1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Hi. This is Laura Vandercamp. I'm a mother of five, 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: an author, journalist, and speaker. And this is Sarah Hart Hunger. 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: I'm a mother of three, a practicing physician and blogger. 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: On the side, we are two working parents who love 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: our careers and our families. Welcome to best of both worlds. 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: Here we talk about how real women manage work, family, 7 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: and time for fun, from figuring out childcare to mapping 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: out long term career goals. We want you to get 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: the most out of life. Welcome to best of both worlds. 10 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,919 Speaker 1: This is Laura. This is episode two hundred and nineteen. 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: We'll be talking about all things fall, how to get 12 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: cozy and enjoy this season. So I know we have 13 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: had the pumpkin spice talk before, Sarah, but for our 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: listeners who might have missed that, are you into pumpkin spice? 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: Are you suggesting that there are listeners that do not 16 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: closely listen to every other everything. I would say, well, 17 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: it's it's just possible. I'm throwing that out there that 18 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: maybe maybe somebody is just coming to this podcast for 19 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:09,559 Speaker 1: the first time and hence missed our previous pumpkin spice 20 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 1: latte discussion. Well, it's so welcome. I hate to dismay you, 21 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: but neither of us seem to be pumpkin spice fans. 22 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: We're sorry, yes, but you were like other things pumpkin. Yes, 23 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: so I am not anti pumpkin by any means, and 24 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: I still would like to try the pumpkin cold brew 25 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: or pumpkin cream cold Lauras shaking her head. I had heard, 26 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: I'd heard through the grapevine that if you weren't a 27 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: huge pumpkin spice latte fan, then that would be a 28 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: good alternative. So I got to try it at least once. 29 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: My sister actually says she will get the pumpkin spice latte, 30 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: but with just one pump instead of I think the 31 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: usual three, and she says that actually makes it good, 32 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: more subtle pumpkin flavor. Okay, that's probably a good idea, 33 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: so maybe I'll try that. But we actually, I think 34 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: this is the second year in the row we did this. 35 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: We went to Trader Joe's and just like made it 36 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: an activity to buy everything pumpkin that we saw. Basically, 37 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: we attempted to do this in late September or like 38 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: mid September, and it was too early, like there were 39 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: only a couple of things. We went back again right before. 40 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: I think it was like a very end of September, 41 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: and it was like pumpkin extravaganza everywhere, so many options. 42 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: We came home with pumpkin soamosas and pumpkin like sauce 43 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: for pasta, and pumpkin salsa and pumpkin ice cream, and 44 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: of course some pumpkin cookies. And the kids even liked 45 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: the pumpkin spice hummus. But I thought that was like 46 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: crossing the line. Yeah, and that other major thing of fall, 47 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: how about boots? How do you feel about boots? Boots 48 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: are not a fall item around here. They are a 49 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: winter item, and even then it's questionable. I really enjoy boots, 50 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: especially like the short ankle ones. And the thing is, 51 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: since our boot wearing season is so short here, our 52 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: boots don't get a lot of so I don't have 53 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: a reason to replace them very often, so I'm often 54 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: finding myself wearing like five year old boots that are 55 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: look fairly new. So I hope I can still get 56 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,679 Speaker 1: away with wearing the ankle ones because I think they're 57 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: really cute, and I have two comfortable pairs that I 58 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: like that's cool. Yeah, so up north, the I mean 59 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: the season for wearing nice boots, because you wouldn't want 60 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: to wear nice boots out in the snow, right like. 61 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: So there's there's the distinguishing different categories of boots. So 62 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: there's the cute like leather or suede boots, and those 63 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: are definitely a fall thing because in January, when there's 64 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: ice and snow, that would just ruin your boots. So 65 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: then you have to wear boot boots as in like 66 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: snow boots if you wish to wear boots, and that's 67 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: a different matter entirely. I do own the big snow boots, 68 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: but they're not particularly cute, so I don't know. I 69 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: never wind up really wearing my boits. I own a 70 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: few pairs of boots, but it always seems like more 71 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: trouble than it's worth because if it is fall like, 72 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: you tend to sort of wear just the slip ons 73 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,119 Speaker 1: or something that are right by the door. Still, that's 74 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: what I do. I guess there will be a point 75 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: where it is too cold to wear those because you know, 76 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: I'll want socks, but it will be not snowing yet. 77 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: So I guess at some point in November, the Boots 78 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: may make their appearance. We'll see. We'll keep you all 79 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: posted on the Boots season and when it is. But yet, 80 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: this episode is going to just be a discussion of 81 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: all things fall. We'll talk about some of our fall 82 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: fun activities, about our favorite ways to get cozy for 83 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: the season, and then we will pivot into a way 84 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: to sort of use Q four to set yourself up, 85 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,799 Speaker 1: that's quarter four, to set yourself up for a great 86 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: next year, to sort of really bring it home at work, 87 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: particularly for those people who are facing down end of 88 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: your performance reviews and that sort of thing. So that 89 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: will be our discussion today. So, Sarah, I mean fall 90 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: is not really fall though in Florida, is it? It 91 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 1: is not, But I feel like I've actually successfully worked 92 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: on a reframe. I used to get really mad in 93 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: the fall because everyone was showing like crisp mornings and 94 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: leaves and I'm like, we