1 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Hi. 2 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 2: I'm Laura Vanderkamp. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist, 3 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 2: and speaker. 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 3: And I'm Sarah hart Hunger, a mother of three, practicing physician, writer, 5 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 3: and course creator. We are two working parents who love 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 3: our careers and our families. 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 2: Welcome to best of both worlds. Here we talk about 8 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: how real women manage work, family, and time for fun. 9 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 2: From figuring out childcare to mapping out long. 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: Term career goals. 11 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 2: We want you to get the most out of life. 12 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: Welcome the best of both worlds. This is Laura. 13 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 2: This episode is airing at the very end of June 14 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. The end of June is basically the 15 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 2: midpoint of the year, and so this episode is going 16 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 2: to be our annual mid year review. For the past 17 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 2: several years, Sarah and I have checked in how halfway 18 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: through the year, on how the year is going, how 19 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 2: our goals are progressing. It's a great way to keep 20 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 2: us accountable for whatever big goals we set at the 21 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 2: end of the previous year looking to the next one. 22 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: You like this episode, don't you, Sarah? 23 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 3: I do, and I always like the concept of systematically 24 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 3: checking in with your larger scale goals. If you have 25 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 3: not embraced looking at your annual list every season at 26 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 3: the very least, may I suggest that you pull it 27 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 3: out around the midpoint, So maybe this episode can spur 28 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 3: you to be like, huh, did I did I make 29 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 3: a twenty twenty six goal list? And if so, bring 30 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 3: it out and just see where things are. I always 31 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 3: remind people not to do this with an era of 32 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 3: its a report card, but instead do it with an 33 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 3: air of a reminder like, oh, this is what I wanted? 34 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 3: Do I still want these things? Is there anything to celebrate? 35 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 3: And is there anything I'm excited to move forward with 36 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 3: in the back half. 37 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: Of the year. Yeah? 38 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, not a report card, more of a curiosity, a 39 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: problem solving exercise to see if who you are now 40 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,919 Speaker 2: is who you were in December or January. If so, great, 41 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: If not, that's totally fine. But you can work with 42 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 2: what you've got and you don't want to not pursue 43 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 2: a goal just because you forgot it, Like, if you 44 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 2: choose to not do it, that is perfectly fine, but 45 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 2: it's better if it's an active choice versus just like 46 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 2: I made a list in December that I forgot where 47 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 2: I even put it. So if you haven't remembered where 48 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: you even put this list. This could be your nuts 49 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 2: to go hunt for it. 50 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe it's a scrap of paper somewhere. 51 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: Where do your goals live? 52 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 3: Sarah, My annual goals list lives in two places. I 53 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 3: guess it lives in three because it also lives immortalized 54 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 3: in podcast form when we record our December episodes. 55 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: True, it's on the internet as a transcript in fact, Sarah. 56 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 3: Yes, but it does live in my little paper accessory 57 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 3: notebook that I use next to my planner all year, 58 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 3: and I usually keep a copy in Apple Notes as well, 59 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 3: just in case I don't know if my planner got stolen. 60 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 3: I don't want to lose my goals. 61 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: So if planner got stolen, there's a hot market for 62 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: used planners out there, hear. 63 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 3: I mean, you never know, more like lost but lost? 64 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: Yes, exactly. Well. 65 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 2: One thing we've been enjoying in this first half of 66 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: the year is our Patreon community. So if you're a 67 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 2: new listener, you may not know that Best of Both 68 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: Worlds has a Patreon community. If you go to patreon 69 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 2: dot com, search up Best of Both Worlds pod, and 70 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: you will find us the top of it. The banner 71 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 2: has a picture of us from several years ago, but 72 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 2: we still look pretty similar, so you will. 73 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: Find us with the show logo and all that. 74 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 2: And membership in this community is nine dollars a month, 75 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 2: but for that you get a great forum of supportive 76 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 2: people who are also building careers while raising families. I mean, 77 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 2: you've really found this to be something of a social 78 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 2: media alternative for you, right, Sarah. 79 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 3: Yes, I find it to be such a supportive community, 80 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 3: and it just doesn't have that Listen, it's very finite. 81 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 3: You are not going to scroll our feed forever. Of course, 82 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 3: if you join as a new member, you do get 83 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 3: access to all of our older content, so it might 84 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 3: keep you busy for a little bit. Listen to all 85 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 3: our old secret episodes even but it's not an infinite sciral. Instead, 86 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 3: it is an interactive community. And for those people that 87 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 3: are trying to make mindless Internet less of a thing, 88 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 3: but still are wanting that kind of systematic connection with 89 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 3: those that might be in similar situations to them but 90 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 3: aren't necessarily in their neighborhood, the Patreon is a great 91 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 3: place for that. I myself, I'm a member of a 92 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 3: couple patreons and I really enjoy them, despite the fact 93 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 3: that I said goodbye to social media long ago. 94 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, and because it is a closed community, people are 95 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 2: often more willing to share resources, to share ideas, to 96 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 2: offer feedback. So we have really appreciated people's authenticity and 97 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: helpfulness in a way that you just don't get elsewhere online. 