1 00:00:07,989 --> 00:00:11,389 Suze: December 25th, 2025. What do you want to say? 2 00:00:11,510 --> 00:00:14,949 KT: Happy Christmas. Happy Christmas. Happy Christmas. It's here. 3 00:00:15,750 --> 00:00:18,889 Suze: It's here. She says Happy. I say Merry, Merry Christmas.. 4 00:00:19,110 --> 00:00:22,729 KT: And happy Hanukkah for those of you that enjoyed that 5 00:00:22,729 --> 00:00:26,750 KT: week of lighting candles, playing the dreidel game, Suze, tell them what the dreidel is 6 00:00:28,209 --> 00:00:29,649 Suze: I was just gonna say, and we hope all of 7 00:00:29,649 --> 00:00:32,589 Suze: you had a great Hanukkah because we did. And what's 8 00:00:32,590 --> 00:00:35,930 Suze: so strange about the dreidel game that KT just talked about, 9 00:00:36,209 --> 00:00:38,009 Suze: which is literally just a game, 10 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,250 KT: Little wooden tops, and you spin them. 11 00:00:40,290 --> 00:00:42,729 Suze: And depending on what comes up on the top when 12 00:00:42,729 --> 00:00:45,889 Suze: it lands, you either win money, you, whatever it is. 13 00:00:46,450 --> 00:00:47,930 Suze: Every time she did it she won. 14 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:48,250 KT: I won. 15 00:00:48,369 --> 00:00:50,650 Suze: I'm telling you she fixed it. I don't know how 16 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:54,430 Suze: she did that, but it's impossible that that little top 17 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:59,009 Suze: landed on winning every single time. But anyway, what else 18 00:00:59,009 --> 00:01:00,229 Suze: were you gonna say, KT? 19 00:01:00,490 --> 00:01:03,090 KT: I've been working the past few days, everyone, in our 20 00:01:03,090 --> 00:01:07,010 KT: storage unit here in Florida, and we'll tell you why 21 00:01:07,010 --> 00:01:08,190 KT: in a moment, but 22 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,940 KT: I get a phone call yesterday. It's late in the afternoon, 23 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,080 KT: Christmas Eve. Suze said, KT, come home, come home, I 24 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,119 KT: miss you. I said, all right, I have to make 25 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,519 KT: one stop at FedEx. I stopped at FedEx. I'm shipping 26 00:01:21,519 --> 00:01:23,959 KT: all these things, and the two guys I work with, 27 00:01:24,260 --> 00:01:26,720 KT: Rodney and Gavin, look at me and say, KT, you 28 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:28,639 KT: don't look very happy. It's Christmas. 29 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,919 KT: I said, you know what, boys, I don't even have 30 00:01:30,919 --> 00:01:34,279 KT: a tree yet. I don't have a Christmas tree. I 31 00:01:34,279 --> 00:01:36,959 KT: think I'll stop and get some clippings and put them 32 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,279 KT: in a vase like Suze and I do all the 33 00:01:39,279 --> 00:01:42,000 KT: time and put lights on it and, and try to 34 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,160 KT: make it a Merry Christmas. And they said, KT, forget 35 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:50,580 KT: about it. It's already, you know, Christmas Eve, it's over. Anyway... 36 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:51,790 Suze: Wait, before she goes on. 37 00:01:52,709 --> 00:01:56,870 Suze: On the island, because it's not easy to get Christmas 38 00:01:56,870 --> 00:02:00,139 Suze: trees on and off an island, we had this big tree, 39 00:02:00,180 --> 00:02:02,419 Suze: as all of you saw over all the years that 40 00:02:02,419 --> 00:02:05,309 Suze: was artificial, and that was that, right? 41 00:02:05,510 --> 00:02:07,569 KT: Colo and I would decorate it. 42 00:02:07,589 --> 00:02:10,429 Suze: As you also would see, but in Florida, which is 43 00:02:10,429 --> 00:02:15,029 Suze: where we are, we don't have that tree. And so therefore, 44 00:02:15,190 --> 00:02:16,169 Suze: go on, KT. 45 00:02:16,309 --> 00:02:18,970 KT: OK, so I said, all right, so I go home. 46 00:02:19,229 --> 00:02:20,110 KT: I get home. 47 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,970 KT: And the door in the foyer of our condo is 48 00:02:23,970 --> 00:02:29,160 KT: closed and it smells delicious. It smells like mulling spices 49 00:02:29,449 --> 00:02:32,850 KT: and cloves and cinnamon, and, and Suze's greeting me at 50 00:02:32,850 --> 00:02:36,410 KT: the door, which is rare, and she said, KT, I'm 51 00:02:36,410 --> 00:02:39,109 KT: so glad you're home. I said, Susie, it smells delicious. 