don't have many of that. 95 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: This isn't fair. But okay, this is like my eighth 96 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: fall here, So I'm like, you know, settling in kind 97 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: of feeling a little more like a Floridian and instead 98 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 1: of fall being crisp and involving leaves, it's more like 99 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: it's not disgusting out like, which is actually a celebration 100 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: in its own break. Yes, even if it's kind of 101 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: more the temperatures that you might think of as summer 102 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,239 Speaker 1: up north, the humidity is definitely a little bit less, 103 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: and it is more pleasant to spend extended amounts of 104 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,679 Speaker 1: time outside now than it was even a month ago. 105 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: And I feel like that is worth celebrating. And I 106 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: just kind of know that it's like that trade off, right, 107 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: Like we have a very lovely December and January in 108 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: which we can just wear boots ornamentally and don't need 109 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: to walk through ice and snow, and so you know, 110 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: the trade off for that is that our fall is 111 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: not so cool and Chris, but I think I've come 112 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: to a yeah, to a more positive place with my 113 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: acceptance of our type of fall that we have. Yes, exactly, 114 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: even if it doesn't involve the sweaters and pumpkin spice 115 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: latte and boots, and you can still do lots of 116 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 1: fall themed things as we're going to talk about. You know, 117 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: you don't need to have the cris weather and the leaves. 118 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: Of course, that's a bonus. And I do hope that 119 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: we weren't able to get it together this year with 120 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 1: the uncertainty of COVID and stuff. We'll talk later. We 121 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: are going to do some family travel later. But I 122 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,559 Speaker 1: do have a dream of doing a specific leaf trip, 123 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: like just you know, four days, like in the Berkshires 124 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 1: or something where we just fly maybe to Albany or 125 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:44,359 Speaker 1: something and just ogle the leaves and walk on some 126 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: trails and enjoy that traditional fall drink some cider, and 127 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 1: fly home. So that will happen. That is a dream 128 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 1: of mine. Not this year, but eventually eventually. Well that's cool. 129 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: So I make a Fall fun list every year I 130 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: post on my blog for people who read Laura vandercam 131 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,799 Speaker 1: dot com. I posted that a couple weeks ago, because 132 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: the truth is, it can be very easy to blow 133 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: through the peak weekends of fall. It's really only about 134 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: three weekends where the leaves are at their peak before 135 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: they pretty much fall off, and then you're just into 136 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: winter for the rest of that several month experience. So 137 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: if you want to enjoy the fall activities during peak 138 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: fall time to kind of have to plan ahead. And 139 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: that's especially true since fall is also peak kids sports season, 140 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: and so we wind up with a lot of these days, 141 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: these weekend days where there's like a soccer game at 142 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: two and so it like cuts up the day. So 143 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: you can't necessarily go for a long triple, at least 144 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: not with everyone. You'd have to split the family what 145 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: you can do. But if you want to say, go 146 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: for a hike somewhere, you kind of have to look 147 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: ahead and say like, oh, well, here's the one weekend 148 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: where baseball and soccer happened to both be on Saturday, 149 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: so we should take Sunday and go do a family 150 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: trip or something like that, or you know, this is 151 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: the soccer game is at four o'clock, and so in fact, 152 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: you wouldn't have to be thinking about it till three thirty. 153 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,119 Speaker 1: And so if you got up on time, you could 154 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: go do something, you know that involved driving an hour 155 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: to go hike in the leaves. We live about ninety 156 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: minutes from the Pocono's, which is not huge mountain range, 157 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: but enough to have the sort of fall mountain color 158 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: sort of thing. So you know, it's it's uh, it's 159 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: all good. We've got our plans, we're actually going up 160 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: to well we can we can talk about our fall 161 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: travel in a second, but that we'll be definitely going 162 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: to see some leaves. It's just even getting out in 163 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: nature as a Sarah was saying, like just having some 164 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: more outside time during this mild weather. I took three 165 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: of my kids for a short hike on a nearby 166 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: trail on Saturday morning, and it was just cool to 167 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: see the slightly changing colors and the feel of that 168 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: crisp air. So what's on your fall fun list? Sarah? Yeah, 169 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: our fall fun list? Well, okay, I'm trying to figure 170 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: out which part of this paper is on. Okay, it's 171 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: right here. So the first one is that we are 172 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: definitely going to do a little play date at a 173 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: nearby quote unquote pumpkin patch. I'm sure they don't grow 174 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: the pumpkins. Maybe they bring them in. It's actually a 175 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,839 Speaker 1: strawberry farm in South Miami, and it's it's great. They 176 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: have like a whole like food area and normally you 177 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: can pick strawberries, but they basically turn it into like 178 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,079 Speaker 1: a fall festival. So, like you, I have to look 179 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: ahead on the calendar. For us, it's less most of 180 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: our sports are actually fairly early, so we haven't gotten 181 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,959 Speaker 1: into the afternoon games, cutting up the entire day yet, 182 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: but for us, it's our call schedule, so there's like 183 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: limited weekends where we could actually do something all together, 184 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: and so we already figured out the day we're going 185 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: to go to. That one thing we love to do 186 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: that's really simple is that Genevieve especially enjoys looking at 187 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: everybody's Halloween decorations. So again, since the weather is less disgusting, 188 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 1: taking a walk around to you know, rate everybody's different. 