98 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 2: So please consider joining. If you do, you will have 99 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 2: access not only to our prior meetups. We do monthly 100 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 2: Zoom meetups and we record those, but we are also 101 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 2: doing a super secret special episode in July that will 102 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 2: just be released to our Patreon community. This is how 103 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 2: we celebrate the summer when it's harder to get people 104 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 2: together for a Zoom meet up. 105 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 3: Yes, we've done this every year for a few years. 106 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 3: I think. Usually we record it in person. Usually we 107 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 3: try to put a call out for some Q and 108 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 3: A that we might not want to be discussing publicly, 109 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 3: and it's always a fun time. 110 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, So if you want that, please consider joining. 111 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 2: We would love to have you. If you have any 112 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 2: questions about it, feel free to reach out to me 113 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 2: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 114 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: And of course you're able to quit. 115 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 2: At any point, So if you just want to try 116 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 2: it out for a few days and then you could 117 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 2: walk away if you don't like it. 118 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: But I think you're going to really enjoy it, because 119 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: we certainly have. 120 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 2: So on to our mid year update, I went back 121 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 2: and found our notes for our Goals twenty twenty six episode, 122 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 2: and Sarah and I said notes back and forth before 123 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 2: each of our recording sessions, and so I basically just 124 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 2: pasted them in and said, Sarah, let's get an update. 125 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 2: So our first category, if anyone wants to go back 126 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 2: and listen to Goals twenty twenty six, our first category 127 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 2: was personal. So, Sarah, you were going to embrace hobbies. 128 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 2: Have you embraced your hobbies over the last six months? 129 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 3: I mean I had a long list of things under personal, 130 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 3: but yes, the first one was embrace hobbies, and I 131 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 3: was specific about which hobbies I was interested in pursuing. 132 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 3: Wanted to learn all of the Taylor Swift Life of 133 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 3: a Showgirl songs on the piano. I wanted to try 134 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 3: cross Ditch, and I wanted to play with Fountain pens. 135 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 3: So I would give myself a very well this is 136 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 3: not a report card, but piano is going very well. 137 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 3: I don't think I've played every song from that song book, 138 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 3: but I've gotten good at the ones I enjoy playing 139 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 3: and feel ready to move on to other things. I've 140 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 3: played piano more this year than probably the last fifteen 141 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 3: years combined, so that's pretty cool. And I've actually just 142 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 3: started to play some back two part inventions as my 143 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 3: next project. So Taylor Swift to Bock it works. So yeah, 144 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 3: that's going great. 145 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: Crossed it. 146 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 3: I did try. I ordered a kit. I started doing 147 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 3: it while watching well, I was actually watching Euphoria, which 148 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 3: is it was a perfect juxtaposition, like that show features 149 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 3: drugs and a lot of terrible things, and there I 150 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 3: am sitting with my like hoop pretending it's I'm embroidering 151 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 3: on the prairie or something. But it felt right and 152 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 3: I enjoyed it, and I want to continue. So check 153 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 3: and fountain pens is the one area that's been a 154 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 3: little disappointing. I ordered a couple of them. I tried them. 155 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 3: I don't know, maybe I'd ordered the wrong ones. Maybe 156 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 3: the way I write just doesn't like I do hold 157 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 3: pens in a somewhat unusual manner as a lefty hasn't worked. 158 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 3: I mean, I've been doing tons of journaling and playing 159 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,239 Speaker 3: with stickers and other things, but not the fountain pens. 160 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 3: So yeah, that was my kind of hobbies. 161 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: Do people make left handed pens? 162 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 3: I do not know. I feel like there are pens 163 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 3: that have a reputation of being more left handed friendly, 164 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 3: and if you are a lefty who has a certain 165 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 3: love for a fountain pen, let me know. Maybe I 166 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 3: just need to experiment a little bit more. 167 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: Okay, how about your fitness goals? 168 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 3: Yes, so my fitness goals were to consistently attend of 169 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 3: club pilates and to try out you have to be 170 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 3: like evaluated to get to level two, and I already 171 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 3: did it. I was going to do it by the 172 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 3: end of the year, and I think I did it 173 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 3: on Valentine's Day, so that was great. And I do 174 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 3: enjoy the level two classes a lot more so that's 175 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 3: pretty cool. The only problem is the studio I go 176 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 3: to that's the highest level, so now I feel like 177 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 3: the thrill of the chase is a little bit gone. 178 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 3: So then I added another fitness goal, which was to 179 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 3: get into the actual gym, and I've been doing that 180 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 3: as well. So yeah, fitness going well. 181 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: And how about your nails? 182 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 3: Fail, total fail fail. I had a goal to keep 183 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 3: my nails nice. I'm doing a close up right now. 184 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: I'm getting to see the nails. They're fine. I mean, 185 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: they don't look terrible. 186 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:41,319 Speaker 3: They not what I was envisioning. They're unpolished, they're clumsily cut. 187 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 3: The good news is that ever since I got my 188 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 3: invisiline last spring, I have not bit my nails a 189 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 3: single time. So it cured me, which is pretty amazing. 190 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 3: But I didn't do like the mannies that I was envisioning, 191 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 3: so we'll see. 192 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: I don't know. 193 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 3: I'm not that passionate about it. 194 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 2: Okay, And then why don't you just read through the 195 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 2: last bit the wardrobe, et cetera. 