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Hey, hey, hey, welcome back to another episode

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of the in between. I'm your host Elizabeth

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Cheney. Yes, I came back

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two weeks later like I said I was. I'm

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very proud of me. I don't know if you are, but I

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am proud of me. And that's all that matters.

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I am proud of me. Well, welcome back.

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Uh, don't know what's going on in your world. Uh,

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we had the inauguration this week. That's

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about the acknowledgement I will give to that.

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It also snowed here in Georgia. Uh,

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second time in two weeks. It was great.

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Part of why this episode is slightly delayed

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is because, well, this 33

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year old child had to go play in the snow. Speaking

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of 33, fun fact,

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I saw this on the internet. The oldest

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millennial will soon be 44.

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Let that soak in all

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my millennial babies. The oldest

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millennial is going to be 44

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this year. Huh? Makes

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me feel a little old, just a little bit, even though

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I'm like 10 years from that. Also, how long are generations?

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I thought they were like 10 years, but what do I know? Not

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much. Apparently so 44 years old,

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oldest millennial, it also snowed in some

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weird areas, like New Orleans, for

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example. New Orleans got, what, over a foot

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of snow. Gulf Shores, Alabama got

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8 to 10 inches. Florida got tons

1:20

of snow. South Georgia, Savannah. It's

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a little weird out there. It's a little,

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um, let's just say the areas that

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don't get snow got snow. A little

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peculiar out there, but you know, that's

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okay. This is not a conversation

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on climate change or global warming. I

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did see this thing on the internet, so of course it's definitely

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true. I hope

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you've sensed my sarcasm. Uh,

1:43

but jokes aside, who knows if this was real or not, but

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it was definitely a nice thought. So

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I will say this, they were talking about

1:50

winter and mother earth, probably

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one of the weird woo woo things I follow.

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And they, she was saying that, Sometimes

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extreme weather, winter conditions,

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is because Earth is cooling off.

2:02

And now that I say that out

2:04

loud After

2:06

already acknowledging or admitting the fact

2:08

that this was probably from some wooboo thing I follow,

2:11

that's insane, but it's a nice, it's a nice

2:13

thought, right? It's a nice thought that global,

2:16

global warming, climate change, psh, no,

2:18

it's just Earth cooling off. She got a little

2:20

too hot. She's like, oh, let me,

2:22

let me put the AC on here. Uh,

2:25

but you know, like I

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said, it's a nice thought. Who knows

2:29

what the facts are and maybe there is some

2:31

truth to it, you know? I

2:33

like to think of the universe as one big

2:36

giant living organism So planet Earth

2:38

is essentially that itself a

2:40

giant living organism Which kind of makes sense if you think

2:42

about all of us living on here,

2:45

but you know, maybe it is Earth

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trying to take a, take a beat,

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cool off, because we are pumping

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out so much heat here. Crazy

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weather. Crazy weather. I'm not going to complain

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though, because I do love the snow. It's been a lot

2:59

of fun. But anyways, I

3:02

was a local hometown

3:04

hero yesterday when

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it started snowing. And I want to preface

3:08

this by saying all the news people made it

3:10

seem like it wasn't really going to snow. It was

3:12

going to be not a big deal. Business

3:15

as usual. Then it

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snowed a lot more than they thought it was going to,

3:19

which is always, oh, when you're here in Georgia, because

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guess what? We don't know how to handle it. We

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don't know how to drive in the snow. We do not salt

3:26

our roads the way that they should be salted. So it's

3:28

a little hairy out there. so

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I was walking the neighborhood. This was like early afternoon

3:32

ish. And. I'm

3:34

talking to one of my girlfriends on the phone. And

3:36

I see somebody struggling to get up the hill. And

3:39

this was right around the time, but it was like, Ooh, you're either

3:41

going to make it or you don't. Because again, it

3:43

snowed way more than we thought it was going to.

3:45

So, you know, be, be glad that you at least

3:47

made it to the neighborhood kind of thing. And

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I see another person, another woman helping

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this person try to push their car. And she's

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struggling because it's ice. It's snowing. I

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don't know. I just felt like, look at these,

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look at this woman helping this other woman in the car.

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I am a woman. Let me go help said women

4:03

of the neighborhood. And, you know. Save

4:06

the day. I'm just kidding. That wasn't my, my intention,

4:08

but it was, let me go see if I can help. So

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me and this girl, we're trying to push the car

4:13

up the hill because basically the person

4:15

was like maybe six feet from their turn and

4:17

then their house was right there. So I was like, no, we got

4:19

this. I'm going to help. Cause she was like, I can

4:22

just park it on the road. And I'm like, no, there's going to be more people

4:24

that are going to get stuck. You live right there.