189 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: Our neighborhood gets really into it, so look at it. 190 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 1: But he's decor Obviously, the process of getting costumes and 191 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: all the Halloween stuff can be spread out or not, 192 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: depending on your style. It's never been my favorite holiday, 193 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: but I've gotten more into it as the kids, i think, 194 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: have gotten older and it allows for a little bit 195 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: more socializing. Last year we did Halloween with my daughter's 196 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 1: best friend and their mom and that was great. And 197 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: then I guess on our list included is fall travel, 198 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: so you know, Thanksgiving is fall, and Thanksgiving is actually 199 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: not that far away if you really look at the 200 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 1: calendar and think about it. So we have this will 201 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: be our first family plane trip since the pandemic, but 202 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: we're all going to North Carolina to hang out with 203 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: my family, and then we're actually flying back in time 204 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: for Thanksgiving because my husband's working, So we're gonna have 205 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: like a two family Thanksgiving this year, and I'm very 206 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: excited about it. I'm hoping the kids will be vaxed 207 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: by the time we get on the plane, but if not, 208 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: we are still going and they'll just mask up and 209 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: we'll be Maybe we have some natural immunity too, right, 210 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 1: So Familia, hope those annibodies are antibodies are going you're strong. Yeah, 211 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: we're going to When this airs, we will have been. 212 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: But we are going to my brother's wedding in upstate, 213 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: New York, which is going to be peak fall weekend. 214 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: You know. We had to book our airbnb far ahead 215 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: of time. We're staying this old farmhouse and going to 216 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: their outdoor wedding and so hopefully the weather will be 217 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: good and the leaves should be changing and it'll be 218 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: very nice. We're also going to do some apple cider 219 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 1: events and apple picking while we're there, even though apples 220 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 1: are more of an early fall fruit, as we find 221 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: out every year. This year, I got my honeycrisps on 222 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: the right time. It was an August picking fruit not 223 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: an October picking fruit, but whatever apples are associated with falls, 224 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: so they still have some going. It's just not the 225 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: ones that I like to eat. But anyway, we'll do 226 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: apple picking in upstate New York, so that should be 227 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: really beautiful. I'm excited about that. I always like the 228 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: leafing trips and definitely want to do more of those 229 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 1: in the future as well as you do and go 230 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: to the Berkshire's or Vermont. Very early and my husband 231 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: and my knowing each other, we went on a long 232 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: weekend trip to Vermont in October and it went camping. 233 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: It was kind of fun to see all the leaves 234 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: and white farmhouses, very picturesque, so that was good. Yeah, 235 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 1: we're doing some bo at the zoo type things, you know. 236 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: I have to figure out where we're going to go hike. 237 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: We go to this place called Hawk Mountain often that's 238 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: about an hour and twenty minutes from here, that has 239 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 1: some great trails. The Apple Aachian Trail actually goes right 240 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 1: past it, but they also have some really kid friendly trails, 241 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: like this River of Rocks where you walk down a 242 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: hill for about fifteen twenty minutes and then you get 243 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: these rock fields. It's just like a river that turned 244 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: into boulders. I don't know if boulders came down at 245 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: some point in the ice age, but it's just a 246 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: sea of rocks, and of course the kids look to 247 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 1: climb all over the rocks, and it's kind of a 248 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 1: fun thing for them to do, so we might wind 249 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: up there. I have aspirations to take a coastal fall 250 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: trip on my own, probably because I'll have to do 251 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: it on a weekday. I think to drive down maybe 252 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: to Cape May and see the changing leaves along the way, 253 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: and then the coastal fall landscape, maybe some birds, although 254 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: again the bird migration is earlier, so these things don't 255 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: line up quite as you wish. But you know that 256 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: should be fun too, so I'm looking forward to that. 257 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: And then there's the idea of, well, let's take our 258 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 1: ad break real quick and we'll be right back. We're back, 259 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: But I have a question about your coastal trip. Is 260 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: this I know you were talking about doing like a 261 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: writing retreat. Would this be the writing retreat or would 262 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 1: this be just for fun? Oh? Now that is an 263 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: interesting idea. I would have to get myself to gather 264 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 1: to make that happen. But that could actually be really cool. 265 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,559 Speaker 1: Maybe I will float that idea. I had thought I 266 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: might do it in early November, but if I get 267 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: myself going on book revisions, I can probably be done 268 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,959 Speaker 1: by late October. I'm trying to sort of time the 269 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: early November can still work. The first weekend of November 270 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: does still have good leaves, and that's when our family 271 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: photos are being taken. So yeah, that coulpacity work, I 272 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: have to you know, that's a good question. I will 273 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: write that down. Good idea. Maybe I could combine it well, 274 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: I don't want to short change the fund. No, No, 275 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: it's good, No, But I mean it'd be great to 276 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: sort of see it and then have a place to 277 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: go to and then work for two days uninterrupted on 278 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: editing this manuscript, which is what I really need to 279 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: do around this point. So we're talking about all things 280 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: fall and of course there's the Fall Fund stuff. There's 281 