria Devine.
- 1:11Speaker 2: Hello, Yes, you are basically a Christmas Elf. And to
- 1:14Speaker 2: be honest, when I saw that movie, is it Buddy
- 1:17Speaker 2: the Elf?
- 1:17Speaker 4: Yeah?
- 1:18Speaker 2: Yeah, I was like, wow, this is yes, I am
- 1:21Speaker 2: one hundred perform. Well, we can't be so excited though,
- 1:24Speaker 2: because today's Christmas episode is not as fluffy as you
- 1:28Speaker 2: guys have come to expect from us. No, definitely not.
- 1:31Speaker 4: Christmas is one of the most stressful times of year
- 1:34Speaker 4: on all fronts, and we've had a lot of people
- 1:36Speaker 4: reaching out and asking how they can balance their regular
- 1:38Speaker 4: savings goals with the spirit of the season and all
- 1:41Speaker 4: of the pressure that they're feeling as a result of that,
- 1:44Speaker 4: and it's quite possibly one of the hardest things to
- 1:46Speaker 4: manage at Christmas time. We want it to be special,
- 1:48Speaker 4: we want to show people how much we love them
- 1:50Speaker 4: and how important they are to us. But at the
- 1:52Speaker 4: same time, there's kind of this deadline thing at the
- 1:55Speaker 4: end of the year. A lot of stuff is due,
- 1:56Speaker 4: a lot of repayments. It seems like all of a sudden,
- 2:00Speaker 4: life is just a real money pit, and I think
- 2:02Speaker 4: that that really adds to that feeling of pressure that
- 2:05Speaker 4: people experience. Can we cancel that, you know, the thing
- 2:08Speaker 4: where people will be like, oh my gosh, yes, it's
- 2:09Speaker 4: coming towards the end of the year, we should catch up. Yeah,
- 2:13Speaker 4: and then everybody wants to get drinks with you in December,
- 2:16Speaker 4: and I'm like, babe, I'll be here in January, yeah, April, May,
- 2:20Speaker 4: all of those other months that we didn't catch up.
- 2:22Speaker 4: Why now, Yeah, absolutely, it's all at once and it's
- 2:26Speaker 4: really lovely that people want to spend time with you,
- 2:28Speaker 4: but at the same time it can be very anxiety
- 2:31Speaker 4: inducing I think for a lot of people.
- 2:32Speaker 2: Yeah, and I guess this episode has actually come from
- 2:35Speaker 2: me having a few chats with a few friends coming
- 2:37Speaker 2: up to the silly season where they're like, oh Christmas,
- 2:40Speaker 2: I get so anxious and I was like, what about
- 2:42Speaker 2: And it's like, it's about the spending, but also the expectation,
- 2:46Speaker 2: and then kind of you know, if you're a young female,
- 2:49Speaker 2: maybe you don't have the funds to buy really fancy
- 2:52Speaker 2: presents for your parents when you really want to, but
- 2:55Speaker 2: they have the funds to kind of buy you the
- 2:57Speaker 2: fancy presence. So you just feel like there's a bit
- 3:00Speaker 2: of a power imbalance or an imbalance in what you
- 3:02Speaker 2: want to get versus what you can get. And I
- 3:04Speaker 2: just think nobody should be going through that stress because
- 3:07Speaker 2: at the end of the day, like summary of this
- 3:09Speaker 2: entire episode, it's the thought that counts. So if you
- 3:12Speaker 2: don't have much time, that is absolutely the main takeaway
- 3:15Speaker 2: from here. But last year the insurer HCF actually revealed
- 3:20Speaker 2: some research and that research said that seventy one percent
- 3:24Speaker 2: of Australians will quote bracing for a stressful Christmas. Twenty
- 3:28Speaker 2: two percent of Australians felt well pressure to spend time
- 3:31Speaker 2: with friends and family, which kind of makes sense. Nineteen
- 3:35Speaker 2: percent of Australians felt pressure to spend too much money,
- 3:39Speaker 2: and nineteen percent felt lonelier and sadder at this time
- 3:42Speaker 2: of year. That breaks my heart because as much as
- 3:45Speaker 2: I'm like, yeah, Christmas, spirit, festivity, and I'm so about it,
- 3:48Speaker 2: it makes me really sad to know that it is
- 3:51Speaker 2: a huge stress, like seventy one percent of people that
- 3:54Speaker 2: it makes more people than not that can come to
- 3:56Speaker 2: my Christmas.
- 3:57Speaker 4: Yeah, and it's a whole bunch of things that would
- 3:59Speaker 4: be the final answers. The pressure to spend time with
- 4:01Speaker 4: people or maybe feeling like you don't have people to
- 4:04Speaker 4: spend time with. It's like a big pressure cooker of anxiety.
- 4:07Speaker 2: And if you don't have the closest relationship with your family,
- 4:10Speaker 2: sometimes that just really exasperates it and makes it really obvious,
- 4:14Speaker 2: because you know, you catch up with friends that are like, oh,
- 4:17Speaker 2: I'm just going to mums for the weekend or I'm
- 4:19Speaker 2: just doing this, and like having worked in the space
- 4:22Speaker 2: where a lot of my clients have become some of
- 4:25Speaker 2: my best friends, but a lot of my clients came
- 4:28Speaker 2: to me because of an inheritance. I often come up
- 4:31Speaker 2: against this because I'll be like, oh, yeah, I'm just
- 4:33Speaker 2: going to my parents and they'll say something really kind,
- 4:35Speaker 2: like have so much fun. I wish I could do
- 4:36Speaker 2: that too, because most of those friends have lost a
- 4:39Speaker 2: parent or both their parents, And it's just this really
- 4:41Speaker 2: shitty period of time where I just want to scoop
- 4:43Speaker 2: people up and be like you can come to my Christmas,
- 4:45Speaker 2: like you can borrow my family, Like yeah, And I
- 4:48Speaker 2: think that that's, you know, the Christmas spirit in a way.
- 4:50Speaker 2: It's not about having this perfect nuclear family, like that's
- 4:54Speaker 2: the abnormal outcome these days. It's actually about sharing and
- 4:58Speaker 2: caring and anxiety. It shouldn't be a part of Christmas.
- 5:01Speaker 2: And I think that if you knew your friend was
- 5:03Speaker 2: experiencing that, you'd be like, oh, babe, like let's do
- 5:06Speaker 2: this later, or don't get presents, or reset the expectations.