196 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: You had a lot of goals here. 197 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 3: I know I always have a lot of goals. I 198 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 3: had a lot of specific, like wardrobe procurement ideas, and 199 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 3: I would say, I'm making good progress. I'll just go 200 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 3: through the list briefly. 201 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:10,839 Speaker 1: Here. 202 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 3: Jewelry, I haven't really done much. I got one necklace, 203 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 3: but I don't feel like I upgraded my jewelry wardrobe yet. 204 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 3: I did get some date night outfits thanks to a 205 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 3: shopping trip I took in Lannie with Lannie from Real 206 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 3: Life Style in February. It was awesome. I haven't gotten 207 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 3: any speaking outfits, but I also haven't had to speak, 208 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 3: so I have not altered two dresses that I want 209 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 3: to alter, but I did upgrade my lounge wear and 210 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 3: I had a goal to get two new colors of 211 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 3: scrubs and they just came in the mail and their 212 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 3: lilac and highlighter yellow. The yellow is a little bit ridiculous, 213 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 3: but I feel like it'll make people smile. 214 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's not like, is it like big birdish. 215 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: I'm very curious. It's like a highlighter. 216 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 3: It's almost a little bit greenish. Oh okay, it's just 217 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 3: very bright. 218 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: All right. 219 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 2: Well, sometimes you need that when you're in a doctor's office, right, exactly. 220 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: All right. 221 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 3: So your personal goals, you didn't have quite as many, 222 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:01,839 Speaker 3: but you still have, so tell us about those. 223 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: Well. 224 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 2: I wanted to do regular library visits, and I have 225 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 2: been pretty good about this. I started going more to 226 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 2: the bigger branch library, which is just a more fruitful 227 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 2: place to browse than our local one, which I love 228 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 2: and is very convenient, but is also small. So if 229 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 2: I want to flum the depths of the natural history section. 230 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: I need there to be like a bigger natural history. 231 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 3: Section, and we know you do want to do that. 232 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 1: We do want to do that. 233 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 2: So I have been getting a ton of those books, 234 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 2: a lot of decorating books, because I love like flipping 235 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 2: through those just as I can do. 236 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: But I do some other things too, like I've found. 237 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 2: A book on how we eat now it's like a 238 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 2: book of essays on food topics. And then I've got 239 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 2: a book of Annie Dillard essays that I'm going to 240 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 2: work through. 241 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: So you know, it's I'm branching out a little bit. 242 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: But it's been great. It's been great. I'm glad I've 243 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: been doing that. 244 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 2: I also set a goal to listen to all of 245 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 2: Mozart this year. Long term listeners know that I have 246 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 2: done an annual project most years where I read something 247 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 2: big or listen to something big. In the past, I've 248 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 2: listened to all of Bach, all of Beethoven. So this 249 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 2: year I decided to listen to all of Mozart, and 250 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 2: I would say that I am approximately halfway through. We're 251 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,839 Speaker 2: around age twenty two to twenty three of him now, 252 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 2: and he died at age thirty five. I'm going chronologically 253 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 2: through his compositions. For the most part, I'm going through 254 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 2: the catalog, but of course works would be discovered later, 255 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 2: and so some of them are shoved in and it's 256 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 2: a complicated system. But I'm mostly halfway through enjoying that 257 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 2: more than I really thought I would. 258 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 3: Cool. 259 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 1: I was going to read Shakespeare's greatest hits, so reread 260 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 1: twelve plays in commentary about each, and I should have 261 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,719 Speaker 1: known this goal was in trouble when I quickly identified 262 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: the first three plays I wanted to reread, and. 263 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 2: Then I was like, oh, and then I'll just figure 264 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 2: it out after that. 265 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 3: It was a sign. It was a sign that. 266 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 2: The reason I could identify three plays is that there 267 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 2: was a three I really wanted to reread and study. 268 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 2: And then after I got through that, I was not 269 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 2: clear which one I wanted. 270 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: To revisit all that much. 271 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 2: So I was hacking my way through Macbeth again, and 272 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 2: I was like, I don't really want to be reading 273 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 2: Macbeth right now. 274 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: I've read Macbeth a couple times. It's fine, it's good, 275 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: but you know, I. 276 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,319 Speaker 2: Was done with that, so I gave up that goal. Yeah, 277 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 2: I'm just reading a lot about like natural history now. 278 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: Strength and flexibility. I wanted to aim for. 279 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 2: Three times a week of strength training. I work out 280 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 2: once with my trainer virtually and then do two more 281 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 2: times on my own. I've been pretty consistent about doing this. 282 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 2: It only has to be like ten fifteen minutes for 283 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 2: it to count. But I put strength one, two, three 284 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 2: on my planner each week and cross. 285 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 1: It off, and that has mostly done it. 286 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 3: And you've even shared some fitness reports on your blog 287 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 3: lately if people are interested. 