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: also just like little things you can do to embrace 282 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: the cozy, whether it is cozy, whether or not. Do 283 00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 1: you guys have a fireplace? Is that even a thing 284 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: we did in Miami Beach, which is crazy And I 285 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: don't know if it's like a climate change thing like 286 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: did that that house was built in nineteen thirty four. 287 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: Was it significantly cooler, I'm not sure? Or was it 288 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: just like all these Northerners moved from north and couldn't 289 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: imagine life without a fireplace, And then we had like 290 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: a little gas thing in there. I think we lit 291 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: it like once, Yeah, maybe maybe never. I don't know, 292 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: especially I have one that doesn't really like do heat right, 293 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: it's just like electric. You see, you see flame looking 294 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: things if you have your you know, cozy feeling. I 295 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: love fireplaces, except you know, it's got a lot of 296 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: trouble to start an actual fire. We are converting to 297 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: gas fireplaces in our new home, although then we had 298 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: to do ventless in some of them because the chimneys 299 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: are old enough that bringing them up to code to 300 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: do the vented normal gas fireplace was just going to 301 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: be ridiculous. Like there were we had multiple companies come 302 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: in and some claim they couldn't even do it. So 303 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: you may ponder that if you are ever seeing people 304 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: have gas fireplaces in nineteen hundreds houses, you might ask, 305 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: what if they're ventless. If they're ventless, they just ignored 306 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 1: the code, where does it go? Like? Where did well? 307 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: I just I don't know, but it doesn't have to 308 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: have the same They're smaller flames, I mean, among other things. 309 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: So it's it's not quite the quite the same experience, 310 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: although you can make it look slightly more real through 311 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 1: the way the logs are designed. Anyway, that's that's what 312 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: we have for that. So it'll be nice and cozy, 313 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 1: we you know, it's I have my sweaters just because 314 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: it's cold, my scarves. I like wearing my scarves. I 315 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: like to go to cute little coffee places in fall. 316 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: That's always a good, sort of foolish kind of thing. 317 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to meeting somebody for coffee at a 318 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: cafe that's a really cute one. What else, Yeah, like 319 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: there's some restaurants that sort of have fireplaces and you know, 320 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: sort of darker decor. It's kind of fun to seek 321 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: those out as well. Yeah, steakhouse is definitely like much 322 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: more of a fall winter vibe and less of a 323 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: summer I totally agree. There's definitely a whole look right, 324 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,360 Speaker 1: like the plaid and even just getting out your blankets 325 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: even if you don't really need them, having some candles around. 326 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: I'm totally gonna get some candles for this season, just 327 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 1: to have something hopefully like a little spicy smell going 328 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 1: on or something. We made a list of Halloween movies 329 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: and we like taped them to the bottom of the 330 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: TV with some washy tape. They were having fun like 331 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: checking them off and at least, you know, looking for 332 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 1: stuff to watch. If anybody there's a repository of them 333 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: on one of my blog posts, oh nice, I find it. Yeah. 334 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: I've been doing Fall themed puzzles, doing one that unfortunately 335 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 1: I'm now like in the stage where there's one hundred 336 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 1: pieces of blue sky and I am just not feeling 337 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: it at the moment. So we will see if I 338 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 1: actually finished that one, or might use the excuse that 339 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: we're getting our real estate photos taken soon. It would 340 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: just like clear it off the table and I couldn't finish. 341 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: Oh well, didn't feel like doing the one hundred pieces 342 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 1: of blue sky. And an idea for a story that 343 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: would be about a character who did the blue sky 344 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 1: parts of puzzles first and what that would say about 345 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: you if you were the sort of person who didn't 346 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 1: leave it toward the end. But you'll see, and I 347 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: may I may attempt Nao Ramo National novel Writing with 348 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: We'll see again if I finish the book that I'm 349 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: actually contracted to right now. If I knit, this would 350 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: be a wonderful time. And by the way, this is 351 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: a verbal hello to whoever the listener was that said 352 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: hi to my sister the other day. Sarah's sister owns 353 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: Warm and Fuzzy Yarn and Carrie, North Carolina, which you 354 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 1: should all go visit if you are in a yarn 355 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,159 Speaker 1: needing mood and happen to be in Carrie, North Carolina. 356 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: You can also order online, right, so you have to 357 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: also tell her how you found her. Yes, it's fun. So, yeah, 358 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 1: we just embraced all things fall and the Q four. 359 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: I mean, Sarah does Q four Q five because she 360 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: knows Quinn tiles. But it's just such a festive time 361 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,919 Speaker 1: of year because you start around here, especially with the 362 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: fall color, and then come into the holiday season, and 363 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: so I know every part of the year has its 364 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 1: own special aspects to it, but I really like this 365 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: quarter because of that. And so pivoting from talking about 366 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: fall per se, we're you know when you think about 367 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: it as Q four. Many people have sort of business 368 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: associations or goal setting for their upcoming year associations with 369 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 1: Q four, and this can be a great time to 370 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: think about that we will do. Don't worry a whole 371 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: goals episode we always do as a nod to our 372 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: lovely expert on planning here who I don't know. We 373 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: could do like ten goal episodes right for you. That 374 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: would be a lot. I