- 5:09Speaker 2: And I just feel like this time of year is
- 5:12Speaker 2: not the time of year where we should, you know,
- 5:14Speaker 2: have been working towards all of our financial and life
- 5:16Speaker 2: goals to then in December throw all of that away.
- 5:19Speaker 2: Because it's festive, Like, I just don't think we should
- 5:22Speaker 2: be doing that. So on today's show, we are going
- 5:25Speaker 2: to be offering some solutions to the social and financial
- 5:27Speaker 2: anxiety that ends up creeping up on us at this
- 5:30Speaker 2: time of year to help you guys navigate the social
- 5:32Speaker 2: and financial anxiety of the festive season.
- 5:35Speaker 4: All right, let's start by talking about how we spend
- 5:37Speaker 4: at Christmas time. The I have some stats of my
- 5:40Speaker 4: own that came from a study from MiQ Australia in
- 5:43Speaker 4: twenty twenty two. Australians will increase spending, start shopping earlier
- 5:47Speaker 4: and combine online product research with bricks and more to
- 5:50Speaker 4: purchase for this festive season because everything that sounds good,
- 5:53Speaker 4: that sounds good. Christmas decorations came out at the same
- 5:56Speaker 4: time as Halloween decorations this year.
- 5:58Speaker 2: What the heck is that about. By the way, I
- 5:59Speaker 2: was walking through Camart, I just can't. I can't with
- 6:02Speaker 2: this world right now.
- 6:04Speaker 4: And it's totally because businesses a lack the longer it's out.
- 6:07Speaker 4: And you know what, I am guilty of definitely buying
- 6:10Speaker 4: some things in October. I'm not gonna lie to you.
- 6:12Speaker 2: However, Babe, you literally have to negotiate with your partner
- 6:15Speaker 2: each year about putting your tree up in August. I no,
- 6:18Speaker 2: I try. I try and bring it back a little
- 6:19Speaker 2: earlier every year. What about three extra days? What about
- 6:22Speaker 2: three extra months?
- 6:23Speaker 5: Can we just keep the tree up year round and
- 6:25Speaker 5: literally just perware Like I feel like there's a very
- 6:27Speaker 5: good argument to keeping a tree up year round.
- 6:29Speaker 4: I think you're not wrong, but it makes sense that
- 6:32Speaker 4: the first year post pandemic where we've really been able
- 6:35Speaker 4: to do Christmas, I guess the way that we normally
- 6:37Speaker 4: would and more than a third of Australians, which is
- 6:40Speaker 4: thirty four percent piece specific, that.
- 6:41Speaker 2: Was definitely more than a third.
- 6:42Speaker 4: Yep, they're expecting to spend more this holiday season compared
- 6:46Speaker 4: to twenty twenty one, despite the fact that inflation is
- 6:48Speaker 4: on the rise and interest race and cost of living
- 6:51Speaker 4: expenses are both skyrocketing as well.
- 6:53Speaker 2: Why do you think that is? Why do you think
- 6:55Speaker 2: we are trying to spend more this holiday season despite
- 6:58Speaker 2: the fact that everything is more expensive? Inflation is literally
- 7:02Speaker 2: crippling us, and I feel like everybody's mortgage is absolutely
- 7:05Speaker 2: sinking them. Like what on earth, guys? I feel like
- 7:08Speaker 2: it's a combo of two things. It's the fact that,
- 7:10Speaker 2: like I said, it's the first year that we've maybe
- 7:12Speaker 2: been able to see family and friends who are in
- 7:14Speaker 2: interstate or spend time with a large group of people.
- 7:17Speaker 2: But it's also the lipstick effect that we've spoken about before.
- 7:20Speaker 2: But that's a good point where you've had, like, maybe
- 7:22Speaker 2: not such a good year, So all of the small
- 7:25Speaker 2: things are what you're happy to blow money on because
- 7:27Speaker 2: like maybe you didn't get to get into your dream
- 7:29Speaker 2: house this year, or you didn't get to do this
- 7:31Speaker 2: big financial goal that you were working towards, so you're like,
- 7:34Speaker 2: all right, well whatever, at least I can buy a
- 7:36Speaker 2: really nice gift pack from Mecca, which I definitely will
- 7:38Speaker 2: be doing this season. Oh my gosh, we love them.
- 7:41Speaker 3: Vie.
- 7:41Speaker 4: What would you say your biggest stress point is at
- 7:43Speaker 4: Christmas time?
- 7:44Speaker 1: Oh?
- 7:44Speaker 2: What would it be?
- 7:45Speaker 1: So?
- 7:45Speaker 2: I think the biggest stress point is actually, I don't know.
- 7:48Speaker 2: I find gift giving really hard, so you would know
- 7:51Speaker 2: the gift giving is definitely one of my love languages,
- 7:54Speaker 2: funny because I don't like it back. I don't like
- 7:56Speaker 2: other people paying for me or buying things for me.
- 7:59Speaker 2: I literally get really is anxious the right word about that,
- 8:02Speaker 2: Like when you give me a gift, I immediately go,
- 8:05Speaker 2: oh my god, like, why why did you think that
- 8:06Speaker 2: I needed this? Like, thank you so much, but also
- 8:09Speaker 2: like that was really expensive. You didn't have to. It
- 8:11Speaker 2: gives me anxiety to think that I've put someone else out,
- 8:13Speaker 2: which is something I clearly need to work on because
- 8:15Speaker 2: that is not healthy. But I think it's about really
- 8:18Speaker 2: finding the perfect present at this point in the year.
- 8:20Speaker 2: And I mean, I am in such a privileged position
- 8:23Speaker 2: where Christmas for me, yeah, like we budget for it,
- 8:26Speaker 2: but like I have the budget to you know, buy
- 8:29Speaker 2: my parents some really nice gifts. But even though I
- 8:32Speaker 2: have the budget, I still really stress about it. So
- 8:34Speaker 2: just because you have the money for it doesn't make
- 8:36Speaker 2: it an easy process.
- 8:38Speaker 1: Yeah.
- 8:38Speaker 2: I think. In fact, you know, now that I have
- 8:40Speaker 2: like my big girl job, I put a lot more
- 8:43Speaker 2: pressure on myself to like get my parents really good
- 8:45Speaker 2: gifts because I love them and I adore them and
- 8:48Speaker 2: I want to show a really high level of gratitude
- 8:51Speaker 2: to them, and because gift giving is one of my
- 8:53Speaker 2: love languages. I put a lot of pressure on myself there.