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We got this. Well, I

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spoke before I realized how slippery

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it was. So as

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we are pushing, I'm like, you know, slipping and

4:36

sliding, like the Flintstones, like, and

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I am trying to keep my cool. Cause I'm

4:41

the one that just like empowered everyone to try this

4:43

one more time because now we have

4:45

a third party involved. So

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I can't really extend my arms all the way,

4:50

or else I will completely face plant on

4:52

the ice. So I'm having to keep my arms

4:54

restricted, but Keep them strong,

4:57

obviously, because I'm trying to push, and if I kept them, like,

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restricted, I had enough momentum with

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strength to push, but not slip. However,

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right when we were about to get her to the

5:06

turn, I bumped my chin on

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the car hood. Well, not the hood, the trunk. Thankfully,

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it didn't hurt too much. Maybe I was in denial because it was so

5:13

cold, but I was like, Oh, I'm fine, nothing,

5:15

just a scratch. We're going to keep going. Jokes

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aside, The fair maiden

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made it to her house. She made

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it to the turn, and we got that sucker,

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we got, or I should say, me and my new friend Elena,

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got that car up, up the hill

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and down the road. So, you

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know, I'm not gonna call myself a hero.

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I'll leave that to y'all. But I will say,

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mm, it felt good to do a good thing.

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I felt so empowered after that. I was like, you

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know what? Nothing can rain on my

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parade. And I made two new friends in

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the neighborhood, which is something that I've been dying to do. So that

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was great. Two new friends who are also my

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age. So it's like a double whammy. Love

5:53

that, for me. So,

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and I felt the weather. Even though the weather has

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been insane. Again, 44 year

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old millennial, have fun with that fun fact.

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I, I definitely cried about it. I'm

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just kidding, I definitely did not cry about it. And if you're crying

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about it Age is just a number, baby.

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Age is just a number. Don't be afraid to get

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older. Life just keeps getting better. And

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we will, uh, we will fact check that and

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see how I feel 10 years from now when I am 44.

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But, you know, neither here nor there. Neither

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here nor there. So,

6:24

what's new? What's going on? last

6:27

conversation I kind of talked about,

6:29

hey, my life imploded. Can't give you too much

6:31

of that right now, but don't worry, we'll get there soon enough. We

6:33

talked about the words of the year, and I picked

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three. Becoming, possibility,

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expansion. And I have to say,

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I'm really leaning in towards possibility

6:42

and expansion more. Um,

6:45

more so, expansion.

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So let's just see how they evolve. I've got all three

6:50

still on my board and maybe it's just like

6:52

an ebb and flow of the year, you know, but

6:54

a few other goals that I want to do cause I didn't

6:56

make a vision board this year nor did I have a vision board party,

6:58

but I want to learn piano

7:00

and at least want to learn pink pony club.

7:02

Don't ask me why I

7:05

have this specific vision and dream of me

7:07

singing that song, playing piano,

7:09

living my best life. Everyone's

7:11

around singing the song with me. It's the best.

7:14

form of community I can think of in the moment, and

7:16

I just want that moment for myself. So,

7:19

on the quote, end quote, vision board,

7:22

there is Liz Learns Pink Pony

7:24

Club on the piano. will she learn other

7:26

songs? I hope so. Uh,

7:28

but that is the main focus. It's

7:32

definitely something I still want to do. Uh, I would

7:34

like to learn a yoga handstand. Maybe not one with

7:36

my full arms extended because that seems impossible,

7:38

but you know when you're like on your forearms or whatever. That

7:41

would be great. Duolingo. I'd love

7:43

to pick back up my Spanish lessons. You

7:45

know, at one point, I could ask, where is

7:47

the airport? I couldn't tell you that right now, but

7:49

at one point last year, I could. So,

7:52

it'd be great to bring that back up. Create more content.

7:54

That's always a goal. I think as things

7:56

in my life start to settle,

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the dust starts to clear, so to speak. I'll get better

8:01

at that, but definitely going to bring more fashion

8:03

content and, you know, in

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a forever pursuit of

8:07

my dreams, ambitions, and goals, making

8:10

the world a better place, spreading self love.

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I know, not simple. She is not

8:15

a simple girl. She will never be a simple girl

8:18

no matter how much she wishes she could be.

8:20

But, you know I'm learning to

8:22

embrace the whole no chill vibe and

8:24

the whole like, I love life vibe. So,

8:28

there's always one in the group and I guess that's me.

8:30

Um, I

8:32

can't remember if I mentioned this on the last episode,

8:34

but I am going to Norway. We're going,

8:37

I say we because me and my girlfriend Ashley Anna are going

8:39

to Norway in March, gonna have the winter

8:41

wonderland. I can't wait. It's going to be

8:44

spiritual. It's going to be healing. It's going

8:46

to be beautiful. And

8:48

I'm going to get my snow fix as I took

8:50

up the first part of this whole episode was just

8:52

talking about geeking out about really the

8:55

snow. I can't wait to have my winter

8:57

wonderland in Norway from snowballing. fjords,

9:01

all the things, the food, the snow. I just

9:03

can't wait. I just can't wait. We talked

9:05

about maybe doing an episode while we're there, but

9:07

that would require me to figure out how

9:10

to record like that

9:12

remotely and equipment and all that.