really enjoy our goals episodes though, 375 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: and we tend to get like other people like them too, 376 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: so we got to keep them going. Be a nudge 377 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 1: for all of us to set our goals. I often 378 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: do because Sarah says, we're doing our goal setting episod, 379 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: so then I set my goals for the next year. 380 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: It's all good, but if you are, you know, ending 381 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: up the year, this could be a great time to 382 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 1: think about how can I end the year strong right 383 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,479 Speaker 1: and thinking about like what sort of professional goals did 384 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: I set myself for the year, and are any of 385 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: those are aspects of those still obtainable now? Because for 386 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: many places you know that do say annual performance reviews 387 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: in late November. Curiously enough, what you do in October 388 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: winds up being far more important for the review than 389 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: what you did in February, even if they are of 390 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: equal importance overall for your company's performance. It's just that 391 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: humans have this recency bias. They're like, oh, yeah, look 392 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 1: she remember she just did this, and so you know, 393 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,640 Speaker 1: it winds up mattering moral this. Sarah, you get your 394 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: review in June, right, So I guess that. Yeah, so 395 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 1: every company is probably different. We our fiscal year runs 396 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: from May to April, and so all of our reviews 397 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: are in June. So I guess I could say the 398 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 1: same thing about the Spring. Got to complete out the projects. 399 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: Everyone's going to remember my spring productivity. That's so that's true. 400 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 1: That is so true. But you can use that to 401 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: your advantage, which means that if you said, like, oh, 402 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 1: well what could I do in October in early November, 403 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: that would really make people say, whooh, she had a 404 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 1: good year. I mean, maybe it's that you produce some 405 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 1: document about you know, your you know, white paper on 406 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 1: your particular area of expertise, and you circulated around the 407 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 1: organization people like, oh, yeah, she's got thought leader aspects 408 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: of that, or you know, you maybe it's a client 409 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: you've been really sort of nurturing along and then you 410 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: can really kind of push them to like now convert 411 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: into something because people go, oh, yeah, she's bringing in 412 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,120 Speaker 1: the business, you know, all sorts of things like that. 413 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: Or if you're looking to start a new lunch and 414 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 1: learn series at your organization, or launch that mentoring program 415 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: or whatever it is that you've been thinking of doing, 416 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: now could be a really good time to make that happen. 417 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: And often, you know, these things don't take nearly as 418 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: much time as you might imagine. It's just they're often 419 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 1: hard to make happen because they're never urgent. But if 420 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 1: you said, Okay, I'm going to devote x hours for 421 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 1: the next four or five weeks too, then you'd probably 422 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: be pretty far along by that point. Definitely, there's enough 423 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: time left in the year you can get a lot done. 424 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 1: You know, if you wait until December to look at 425 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: your to reevaluate your twenty twenty one goals, it's probably 426 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: too late. But now it's a great time because you 427 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: can probably finish up some of that stuff that you 428 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: were so excited about in the beginning of the year, 429 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,439 Speaker 1: or personal goals too. Right like if you were, you know, 430 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: looking to run more regularly, you could actually sign up 431 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: for a Thanksgiving turkey trot or one of those jingle 432 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 1: bell five k's or something, and could in fact teach 433 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: yourself to run three miles by six to eight weeks 434 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: from now. I mean, that's not an undoable thing for 435 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: people who are in rest shape. So yeah, I mean 436 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: that would be totally doable. Or you know, there's lots 437 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: of fitness challenges that are thirty days, and there's more 438 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 1: than thirty days left in twenty twenty one, so you 439 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: could definitely say you've done that by the end of 440 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 1: the year. That's one of the reasons I like nao raimo, 441 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: because I'm like, hey, I actually wrote that novel manuscript 442 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 1: this year, which I've done a few times now. It's 443 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 1: a rewarding thing to have ended the year strong that way. Now, 444 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: something else that I think is a natural thing to 445 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 1: think about when you are starting to plan your next 446 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: year is meetings. You will notice that this is the 447 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: time if you work for an organization, when all of 448 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: a sudden you get a million meeting invites for the 449 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: next year because whoever schedules and meetings realizes, ooh, I 450 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 1: have to send out the outlook invice for twenty twenty 451 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: two because maybe the I don't know, I don't know 452 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: if it's just where we work. But I have a 453 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: suspicion this is not an uncommon thing and that hopefully 454 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: maybe if you hear this should prompt you to think 455 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 1: about hmm, if you have any control of do these 456 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: meetings need to be monthly? Do they need to be 457 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: an hour? Do they need to include everyone on the list? Maybe, 458 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,479 Speaker 1: just as someone is sending that, you might want to 459 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 1: push back if you think it's totally appropriate. Hey, these 460 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 1: meetings are really useful to me, but I think we 461 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: could complete the agenda in twenty minutes if we circulated 462 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 1: a document prior. This would be a great time because 463 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 1: people are probably a little bit more open to change 464 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,120 Speaker 1: as they feel like they're opening a new quote unquote 465 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: series of these meetings, and it kind of makes sense 466 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 1: to defensively work on your calendar before it's kind of 467 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 1: all laid out for you, because it's a lot harder 468 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: to fight back against a meeting that's next week, But 469 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: when it's like March of twenty twenty two, people are 470 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,399 Speaker 1: probably going to be more open to thinking about that. 471 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: So this would be a good time to do it. Yeah, 472 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: I mean, just the whole idea of having to renew 473 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: the I mean the problem with standing meetings is that 474 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: they never have to earn their place on the calendar. 