- 8:56Speaker 2: But I think that that also I need to go
- 8:59Speaker 2: back and take some of my own advice because my
- 9:00Speaker 2: parents don't care. If I write my dad a card,
- 9:03Speaker 2: he'd be like, this is the best Christmas present I've
- 9:05Speaker 2: ever gotten. And if you ask him what he wants
- 9:07Speaker 2: for Christmas every year, jes like he's like, oh, love
- 9:11Speaker 2: a new white T shirt because he just doesn't buy
- 9:13Speaker 2: any of that stuff himself, and he knows that I'll
- 9:15Speaker 2: go buy a good quality one. He's like, oh love
- 9:18Speaker 2: Country Road, such good quality Cottons. Like that impresses him, honestly,
- 9:23Speaker 2: nearly as much as me going out and being like,
- 9:25Speaker 2: I got this tool that you really liked and I
- 9:27Speaker 2: thought really hard about. He'd be like, oh, thanks so much.
- 9:29Speaker 2: I'll be like, that's the same reaction to the T shirt.
- 9:31Speaker 2: So jess what kind of big stress points are being
- 9:34Speaker 2: put on you.
- 9:35Speaker 4: I relate to the gift thing, I think because it's
- 9:38Speaker 4: also one of my top love languages. Although unlike you,
- 9:40Speaker 4: I love both giving and receiving gifts. I wish I
- 9:43Speaker 4: was more not weird about it. Just it's a personal
- 9:46Speaker 4: value thing, and I think when I reflect on it,
- 9:49Speaker 4: the thing that I like about gifts, as you said,
- 9:51Speaker 4: it's not about the financial amount, it's not about whatever
- 9:54Speaker 4: it is. It's the fact that someone thought about you,
- 9:57Speaker 4: But that kind of plays into my stress upse For me,
- 10:00Speaker 4: the thing that I really stress about is getting a
- 10:03Speaker 4: gift for every person that I know. Like I will
- 10:06Speaker 4: get a gift for my male man because he comes
- 10:08Speaker 4: to my door ten thousand times a week.
- 10:10Speaker 2: Like if I'm going to you're being serious right now.
- 10:12Speaker 2: Our postal workers work very hard, and I absolutely do.
- 10:16Speaker 2: But like, is that within budget? Because okay, I like this.
- 10:20Speaker 2: I think that gratitude is really important. That's your way
- 10:22Speaker 2: of showing it. What are you getting the postman?
- 10:24Speaker 1: Though? Oh?
- 10:24Speaker 2: Only something small?
- 10:25Speaker 4: Like it would be like maybe some chocolates or okay,
- 10:28Speaker 4: I'm on board with that.
- 10:29Speaker 2: Yeah, nothing. Now you just make it feel guilty. I've
- 10:31Speaker 2: never bought my postman a pressent. Bullshit. Sorry, I'm going.
- 10:35Speaker 4: But like, if I go to a Christmas dinner with friends,
- 10:37Speaker 4: for example, and I'm like, oh, like, there's two people
- 10:40Speaker 4: out of ten people that I'm really good friends with
- 10:43Speaker 4: that I would normally buy a gift for. If I'm
- 10:45Speaker 4: going to a Christmas and you don't I only give
- 10:47Speaker 4: to some, I'm gonna buy a gift for every single
- 10:49Speaker 4: person there, and I want to spend the same amount
- 10:51Speaker 4: of money on every single person because I feel bad.
- 10:53Speaker 4: And so for me, it's almost about wanting to show
- 10:57Speaker 4: love and appreciation and wanting everybody to feel included. And
- 11:00Speaker 4: then I stress myself out because if I don't know
- 11:03Speaker 4: someone well enough, I'm like, I don't know what, and
- 11:04Speaker 4: it just becomes this big thing in my mind.
- 11:06Speaker 2: You are triggering me so much to a part of
- 11:09Speaker 2: my money story that I had completely forgotten. And it's
- 11:12Speaker 2: interesting because obviously gift gifting is my love language, and
- 11:16Speaker 2: it's absolutely my mum's love language as well. And I
- 11:18Speaker 2: remember every year we'd do the Chrismas shopping and she
- 11:21Speaker 2: would pick up like two or three additional quote gifts
- 11:24Speaker 2: to wrap and put under the tree in case anyone
- 11:26Speaker 2: popped over that she'd forgotten about, or we're going to
- 11:30Speaker 2: like a last minute like Christmas drinks or something, so
- 11:33Speaker 2: she could take a present and you know, make sure
- 11:35Speaker 2: that people weren't forgotten about if she'd actually left them
- 11:38Speaker 2: off the radar. And I feel like you are cut
- 11:40Speaker 2: paste my mother.
- 11:41Speaker 4: Yeah, we have a gifts cupboard, but it's like that thing,
- 11:44Speaker 4: and I think you go take a step back. If
- 11:47Speaker 4: I didn't buy a gift for my best friend's brother's cousin.
- 11:50Speaker 4: I don't think they just crass about it. I think
- 11:53Speaker 4: they didn't get me a gift, but it's just putting
- 11:55Speaker 4: that I think wanting everyone feel good and wanting to
- 11:58Speaker 4: show love to everybody, it does totally become bit of
- 12:01Speaker 4: a money p here. And I'm very conscious and I
- 12:03Speaker 4: do budget for it, and it's not like I'm putting
- 12:05Speaker 4: myself into debt. But that's something that I personally find
- 12:07Speaker 4: quite stressful, is knowing where to draw the line.