52 00:02:39,529 --> 00:02:40,970 KT: It smells like Christmas. 53 00:02:41,350 --> 00:02:45,758 KT: And she said, KT, Merry Christmas, and she opens the 54 00:02:45,758 --> 00:02:50,399 KT: door and there in front of me is a beautiful 55 00:02:50,399 --> 00:02:56,559 KT: live Christmas tree decorated with little baby lights, little crystals 56 00:02:56,559 --> 00:03:02,519 KT: hanging on, crystal ornaments and photographs all over the tree, 57 00:03:02,580 --> 00:03:06,440 KT: and I burst into tears. I was crying and crying, 58 00:03:06,479 --> 00:03:08,960 KT: and I told her how I was telling the boys 59 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:10,800 KT: at FedEx I don't have a tree. 60 00:03:11,258 --> 00:03:15,860 KT: Anyway, Suze, when I was working all day, did this 61 00:03:15,860 --> 00:03:19,038 KT: by herself, a huge surprise... 62 00:03:19,500 --> 00:03:23,020 Suze: To both of us, I didn't know how to wrap 63 00:03:23,020 --> 00:03:25,959 Suze: lights on a tree because the one in the island, 64 00:03:26,860 --> 00:03:27,580 KT: Everything was automatic. 65 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,820 Suze: Yeah, you opened up the things and there were the lights. 66 00:03:29,899 --> 00:03:31,410 Suze: I mean, it was quite something. 67 00:03:31,660 --> 00:03:34,579 KT: So Suze did this by herself. No one could believe 68 00:03:34,580 --> 00:03:37,539 KT: she put this all together. She had a stand. She 69 00:03:37,539 --> 00:03:39,419 KT: had a beautiful red satin... 70 00:03:39,770 --> 00:03:42,229 KT: Um, we'll have to send a picture to everyone. We'll send, 71 00:03:42,339 --> 00:03:45,630 KT: we'll post a photo tomorrow. We'll post it tomorrow. 72 00:03:45,910 --> 00:03:47,110 Suze: That was my... 73 00:03:47,110 --> 00:03:50,949 KT: Wait, can I tell them the photos? The photos on 74 00:03:50,949 --> 00:03:56,139 KT: the tree, everyone was significant and meaningful, and I'm not 75 00:03:56,139 --> 00:03:59,869 KT: gonna share the details, but she wrote a personal note 76 00:03:59,869 --> 00:04:02,029 KT: on the back of each photograph. 77 00:04:02,699 --> 00:04:05,509 KT: And I cried and cried and cried and I said 78 00:04:05,509 --> 00:04:10,320 KT: this is the best Christmas gift of all time and 79 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:11,910 KT: the house smells like pine. 80 00:04:12,110 --> 00:04:15,190 Suze: I was so happy because I was able to give 81 00:04:15,190 --> 00:04:21,308 Suze: her something that she really, really wanted. So that's how 82 00:04:21,309 --> 00:04:22,750 Suze: Christmas started began. 83 00:04:22,910 --> 00:04:26,690 KT: That's how it began on Christmas Eve, which is really 84 00:04:26,988 --> 00:04:31,510 KT: the most significant night that we celebrate being Italians. 85 00:04:31,799 --> 00:04:33,640 Suze: You know, KT, I don't know if we ever even 86 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,079 Suze: finished the beginning of this podcast, which is, Welcome everybody 87 00:04:37,079 --> 00:04:39,799 Suze: to the Women in Money podcast as well as everybody 88 00:04:39,799 --> 00:04:42,260 Suze: smart enough to listen. We just went straight into Christmas, KT, 89 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:46,829 Suze: and maybe all of you noticed that the 90 00:04:47,250 --> 00:04:50,890 Suze: title of this podcast is There's Something I Want to 91 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:55,089 Suze: Say to You Older Folks. And the truth of the 92 00:04:55,089 --> 00:04:58,929 Suze: matter is KT and I are older folks now. I'm 93 00:04:58,928 --> 00:05:02,368 Suze: going to be 75. KT's going to be 74. So 94 00:05:02,369 --> 00:05:03,809 Suze: many of you out there 95 00:05:04,339 --> 00:05:07,540 Suze: are older than us, are our same age, are 10 96 00:05:07,540 --> 00:05:10,619 Suze: years younger than us, and a few of you who 97 00:05:10,619 --> 00:05:14,260 Suze: are smart enough to listen are a lot younger than that. 98 00:05:14,420 --> 00:05:18,109 KT: Do you feel older? Do you feel like an older folk? 99 00:05:19,190 --> 00:05:21,440 Suze: It depends how my body feels, honestly. 100 00:05:22,290 --> 00:05:23,200 KT: How about your heart? 101 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,630 Suze: Oh, my heart is as young, as young 102 00:05:26,630 --> 00:05:27,049 KT: And feisty 103 00:05:27,049 --> 00:05:28,989 Suze: and loving as possible. 104 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,359 KT: We're having a honeymoon. 