288 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: Yes, I have been. 289 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 2: I'm trying to do something every day, and so it's 290 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 2: a little make me a little accountable for writing a 291 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 2: week of workouts. As a recurring theme on the Vault blog, 292 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 2: I wanted to eat produce for breakfast. This is a 293 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 2: reup firm last year and I've mostly stuck with that. 294 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 2: And then I added in that I wanted to roast 295 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 2: veggies once a week when not traveling, so something like 296 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 2: forty times a year, and I've been pretty consistent with 297 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 2: that too. And sometimes it's not that I do it 298 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 2: once a week. I do fewer of them, like once 299 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 2: or multiple times a week or something. Anytime I'm starting 300 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 2: the oven to cook chicken nuggets for other people, I 301 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 2: can put in veggies for myself and takes about the 302 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 2: same amount of time. 303 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:25,719 Speaker 1: So there you go. 304 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 3: I love it repurposing that oven power. Well, let's take 305 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 3: a break and we will get to our But I 306 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 3: feel like we both did pretty well. Like let's yeah, 307 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 3: we're doing good. 308 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're doing good. 309 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 3: Take a break, We're going to get through our next category. 310 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: Well, we are back. We are talking through our twenty 311 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: twenty six goals in this mid year update. 312 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 2: So we just went through a long list of each 313 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 2: of our personal goals. Apparently we were trying to do 314 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 2: a lot in the first half and hopefully on the 315 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 2: second half of twenty twenty six as well. Second Category 316 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 2: two Relationships, Sarah, what were you aiming to do in 317 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 2: this category? 318 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 3: All right? Goal Number one under relationships was to do 319 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 3: two date nights per month and to plan them out 320 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 3: when I do my monthly planning, which is when I 321 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 3: sit down and figure out how many clinical days I have, 322 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 3: who's on call, how many like creative work days I have, 323 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 3: like really understand the shape of the month, and then 324 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 3: nail down the date nights. I think we've definitely averaged 325 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 3: at least two date nights a month. I think there 326 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 3: have been like here and there where one got derailed, 327 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 3: but then some months where we did extra So I 328 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 3: would call this a success overall. Definitely helps when there's 329 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 3: a specific event that we're putting on the calendar to Okay, 330 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 3: we're going to this Broadway off Broadway show and so 331 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 3: therefore it's a date night, like we have tickets, it's happening. 332 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 3: And we've actually had some success at impromptu like oh wait, 333 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 3: Annabell's home and we you don't have to pick anyone up, 334 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 3: like let's go and seize the moment. So I would 335 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 3: call this a success. Number two was to help Josh 336 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 3: manage his work schedule better. And what we did is 337 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 3: that I got to be part of the WhatsApp group 338 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 3: chat that his team is using to do their scheduling. 339 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 3: That's been very, very helpful. Yeah, I would say in 340 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 3: general this is like there have been less fewer surprises. 341 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 3: I will say this is a nudge to ensure that 342 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 3: I proactively ensure we tell everyone about things coming up 343 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 3: in the back half of twenty twenty six, because I 344 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 3: feel like we were great through the summer, but I 345 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 3: need to refresh this one to keep it going. But honestly, 346 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 3: it's gone better some people might say, well, it shouldn't 347 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 3: have to be like this, but it's better that it 348 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 3: is like this this way. 349 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's fascinating. Was anyone surprised to have you be 350 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 2: part of the WhatsApp chat? 351 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 3: No, I mean, no one's commented. There aren't any other 352 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 3: partners on the chat. I feel like I can partly 353 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 3: get away with it a little bit because I work 354 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 3: at the same place, so it's not like I'm getting 355 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 3: proprietary info about the hospital system. I mean it's a 356 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 3: private group chat about scheduling, like there's nothing private in 357 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 3: there whatsoever. But yeah, no one has complained or anything 358 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 3: like that, and honestly, they probably prefer it because it 359 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 3: might mean that it's less likely that we have to 360 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 3: make a last minute change if I see things coming 361 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 3: a little bit sooner. 362 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, speaking of partners, you also celebrated your twentieth 363 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: wedding anniversary. 364 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 3: Yes, I had a goal to quote really celebrate our 365 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 3: twentieth wedding anniversary and we did. We took a weekend 366 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 3: away in Mirraball in the Berkshires. This I talked about 367 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 3: it on a prior episode. It was so much fun 368 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 3: and I'm just really glad we did it. It felt 369 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 3: like something I don't know. As I was booking it, 370 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 3: I'm like, am I the kind of person that does this? 371 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 3: This seems so it seems like a lot. It seems like, well, 372 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 3: this really happened. I had weird feelings of disbelief that 373 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 3: it would happen, but it happened. It was great, we 374 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 3: had a great time. And then we're going to be 375 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 3: celebrating with the family with two weeks in awaiy, So 376 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 3: I feel like we are milking this one as we should. 377 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: So that's good. And then you wanted to stay in 378 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: touch with your extended family as well. 379 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 3: Yes, my goal was to see my parents and sister 380 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 3: at least three times. And I went in January and 381 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 3: in February, and then I saw my sister in April. 