9:14

But maybe, maybe I'll pull through. Maybe she'll, she'll

9:16

get it all together. Cause wouldn't that be epic? Especially

9:18

if it was like at night and then we had

9:20

the Aurora Borealis behind us. I mean, that would be like.

9:23

Such a, bunch of different

9:25

things to happen all at once. Most

9:27

importantly, me figuring out how to record,

9:30

but you never know. You never know, because

9:32

what's the word of the year? Possibility.

9:34

The possibilities are endless. That's definitely one.

9:37

It's possible. But enough

9:39

about winter. Well, not really about winter. Kind of

9:42

continuing to speak about winter, but enough about the weather.

9:45

With winter comes hibernating, right?

9:47

A lot of animals hibernate, bears

9:50

hibernate. Side note,

9:53

if you want a fun little thing to do, you should

9:55

Google bears pre hibernation

9:57

and post hibernation. It's quite an

9:59

interesting, um, before

10:01

and after shot. Very,

10:04

I forget who told me to do that. I feel like that was recently,

10:06

like in the past year. But anyways, I did it and I was like, whoa!

10:08

That bear is looking kind

10:10

of ragged and very skinny versus it's

10:12

super, super like seven times plump

10:14

size before. So if you want a little giggle,

10:17

Google it pre hibernation,

10:19

post hibernation bears. But

10:21

anyways, back to hibernating. So all that

10:24

to say winter cold

10:26

things slow down. Um, Things die,

10:28

in a way, to be reborn, right?

10:31

And this kind of ties into

10:33

what I talked about last time about

10:36

life imploding and you just have to

10:38

take things moment by moment, day by day,

10:40

whatever measurement you need in

10:42

your situation. that's

10:45

how I am viewing my current season.

10:48

January, I mean we're almost done with January and

10:50

it's been very slow. A lot

10:52

of things that I was hoping to have made progress on,

10:54

um, in my life, haven't quite got

10:57

there. But part of that is because, well,

10:59

you know, these things take time. You can't

11:01

figure everything out all at once, no matter how

11:03

much I wish we could. February

11:05

is probably going to be a little bit slower, but things

11:07

are going to start to improve, start to pick up, start

11:09

to feel a little bit more energetically

11:14

Sound awake for myself, especially

11:17

and then I feel like March that's when things are really

11:19

going to start flying and flowing I

11:21

mean March is gonna kick off with my Norway trip. So I'm sure

11:24

that helps but all this to

11:26

say hibernating

11:28

It's okay to hibernate It's okay

11:30

to just Go slow

11:33

Be at peace Take time

11:36

do things as They

11:38

come versus trying to do all the things all

11:40

at once You know, when life

11:43

gives you radical change, hits you with

11:45

that, Whoa! Everything is different.

11:48

Nothing is the same. It's

11:50

okay to hibernate. It's

11:52

okay to choose you and take care of your

11:54

needs. And

11:57

as we get along in the year, as we move along,

11:59

move forward, I'm gonna start to share more about

12:01

what's going on in my life. And

12:04

in this hibernating

12:06

phase, season I'm in, lots of introspection,

12:09

lots of Perspective

12:12

shifts, if you will. And

12:14

one big thing that I have learned in

12:16

all of this is no

12:18

matter how hard it is,

12:22

choosing your own happiness, choosing

12:24

you is the most important thing you

12:26

can do for yourself. Sometimes

12:29

it's the hardest thing you can do, especially

12:31

if you're a nurturer, especially if you're a giver,

12:33

especially if you're a lover, especially

12:36

if you see the good in everybody, And

12:38

you want what's best for everyone. Sometimes

12:41

choosing you, choosing your own

12:43

happiness is really hard. And

12:47

I hope that with the in between

12:50

and my message and what I am trying to

12:52

do here in the world and whatever, the little,

12:54

little corner of the internet that I take up, I

12:57

hope that I can show you that choosing you no matter

12:59

how hard it is, how hard it can

13:01

be, is the

13:04

only option for you. Because

13:06

everything that you want in life, all the abundance, all

13:08

the happiness, all the joy, all the peace, everything

13:11

is on the other side of you choosing you.

13:14

Maybe not all at once, and you probably

13:16

definitely can't see it all there. And this

13:18

could be in any, any area of your

13:20

life, your work, where

13:22

you live, your family, your friends,

13:25

your partner. So in these seasons

13:28

of slow, in these seasons of hibernating,

13:30

and coincidentally mine does line up with winter.

