1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Hi. 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 2: This is Laura Vandercamp. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist, 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 2: and speaker. 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 3: And this is Sarah Hartunger. I'm a mother of three, 5 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 3: a practicing physician and blogger. On the side, we are 6 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 3: two working parents who love our careers and our families. 7 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to best of both worlds. 8 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 2: Here we talk about how real women manage work, family, 9 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 2: and time for fun, from figuring out childcare to mapping. 10 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: Out long term career goals. 11 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 2: We want you to get the most out of life. 12 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,279 Speaker 1: Welcome to best of both worlds. This is Laura. This 13 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: is our pretty much annual at this point midyear goal 14 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: check in. We are big on goals. In this podcast, 15 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: we look at our goals for the upcoming year. We 16 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 1: ask how we've done. And part of that is, of course, 17 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: that you don't want to let a whole year go 18 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: by without revisiting where things stand. Have you done the 19 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: things you wanted to do? Have you not done things? 20 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: If so, why, what challenges are you facing? Is this 21 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: something you want to redirect or recommit to anything along 22 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: those lines. So here we are in early July talking 23 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: about our twenty twenty three goals. So, Sarah, is it 24 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: actually the mid year, would I get confused? What what 25 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: is the actual middle of the year. 26 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 3: I had to look it up. The midpoint of the 27 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 3: year is actually July the second, if it's a three 28 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 3: hundred and sixty five day year, that is apparently, like 29 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 3: I guess, the median day meeting day. Yeah, like the middle. 30 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: Day, und eight days aren't waited differently, so it wouldn't 31 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: need to be like, there wouldn't be a difference between 32 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: the mean and the median and this year, okay. 33 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 3: Well, the very middle day of the year the one 34 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 3: hundred and eighty third day of the three hundred and 35 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 3: sixty five day year, which means that if it's a 36 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 3: leapier I guess it would be pushed slightly earlier because 37 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 3: you'd have more days before July second. 38 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: Maybe the mid day okay, yeah, anyway. 39 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 3: Anyway, usually we're good at math. I don't know. This 40 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 3: one's tough. So July second is the typical middle of 41 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,279 Speaker 3: the year, so as this airs, we're right around that time. 42 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 3: But I will add that I typically don't use the 43 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 3: middle of the year as a time that I look 44 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 3: at goals except for our annual Best of Both Worlds episodes, 45 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,119 Speaker 3: So I'm forced to kind of add in this checkpoint. 46 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 3: I tend to look at my annual goals on a 47 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 3: seasonal basis, in line with my quintiles as I've defined them. 48 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 3: So beginning of summer is when I really looked back 49 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 3: at my annual goals list to decide what I wanted 50 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,399 Speaker 3: to put on my summer list from that list. But hey, 51 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 3: an extra check in never hurts. 52 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: Never hurts. So did you go back and listen to 53 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: our episode? 54 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 3: I did not. I went back to the show notes 55 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 3: and I read so I did this. 56 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: I listened to it while I was out walking one day. 57 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: I decided to just put it on and see if 58 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: I could listen to it. And I guess a lot 59 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: of it I remembered and some of it I didn't, 60 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: which was interesting. I feel like there's it's never clear 61 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: what exactly we're going to remember and what we're not 62 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: of different points of Hopefully, guy thought I stuck to 63 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: the script because that's what I reviewed, but usually we do, 64 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: especially after yes of episodes. Well let's go ahead and 65 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: start then with work goals. You had a couple, Uh, 66 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: so why don't you you talk about it? Well? Because 67 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: combine work with like blog and pod because that was, 68 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: you know, a new thing for you this year, that 69 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: those were going to be at actual work consideration. 