- 12:09Speaker 2: That's a lot of pressure to think that you need
- 12:11Speaker 2: to provide so much for other people that you don't
- 12:14Speaker 2: even know. And it's funny because I was talking again
- 12:17Speaker 2: before we organize this episode, like you're doing that for them,
- 12:22Speaker 2: But Jess, if we all went out to a group dinner,
- 12:24Speaker 2: you'd be like, well, I'm not going to pick up
- 12:25Speaker 2: the tab for them. I don't know them. They can
- 12:28Speaker 2: split the bill with me. So why do our values
- 12:31Speaker 2: change so much at Christmas time? Where I go from
- 12:34Speaker 2: being like, oh, Jess, let's split the bill to oh, Jess, like, well,
- 12:37Speaker 2: it's December, so I'm just gonna have a little bit
- 12:40Speaker 2: more financial anxiety because I need to give you a
- 12:42Speaker 2: gift like it makes no sense at all. So like,
- 12:44Speaker 2: let's segue back into the episode that we have been
- 12:46Speaker 2: trying to pull together, because I feel like we've gone
- 12:48Speaker 2: on a little bit of a tangent, which, honestly, it's
- 12:51Speaker 2: chees on the money, what were you expecting? But something
- 12:54Speaker 2: really worthwhile keeping in mind. According to McCrindle, an Australian
- 12:57Speaker 2: based social research, demographics and done it analytics agency, the
- 13:01Speaker 2: top three things Ozzies are most looking forward to it
- 13:04Speaker 2: Christmas is spending time with family, the food and celebrations,
- 13:08Speaker 2: and the Christmas chair. And also that Australians apparently value
- 13:12Speaker 2: experiences over just more things, which I absolutely agree. So
- 13:16Speaker 2: I feel like we need to put things in perspective. Jess,
- 13:19Speaker 2: does your postman really need a present? In light of
- 13:22Speaker 2: all of this.
- 13:22Speaker 4: Conversation, I'm still going to buy a present for the postman,
- 13:25Speaker 4: but maybe not for my best friend's brother's cousin.
- 13:26Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, no, no, But I mean I feel like
- 13:29Speaker 2: I've got a good relationship with my postman. He knows
- 13:31Speaker 2: where to put the parcel so Steve doesn't see them
- 13:33Speaker 2: when he comes in. Oh my god, postman, just what
- 13:35Speaker 2: am ten out of ten doing the most. Also, he's
- 13:38Speaker 2: nice to my dog, and any person that's nice to
- 13:40Speaker 2: a dog is a nice human.
- 13:41Speaker 4: I agree with all of that in mind, V what
- 13:44Speaker 4: can we kind of do about this pressure that makes
- 13:48Speaker 4: us more often than not blow our budget a little bit.
- 13:50Speaker 2: Out of proportion? All right? So I've talked about this
- 13:53Speaker 2: on the podcast before. I feel like we talked about
- 13:55Speaker 2: it actually during our live shows earlier this year. But
- 13:59Speaker 2: I want to talk about a really interesting way to
- 14:01Speaker 2: drow up your Christmas list, and it's by identifying your
- 14:05Speaker 2: love languages and that of your intended gift recipients. So, Jess,
- 14:09Speaker 2: you're acutely aware. And I mean this is probably half
- 14:11Speaker 2: the postman because you don't really know him that well,
- 14:13Speaker 2: But I mean you could pop out when he's dropping
- 14:15Speaker 2: off your next Amazon pastor and me like, hey, mabe,
- 14:17Speaker 2: I just want to talk to you about your love
- 14:18Speaker 2: like which one is yours? Not creepy, just interested, just curious,
- 14:23Speaker 2: just having a casual chat. But understanding the love languages
- 14:28Speaker 2: of your intended gift recipients is going to be really powerful,
- 14:31Speaker 2: right because Jess, let's like use you and I in
- 14:33Speaker 2: this circumstance, Like I do get a little bit uncomfortable
- 14:36Speaker 2: with gifts, but I love experiences. I love things that
- 14:39Speaker 2: are really thoughtful. I love things that people have spent
- 14:42Speaker 2: time doing, not necessarily like, oh, I hunted down this expense.
- 14:45Speaker 2: You think like I just don't care about the stuff,
- 14:48Speaker 2: And that's not me going over and occurb stuff because
- 14:50Speaker 2: Lord knows, I love stuff, but I want to buy
- 14:52Speaker 2: it myself because that doesn't make me feel guilty. So
- 14:55Speaker 2: if you were buying a gift for me, maybe you're
- 14:57Speaker 2: not thinking about a thing, but maybe something we could
- 15:00Speaker 2: do together. And I think if we look at love languages,
- 15:03Speaker 2: especially if you are a gift giver, and your instinct
- 15:07Speaker 2: is to absolutely go into overdrive at this time, which Jessica,
- 15:10Speaker 2: I'm literally hearing at you. But this isn't the way
- 15:13Speaker 2: that every single person deciphers love and decipher's value. So
- 15:18Speaker 2: I think that if your loved one is a quality
- 15:20Speaker 2: time person or an active service person, like have a
- 15:23Speaker 2: think about that. Like, I know my partner, Steve is
- 15:26Speaker 2: one thousand percent active service person. So I know that
- 15:30Speaker 2: if I made up a really cute gift out your
- 15:32Speaker 2: book and like did all of these things and said
- 15:34Speaker 2: we do this or that or I'll you know, rub
- 15:37Speaker 2: your feet if that's something that he's interested in, which
- 15:39Speaker 2: is not by the way, it's just a really random example.
- 15:42Speaker 2: I'm the one that wants to have my feet rubbed.
- 15:44Speaker 2: I know he would value that above and beyond just
- 15:47Speaker 2: getting another thing. He's just not a thing person. And
- 15:50Speaker 2: maybe you don't need to buy them a present. Maybe
- 15:52Speaker 2: you can make like the voutro was talking about, or
- 15:55Speaker 2: do a thoughtful act, or spend some time together and
- 15:58Speaker 2: try and marry these up to rejuice the pressure that
- 16:01Speaker 2: you put on yourself and your finances. So sure, you
- 16:04Speaker 2: absolutely can't do this for everybody on your list, like
- 16:07Speaker 2: your postmin or maybe your boss, but you'll very likely
- 16:10Speaker 2: find that this will have an impact on the way
- 16:13Speaker 2: that you spend at Christmas time from my perspective.
- 16:16Speaker 4: Absolutely, And if you're hearing us throw around the phrase
- 16:18Speaker 4: love languages and you're like, what are we talking about,
- 16:21Speaker 4: there's actually a test called the five lung languages, and
- 16:23Speaker 4: it essentially categorizes the way we like to give and
- 16:26Speaker 4: receive love. And those can be different because, as you said,
- 16:28Speaker 4: you lack to give gifts but not receive them, and
- 16:30Speaker 4: so identifying the way that you like to display love
- 16:34Speaker 4: and the way that your friends and family like to
- 16:36Speaker 4: receive love. You might find that more often than not,
- 16:39Speaker 4: you don't need to be spending money. Maybe it's just
- 16:41Speaker 4: about carving out some time to say, oh, let's go
- 16:44Speaker 4: to a picnic together, and you can spend twenty dollars
- 16:46Speaker 4: into a really nice DIY cheese board.