105 00:05:30,559 --> 00:05:31,209 Suze: Yeah, we are. 106 00:05:31,290 --> 00:05:35,589 KT: And what, what about, um, what about your head? How 107 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:36,230 KT: you think? 108 00:05:36,519 --> 00:05:38,600 Suze: Oh, of course I think like a two year old. 109 00:05:38,678 --> 00:05:42,940 Suze: Are you kidding me? But, but there's a reason why 110 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:47,000 Suze: I wanted to call this podcast that. 111 00:05:47,859 --> 00:05:52,739 Suze: Because when you get older, sometimes, no matter how much 112 00:05:52,738 --> 00:05:54,059 Suze: you love something, 113 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,269 Suze: No matter what's going on in your life that you 114 00:05:58,269 --> 00:06:00,279 Suze: hope goes on forever. 115 00:06:01,579 --> 00:06:06,799 Suze: Sometimes there's a time that things just need to come 116 00:06:06,980 --> 00:06:08,140 Suze: to an end. 117 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:09,579 KT: It's called change. 118 00:06:09,619 --> 00:06:13,679 Suze: And it's called change. And as many of you know, 119 00:06:14,260 --> 00:06:19,200 Suze: for the past 14 years, KT and I have lived 120 00:06:19,660 --> 00:06:23,100 Suze: on the most magnificent private island. 121 00:06:23,390 --> 00:06:27,989 Suze: In an extraordinary home that I built for KT from 122 00:06:27,988 --> 00:06:33,368 Suze: the ground up, I designed every aspect of that home 123 00:06:33,988 --> 00:06:38,828 Suze: to be called pure perfection for KT, and that was 124 00:06:38,829 --> 00:06:43,950 Suze: a gift. The island, truthfully, everybody was a gift to KT. 125 00:06:44,660 --> 00:06:48,018 Suze: We had Colo there as you know we had a 126 00:06:48,019 --> 00:06:51,769 Suze: dock we had a boat we had fishing equipment we 127 00:06:51,769 --> 00:06:57,100 Suze: had it all. The name of our home, our boat, 128 00:06:57,649 --> 00:07:01,369 Suze: even our everything around us is what KT? 129 00:07:01,369 --> 00:07:01,980 KT: Purnata. 130 00:07:02,450 --> 00:07:04,159 Suze: Tell everybody what Purnata means. 131 00:07:04,250 --> 00:07:06,589 KT: Purnata means perfection. 132 00:07:06,928 --> 00:07:13,070 Suze: And in actuality it was a perfect life, a perfect time, 133 00:07:13,329 --> 00:07:16,450 Suze: and we lived in pure perfection. 134 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,160 Suze: All right, KT, you're on. 135 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:25,559 KT: So after 14 years of living perfection, honestly, and loving 136 00:07:25,559 --> 00:07:30,859 KT: every minute except for hurricane season, loving every minute of 137 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:31,660 KT: our experience together... 138 00:07:32,390 --> 00:07:34,410 Suze: The truth is we really loved hurricane season too. 139 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,334 KT: You were petrified of hurricane. 140 00:07:37,484 --> 00:07:40,084 Suze: Yes, but I loved the wind. I love that doesn't 141 00:07:40,084 --> 00:07:41,605 Suze: mean I wasn't afraid, but I was. 142 00:07:41,684 --> 00:07:44,204 KT: She liked the Mother Nature. We never knew when she 143 00:07:44,204 --> 00:07:48,204 KT: was gonna deliver and what she was gonna deliver. So anyway, 144 00:07:48,285 --> 00:07:51,084 KT: we both looked at each other, and after all these years, 145 00:07:51,154 --> 00:07:53,445 KT: after over a decade of our life, we knew it 146 00:07:53,445 --> 00:07:55,165 KT: was time for change. 147 00:07:55,799 --> 00:07:58,910 KT: And as difficult as it might seem and as people 148 00:07:59,410 --> 00:08:03,950 KT: wonder like, well, why? Sometimes you just need change, everybody, 149 00:08:03,970 --> 00:08:08,929 KT: so we sold our island home and it just closed 150 00:08:08,929 --> 00:08:12,570 KT: last week with a lot of tears and a lot 151 00:08:12,570 --> 00:08:16,730 KT: of work to take all of your life and move. 152 00:08:17,420 --> 00:08:21,670 Suze: And which is why KT was in the storage unit 153 00:08:21,829 --> 00:08:25,709 Suze: where many of the things went, but Colo, everybody, and 154 00:08:25,709 --> 00:08:29,079 Suze: I know you're all wondering about, but what is Colo 155 00:08:29,079 --> 00:08:31,790 Suze: gonna do? Did he come with you? Is he living 156 00:08:31,790 --> 00:08:32,840 Suze: there with you? What about Colo? 157 00:08:33,059 --> 00:08:36,340 KT: Yeah, everyone doesn't care that we, we sold our home. 158 00:08:36,419 --> 00:08:38,299 KT: They're saying, Well, what'd you do with Colo? 159 00:08:38,419 --> 00:08:42,580 Suze: The truth of the matter is Colo is staying on 160 00:08:42,580 --> 00:08:45,750 Suze: the island that he actually has been on for over 161 00:08:45,750 --> 00:08:48,478 Suze: 20 some odd years now. 162 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:54,348 Suze: And he's going to stay with the home. He loves 163 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:58,590 Suze: the new owner. He loves the new owner's wife. It 164 00:08:58,590 --> 00:09:01,289 Suze: is so perfect for him, and you know what he 165 00:09:01,289 --> 00:09:02,968 Suze: loves more than anything? 