70 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 3: Yes, And when I went back to my notes, actually 71 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 3: my first draft of our notes for that episode didn't 72 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 3: include any work goals, and you were like, thank you 73 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 3: forgot because I looked at the whole email thread and 74 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 3: then I came up with several. So that was kind 75 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 3: of interesting that that was a little bit of almost 76 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 3: an afterthought. But my work goals were to go to 77 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 3: a live conference for my clinical role, and I did. 78 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 3: I went to Pediatric Endigrin Society in Chicago, not Chicago, 79 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 3: in San Diego, and I had such a great time. 80 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 3: It was really a lot of fun. I mean, the 81 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 3: learning part was fun, the just having time to myself 82 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 3: was fun. And I think probably the most fun was 83 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 3: that I got to spend a lot of time hanging 84 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 3: out with one of the women in particular that I 85 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 3: trained in with fellowship, and she even commented to me, like, 86 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 3: it just feels like we just picked up right where 87 00:03:58,120 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: we left off and like we felt like such our 88 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 3: e like that old friend feeling is so precious, and 89 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 3: that was really fun part of going to that meeting. 90 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 3: So I had a great time, and then I wanted 91 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 3: to just successfully run my first two cohorts of Bestlid 92 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 3: Plans Academy. It was the first time I had jumped 93 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 3: into anything like this, and they ran. The first one 94 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 3: ran from January March and the second one ran in 95 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 3: the spring, and they were both fantastic. So I'm super 96 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 3: happy with those goals and I guess I can consider 97 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 3: them complete. And then finally I had like a vague 98 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 3: goal that was something like work on growth. I don't 99 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 3: know how I'm doing with that. Honestly. I always get 100 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 3: nervous in the summer because Bestlaid Plans has very clear 101 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 3: peaks around the back to school season and around the 102 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 3: new year. It's like, oh, everyone loves me around and 103 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 3: every summer like the numbers go down, so it doesn't 104 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 3: look like I'm growing. But I did have some in 105 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 3: summer exactly, and I get it. I totally get it. 106 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 3: But I did have some great podcast interviews. We were 107 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 3: both on Call Newport's Deep Questions, so that was fun 108 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 3: separately two separate episodes, and I was on Spawned and 109 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 3: I was on a medical podcast called Peed's doc Talk 110 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 3: or kids Dot Talk. I always forget what it's called, 111 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 3: but those are bigger size podcasts, so those always help 112 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 3: kind of just get my name out there. So I'll 113 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 3: say that one is a work in progress, but overall. 114 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: Doing okay, excellent, excellent. Well I'm always a fan of 115 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: best of both worlds podcast growth, So anything Sarah wants 116 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: to do to drive growth to that, I'm thrilled to 117 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: have those as her goals. Yeah, so my work goals 118 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: this year, I wanted to sell the back catalog, which 119 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: is sort of a publishing talk for your old books, 120 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: so not the ones that are the beginning, Like if 121 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: publishers have a catalog that they're giving to booksellers, So 122 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: Tranquility by Tuesday that just came out would be the 123 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: front of the catalog, so the back catalog would be 124 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: the older stuff. And I also wanted to repurpose some 125 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: of my old stuff because I have a lot of 126 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: Before Breakfast podcast episodes, I have a lot of writing, 127 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: and so what I wanted doing is hiring a consultant 128 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 1: to look at both these questions. And I've been putting 129 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: a couple of these things into practice. So for instance, 130 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: I did a Summer reads with Laura Vandercam book Club 131 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 1: that as this is airing, we will have had our 132 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: first meeting. But I recruited people from my email newsletter 133 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: lists to read through some of these old books and 134 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: to have discussions on them. So we started with Off 135 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: the Clock, and then we're doing Juliette School of Possibilities 136 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 1: and then The Courtland Boys, which is a novel that 137 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: many people have not read but you know, maybe you could. 138 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: And so yeah, we're just you know, I'm sending out 139 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: emails on these books and we'll be talking to people. 