- 16:48Speaker 2: Buy yourself like a you know, five to ten bottle
- 16:51Speaker 2: of wine. Is it fit twenty five dollars audi cheese board,
- 16:53Speaker 2: pick up some lum your rose. You are on your way,
- 16:56Speaker 2: my love, You are on your way.
- 16:58Speaker 4: And it's you know here in Oz, it's summertime. It's
- 17:00Speaker 4: a great time to get outdoors and celebrate with people.
- 17:03Speaker 4: And you don't necessarily have to have money. If you
- 17:05Speaker 4: don't know your love languages. There is a free quiz
- 17:08Speaker 4: that you can do online. We'll link in the show notes.
- 17:09Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, I think it's really interesting as well, Like
- 17:12Speaker 2: I keep being like, what do you mean? I don't
- 17:14Speaker 2: like giving gifts, So I love the idea of giving gifts.
- 17:16Speaker 2: I just feel ah awkward about it. And in saying that,
- 17:20Speaker 2: I also think that there's this idea that you have
- 17:23Speaker 2: to go out to celebrate, Like I love the idea
- 17:27Speaker 2: of being like, hey, Jess, do you and James want
- 17:28Speaker 2: to come over? Like I'm going to make this Lazonia
- 17:31Speaker 2: or whatever I'm going to make. Do you want to
- 17:32Speaker 2: bring dessert? And like we'll provide the wine or whatever.
- 17:35Speaker 2: Cheap night really exciting. I'm going to go old school
- 17:38Speaker 2: here and say that I break out the board games
- 17:40Speaker 2: a fair bit when free.
- 17:41Speaker 4: I was just gonna say that board games, if you
- 17:44Speaker 4: give someone a board game, you can usually get them
- 17:46Speaker 4: for twenty dollars or less. And if you popped a
- 17:48Speaker 4: little note saying here's a board game and an I
- 17:51Speaker 4: owe you for a night, you know, with our couples
- 17:53Speaker 4: or with our group of friends, that's really cute.
- 17:56Speaker 2: That is really cute. And Kmart have some really cheap ones. Okay,
- 17:58Speaker 2: I've just thought of a gift or the fly that
- 18:00Speaker 2: I think you're gonna love, Jess. So again, I'm just
- 18:03Speaker 2: like pumping Audi's tires up. They aren't sponsoring this. I'm
- 18:06Speaker 2: just like a megafan they recently won. I think it's
- 18:10Speaker 2: like a gold Award for their peanut gricio. It's four
- 18:13Speaker 2: ninety five bargain, get a bottle of wine, buy a
- 18:17Speaker 2: really cheap board game. It doesn't even have to be
- 18:19Speaker 2: like a branded board game. It could just be an
- 18:21Speaker 2: activity that you do together. That's the gift. Yeah, ten
- 18:25Speaker 2: to fifteen dollars, and it's thoughtful. And you could write
- 18:28Speaker 2: a really cute card and it could be a you
- 18:30Speaker 2: can't open this until we're having dinner together, Like, how
- 18:33Speaker 2: cute is that? I turn out of ten would love
- 18:35Speaker 2: that present because it's the thought that counts.
- 18:37Speaker 4: Yess, I love that. I think that is such a
- 18:40Speaker 4: sweet idea. Let's dash to a break and then when
- 18:43Speaker 4: we come back there, I want to talk through your
- 18:45Speaker 4: list of tips that I know you've always got about
- 18:47Speaker 4: how to keep Christmas on track financially.
- 18:49Speaker 2: Don't go anywhere back, Cancel Christmas. That's the plan. No, please,
- 18:52Speaker 2: don't welcome back everybody.
- 18:58Speaker 4: Today we're talking about Christmas, the social and financial pressures
- 19:02Speaker 4: and anxiety that a lot of us feel around that time,
- 19:04Speaker 4: and most importantly, how we can avoid that.
- 19:06Speaker 2: And Victoria all right, Jess, well, I guess the answer
- 19:09Speaker 2: to this is actually just to cancel Christmas.
- 19:11Speaker 4: Oh my gosh, Please no, tell me you've got some
- 19:13Speaker 4: other good options on your list for me. No, I
- 19:15Speaker 4: mean I've got a few options on my list but honestly,
- 19:17Speaker 4: if you just entirely skipped this period of the year,
- 19:20Speaker 4: like you would save so much money, you would, But
- 19:22Speaker 4: I don't want to do it. No, we're not going
- 19:24Speaker 4: to be doing that. So do I even need to
- 19:26Speaker 4: say this as the first tip? Yeah, Like, we need
- 19:28Speaker 4: to set a budget. We need to identify how much
- 19:30Speaker 4: you've got to spend and what you want to spend
- 19:32Speaker 4: per gift or buy each category. So don't discount homemade
- 19:36Speaker 4: gifts or practical presence or experiences in the gift of
- 19:39Speaker 4: time through babysitting or cooking dinner for a loved one.
- 19:42Speaker 4: I've got a few girlfriends who have had their first
- 19:45Speaker 4: babies this year, and honestly, it's the most exciting thing
- 19:48Speaker 4: in the entire world. I get called Auntie Tory and
- 19:51Speaker 4: I get to steal their babies and it is my
- 19:53Speaker 4: favorite thing.
- 19:54Speaker 2: But being so close to them now, I know that
- 19:57Speaker 2: they would absolutely adore babysitting. Here is a gift voucher.
- 20:01Speaker 2: I'm gonna come over obviously, if you're trusted with the kid.