166 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:04,409 KT: His wife! 167 00:09:04,530 --> 00:09:07,449 Suze: His wife Annie is going to be with him. 168 00:09:07,450 --> 00:09:11,289 KT: And she's there now having Christmas with him, right? And 169 00:09:11,289 --> 00:09:13,816 KT: so he really doesn't miss us that much. 170 00:09:13,816 --> 00:09:16,210 Suze: No, but they're gonna work it out that they can 171 00:09:16,210 --> 00:09:20,049 Suze: have a life together as time goes on. 172 00:09:20,409 --> 00:09:23,539 Suze: And so Colo, I know that you're listening to this. 173 00:09:23,979 --> 00:09:27,609 Suze: You know we miss you. You know we love you. 174 00:09:28,049 --> 00:09:29,640 Suze: KT is now crying. 175 00:09:30,169 --> 00:09:33,859 KT: Colo, Susie got me a real tree, and I, I 176 00:09:33,859 --> 00:09:36,299 KT: wish you were here to decorate it with us. 177 00:09:36,419 --> 00:09:38,419 Suze: It's decorated. I did a great job. 178 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:41,619 KT: I know, but Cola, we decorated our tree together for 179 00:09:41,619 --> 00:09:42,119 KT: so many years. 180 00:09:42,979 --> 00:09:47,659 Suze: All right, so while she's now crying, because obviously you 181 00:09:47,659 --> 00:09:49,219 Suze: can all imagine, 182 00:09:49,609 --> 00:09:53,500 Suze: what it's like leaving a home like that, but the 183 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:55,549 Suze: truth of the matter is. 184 00:09:56,419 --> 00:10:01,729 Suze: That we're so happy now in our little condo, and 185 00:10:01,869 --> 00:10:06,070 Suze: what I love most about it, everybody, is that over 186 00:10:06,070 --> 00:10:07,130 Suze: the years. 187 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:12,340 Suze: KT and I have owned many, many homes. At one point, 188 00:10:12,719 --> 00:10:16,718 Suze: not so long ago, we had five homes. We had 189 00:10:16,719 --> 00:10:20,839 Suze: a magnificent home in South Africa where I worked. We 190 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,400 Suze: actually had two in in New York, one in the 191 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,440 Suze: Plaza Hotel, everybody. 192 00:10:26,739 --> 00:10:27,219 KT: San Francisco 193 00:10:27,219 --> 00:10:30,859 Suze: San Francisco, magnificent. 194 00:10:31,450 --> 00:10:33,130 Suze: And the island, it was... 195 00:10:33,460 --> 00:10:36,030 KT: The island was like the cherry on top 196 00:10:36,030 --> 00:10:40,260 Suze: And the condo in Florida, which is where we are now, 197 00:10:40,380 --> 00:10:46,539 Suze: which we got in 2004 simply because my mother, who 198 00:10:46,539 --> 00:10:51,619 Suze: lived in Chicago, refused to move here unless KT and 199 00:10:51,619 --> 00:10:55,140 Suze: I moved here. So one day we went fine. 200 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,669 KT: Tell them what we did. We, we called my sister 201 00:10:58,669 --> 00:11:01,369 KT: Lynn and said, find us a condo we can just 202 00:11:01,369 --> 00:11:04,320 KT: fly down and buy something on the beach, something small, 203 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:09,070 KT: something easy. So she said, OK, we flew from New York. We, 204 00:11:09,159 --> 00:11:13,020 KT: we were working like every day doing shows and really busy. 205 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,919 KT: We flew down early in the morning, got off the plane, 206 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,039 KT: came and looked at with a realtor at a couple condos, 207 00:11:20,239 --> 00:11:21,960 KT: found this one, said, done. 208 00:11:22,489 --> 00:11:25,909 KT: Suze wrote a check, got back on the plane at lunchtime, 209 00:11:26,049 --> 00:11:29,250 KT: and went back to New York to work. That was 210 00:11:29,250 --> 00:11:34,090 KT: our little Florida condo, and that's why her mom decided 211 00:11:34,090 --> 00:11:37,969 KT: and agreed to move out of Chicago to Florida. 