13:33

As a planner, your girl really appreciates that. But

13:37

during these seasons, I do encourage you to check in with

13:39

yourself. Where are you pushing yourself

13:41

too hard? Where are you not choosing

13:43

yourself? I mentioned last time I'm

13:45

rereading Untamed. I'm almost finished, you

13:48

know, taking my time with it, soaking in

13:50

all the good, the good energy of that

13:52

text that I can. And one of the chapters

13:54

I just finished, Glennon was talking about

13:56

her anger and how

14:00

your anger is almost always

14:02

a projection from within. I'm

14:04

not saying the person doesn't deserve the anger or

14:07

with a situation doesn't deserve the anger. But

14:10

you need to check in with yourself on where that anger

14:12

is coming from. Where is that anger

14:14

better directed? Are

14:16

you angry right now? What's going

14:18

on? Why are you not happy? What

14:21

things in your life can you change? What

14:23

things can you not? Are you sad?

14:26

Are you filling up your cup? Or are you filling

14:28

into everyone else's? Check

14:30

in with yourself. It's an easy

14:32

idea, but it's so hard to do sometimes, especially

14:34

in the hustle and bustle of life, even in

14:37

the slower seasons. Heck, sometimes

14:39

even the slower seasons, it's harder because you're

14:41

bogged down with other stuff. so

14:43

my advice for you this week, these next two weeks,

14:46

if you're in those seasons, a season

14:48

of change, a season of slowing down, a season

14:50

of hibernating. A

14:53

season of, I just need to be at the moment.

14:55

It's okay. In most places in the world,

14:57

if you look out, everything's dead right now. Everything's

15:00

sleeping. Getting ready

15:02

to boast a plentiful,

15:05

bountiful spring and summer. The year's

15:07

just getting started, there's still time

15:09

to crush your goals. There's still time

15:11

to do all the things that you want to do. There's still

15:14

time for you to learn the piano and

15:16

learn pink bunny club and have your freaking

15:18

moment. There's still time.

15:21

Just make sure you're choosing you. That's

15:23

all that I ask. All right,

15:26

got a little deep, that felt good. Got my, got

15:28

my mojo back. Um,

15:30

you know, I just had a random thought. So looking at

15:32

my backyard, looking out at my backyard, excuse

15:34

me, there's lots of wildlife. I'm not

15:36

used to that from the city city because, well,

15:39

there's just buildings everywhere and the wildlife

15:41

is limited. So there's like lots of little birds

15:44

and critters out there, and there's lots of woodpeckers.

15:46

And, you know, when you start thinking about

15:49

something too hard, it either Makes

15:51

you realize how weird something is or how

15:54

funny something is, or just however something

15:56

is in a woodpecker

15:59

that is the most accurate animal name, woodpecker.

16:02

It literally is named what it does. It

16:04

pecks wood. A woodpecker. What

16:07

a weird animal name, but also

16:09

so on point, so specifically,

16:12

so specific, interesting.

16:15

I say that I'm like, well, a blue footed booby,

16:18

which I know that's such a weird bird name too.

16:20

That is what it is too. It's a blue footed

16:23

booby. So I don't know. I

16:26

don't know all that to say, woodpeckers,

16:28

blue footed boobies, Robins, cardinals,

16:31

there's lots of animals in the world. And I

16:33

have reached that point in my life where I now

16:35

love staring out into nature and the animals

16:37

doing their thing. So You

16:40

know what? As I say that, I guess my

16:42

hibernation period is also entering

16:44

my grandma era. I

16:46

don't hate it. I don't hate it.

16:49

So, on that note, I'm gonna let

16:51

you go. I hope you have a great, wonderful

16:53

rest of the next couple of weeks. I hope

16:55

to have some movement and change in my life.

16:58

Some progress. Some things done.

17:00

Some tasks tasked. Some

17:02

to do's done. Right, right. and

17:04

yeah. Next time we talk will probably be February.

17:07

And, man. We're

17:09

already moving on to the, into the year, it's a

17:11

20, 25, and I still can't stop saying 2024.

17:14

So see, there's always room

17:16

to grow. Well,

17:18

if you're not doing so already, you can follow me on

17:20

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17:22

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17:24

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17:27

went away, then came back and then it went away.

17:29

And then it was here and I don't even know what's going

17:31

on with it. Do I trust it? Probably not,

17:33

but you can still find me there at the in between podcast

17:36

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17:38

your neighbor, share this with your aunt or your

17:40

mother or your, your sister, I don't know. Share

17:42

it with somebody because your girl needs to grow. So,

17:45

that's all she wrote. In other news, I

17:47

will talk to you here soon. I'm Elizabeth.

17:50

Bye!