- 20:04Speaker 2: I think that this is like a pretty fickle area
- 20:07Speaker 2: because you can't just be like, oh, just give it
- 20:08Speaker 2: a chess and just it's like, I don't want you
- 20:10Speaker 2: to look after aid, but I think it's like one
- 20:13Speaker 2: of those things where if you know you're trusted with
- 20:15Speaker 2: the baby, be like, hey, I'm going to come over
- 20:17Speaker 2: and give you like a night off. You can go
- 20:19Speaker 2: and have your own date night. Money win, and you
- 20:22Speaker 2: get to spend some quality time with a kid that
- 20:24Speaker 2: you love. Like that's huge. I'm obsessed. But don't feel
- 20:27Speaker 2: like you have to spend every dollar you've allocated either, Like,
- 20:30Speaker 2: if you see a really good gift for like sixty
- 20:32Speaker 2: dollars and your budget was seventy five, please bank that
- 20:35Speaker 2: difference or reallocate it to something else. Don't just be like, oh,
- 20:39Speaker 2: well I budgeted seventy five dollars for Jess's gift. I
- 20:42Speaker 2: really should get another extra thing to add on. Like
- 20:44Speaker 2: that's not what we do. That is not a smart
- 20:47Speaker 2: money decision. I love and then know your shopping style,
- 20:50Speaker 2: so think about it. If you're more likely to overspend
- 20:52Speaker 2: when you're in the store and feeling a bit sentimental,
- 20:55Speaker 2: maybe we need to do a little bit more online shopping.
- 20:58Speaker 2: But if you're more likely to go overboard online by
- 21:00Speaker 2: adding everything to your cut and just quote working it
- 21:03Speaker 2: out later, maybe you need to go physically into the store.
- 21:06Speaker 2: You can't just get click happy and add everything to
- 21:08Speaker 2: your cut because it doesn't feel as real. The other
- 21:11Speaker 2: thing I would say is listen to our points hack
- 21:13Speaker 2: episode and use your loyalty or rewards points. Thinking about
- 21:17Speaker 2: your shop back. Cash back is probably a really good
- 21:19Speaker 2: thing right now. I mean, shopback's not gonna love the
- 21:22Speaker 2: factor that I'm telling you all to take all your
- 21:24Speaker 2: money out all at the same time, but anything you've
- 21:26Speaker 2: accumulated is gonna discount what you actually have to spend
- 21:29Speaker 2: on Christmas. Make a list and check it twice or
- 21:33Speaker 2: just stick to it. I don't even care how many
- 21:34Speaker 2: times you check it. It's estimated each and every single
- 21:38Speaker 2: year that waste increases by thirty percent at Christmas. So
- 21:42Speaker 2: do your bit for the environment and your budget and
- 21:44Speaker 2: make a list, maybe on the back of a piece
- 21:46Speaker 2: of recycled paper, so that we're not contributing to that
- 21:49Speaker 2: additional waste. As well as gifts and stuff like that
- 21:51Speaker 2: for your nearest and dearest, you also need to factor
- 21:54Speaker 2: in group gifts, so like Chris Kringles and wrapping paper
- 21:57Speaker 2: and postage and decorations. I cannot tell you how much
- 22:01Speaker 2: money over the years, I have spent on last minute
- 22:03Speaker 2: gift ropping gift bags and cards because I just haven't
- 22:06Speaker 2: pre planned it and don't have my stash of one
- 22:08Speaker 2: dollar cards from the two dollar shop, you know, Like,
- 22:10Speaker 2: I just feel like being prepared at this point of
- 22:12Speaker 2: the year is a really really good idea. And then
- 22:15Speaker 2: also plan the festive food that you're going to prepare
- 22:17Speaker 2: so that you don't over cater and throw food out.
- 22:20Speaker 2: And potentially this is another tip that I got from
- 22:23Speaker 2: my mum, if you're making like a really big salad,
- 22:25Speaker 2: which maybe you are maybe not, don't put all the
- 22:28Speaker 2: dressing on the salad, like put the salad dressing on
- 22:30Speaker 2: the side, because you can't put salad back in the fridge.
- 22:33Speaker 2: If it's covered in dressing, it goes all soggy and gross.
- 22:36Speaker 2: But if people just put their dressing on the plate,
- 22:38Speaker 2: you can pop the salad back in the fridge and
- 22:40Speaker 2: then have it for a few days instead of it
- 22:42Speaker 2: all going soggy and you're having to throw it out
- 22:44Speaker 2: because it's absolutely gone to absolute sh one t as
- 22:47Speaker 2: my dad would say. Yes, the next thing I want
- 22:50Speaker 2: to say is suggest that your family and friends only
- 22:53Speaker 2: buy gifts for the kids or organize a like secret
- 22:56Speaker 2: center among adults. So in my family we do this,
- 22:59Speaker 2: so under the age of eighteen you get presents regardless
- 23:03Speaker 2: if you're over the age of eighteen, you go into
- 23:05Speaker 2: the family Chris Kringle and then you only have to
- 23:07Speaker 2: buy one present for one person. And given we have
- 23:09Speaker 2: a larger extended family, this ends up working out really
- 23:13Speaker 2: really well. And I kind of like when a present
- 23:15Speaker 2: turns up and I have no idea who it's from
- 23:17Speaker 2: until Christmas Day and then I'm like, oh my gosh,
- 23:19Speaker 2: it's from my aunt or whatever it is, and it's
- 23:22Speaker 2: actually really really sweet. So definitely set a budget and
- 23:25Speaker 2: stick to it. But I promise you're not the only
- 23:27Speaker 2: ones stressing about finance. Like, if you're stressing about it, Jess,
- 23:30Speaker 2: your sister's probably stressing about it. If your sister's stressing
- 23:32Speaker 2: about it, your parents are probably a little bit worried.
- 23:34Speaker 2: Because finance is something that is universally stressful. It's not
- 23:38Speaker 2: just you who's worried about it, it's everybody. We're going
- 23:42Speaker 2: through a crisis of an increasing cost in living. We
- 23:45Speaker 2: shouldn't be surprised about these things. But I think up
- 23:48Speaker 2: until now, it's always been so taboo to talk about.
- 23:51Speaker 2: It's always been like, oh, don't say that money stresses
- 23:53Speaker 2: you at Christmas time. Christmas time is about giving. No,
- 23:56Speaker 2: it's not. It's about also being festive and kind and general,
- 24:00Speaker 2: and sometimes you need to do all of those things
- 24:02Speaker 2: for yourself. Obviously, I'm gonna say, find low cost ways
- 24:06Speaker 2: to have fun. We talked about board games and dinners
- 24:08Speaker 2: at friends' houses, but literally, don't let money be the
- 24:11Speaker 2: thing that cuts you off from your friends and family.