212 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,109 Suze: And to our surprise, honestly. 213 00:11:41,159 --> 00:11:42,799 Suze: We fell in love with Florida. 214 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:44,409 KT: We loved it here. 215 00:11:44,479 --> 00:11:45,359 Suze: We were in shock. 216 00:11:45,409 --> 00:11:48,859 KT: First of all, everything was easy driving here. 217 00:11:49,349 --> 00:11:50,400 Suze: We didn't need a driver here. 218 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,960 KT: We didn't need a driver. We actually shipped our San 219 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:58,219 KT: Francisco car here, so we had a car. Long story short, 220 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,479 KT: we couldn't believe how easy it was to drive around 221 00:12:01,479 --> 00:12:05,440 KT: and park for all of you New Yorkers, you know 222 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:06,840 KT: what it means to try 223 00:12:07,219 --> 00:12:09,590 KT: and park a car in New York City. 224 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:13,330 Suze: But what was fascinating is we go out to eat sushi, 225 00:12:13,580 --> 00:12:17,260 Suze: $32 the exact same meal because we always order the 226 00:12:17,260 --> 00:12:22,098 Suze: same thing was like $200 in New York. So little 227 00:12:22,099 --> 00:12:25,140 Suze: by little we fell in love with it and we 228 00:12:25,140 --> 00:12:30,699 Suze: changed our residency from California to Florida because we now 229 00:12:30,700 --> 00:12:32,859 Suze: are in Florida all the time. 230 00:12:33,469 --> 00:12:36,169 Suze: And truthfully wanna hear something that was great... 231 00:12:36,669 --> 00:12:36,945 KT: It's warm. 232 00:12:36,945 --> 00:12:41,450 Suze: Besides that, what we saved on California income tax, paid 233 00:12:41,599 --> 00:12:47,549 Suze: for the condo outright the next year, so it was fabulous, 234 00:12:47,950 --> 00:12:52,580 Suze: everybody in every possible way and again, California is really 235 00:12:52,580 --> 00:12:57,468 Suze: where we lived most of the time, but not anymore 236 00:12:57,469 --> 00:12:59,830 Suze: as soon as we moved here. 237 00:13:00,380 --> 00:13:03,580 Suze: Then as time went on, just so you know our 238 00:13:03,580 --> 00:13:08,219 Suze: history of homes, because we were never in California anymore 239 00:13:08,219 --> 00:13:12,000 Suze: really because we loved it here so much, we sold 240 00:13:12,130 --> 00:13:14,119 Suze: the California residency 241 00:13:14,419 --> 00:13:17,539 KT: And the Suze Orman Show was always taped in New 242 00:13:17,539 --> 00:13:18,219 KT: York City. 243 00:13:18,359 --> 00:13:20,820 Suze: But we were never in New York long enough to 244 00:13:20,820 --> 00:13:26,299 Suze: become New York residents because we were Florida residents. So 245 00:13:26,299 --> 00:13:28,439 Suze: then as time went on. 246 00:13:29,229 --> 00:13:33,590 Suze: We ended the Suze Orman show in 2015. 247 00:13:33,989 --> 00:13:37,689 KT: So after Suze said, KT, we're gonna get rid of everything, 248 00:13:38,109 --> 00:13:41,909 KT: sold New York, sold California, sold South Africa, so here 249 00:13:41,909 --> 00:13:46,859 KT: we are in Florida, and Suze decides we need to travel, we, 250 00:13:47,030 --> 00:13:49,150 KT: we can't just stay in this little condo so she 251 00:13:49,150 --> 00:13:52,228 KT: buys a big yacht. And I think all of you 252 00:13:52,229 --> 00:13:54,770 KT: that know us know that we lived on. 253 00:13:55,109 --> 00:13:59,059 KT: A beautiful large asimut. We had a captain, a big yacht, 254 00:13:59,109 --> 00:14:02,650 KT: and we had it right here in the Florida condo 255 00:14:02,909 --> 00:14:05,989 KT: in a, um, a little marina that this condo has. 256 00:14:06,159 --> 00:14:10,270 KT: So everyone, we traveled all throughout the Bahamas loving our 257 00:14:10,270 --> 00:14:13,590 KT: life on a yacht, our little condo in Florida, and 258 00:14:13,590 --> 00:14:16,150 KT: when I say little, it's little, it's a little two 259 00:14:16,150 --> 00:14:19,469 KT: bedroom and one room is now her recording studio which 260 00:14:19,469 --> 00:14:21,130 KT: we're in right now. We love it. 261 00:14:21,830 --> 00:14:25,770 KT: And we lived on that yacht and then discovered our 262 00:14:25,770 --> 00:14:30,390 KT: little private island which then we bought land, built the home, 263 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:33,729 KT: and that's what we've done, I guess, in the past 264 00:14:33,729 --> 00:14:39,369 KT: 25 years together. So now it's time for a new chapter. 