382 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 3: I'm supposed to go back in July. I may be 383 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 3: going back sooner. As we record this. We were navigating 384 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 3: some tough medical stuff with my family. I'm not going 385 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 3: to share their stuff, but might be some rocky roads 386 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 3: ahead and I might end up being there a little 387 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 3: bit more often. So I will definitely be meeting this goal. 388 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 3: And I also wanted to call them more and I 389 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 3: think I've been successful with that. It's been like, oh, 390 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 3: I'm taking a walk on a weekend, like let me 391 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 3: check in with my parents, and yeah, I feel good 392 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 3: about that. I also speak to my sister multiple nights 393 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 3: a week. She often calls me when she's driving home. 394 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: Excellent, excellent. 395 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 2: So I set a goal to go to three pro 396 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 2: sports events and one concert. I have already been to 397 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 2: two pro sports events. I went to a Sixers game, 398 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 2: we went to a Phillies game, and so I presume 399 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 2: there will be one other. Either go to the Phillies 400 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 2: at some point later this summer, hopefully make it to 401 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 2: the Eagles in the fall or winter to get to 402 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:08,119 Speaker 2: my trifecta of the three Philly sports that I actually follow. 403 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 2: As for concerts, I have tickets to three upcoming concerts, 404 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 2: so presumably at least one of those will happen Sarah 405 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 2: McLaughlin this summer. 406 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: Melissa Ethridge in September. 407 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 2: At Longwood Gardens and yeah, it's always nineteen ninety five 408 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 2: around here. 409 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: Team there's a theme. 410 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 2: Although then in November I have tickets to Olivia Rodrigo, 411 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 2: who is playing in the what was the Wells? I 412 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 2: think of those the Wells Fargo Center it's now the 413 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 2: Exfinity Center in Philly, going with my daughter to that, 414 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 2: So I don't believe that Miss Rodriguez was alive in 415 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 2: nineteen ninety five. 416 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: That's a different era entirely. 417 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 3: I love it. 418 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: Well, that's exciting, so that should be happening. 419 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 2: Family travel, well, I was vague in my December I 420 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 2: think we were saying that we would do some major 421 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 2: travel over Christmas and New Year's and my spring break trip. 422 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: So that happened. 423 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 2: We went to the Galapagos, Ecuador over Christmas in New 424 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,880 Speaker 2: Year's with the seven of us, and then I took 425 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 2: Sam to Japan over spring break, and those were both 426 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 2: great trips, big adventures in the fullest sense of the world. 427 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 1: Glap Ghost is probably more challenging. 428 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 2: Just because we had all of us and it was 429 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 2: a little bit rougher in terms of activities and things 430 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:20,239 Speaker 2: like that and managing that. 431 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: But Japan was great, and Sam is an amazing travel companion. 432 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: I really enjoyed getting to know him a little better 433 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: through that. 434 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 2: So I said, twenty fifth reunion. Go to my twenty 435 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 2: fifth reunion. I did that, do one on one time 436 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 2: when I can with the kids and notice it. So 437 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 2: I like to think that this is at least somewhat 438 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 2: happening with the kids who are still at home. I 439 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 2: obviously did Japan with Sam, so I think that counts 440 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 2: as a significant amount of one on one time. I 441 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 2: have done some other things, like I took Ruth out 442 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 2: to lunch a few times over the course of this 443 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 2: past six months. Henry gets a lot of one on 444 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 2: one time just because he's little. So ponder what I 445 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 2: can do with Alex. I'm not entirely sure of it. 446 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 2: Maybe that's the goal to execute on in the next 447 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 2: six months, to spend some time with him if he 448 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 2: is up for that, and just facilitate gathering thinking about 449 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 2: when people are in the house in various combinations and 450 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 2: how I can encourage us to spend time together. I 451 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 2: think we're doing okay with this, Like we get a 452 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 2: different combination of people out in the pool or the 453 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 2: hot tub a lot of nights, especially the past months 454 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 2: or so, as the weather has allowed for that, we've 455 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 2: been eating out more as a family, and we talked 456 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 2: about this in our dining out episode. Now that dining 457 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 2: out is not a total horror show, it's become a 458 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 2: lot more fun and so that can be a fun 459 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 2: family activity, and we have been taking advantage of that. 460 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 3: And I will say that you even had one on 461 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 3: one activities with your college students. So it's a reminder 462 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 3: that even when your kids leave the house, that doesn't 463 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 3: have to be the end to quality time because you've 464 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 3: definitely made that happen. 465 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: I feel like, yeah, yeah, no. 466 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 2: I like went to see him in Boston, and Boston's 467 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 2: a great place to visit, so it was fun. Fun 468 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 2: to do that and spend some time with him when 469 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 2: he's going to be back for part of the summer. 470 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: We will see how that all plays out. 471 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 2: I'm curious how the adult relationship will be, but I'm 472 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 2: trusting it will be good. 473 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 3: Love it. Well, let's take another break. We've got a 474 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 3: couple more categories to get through, but I feel like 475 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 3: they're a little bit shorter, so I'll be right back. 476 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: This is gonna be an epic episode. Just brace yourself 477 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: for this. All right, We'll take an ad break. 