- 24:14Speaker 2: Like last year during COVID, I learnt and I don't
- 24:18Speaker 2: know how is this legal? I don't know, Jess. You're
- 24:21Speaker 2: about to tell me. I learned how to make a
- 24:24Speaker 2: really good espresso martini and put it in a frank
- 24:26Speaker 2: green cup and go for walks with my girlfriends. You
- 24:28Speaker 2: can do that at the park. You could probably don't
- 24:31Speaker 2: do it at the children's park, but you could walk
- 24:33Speaker 2: through the park and go for a walk with a
- 24:35Speaker 2: cocktail in hand and have a really fun time. And
- 24:38Speaker 2: if you can't afford super expensive restaurants, but you really
- 24:41Speaker 2: like a cocktail with a girlfriend, invite or over. Say hey, Jess,
- 24:45Speaker 2: do you want to do a cocktail night at my place?
- 24:47Speaker 2: You'll obviously say yes, and I'll be like, Okay, cool,
- 24:50Speaker 2: I'm going to bring this spirit and these sides, and
- 24:52Speaker 2: you bring that spirit and these sides, and we're just
- 24:54Speaker 2: making it together by ourselves.
- 24:56Speaker 4: So cute.
- 24:57Speaker 2: So cute, but also far more budget friendly. I think
- 25:00Speaker 2: that there's this idea that if Jess, you're coming to
- 25:04Speaker 2: my house, I must cater for absolutely everything, and it's
- 25:07Speaker 2: a bit rude to ask you to bring something to
- 25:10Speaker 2: my house, Like is that I feel like that's a thing. Yeah,
- 25:13Speaker 2: but I agree. I grew up and my mum always
- 25:15Speaker 2: said don't turn up empty handed. Ever, Like if you're
- 25:17Speaker 2: going over to someone's house for dinner, like you would
- 25:19Speaker 2: always take chocolates or a gift or whatever it is,
- 25:21Speaker 2: Like why don't you just make that a really productive
- 25:24Speaker 2: quote gift or Hey Jess, why don't you do dessert?
- 25:27Speaker 2: Or I will do dinner. I just feel like I
- 25:29Speaker 2: have a lot of feelings on this, and I also
- 25:31Speaker 2: think that that doesn't need to be expensive either, Like
- 25:34Speaker 2: there's something really wholesome about being, hey Jess, do you
- 25:36Speaker 2: want to come over to dinner? We're having spaghetti Bollonneis
- 25:39Speaker 2: it does not have to be a fancy steak that
- 25:42Speaker 2: you never make at home. Why don't you just make
- 25:45Speaker 2: a classic that you know is well loved, Like, I
- 25:48Speaker 2: know you're gonna love it. Jess is a past a fiend.
- 25:50Speaker 2: Ten out of ten invited to my house, feedo pasta.
- 25:53Speaker 2: It is cheap, it is easy, and she's going to
- 25:54Speaker 2: have a fun time. I like that a lot. And
- 25:56Speaker 2: now as you like pasta a lot, Jessica, it's very true.
- 25:59Speaker 4: Let's come to talking about how over Christmas it often
- 26:04Speaker 4: gets a little bit overwhelming for people in terms of
- 26:06Speaker 4: mental health and you know, feeling good about ourselves. How
- 26:09Speaker 4: can we reframe those expectations into useful or practical conversations
- 26:15Speaker 4: that we can have with the people around us to
- 26:17Speaker 4: kind of take the pressure off of ourselves a little bit. Yeah,
- 26:20Speaker 4: this goes back to like the community around you, in
- 26:23Speaker 4: the circle that you have around you, and I think
- 26:25Speaker 4: it's really important to weigh up all the obligations and
- 26:28Speaker 4: wants over that period of time and remember that it
- 26:30Speaker 4: is a really short period of time and that other
- 26:32Speaker 4: people in your circle probably have those same pressures being
- 26:36Speaker 4: applied to them and saying, hey, jes how are you
- 26:39Speaker 4: just catch up in the new year when we're both
- 26:41Speaker 4: a little less stressed, they'll be like, oh, yeah, great,
- 26:44Speaker 4: no worries. I think sometimes, like, for example, if I
- 26:47Speaker 4: said to you, Hey, Jess, we really need to catch
- 26:50Speaker 4: up before Christmas, you might get a pang of guilt, like, oh,
- 26:53Speaker 4: if he really wants to do that. I might be
- 26:56Speaker 4: asking you because I feel guilty because I haven't seen
- 26:58Speaker 4: you in nearly twelve months and I've just realized that
- 27:01Speaker 4: I haven't caught up with what I thought was a
- 27:02Speaker 4: really good friend in almost twelve months, and I'm a
- 27:04Speaker 4: little bit stressed about it. If you turned around and said,
- 27:06Speaker 4: oh my gosh, this time of year is crazy. How
- 27:08Speaker 4: about we sit down and have a proper dinner together
- 27:11Speaker 4: in the new year, I'd be like, oh great, no
- 27:13Speaker 4: worries to yes. So I think you need to remember
- 27:15Speaker 4: that you're not the only one experiencing this stress. There's
- 27:17Speaker 4: a lot more demand on our time and our energy
- 27:20Speaker 4: and our finances during this time that you're not the
- 27:22Speaker 4: only one that is going to be stressed by this.
- 27:26Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a really good advice there.
- 27:28Speaker 4: And on the flip side of that, for people who
- 27:30Speaker 4: are feeling isolated or lonely, maybe they've got past trauma
- 27:34Speaker 4: or they're not super close with their family. Christmas can
- 27:37Speaker 4: be particularly triggering, and we know that the festive season
- 27:40Speaker 4: is not so festive for everybody, and it's a time
- 27:43Speaker 4: when we see suicide rates increase and mental health crises
- 27:46Speaker 4: escalate as well. What are some things that we can
- 27:48Speaker 4: keep in mind for ourselves and the other people around
- 27:51Speaker 4: us when considering mental health over Christmas?
- 27:54Speaker 2: Yeah, look one hundred percent. And it's honestly so important
- 27:58Speaker 2: to keep this front of mine at this period of time.
- 28:00Speaker 2: I mean during the entire year, it is really important.
- 28:03Speaker 2: But Christmas makes people feel extra lonely because it's that
- 28:06Speaker 2: one holiday during the year, because it's not like a
- 28:08Speaker 2: birthday where it's your birthday and it's not mine, Jess.
- 28:11Speaker 2: It's that one period of the year where everyone is
- 28:13Speaker 2: showering each other in love, showering each other in attention,
- 28:17Speaker 2: and it can feel extra lonely and it breaks my heart.