265 00:14:39,450 --> 00:14:47,299 KT: It's 2025. It's our 25th anniversary. Suze's turning 75. It's the. 266 00:14:47,354 --> 00:14:52,155 KT: the perfect time for something different different new. 267 00:14:52,364 --> 00:14:56,794 Suze: However, the little boat that we had is over here 268 00:14:56,794 --> 00:15:00,715 Suze: as well in a little marina here, so life will 269 00:15:00,715 --> 00:15:02,655 Suze: go on in certain ways... 270 00:15:03,075 --> 00:15:07,135 KT: But we can't wait to explore again and travel. 271 00:15:07,809 --> 00:15:11,609 KT: We cannot wait to do that. We're, we're actually really 272 00:15:11,609 --> 00:15:15,049 KT: excited as much as you, my friends, everyone's saying, KT, 273 00:15:15,969 --> 00:15:18,609 KT: how can you leave your island? How can you and 274 00:15:18,609 --> 00:15:23,210 KT: Suze leave such a, an amazing one of a kind lifestyle? 275 00:15:23,260 --> 00:15:26,320 KT: And I said, you know what, it was just time. 276 00:15:26,650 --> 00:15:29,929 KT: And I keep using a metaphor that you'll all relate to. 277 00:15:30,750 --> 00:15:33,469 KT: Remember when you're in high school and it's time to 278 00:15:33,469 --> 00:15:36,010 KT: either go and get a job or go to college 279 00:15:36,010 --> 00:15:39,549 KT: or do whatever you're doing, but you left high school 280 00:15:39,549 --> 00:15:43,349 KT: and those friends that you grew up with for four 281 00:15:43,349 --> 00:15:46,869 KT: years and loved every minute of it and you're still 282 00:15:46,869 --> 00:15:46,950 KT: pretty 283 00:15:47,174 --> 00:15:52,005 KT: much single and it's time for something new that is 284 00:15:52,005 --> 00:15:54,804 KT: exciting but at the same time you're so sad to 285 00:15:54,804 --> 00:15:58,205 KT: leave what you knew and loved all those years. That's 286 00:15:58,205 --> 00:16:00,924 KT: what it feels like it's new and it's time. 287 00:16:01,005 --> 00:16:03,344 Suze: Yeah, and the reason why 288 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:08,590 Suze: I wanted to call this podcast that there are things 289 00:16:08,590 --> 00:16:12,669 Suze: that I wanna say to you older folks, is that 290 00:16:13,289 --> 00:16:15,469 Suze: now that we've actually done this. 291 00:16:16,549 --> 00:16:21,409 Suze: I have to tell you, KT and I feel young again. 292 00:16:21,539 --> 00:16:22,270 KT: Honeymoon. 293 00:16:22,549 --> 00:16:26,369 Suze: Young in a different way, like we're gonna be forever young, 294 00:16:26,830 --> 00:16:30,849 Suze: and I finally, I know everybody's gonna think we're crazy. 295 00:16:31,969 --> 00:16:35,809 Suze: That I achieved a dream that I've always had. 296 00:16:36,849 --> 00:16:38,950 Suze: Do you remember what that dream is, KT? 297 00:16:39,570 --> 00:16:42,450 KT: It makes me laugh because it's kind of funny that you're, 298 00:16:42,609 --> 00:16:45,690 KT: she's setting it up like this romantic dream but wanna 299 00:16:45,690 --> 00:16:46,989 KT: hear what it really is? 300 00:16:47,809 --> 00:16:50,469 Suze: That if we, that if we had to. 301 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,570 Suze: If we hadn't amassed everything that we have, and you 302 00:16:54,570 --> 00:16:57,130 Suze: can imagine it doesn't even matter, but if we were 303 00:16:57,130 --> 00:16:59,030 Suze: like just, just... 304 00:16:59,210 --> 00:17:02,130 KT: Just me and Suze, we can live on our Social 305 00:17:02,130 --> 00:17:03,289 KT: Security checks... 306 00:17:03,289 --> 00:17:08,369 Suze: In this little condo without because we don't own anything. 307 00:17:08,910 --> 00:17:11,949 KT: We have no expenses. We have no debt. We have 308 00:17:11,949 --> 00:17:12,948 KT: a free life. 309 00:17:13,069 --> 00:17:15,909 Suze: Are we gonna live like that? Are you crazy, everybody? 310 00:17:16,229 --> 00:17:18,979 Suze: There's a few luxuries that we are not going to 311 00:17:18,979 --> 00:17:21,290 Suze: give up. Trust me on that one. 312 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,869 KT: But just the knowing that she can do that, being 313 00:17:24,869 --> 00:17:27,630 KT: the money lady, that means a great deal to Suze, 314 00:17:27,910 --> 00:17:29,750 KT: not to me, but to Suze. 315 00:17:29,949 --> 00:17:33,099 Suze: However, more than that. 316 00:17:33,910 --> 00:17:38,349 Suze: Both of us are so happy like yesterday and early 317 00:17:38,349 --> 00:17:39,310 Suze: this morning. 318 00:17:40,109 --> 00:17:42,030 Suze: I have to tell you when we were talking to 319 00:17:42,030 --> 00:17:45,829 Suze: KT's brother and we said we feel so young again, 320 00:17:45,910 --> 00:17:49,510 Suze: we feel so free, but here's the point of what 321 00:17:49,510 --> 00:17:51,790 Suze: I want to say to everybody out there. 