478 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 2: Well, we are back, working our way slowly through our 479 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 2: goals twenty twenty six. 480 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: Midway through the year. 481 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 2: Boy, think about the year and review episode at the 482 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 2: end of this year. It could be our first two 483 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 2: hour episode. Sarah although I guess if we've talked about 484 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 2: most of it already here in. 485 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: June, maybe we won't want to talk about it all 486 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 1: in December. Again. What did you have in the work category? Yeah? 487 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 3: So the first is I wanted to launch Best Laid 488 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 3: Plans Academy two point zero, which is a revamped version 489 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 3: of my original planning course, and I did it, and 490 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 3: I'm literally in it right now, like we have session 491 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 3: two today. The group is fantastic. There's just a lot 492 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 3: of energy there, just so many smart people and it's 493 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,439 Speaker 3: going great, So very glad I moved forward with that. 494 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 3: It involved like a whole new workbook, and like everything, 495 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,919 Speaker 3: I wanted to actually pitch a lot of big shows 496 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 3: to try to grow my audience, and I did none 497 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 3: of that. I'm well. I was on Cow's Newport's show, 498 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 3: which he has a fantastic and smart and large audience, 499 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 3: so that was great. But he's someone like no in 500 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 3: this world a little bit, so it wasn't too scary 501 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 3: to contact him. I have not done anything else, so 502 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 3: we'll hopefully work on that. My third thing was to 503 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,919 Speaker 3: trade away as many as call weekends as possible, so 504 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 3: I don't have to take the week all at once, 505 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 3: so meaning not lessening my call, but splitting it up. 506 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 3: And I was able to split three of my six 507 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 3: call weeks of the year, and I call that a win. 508 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 3: In fact, I didn't know that I was doing myself 509 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 3: such a huge favor. But one of these switches happened 510 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 3: very early in the year. Someone had family visiting and 511 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 3: wanted to get rid of her January call weekend, and 512 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 3: I said sure. She offered a cover me in April, 513 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 3: and that ended up being one of the highlights I'll 514 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 3: talk about later, so I'll just leave that little cliffhanger. 515 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 3: So glad the trading worked out. And then I said, 516 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 3: I wanted to possibly figure out my next big project. Nope, nope, nope. 517 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 3: I mean, if anything, I just I feel like it's 518 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 3: super think time for that right now. I wanted to 519 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 3: go to Pete's Endocrint Society. That's been a goal a 520 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 3: lot of years, and I keep making it not happen 521 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 3: in this time. My mother in law passed away right before, 522 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,159 Speaker 3: and so I didn't go. And it was absolutely the 523 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 3: right choice, the only choice I could have made, quite honestly. 524 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 3: So you know, it is what it is. Next year, 525 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 3: it's in Minneapolis. Hope it works out. And then finally 526 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:47,199 Speaker 3: I wanted to separate my business finances. I have not 527 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 3: done it yet. I think there is still hope. 528 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: The year is still young. We are only halfway through. 529 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: That's great. Yeah. 530 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 2: Now I wanted to launch Big Time and be happy 531 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 2: with what I have done. The process versus outcome. 532 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 1: I think I did a lot. It's hard to know 533 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: what else I could have done. I'm not sure if it. 534 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 2: Had all the effect I hoped it would. But hey, 535 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 2: if you're listening to this show and you haven't picked 536 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 2: up a copy of Big Time or Best Laid Plans, 537 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 2: we would love it if you would read it. If 538 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,919 Speaker 2: you enjoy the show, you will probably enjoy both of 539 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 2: those books. So we'll put that little sales pitch in there. 540 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 2: I wanted to write Golden Hours, which at the time 541 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 2: I made this list, was due October first. However, we 542 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 2: decided that it would be better to come out in 543 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 2: early twenty twenty eight instead of late twenty twenty seven, 544 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 2: so I got an extension through to January. So I've 545 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 2: been working on it, but not with the same urgency 546 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,160 Speaker 2: as I would have if the deadline was October first. 547 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: Yeah. 548 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 2: Sonnets I wanted to write fifty two sonnets, reupping from 549 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 2: last year, and I have written twenty six roughly at 550 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 2: this point. 551 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: Because I keep going with that. 552 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 2: I wanted to curate a best of list. I did 553 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 2: go through and choose some that I liked the best. 554 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 2: I haven't done anything with that though I wanted to 555 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 2: revise my I'm not even sure which novella I was 556 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 2: talking about here, but I have not really done anything 557 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,399 Speaker 2: on that front. And I want to give an intriguing speech, 558 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 2: and I am happy to report that is in the works. 559 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 2: I have a speech at a fun and fantastic and 560 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 2: exciting international destination that is happening in August most likely, 561 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 2: so stay tuned. 562 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 1: We'll hear more about that in the year end review. 563 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 3: I am already excited to hear you report back from 564 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 3: that one, so hoping it all works out all right. 565 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 3: Our next category, I think this was a just mean category, 566 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 3: so we'll go fast. It was family and Home, mostly 567 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 3: because I didn't want my decluttering mixed with my relationships goals. 568 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 3: And I think I only had one goal here, which 569 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 3: was to declutter and hire a virtual kan MARII consultant. 