140 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: And the fun parts I reread them then because I'm 141 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: going to be talking about them. It was kind of 142 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: fun to reread off the Clock, and I actually reread 143 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: it in Bar Harbor Main, which is where the phrase 144 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: came to me off the Clock the first time seven 145 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,799 Speaker 1: years ago. Anyway, I'm also planning to be launching a 146 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: paid newsletter this fall. The details are little unclear at 147 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: this point. Maybe through substack, we'll see, but that will 148 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: be vander Hacks, So yeah, with a lot of my tips, 149 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: new and old. But that'll be a vehicle to have 150 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: some of older stuff newer stuff mixed together that hopefully 151 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: we'll reach some new people. So look forward to that. 152 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 3: Love it very very excited to read it. I'm assuming 153 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 3: I get a discount on that. We'll say we'll see awesome. Well, 154 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 3: I'm super excited for that. In terms of our next category, 155 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 3: we had annual projects and hobbies, which I think was 156 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 3: a category more came from you, and then I kind 157 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,119 Speaker 3: of went off of that because you always have certain 158 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 3: things you choose at the beginning of a calendar, your 159 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 3: little rituals that you're going to incorporate into every single day. 160 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 3: Often their kind of projects that build upon themselves. And 161 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 3: so I'll let you go first, because you had some 162 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 3: really interesting ones for twenty twenty three, and I want 163 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 3: to hear how they're going. 164 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, So I set a goal to read through all 165 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: the works of Jane Austin. This is coming after twenty 166 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: twenty one. I read Were in Peace, one chapter at 167 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: a time every day through the year. Twenty twenty two, 168 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: I read all the works of Shakespeare, reading a little 169 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: bit every day through the year. So twenty twenty three 170 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: I decided to do all the works of Jane Austen. 171 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: So at this point, which were midway through the year, 172 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: I've read her Juvenilia, which was an interesting sort of 173 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: collection of non published random Jane Austin writings I read 174 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: since in Sensibility, I read Pride and Prejudice. I read 175 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: Mansfield Park, which I feel like I get a medal 176 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: for because I think even a lot of people who 177 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: are Jane Austen fans may not have read Mansfield Park. 178 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: I've read more than halfway through Emma. At this point, 179 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: I guess by the time this is airing, I may 180 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 1: be finished with it. I have to figure out the 181 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: number of days there, but it'll be about now that 182 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: I'll be finished with it. So then actually that just 183 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: leaves Persuasion in northingkra Abbey and a few small works 184 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: to get through, which is it means that I'm going 185 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: to finish way before the end of the year. I'm 186 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: not quite sure why this timing didn't work as I 187 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: thought it did, because I bought this whole set of 188 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: Jane Austen things and it said it was three three 189 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: hundred pages, and so I was like, well, ten pages 190 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: a day is what I should be aiming for. But 191 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: they must have been counting a lot of the like 192 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: appendix stuff which I don't really feel the need to read. 193 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:27,199 Speaker 1: Some random scholars musings on Jane Austen you know whatever, 194 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: I don't need to do that, so that wasn't included, 195 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: so that was throwing off my tally. So I'm going 196 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,559 Speaker 1: to be done early, which I think. I then will 197 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: set a new goal of rereading a few of the 198 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: kind of best of Shakespeare ones that I read last year. 199 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 1: So I'll go back through and reread Hamlet, reread some 200 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: of those, and kind of see what I can pick 201 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: up on on a next time through reading of those. 202 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,079 Speaker 1: Let's see my sonnets. So this year my writing project 203 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: was to write two lines a day in a sonnet, 204 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: because then I can write a fourteen line poem every week. 205 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: I have made some liberal use of my rhyming dictionary, 206 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: but I've stuck with it. So I've got, you know, 207 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: half a year's worth of weekly sonnets at this point, 208 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,959 Speaker 1: and presumably we'll keep going with it because it's a 209 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: very easy thing to do. But you know, I'd put 210 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: on my bucket list for years and years, like write 211 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: a collection of seasonal sonnets, and this year I will 212 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: have done it. And some are terrible, but some are 213 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 1: pretty decent. So it's kind of a mix. 214 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 3: I love that does every sonnet kind of reflect what's 215 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 3: going on that time of year. 216 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: It often does because that's what I'm thinking about. I mean, 217 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: some are random, but some are sort of like, well, 218 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: this is what the weather was like, or this is 219 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: where I was traveling, or this is what you know 220 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: that it's just on my mind and so then I 221 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: wind up doing a sonnet on that. So, yeah, it's 222 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 1: going to have some seasonality to it just from the 223 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: nature of when I come up with something at any 224 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: given moment, that's what I'm doing. 