322 00:17:52,829 --> 00:17:58,219 Suze: There comes this time when it makes sense, emotionally, physically, 323 00:17:58,310 --> 00:18:04,030 Suze: and financially to downsize. It just does, and we have 324 00:18:04,030 --> 00:18:09,819 Suze: significantly now downsized our life, and I mean significantly, and 325 00:18:09,819 --> 00:18:12,389 Suze: in the way that I tell all of you. 326 00:18:12,979 --> 00:18:16,910 Suze: And I've written in the Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+ 327 00:18:17,189 --> 00:18:21,229 Suze: that as you're getting older, those are the things that 328 00:18:21,229 --> 00:18:25,329 Suze: I want you to think about doing and actually doing 329 00:18:25,550 --> 00:18:29,270 Suze: and I want you to know that KT and I 330 00:18:29,270 --> 00:18:33,150 Suze: both follow the advice that I have been giving to 331 00:18:33,150 --> 00:18:34,708 Suze: all of you. 332 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:41,560 Suze: And we've done that so that we can feel forever young, 333 00:18:41,849 --> 00:18:44,609 Suze: so that we can make the most out of every 334 00:18:44,609 --> 00:18:49,329 Suze: moment of the rest of our lives. And with that said, 335 00:18:49,650 --> 00:18:52,670 Suze: that brings us to the end of this podcast. 336 00:18:54,550 --> 00:18:56,449 Suze: I want to end this podcast, 337 00:18:57,719 --> 00:19:05,310 Suze: with an audio recording that was actually done on November 20th, 1960, 338 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:12,199 Suze: 65 years ago on the Ed Sullivan Show. 339 00:19:13,089 --> 00:19:17,159 Suze: And it's from a woman by the name of Sophie Tucker. 340 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:20,659 Suze: Now many of you are going to remember who she is. 341 00:19:21,020 --> 00:19:24,119 Suze: Many of you may never have even heard of her. 342 00:19:25,209 --> 00:19:28,890 Suze: But the title of it is There's Something I Want 343 00:19:28,890 --> 00:19:34,050 Suze: to say to you Older Folks. So with that, we 344 00:19:34,050 --> 00:19:39,260 Suze: wish you all a very merry Christmas, a very happy Christmas. 345 00:19:39,699 --> 00:19:44,119 Suze: We wish you all a life that you really feel 346 00:19:44,380 --> 00:19:46,339 Suze: forever young. 347 00:19:47,479 --> 00:19:51,569 Clip of Sophie Tucker: Something that I want to say to you older folks. 348 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:55,139 Clip of Sophie Tucker: You young people, you can listen too. 349 00:19:56,239 --> 00:20:01,520 Clip of Sophie Tucker: Because what I'm going to say will someday apply to you. 350 00:20:02,650 --> 00:20:05,879 Clip of Sophie Tucker: I know that a lot of you older folks are 351 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:11,629 Clip of Sophie Tucker: comfortably retired. You've no ties of any kind, and work 352 00:20:11,630 --> 00:20:13,290 Clip of Sophie Tucker: is no longer required. 353 00:20:14,540 --> 00:20:19,819 Clip of Sophie Tucker: So you're sitting around in idleness, each day becomes a bore. 354 00:20:20,729 --> 00:20:22,790 Clip of Sophie Tucker: And you're beginning to stop thinking. 355 00:20:23,729 --> 00:20:25,729 Clip of Sophie Tucker: That there's nothing worth living for. 356 00:20:26,810 --> 00:20:29,969 Clip of Sophie Tucker: You'd like to get into some little business, but you 357 00:20:29,969 --> 00:20:31,510 Clip of Sophie Tucker: feel you're too old to begin. 358 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,800 Clip of Sophie Tucker: Well, I'm going to tell you about a business I'm 359 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:39,280 Clip of Sophie Tucker: sure all of you can be in. 360 00:20:41,430 --> 00:20:44,979 Clip of Sophie Tucker: You be in the business of staying young. 361 00:20:46,079 --> 00:20:48,400 Clip of Sophie Tucker: Makes staying young a career. 362 00:20:49,750 --> 00:20:52,790 Clip of Sophie Tucker: Don't sit around and sigh and let the world pass 363 00:20:52,790 --> 00:20:56,949 Clip of Sophie Tucker: you by, but get with it. Stay with it as 364 00:20:56,949 --> 00:20:57,859 Clip of Sophie Tucker: long as you're here. 365 00:20:58,719 --> 00:21:02,639 Clip of Sophie Tucker: And don't be living in the past. You plan a future. 