- 28:20Speaker 2: But split families and unresolved complex do contribute to Christmas anxiety,
- 28:25Speaker 2: and family and relationship problems can be a massive trigger
- 28:29Speaker 2: for anxiety. And there's a few things that I want
- 28:32Speaker 2: us to think about. So first things first is to
- 28:34Speaker 2: set really realistic expectations like Christmas might not actually be
- 28:38Speaker 2: that sunshine and lights and fabulous family reunion that you'd
- 28:42Speaker 2: ever hoped for. So maybe plan how you might manage
- 28:46Speaker 2: these feelings during that period of time, Like are you
- 28:48Speaker 2: going to feel extra anxious? Are you going to feel
- 28:50Speaker 2: a little bit depressed during this time? Like can you
- 28:53Speaker 2: give the gift of a phone call and check in
- 28:55Speaker 2: with a friend or a family member, Like, we know
- 28:58Speaker 2: this is a really lonely period of time for some people,
- 29:01Speaker 2: but also when it comes to family, Oh, it's a
- 29:05Speaker 2: bit of a controversial, inspicy topic, Like you don't have
- 29:08Speaker 2: to spend time with people who make you feel like
- 29:11Speaker 2: shit jes Like you can call it and be like
- 29:14Speaker 2: I'm just using not to engage in that. And it
- 29:16Speaker 2: might not be the stereotypical thing, it might not be
- 29:20Speaker 2: a cultural thing, but I just think that you putting
- 29:22Speaker 2: your mental health first and going gin know what? That
- 29:25Speaker 2: is not worth it for me? Yeah, is one becoming
- 29:28Speaker 2: fun or popular these days? But too just so important
- 29:31Speaker 2: and such a strong decision to make, Like if you
- 29:34Speaker 2: have an incredibly fractured relationship with a family and you're like,
- 29:38Speaker 2: oh far out, Like I've been really dreading Christmas Day
- 29:40Speaker 2: because I have to go to my parents' house and
- 29:42Speaker 2: I have to do this and I hate them. I
- 29:44Speaker 2: don't like them, I don't want anything to do with them.
- 29:46Speaker 2: Why does this one part of the year have to
- 29:49Speaker 2: change if you don't want to engage with them at
- 29:51Speaker 2: any other part of the year. I think setting realistic
- 29:54Speaker 2: expectations about one how you feel, but to how you're
- 29:57Speaker 2: going to manage it is really important. And asking yourself
- 30:00Speaker 2: the question if I was being kindest to myself, what
- 30:03Speaker 2: would I do? It's probably a really good place to start,
- 30:06Speaker 2: because often we ask ourselves what should I do? And
- 30:10Speaker 2: what should you do? Usually comes from other people's expectations,
- 30:13Speaker 2: But the answer to the question of what is the
- 30:15Speaker 2: kindest thing I could do for myself in this situation
- 30:18Speaker 2: comes from you actually putting yourself first. And I think
- 30:21Speaker 2: that that is really really important. Or if you are lonely,
- 30:24Speaker 2: or even just really low and cash and still want
- 30:26Speaker 2: to give back, you can volunteer some time for national
- 30:29Speaker 2: organizations like the Red Cross or Saint Vincent to Paul
- 30:32Speaker 2: or literally there are so many places, and the one
- 30:35Speaker 2: place I would visit is like your local council website
- 30:39Speaker 2: and see if there's like a Christmas lunch happening that
- 30:41Speaker 2: you could volunteer some time at, Like, that's such a
- 30:44Speaker 2: good way of giving back, and it's definitely not what
- 30:48Speaker 2: you expect it to be. I remember one year my
- 30:50Speaker 2: mom was like, hey, girls, like I really want you
- 30:53Speaker 2: to see that Christmas is not the same for every
- 30:55Speaker 2: single family, And instead of having family lunch at our
- 30:59Speaker 2: dinner table as we always would with our family, we
- 31:02Speaker 2: literally went down to a community Christmas lunch and helped
- 31:05Speaker 2: serve that and do that. And that was one of
- 31:06Speaker 2: the most wholesome experiences of my entire life, because one,
- 31:11Speaker 2: it gave me a really beautiful sense of gratitude, but two,
- 31:15Speaker 2: I was like, there are all these really cool people
- 31:18Speaker 2: here that I got to spend Christmas with, and there's
- 31:20Speaker 2: just so much love floating around there. So if you
- 31:22Speaker 2: are on your own, that could be a really good opportunity.
- 31:25Speaker 2: And another one if you're lonely or you are on
- 31:28Speaker 2: a budget, is attend community events like find out what's
- 31:31Speaker 2: local and get involved, whether it's Christmas carols or wandering
- 31:34Speaker 2: through a local market. Getting out and about can really
- 31:37Speaker 2: help relieve loneliness. And if you're on a budget, why
- 31:40Speaker 2: not back a little picnic. Yeah, why not do it
- 31:42Speaker 2: on your own and listen to the Christmas carols? Like
- 31:45Speaker 2: that's so wholesome and so beautiful and you don't need
- 31:49Speaker 2: another person's permission to enjoy your time on your own.
- 31:53Speaker 2: So I think that's probably a really good place to
- 31:55Speaker 2: leave it, Miss Jessica Ricci, because the second I said
- 31:58Speaker 2: Christmas carols, your eyes lit up, and I knew you
- 32:01Speaker 2: weren't going to be around for the rest of their.
- 32:03Speaker 4: I'm ready to go listen to all Hour of Christmas
- 32:05Speaker 4: is You on repeat? But just to summarize, we totally
- 32:08Speaker 4: understand and both can really relate to feelings of anxiety
- 32:12Speaker 4: around Christmas, and that can be very confronting because you go, oh,
- 32:15Speaker 4: I'm meant to be happy, but I'm sad.
- 32:18Speaker 2: Why is that? And that's so okay.
- 32:21Speaker 4: We just want you to know that if you're putting
- 32:23Speaker 4: pressure on yourself, it's not necessary. And if you're finding
- 32:27Speaker 4: that this time of year is exasperating existing mental health conditions.
- 32:31Speaker 2: Reach out and chat to somebody.
- 32:32Speaker 4: We'll have some resources in the show notes, because unfortunately,
- 32:36Speaker 4: mental health doesn't take a day off just because it's Christmas.
- 32:38Speaker 4: All right, guys, that is all we have time for today,
- 32:41Speaker 4: and we'll see you on Friday.
- 32:42Speaker 2: See you then.
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