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Season 4 - Episode 313 - The unexpected jolt!. · Good Morning From The Chicken Coop!

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  Hey everybody, welcome to the good morning from the Chicken
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  Coop podcast. My name is Kim Johnson and I am
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  a mastermindset coach, creative strategist, and also happened to
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  be a farmer. This is my chicken coop and I
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  come out here every day to record a podcast to teach
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  distinctions, possibilities, new ways of thinking, and just bring
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  some joy into the world. So welcome to the coop and let's
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  start your day off in a fantastic way.
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  Hey everybody, good morning. I am currently standing in front
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  of my masterpiece from yesterday.
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  I'm joking, I was pretty cool. So my daughter and I signed up
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  to take a class that taught you how to make a chunky blanket in
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  just a couple hours. So this is that giant yarn
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  that's very, very thick, like thicker than your thumb almost.
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  And it is. It's not something you do with
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  needles, you do it with your hands.
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  And I wasn't quite. I loved these blankets forever.
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  I would see them when I would go shopping.
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  Never bought 1 and always thought that they were super
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  cool. Don't know why I never bought
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  one, just never bought 1. And then a couple weeks ago,
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  probably like maybe even two months ago, I saw on Facebook
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  that one of my fellow coaches that I am work, I've been
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  working with her for years to teach her to become a coach.
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  So we we have a very close, very close relationship.
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  She went to one of these classes in this in Texas where she
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  lives. And I was like, oh, Oh my gosh,
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  you made that? And she's like, I did.
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  And it only took a couple hours and I'm so excited.
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  And I so of course I grilled her.
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  I picked her brain about it. And I was like, OK.
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  And in the meantime, because she is the sweetest person, she
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  researched where I could do it because she did it at a
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  franchise. And it's called painting with A
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  twist. If anyone wants to do it and
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  they offer these extra classes other than painting, not to
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  mention the stuff that they paint is super adorable.
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  I have to admit, there are some things up there that I would
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  definitely go back and paint and, and, and I paint, but I
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  love to paint with groups sometimes and that would be
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  something that I would love to go do.
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  But back to the blanket. So she found the link and I
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  could take the class. And these classes my friends
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  sell out in, when they post them, they typically sell out,
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  she said within 30 minutes, they're gone.
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  So fortunately, everyone was on it.
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  The stars were aligned. I say that smiling because, you
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  know, of course I was supposed to be there and it was of course
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  I was supposed to take my daughter and my daughter really
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  needed a break. Getting out, you know, just
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  getting away from being a mom and being a new mommy.
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  We all know how hard that can be.
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  So it was fantastic. The timing was great and we got
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  there and I'm super excited because I, you know, am
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  confirmed that I am not going to use needles with this no
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  knitting needles because that always makes me crazy.
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  Not to mention I can do this standing up.
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  I was like what? I can do this standing up?
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  I was so excited and I had such like a Oh my gosh moment and
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  this is something that you do with your hands.
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  So again, for me, this was like like I was the angels were
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  singing. I was so excited.
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  So of course my daughter's laughing.
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  Of course I was the first one finished with my blanket and
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  she's like, of course you're the first one finished.
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  Not to mention that I was sitting there and there was 1
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  teacher for I think there were like 12 of us, maybe 15 of us.
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  So she had to go around and check everything.
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  So you often had these gaps of waiting.
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  So when you start it off, you have to make this edge and then
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  you're supposed to, she'll say, she says just get the edge done
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  and I'll be back. Well, I'm sitting there and I'm
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  looking at it and I'm like, well, I could pretty much figure
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  this out. So I just started it.
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  My daughter's like you're working ahead.
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  And I was like, well, I'm just seeing if I got it right.
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  If I, if not, I can always pull it out.
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  So I like, I worked ahead and she comes by and she's like, Oh,
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  you've done this before. And I was like, no, I just
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  figured it out. And she's like, great job.
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  The only thing you have to do is this is how you tie on the end.
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  And I was like, fantastic. So I'm off and before you know
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  it, I'm in the class and I am helping the other two people at
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  the table. I'm helping my daughter.
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  I'm like, 'cause our table had four people at it.
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  And I was like, I was so excited and I, and it came to me so
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  quickly because of my daughter's like, how is this like clicking
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  with you? And I said, you don't
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  understand. My hands are constantly in dirt,
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  constantly doing things. My hands have like a world of
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  their own. So when this was just about
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  moving and twisting and pulling, my fingers felt at home.
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  And I think a lot of times we miss that we have these extra
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  skills. Like I didn't even realize how
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  deep that skill was in me until that took place.
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  And I was so excited and I came home and I've got this blanket.
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  And even my husband was like, you made that blanket.
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  I was like, yes, I made that blanket.
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  It was such a win and it was such a an experience to behold.
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  So I'm telling you, if you live near A and this is not an
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  endorsement for them, I am not getting paid to say this.
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  But if you live near a painting with A twist and you have an
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  opportunity to go make a chunky blanket, even with it's not with
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  them with anybody, you should go make a chunky blanket if you're
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  at all into crafts. And even if you're not, it's
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  such a good push because I will tell you, leaving that class
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  with an actual blanket felt so cool because oftentimes when I
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  go, like I went to basket and I was supposed to make a basket
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  and my son and I went together. And by the time we finished, we
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  had my son being my son who he is, he looks at me and he goes,
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  we don't have baskets, we have a coaster.
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  And he was right. We only made the very bottom of
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  the basket. It was very hard and it wasn't,
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  it wasn't enjoyable because of that, but this was pure joy.
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  So it was a jolt. It was just a nice pump up.
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  So if you get a chance, go do it.
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  And if not, maybe find something that gives you that jolt
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  unexpectedly, because I will tell you it makes all the
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  difference in the world. All right, my friends, I hope
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  you have a blessed day and I will see you tomorrow.
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  Bye.