366 00:21:03,630 --> 00:21:05,709 Clip of Sophie Tucker: And looked forward to each added year. 367 00:21:06,729 --> 00:21:10,919 Clip of Sophie Tucker: I tell you there's no greater thrill, no greater satisfaction 368 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,760 Clip of Sophie Tucker: when you can say, yes, I'm up in years, but 369 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:15,839 Clip of Sophie Tucker: I'm still an itch. 370 00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:20,000 Clip of Sophie Tucker: You'll be in the business of staying young. 371 00:21:20,910 --> 00:21:23,130 Clip of Sophie Tucker: Make staying young a career. 372 00:21:23,930 --> 00:21:27,750 Clip of Sophie Tucker: And ladies and gentlemen, I practice what I preach. I've 373 00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:31,410 Clip of Sophie Tucker: been in the business of staying young ever since I 374 00:21:31,410 --> 00:21:32,689 Clip of Sophie Tucker: hit the 50 mark. 375 00:21:33,430 --> 00:21:37,630 Clip of Sophie Tucker: And believe me, it's a wonderful business in which all 376 00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:38,750 Clip of Sophie Tucker: of you can embark. 377 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,599 Clip of Sophie Tucker: It gives you that happy feeling of starting life anew. 378 00:21:44,390 --> 00:21:49,550 Clip of Sophie Tucker: And like any business, it requires your time and attention too. 379 00:21:50,579 --> 00:21:55,579 Clip of Sophie Tucker: It's compensations are many and it pays big dividends and 380 00:21:55,579 --> 00:21:59,660 Clip of Sophie Tucker: you'll find as you go along, you accumulate a fortune 381 00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:05,020 Clip of Sophie Tucker: in new friends. You'll profit by accomplishment, find something new 382 00:22:05,020 --> 00:22:10,139 Clip of Sophie Tucker: to do. Just give it a try and remember all 383 00:22:10,140 --> 00:22:12,459 Clip of Sophie Tucker: you risk is a bit of you. 384 00:22:13,630 --> 00:22:16,349 Clip of Sophie Tucker: There's a place for you in this world and jobs 385 00:22:16,349 --> 00:22:19,750 Clip of Sophie Tucker: that can be done. Just make up your mind. You're 386 00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:23,550 Clip of Sophie Tucker: never too old to try and help someone. 387 00:22:24,420 --> 00:22:28,280 Clip of Sophie Tucker: It will help you face those coming years with courage 388 00:22:28,420 --> 00:22:29,359 Clip of Sophie Tucker: and a smile. 389 00:22:30,199 --> 00:22:32,989 Clip of Sophie Tucker: If each day you can honestly say, 390 00:22:33,849 --> 00:22:36,410 Clip of Sophie Tucker: I'm doing something worthwhile. 391 00:22:37,300 --> 00:22:41,419 Clip of Sophie Tucker: Age can be a frightening thing. If you let yourself 392 00:22:41,420 --> 00:22:44,319 Clip of Sophie Tucker: fear it, you can't help it if you're up in years, 393 00:22:45,180 --> 00:22:48,579 Clip of Sophie Tucker: but you don't have to be down in spirit. Take 394 00:22:48,579 --> 00:22:52,399 Clip of Sophie Tucker: pride in your appearance. Try to look up to par. 395 00:22:52,979 --> 00:22:56,699 Clip of Sophie Tucker: That's the only way of having people forget how old 396 00:22:56,699 --> 00:22:57,699 Clip of Sophie Tucker: you really are. 397 00:22:58,819 --> 00:23:02,938 Clip of Sophie Tucker: My friends, I've told you time and again in songs 398 00:23:02,939 --> 00:23:07,199 Clip of Sophie Tucker: that I have sung that I will always be engaged 399 00:23:07,420 --> 00:23:09,218 Clip of Sophie Tucker: in the business of staying young. 400 00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:14,479 Clip of Sophie Tucker: I know I'm not indestructible. Time is exacting its toll. 401 00:23:15,489 --> 00:23:18,270 Clip of Sophie Tucker: But I had a goal I wanted to reach. 402 00:23:19,430 --> 00:23:22,430 Clip of Sophie Tucker: And I think I've reached my goal. 403 00:23:23,329 --> 00:23:26,369 Clip of Sophie Tucker: So you get busy and be useful every day that 404 00:23:26,369 --> 00:23:27,130 Clip of Sophie Tucker: you're on Earth. 405 00:23:28,229 --> 00:23:30,829 Clip of Sophie Tucker: And with your talents and your efforts, go ahead and 406 00:23:30,829 --> 00:23:34,550 Clip of Sophie Tucker: prove your worth and be grateful that you're living in 407 00:23:34,550 --> 00:23:35,989 Clip of Sophie Tucker: the world of youth today. 408 00:23:36,869 --> 00:23:40,429 Clip of Sophie Tucker: And you too can be useful if you think and 409 00:23:40,430 --> 00:23:41,228 Clip of Sophie Tucker: live that way. 410 00:23:42,739 --> 00:23:47,140 Clip of Sophie Tucker: So you be in the business of staying young. Make 411 00:23:47,140 --> 00:23:48,020 Clip of Sophie Tucker: staying young a career.