570 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 3: Well I ended up hiring a real kan Maari consultant, 571 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 3: meaning someone who actually comes to my house and is 572 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 3: a human and a lovely one at that. And we've 573 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,719 Speaker 3: had several sessions and have made progress in areas beyond 574 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 3: anything that I was able to accomplish on my own. 575 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 3: So I am so happy I did this. She's actually 576 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 3: coming this afternoon and we are going to tackle the 577 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 3: kitchen and I can't wait. Would I do that on 578 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 3: my own today? Absolutely not. So yeah, sometimes you just 579 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 3: need some. 580 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 2: Help, and I hope you get some content out of 581 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 2: this too, right, Like you can get blog posts or 582 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 2: newsletters or something. I mean, maybe at the end of 583 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 2: the year, maybe we should do an all decluttering episode 584 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,920 Speaker 2: of writing and talking about what you did. 585 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,919 Speaker 3: She has taken some photos, so okay, I will have 586 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 3: to get those from her. 587 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: Sounds like a plan. 588 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 2: We got to turn everything into content, Sarah. We're not 589 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 2: allowed to do things that don't become content. 590 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,919 Speaker 3: Right right, Okay, Well, my last category makes for some 591 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 3: very fun content because it was fun. And the first 592 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 3: piece of that was to aim for one long form 593 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 3: performance every month. The rule was that it could be 594 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 3: live or like a movie at home, it didn't matter, 595 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:46,479 Speaker 3: but I had to be awake for all of it 596 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 3: and not double devising, and it's been great so far. 597 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 3: I'm at eight things and we're only six months through 598 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 3: the years, so I might be the only person who 599 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 3: has seen Vanilla, Ice Beell and Sebastian and Weird Al 600 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 3: Yankovic same calendar year. I think Belle and Sebastian was 601 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 3: my favorite of those three. And I only went to 602 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 3: Weird Out appease my husband, but it made him super happy. 603 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 3: So okay, that's been going well. I wanted to see 604 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 3: Leaves with Friends in the fall. I have this booked, 605 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 3: it's happening. And then I wanted to work on using 606 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 3: points strategically to have awesome travel, and considering that we 607 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 3: went to mirror Ball on points, I would say check. 608 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 3: But I'm also just working on like building my stores 609 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 3: for hopefully a big Europe trip in twenty twenty seven. 610 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 1: So and you used the points for a lot of 611 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: the Hawaii booking too, right. 612 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I covered about half of our flight costs, 613 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 3: which were sizeable with five people going from Florida to Hawaii, 614 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 3: back to Portland and then home again. So yes, that 615 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 3: was cool. 616 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: All right, So the point game is strong. 617 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 2: I'm glad to hear it well here in the Year 618 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 2: in Review in December, about what else Sarah has executed 619 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 2: on with her Points and Miles game. Were there any 620 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 2: major updates or highlights or I guess low lights too 621 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 2: that weren't on here that you want to talk about. 622 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 3: Let's keep little lights out of this episode. I've been 623 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 3: a party episode. 624 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 1: I know people just want to listen to this on 625 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: their commute. 626 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 2: They want to be happy on their like Tuesday morning, 627 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 2: I'm going to work. 628 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 3: Let's keep it laking exactly well. I had wanted to 629 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 3: record some overhead planner videos, meaning like where the camera 630 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 3: was actually focused on the planner and I would pointing 631 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,679 Speaker 3: things out for years, and I had this little thing 632 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 3: I had bought on Amazon to hold my phone up. 633 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 3: But for some reason, there was this weird mental block 634 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 3: where I just thought it was going to be like 635 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 3: very hard, and I like one day I was like, 636 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 3: this is probably not that hard, and I did it 637 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 3: in twenty minutes and it was very easy. And you 638 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 3: can view my midyear planner video on YouTube if you'd like. 639 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 3: So that was great. And then I mentioned that previously 640 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 3: that call trade enabled me to do an impromptu fun 641 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 3: thing and that was that a cappella trip where I 642 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 3: got to sing with my old school a cappella friends 643 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 3: in the Berkshires and it was so much fun. I 644 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 3: didn't know about that reunion when we were doing our goals. 645 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 3: I think they sent an email out like in February. 646 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 3: There wasn't a lot of warning, but I'm just so 647 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 3: glad that I threw my hat in the ring and 648 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 3: went because it turned out to be a ton of fun. 649 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 2: What about you, Yeah, I've got a couple short trips 650 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 2: that were not necessarily on my radar, Like I took 651 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 2: a fun one in late February to Boston see Jasper 652 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 2: and some friends, and that was an exciting trip. I 653 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 2: did a very brief trip to California. I went to 654 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 2: Chicago and got to see the Thorn Rooms in addition 655 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 2: to doing some fun friend birthday party stuff there. I 656 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 2: then went to New York in April to go to 657 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 2: the twenty fifth anniversary of the choir. I sang in there, 658 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 2: and that was just a fun trip down memory lane 659 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 2: hanging out with people I had hung out with a 660 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 2: lot from age roughly twenty four to twenty seven. I 661 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 2: kept singing in the Tech Choir after that, but once 662 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 2: I had Jasper, I wasn't necessarily quite hitting the post 663 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 2: rehearsal bar until it closed, but it was so fun. 664 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 2: It was just like everyone's obviously changed. It was something 665 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 2: which I saw at my twenty fifth college reunion as well. 666 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 2: But our twenty two year old selves are in there somewhere, 667 00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 2: and people are the same even though they grow up, 668 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 2: and you can still enjoy spending time with them even. 669 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: After all those decades. So that was a highlight for sure. 670 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: I'm really glad we did that. 671 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 3: I feel like that's a theme. I mean, say yes 672 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 3: to those opportunities to reconnect with people from your past, 673 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 3: even if it seems like, oh, they're not really in 674 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 3: my life all the time anymore. It seems like both 675 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 3: of us are always pleasantly surprised at how awesome it is. 676 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 3: So let this be an inspiration. 