225 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 3: Super cool. It's like a journal in the form of sonnets. 226 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: Yes, everyone should keep a journal, and you have a 227 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: bit pentameter. 228 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 3: Yes, And then you had a singing one. 229 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: So I had a goal of singing that I was 230 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: going to move this into my three times a week thing, 231 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: and the idea was that, you know, I track things 232 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,439 Speaker 1: three times a week as part of the Tranquility by 233 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: Tuesday rules, because one of the rules is three times 234 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: a week is a habit. But then I kind of 235 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: stopped doing that scorecard thing on my blog because I 236 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: don't know, I felt like people weren't reading it and 237 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: engaging with it as much after I'd done it for 238 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: several months. So then I was like, okay, well, you 239 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 1: know I will just you know, I try to sing more. 240 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: I have not been tracking it. I head choir practices 241 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: on Thursday. I would sing on Sunday morning. During the 242 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: school year, I was often practicing an extra time just 243 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: because I had to to learn a lot of our 244 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: difficult music. But I don't know for sure that I've 245 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: done that three times a week. So maybe that's something 246 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: that I will do in the future. Well, we'll see 247 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: if I recommit to that over the course of the year. Awesome, 248 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 1: but at least you've been singing. I've been accounts for something. 249 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 3: So my projects were that I had this like slightly 250 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 3: ambitious reading idea. I usually hit or I don't want 251 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 3: to say usually in the past few years, I've hit 252 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 3: somewhere between like forty five and fifty books a year, 253 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 3: so it's not like reading is new to me. But 254 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 3: I kind of wanted to try to, like aim for 255 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 3: a book a week, which is slightly higher than those totals, 256 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 3: and maybe go a little bit beyond that. So I 257 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 3: had this like rather elaborate schema of trying to read 258 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 3: like three novels and two nonfiction books a month by 259 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 3: like looking at the page counts and trying to like 260 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 3: aim for certain percentage each book each day, and I 261 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 3: will say I feel like I've been reading a little 262 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 3: bit more, And in fact, I think by the end 263 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 3: of June I won't quite be at twenty five or 264 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 3: not twenty five, I won't quite be at thirty, which 265 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 3: would be half of sixty, but I think I'll be 266 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 3: fairly closed, maybe at twenty eight or twenty nine. So 267 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 3: I am reading a little bit more than years past. 268 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 3: But I have not followed those specific kind of page 269 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 3: number type goals. I found that that did take a 270 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 3: little bit of the fun out of it. Instead, I've 271 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 3: just focused on the routines of just reading nonfiction most 272 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 3: mornings and always having a novel going picking books that 273 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 3: I know that will kind of be fun to read, 274 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 3: because I just think that's often half the battle. If 275 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 3: I have a book that's not compelling me to read 276 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 3: pages of it, then it's probably time to move on 277 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 3: to a different one, rather than get stagnated and just 278 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 3: not read it all, which is what I've done in 279 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 3: years past. So I feel like it's been a great 280 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 3: reading year for me, But I didn't exactly follow the 281 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 3: plan that I had initially set out to. I wanted 282 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 3: to see more movies this year. I set a goal 283 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 3: of six over the course of the year, and yes 284 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 3: I am on track for that. Three i've seen in 285 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 3: the theaters this year and one I'm still counting because 286 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 3: it was I think a direct to Netflix movie called 287 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 3: Glass Onions, so I don't think it came out in theaters. 288 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 3: I might be wrong about that, but I did watch 289 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 3: that one like on a laptop in bed. But I 290 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 3: saw a man called Auto in the theaters Creed three, 291 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 3: that was Josh's pick, but it was actually pretty good 292 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,079 Speaker 3: in the theaters. And then are you there, God, It's 293 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 3: made Margaret with Annabel and Josh, which was interesting and 294 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 3: that was great. Feel good about that. And then finally 295 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 3: I had wanted to see more live theater and music. 