475 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: They happen because it's Tuesday. And so if you get 476 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 1: this wonderful opportunity to say, like, oh wait, it isn't 477 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,479 Speaker 1: scheduled in Tuesday for perpetuity, I've always wondered about that. 478 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 1: I don't use electronic calendars really, so like, do you 479 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: have the option to have the Tuesday meeting continue forever? 480 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: You do? But and again I can only speak to 481 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: like where I've been. Usually some sort of administrator, like 482 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: an assistant or something will send out like a series 483 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 1: and it will include like a year's worth, so it'll 484 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: be like, you know, accept the meetings from January first 485 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: to December whatever they So I think maybe that is 486 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: designed to prevent like infinite meetings. I mean, it's electronics, 487 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: so why not. I mean it could go through too, 488 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,199 Speaker 1: But where would your endpoint be? Like is there some 489 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 1: point where the calendar stops? I mean, there wouldn't happen 490 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: to me. I think the reason that they don't do 491 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:43,199 Speaker 1: them all at once is because sometimes there might be irregularities, 492 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 1: some leaders on vacation, and they want to be able 493 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,199 Speaker 1: to like look ahead kind of like versus having to 494 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 1: move something later, so they might work with the head 495 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: boss and say, hey, do these twelve months work Okay, great, click, 496 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: and they'll all be Tuesday, except for some months they've 497 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:01,880 Speaker 1: moved to Thursday, because whoever can be So again, I'm 498 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: sure it's probably different everywhere, but I also think the 499 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: practice of like block scheduling a year's worth or six 500 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 1: months worth is probably pretty common and should be an 501 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: invitation to to think about what is being because that's 502 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: a lot of time and a lot of people's I'm 503 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: just pondering somebody's electronic calendar having that Tuesday ten am 504 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: meeting in the year three thousand. Guess what the first 505 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: Tuesday of January is on the eighth. That's so sad, 506 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: I know, well, and I mean because well, the thing 507 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 1: with these recurring meetings again is like the truth is, 508 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 1: there will come a Tuesday where this meeting will not happen, 509 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 1: and even before that, maybe there's a Tuesday when you're 510 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 1: not at it. So it's like all things do end, 511 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: even if this meeting is scheduled in perpetuity, So we 512 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: just have to decide at which point it is going 513 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: to end. And maybe that is earlier. Maybe it is 514 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 1: January of this year where you decide that we don't 515 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: actually need to meet every Tuesday at ten am, So 516 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,199 Speaker 1: take that upon yourself to try. But one thing you 517 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 1: do want to schedule for the upcoming year is your vacations. 518 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: So Sarah, this this is you look at this right, 519 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 1: you know, tell us percent. I love those spreads in 520 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: your planner where you can, like my aeron conjurent actually 521 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 1: goes all the way till the end of twenty twenty three, 522 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 1: which is like glorious, Like there's like they're tiny, like 523 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: little mini boxes, but it's enough space so I can 524 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,640 Speaker 1: like think ahead. I mean, I don't think that far ahead, 525 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: because actually I don't have a school calendar that goes 526 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,479 Speaker 1: that far ahead as of now. But at least I 527 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 1: certainly already know spring break for twenty twenty two. I've 528 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,399 Speaker 1: already started thinking about where we want to travel in 529 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: the summer of twenty twenty two. We are thinking about 530 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 1: sleep away camp this summer, So figuring out those dates 531 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two and this is the time to 532 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:52,880 Speaker 1: claim your vacation days now. It's a little trickier depending 533 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: on if you have a call schedule that doesn't get 534 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: to put out. So the only thing I can't do 535 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 1: that's a little bit frustrating is like, I have a 536 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: goal that and we'll get to this in a soon 537 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,120 Speaker 1: episode of doing like a little mini getaway with Josh 538 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 1: every quarter or so. But those are a little harder 539 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: to schedule because they kind of depend on which weekends 540 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: he's working, and I don't want to necessarily block that 541 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: off ahead of time because there is some flexibility, but 542 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,439 Speaker 1: I also find that when I don't, it does become hard. 543 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 1: So I guess maybe the answer is just to be like, 544 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: those are days you won't be on call. Period done well, 545 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, and especially popular dates. So presumably 546 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 1: if you are in an organization where most of the 547 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: people are local, you are not the only person who 548 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: has kids in that school district. So if you are 549 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: interested in traveling somewhere on the school breaks, you need 550 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: to probably figure that out earlier rather than later, because 551 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: there will be a high demand for those dates. And 552 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that you get all of them. That 553 00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:00,120 Speaker 1: wouldn't really be fair to your colleagues either, But if 554 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: there's one in particular that you want to aim for, 555 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: you should probably go for that and get that on 556 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 1: the calendar very soon. In Q four is a good 557 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: time to make that happen. Yes, all right, should we 558 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: get to our question here? I think's a cute question, 559 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: so here I will read it. Sarah has her first 560 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 1: answer for it, so she's this person writes in my 561 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: oldest started kindergarten two weeks ago. So I guess this 562 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: is like a fall themed question right there. Probably much 563 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 1: of the art we're talking about is also fall themed. 