677 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 2: Totally should do it, all right, So quick question for 678 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 2: us here, Sarah, do you listen to your episodes after 679 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 2: recording them? Well, it didn't actually listen to the Goals episode. 680 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 2: To do this, I just pasted in the notes. But 681 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 2: often in December I will or November when we're planning 682 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 2: out our content for the year. Interview I will listen 683 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,800 Speaker 2: to the Goals episode from the previous year. But this morning, 684 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,520 Speaker 2: when we're recording this, I ran on the treadmill this morning. 685 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 2: It's a Tuesday, and I listened to Tuesday's episode while 686 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 2: I was running on the treadmill. 687 00:30:57,960 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 1: I mean, it was fun, it passed the time. 688 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 3: I love that I listened to the ones where you 689 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 3: have interviewed somewhere where when where I have not heard 690 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 3: the interview. And I will even fast forward part past 691 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 3: the like banter part in the beginning, because I don't 692 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 3: love listening to myself, which again, I mean I'd probably 693 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 3: have better growth, I'd probably pick up things I could 694 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 3: do better, and this has never been my practice as 695 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 3: of now. 696 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 1: Well, I don't love love staying to myself either, but 697 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:23,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. 698 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 2: I don't think anyone does. But I do enjoy our 699 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,960 Speaker 2: banter back and forth, so's awesome. Maybe I should try to. 700 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 2: I also, I just tend to have so many more 701 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 2: podcasts in my queue than I actually have time to 702 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 2: listen to, So if I kind of already know the 703 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 2: content since I created it, I'm less. 704 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 3: Likely to press play. But I love that you do sometimes. 705 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: Well, hey, it's my favorite show. I mean, why wouldn't 706 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,520 Speaker 1: I listen to it if I was. I'm in the 707 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:53,479 Speaker 1: target market for all right. So love of the week, Sarah, 708 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: what do you have this week? 709 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 3: Prescription steroid creams to use on mosquito bites? You can 710 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 3: buy the one percent hydro cortisone, but that is not 711 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 3: adequate at least for my immune systems response. But if 712 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 3: you happen to have like some old exema treatments around 713 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 3: or something a little bit stronger, it really helps. So 714 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,960 Speaker 3: this is not medical advice, just a note of my 715 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 3: favorite things for the. 716 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:20,480 Speaker 1: Week that you should hit up your doctor for prescription 717 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,719 Speaker 1: steroid anti itch cream if you are also prone to 718 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 1: getting lots of mosquito bites. As Sarah is, well, my 719 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 1: love of the week is also things that are up 720 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 1: in the air, I mean the other direction. She hates 721 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 1: the mosquitoes. 722 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 2: I love helium balloons, which it turns out are just 723 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 2: fun to get for like parties or graduations or things 724 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 2: like this. And this is not something I ever got 725 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 2: in my childhood, Like we never had. 726 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: Helium balloons for anything. So in my mind it was 727 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 1: like this luxury. 728 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 2: Big ordeal, like they were going to be hugely expensive 729 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 2: or something they're not. I paid like twenty bucks for 730 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 2: a bouquet of balloons for ritz graduation. I think we 731 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,720 Speaker 2: picked up a second bouquet because weren't sure the first 732 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 2: was gonna be. 733 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 1: Ready in time. 734 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 2: So it's like forty bucks total. We got like all 735 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 2: these balloons to celebrate. I did a big balloon display 736 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,640 Speaker 2: for my parents join eightieth birthday party. We just got 737 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 2: like huge things, which they still have in their garage. 738 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 2: I hadn't completely come down. I think they were enjoying 739 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,959 Speaker 2: looking at it. So, Yeah, healing balloons are fun and 740 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 2: festive and maybe I guess environmentally maybe they're not the 741 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 2: world's best, but they're no worse than regular balloons. 742 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: And then as long as you dispose of them properly 743 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: love it. 744 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 3: Well, it sounds very festive, and you're right, they do 745 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:31,600 Speaker 3: feel very special. 746 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, special things that are not really as over 747 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 2: the top. 748 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: Special as you you might have thought in the ways 749 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:40,440 Speaker 1: some of us grew up. 750 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, you never know, like there's certain things that are 751 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 2: just never part of your childhood, and so you have 752 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 2: ideas about. 753 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 3: Them that is not it may or may not be accurate. 754 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 1: That may or may not be accurate. 755 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 2: All right, Well, This has been best of both worlds 756 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:57,840 Speaker 2: our annual midyear check in on our goals. Obviously, we 757 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 2: will revisit these in late December of twenty twenty six, 758 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 2: but in the meantime, thanks for listening. 759 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,040 Speaker 1: We'll be back next week with more on making work 760 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 1: and life fit together. 761 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 3: Thanks for listening. You can find me Sarah at the 762 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:17,240 Speaker 3: shoebox dot com or at the Underscore Shoebox on Instagram. 763 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 2: And you can find me Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 764 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,160 Speaker 1: This has been the best of both worlds podcasts. 765 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 2: Please join us next time for more on making work 766 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:28,440 Speaker 2: and life work together.