564 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 1: So anyway, she came home the first day with a 565 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: coloring sheet of my first day of kindergarten. We ood 566 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 1: and odd appropriately and put it on the fringe. Since then, 567 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 1: she now has a folder that comes home every day 568 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: with two to three worksheets and drawings and so forth. 569 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: I love to have her show me what's in your 570 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: folder as a way to hear about what she's learning 571 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: at school, But I am already over the volume of 572 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: kindergarten worksheets on our kitchen table. Of course, the idea 573 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: that we might throw out what she just worked hard 574 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: on all day as a non starter with the kindergartener. 575 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: So what do you do with the school work? Do 576 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: you keep it for a while, do you sneak it 577 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: into the recycling bin at night, have the child choose 578 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,720 Speaker 1: something for the fridge. So, Sarah, what's the policy in 579 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 1: your house on kid art and the sheer volume of 580 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: creative work that comes home. Well, first, I have to 581 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: say I love the show me what's in your folder 582 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 1: as a way to hear about what they're learning at school. 583 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 1: So I applaud that. I think that is wonderful. But 584 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 1: I do not even entertain the expectation that most art 585 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 1: is for keeping. It's about the process, and I think 586 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: a kindergartener is old enough usually to understand that if 587 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: we kept every single piece of artwork that every kid 588 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: brought home, we would literally be waiting into a sea 589 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 1: of crumpled paper when we walked into the house, because 590 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: over time that would accumulate to an incredible extent. One 591 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 1: way to do it might be that you take a bin. 592 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: And I don't do this. I'm a lot more harsh 593 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 1: and just my kids don't seem to be that attached 594 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: to it. So unless something special personally, I just put 595 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: it in the recycle bin and I really never hear 596 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 1: a complaint. In fact, probably they don't even notice what 597 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: I do keep. But if your kid is more sensitive. 598 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: One thing you might do is to put it all 599 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 1: in a bin for the month and then have a 600 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: little time together at the end of the month where 601 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 1: they pick out, like their two favorites for keeping anything 602 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,000 Speaker 1: that's like a runner up. Maybe you snap a picture 603 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: of it with your phone and you say goodbye to 604 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 1: the rest of it, and then you make a big 605 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: deal over the stuff that you are keeping, and how, oh, 606 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,720 Speaker 1: how cool is it we can see your progress throughout 607 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: the year. I doubt that even your kindergarteners that attached 608 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: to every single worksheet that they completed, But yeah, I go. 609 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: I make a distinction between art and like those little worksheets, 610 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 1: Like I don't need every single you know, math thing 611 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: with a star on it, or you know that they 612 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 1: should that they could write the letter A. I will 613 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: keep something if it's really cute or interesting, like if 614 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: it's you know what, We kept one of Alex's first 615 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,960 Speaker 1: writing the letter A things because yeah, did then illustrate things. 616 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,239 Speaker 1: It was so cute, little cartoon illustrates of these, you know, 617 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 1: it was not the way you would have thought to 618 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 1: automatically illustrate a few things. And so I was like, oh, 619 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: that's really kind of fun. So I keep stuff like that, 620 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: I would, you know, I'd probably buias more toward keeping 621 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 1: stuff just because I feel like I don't like the 622 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,640 Speaker 1: idea of throwing kids stuff out if they worked hard 623 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:22,720 Speaker 1: on it, Like I'd be pissed off if somebody threw 624 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 1: out my notebooks or throughout my stuff. And so I 625 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: mean you can have slight you know, some sort of 626 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 1: organization for it, like so we have some filing cabinets 627 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 1: in the basement, like some bins where we do put 628 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 1: a lot of the art. So if you're not saving 629 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: the worksheets, you can in fact save a fair amount 630 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: of pieces of paper and then you know, maybe eventually 631 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 1: you'll go through it and say like, okay, this is 632 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: the stuff we want to keep it not but I 633 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 1: don't know if your kid cares about it, I think 634 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 1: you're gonna have more problems that it's worth by, Like 635 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 1: I'm forcing you to throw away everything but two pieces. 636 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,320 Speaker 1: You know, it's just gonna you're gonna have a meltdown 637 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 1: every single month if your kid cares about it. And 638 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 1: why is it only gonna be two pieces? Like why 639 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 1: are you forcing instead of like four? If you really 640 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 1: like four that month. So I would encourage people to 641 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: like understand your kid. Here. If Sarah's a fine, what 642 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 1: they're throwing out beautiful, but if your kid is not 643 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: fine with it, like, don't make this an issue, like 644 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 1: keep the extra three pieces of paper and like stop 645 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 1: making it into a deal. Where like if your house 646 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:26,520 Speaker 1: doesn't look like a minimalist paradise, you know the Pinterest 647 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: gods are going to come after you. Anyway, I'll get 648 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: off my soapbucks. I just do not look like a 649 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 1: minimalist bear. And that's so funny. No, I guess it's true. 650 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: I mean, i'd be informed by if there was a 651 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 1: kid that cared, but that's thus far mine mine don't. 652 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 1: I'm the one who saves it from like otherwise they 653 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: just kind of like leave it wherever, and then they 654 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 1: leave it on the floor and I'll say something like 655 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 1: do you want that? No, like okay, So then I'm 656 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: the one who actually keeps like I have like boxes 657 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,200 Speaker 1: for each kid and folders and stuff that I do 658 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 1: choose to rescue. So it's almost the opposite issue. So 659 00:33:58,280 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 1: I guess maybe that's true. I don't have as much 660 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 1: insight into a kid that feels this game. Yeah. I 661 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: would also point out that this is not perpetual. Like 662 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: by the time your kids are in i mean like 663 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:12,319 Speaker 1: fourth grade, almost everything they're doing is like non art. 664 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,279 Speaker 1: If it's art, it's going to be special. Like they've 665 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 1: only you know, they only produced like four big projects 666 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: a year, and a lot of their work is online, 667 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,840 Speaker 1: so it's already saved to their Google drive or something. 668 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: So it's if you have two children and you're only 669 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:33,239 Speaker 1: really going to get the artwork from you know, late 670 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:37,239 Speaker 1: preschool to second third grade, maybe you just don't need 671 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: to worry quite so much about like keeping it the 672 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: minimalist that you would. I know we have people who 673 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,839 Speaker 1: disagree like crazy with this, but you know, anyway, I will. 674 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,799 Speaker 1: That's my piece about it, that it's a time limited phenomenon. 675 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,720 Speaker 1: I wonder if my kids make more art than yours, 676 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: that could be. That could be we'll go through like 677 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,839 Speaker 1: a ream of paper like it's it's like Genevieve will 678 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 1: like write on twenty pages one one sitting regularly. I 679 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 1: guess that's not very echo friendly. Yeah, we haven't been 680 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 1: doing as much art at home lately. I think it's Yeah, 681 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 1: I mean I almost even miss that they just do 682 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 1: other things, you know, which is fine. You read, you 683 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,920 Speaker 1: do sports, whatever, But yeah, I've found that it doesn't 684 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 1: continue at the pace that it does for the first 685 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,879 Speaker 1: weeks of kindergarten for the rest of your life. All right, 686 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 1: So let's go to our love of the week, Sarah, 687 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:30,400 Speaker 1: what's yours this week? Yeah? So this TV I don't know, 688 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 1: I may have mentioned it already, but I don't care. 689 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 1: I loved it so much. The TV series White Lotus 690 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:39,919 Speaker 1: on HBO so much fun. It was like candy. And yeah, 691 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 1: we actually went back and started watching Enlightenment, which came 692 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,680 Speaker 1: out in twenty eleven and was also created by Mike White, 693 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,360 Speaker 1: who was a genius, and that has been fascinating in 694 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 1: and of itself because twenty eleven was very different, and 695 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,480 Speaker 1: you forget it doesn't sound like that long ago, but 696 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,240 Speaker 1: like nobody had an iPhone and there was a singer 697 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:58,839 Speaker 1: and I was like, who is that. I was like, oh, 698 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 1: that's for ginas Spectr. And I was like obsessed with 699 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,320 Speaker 1: Regina Spector in ten years ago, but I don't know 700 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,759 Speaker 1: she faded into the I have not thought of that 701 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,319 Speaker 1: name for like anyway, it was a fun little time 702 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,680 Speaker 1: capsule and it seemed just as fun. So there you 703 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:16,960 Speaker 1: go Enlightenment with Laura Dern and White Lotus. So, speaking 704 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:21,880 Speaker 1: of having fewer papers, one thing I've our elementary school 705 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,799 Speaker 1: switched to a few years ago is they used to 706 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,600 Speaker 1: send home a Thursday folder, a Thursday envelope, usually with 707 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:30,360 Speaker 1: your youngest child or it was the oldest child, I 708 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,120 Speaker 1: don't remember, but if you had multiple kids, you only 709 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,359 Speaker 1: got one. But it would have all the announcements from 710 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:39,120 Speaker 1: the office and from the Home and School association, and 711 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,239 Speaker 1: so it was new paper coming home every week. And 712 00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: a couple years ago they switched to doing it electronically. 713 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:47,520 Speaker 1: So if you have a flyer about something in the community, 714 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,320 Speaker 1: you know, you send in a PDF and they include 715 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:53,040 Speaker 1: the PDF in the Thursday folder and so you know 716 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,840 Speaker 1: it's you have to look at it, and I'm you know, 717 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:57,680 Speaker 1: maybe people had to get themselves in the habit of 718 00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:59,440 Speaker 1: doing it, but I do, in fact look at that 719 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:03,440 Speaker 1: folder online every Thursday, just to see if there's an 720 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:06,399 Speaker 1: announcement of, say a cute pumpkin patch that we want 721 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 1: to go visit to to bring this back to our 722 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:11,640 Speaker 1: fall theme, or if there's going to be testing on 723 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,400 Speaker 1: a certain day that I should know about or whatever, 724 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:18,719 Speaker 1: but it just generates a lot less paper that needs 725 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 1: to go in the recycling bin. So hey, we're all 726 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: in favor of that, so heay save those trees which 727 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,760 Speaker 1: are turning fancy fall colors. Now that we've been talking 728 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,200 Speaker 1: all things fall in this episode, how to get cozy, 729 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 1: and then how to position ourselves in Q four for 730 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,919 Speaker 1: a great new Year. We will be back back next 731 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 1: week with more on making work and life fit together. 732 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. You can find me Sarah at the 733 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:49,040 Speaker 1: shoebox dot com or at the Underscore Shoebox on Instagram, 734 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:53,360 Speaker 1: and you can find me Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 735 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:57,080 Speaker 1: This has been the best of both worlds podcasts. Please 736 00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 1: join us next time for more on making work and 737 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:00,960 Speaker 1: life work together.