296 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 3: I'm not doing as well as I wanted to with that. 297 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 3: I did not score Taylor Swift tickets, as you all know, 298 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 3: it's okay, have moved on. And I did buy tickets 299 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 3: to see Belle and Sebastian, which is kind of like 300 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 3: a old school indie band from the mid Ots that's 301 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 3: still going strong, but they canceled their concerts so didn't 302 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 3: get to go. I did get my money back and 303 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 3: then in terms of live theater, I feel like there's 304 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 3: stuff coming up, like Into the Woods is coming to 305 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 3: our local theater center, so I'm excited for that. And 306 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 3: I saw Mary Poppins with the kids. It was a 307 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 3: professional production, but not a ton of stuff. I feel 308 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 3: like I need to get on this one a little 309 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 3: bit more. 310 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, weirdly enough, this has actually been my year of 311 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: live music. I did go to Taylor Swift with Jasper 312 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: in May, and then recently also went to a Stevie 313 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: Nix and Billy Joel concert with my husband. That was 314 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: kind of a last minute thing we decided to do 315 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: with that Dallas, but you know, we decided to go. 316 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: We did not get the tickets six months ahead of 317 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: time like we did with Taylor Swift. We got tickets 318 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: like two weeks ahead of time. But he is a 319 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: big you know, Stevie Nicks like Fleetwood Mac fan, and 320 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: I had been I've always loved hearing Billie Joel music, 321 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: so it was it was a great concert. We really 322 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: enjoyed that. And then we're going to see Fish later 323 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: this month. So yeah, a lot of a lot of 324 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: live music. It's pretty pretty crazy, but I guess that's 325 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: a good thing. 326 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a lot of fun. All Right, We're going 327 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 3: to be right back talking about fitness in just a minute. 328 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 3: All right, we are back. So we're getting at our 329 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 3: mid year goal assessment in categories, and this category was fitness. So, Laura, 330 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 3: you had a very specific goal. 331 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, so I wanted to do more strengths training, and 332 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: I I wasn't make sure in the episode. I was 333 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: a little bit unclear like what form that would take 334 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: because there wasn't something in specific that I wanted to 335 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: commit to. But what I wound up doing is hiring 336 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: a virtual trainer who I meet with once a week. 337 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: Like I'm saying virtual, it's a real person. I meet 338 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: with him virtually, just over FaceTime on my phone, and 339 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: I moved my phone around various places in this upstairs 340 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: room in my house where he had me buy a 341 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: bunch of sort of lightweights and bands and things like that. 342 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: And we have this very old system weight system from 343 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: the people who lived here before, which we use a 344 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: little bit. But yeah, I meet with him once a 345 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: week and do a lot of exercises with that, and generally, 346 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: when I'm doing things well, I will then repeat on 347 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: my own the exercises that he did with me later 348 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: in the week. 349 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 3: So yeah, could you, like, do you record it like 350 00:16:58,440 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 3: as a video so then you could like play it 351 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 3: along with yourself. 352 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: Oh, I don't, I don't. I guess that would be 353 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 1: an interesting idea to do. I have to see how 354 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: we felt about that. But no, I mean, I'm more 355 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: or less just sort of remember what we do like 356 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: and then go through. So it's not perfect, like I'm 357 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: not doing all of them, but I figure sort of 358 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: anything is better than none, so you know, it's it's 359 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: a process. I mean, I'm not sure that doing it 360 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: once a week is going to magically transform myself, but 361 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: it's probably helping, and I'm hoping that over time this 362 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: will make some of the back pain and leg pain 363 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 1: I've been dealing with better. That's certainly my goal, and 364 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 1: I'm often more motivated about preventing pain than i am 365 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: by anything else. So yeah, yeah, that's what they've been 366 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: doing there. 367 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 3: It's a great motivator. And I think you deserve some 368 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 3: kudos because I feel like you've had strength training more 369 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 3: vaguely on your list for a number of years, and 370 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:54,719 Speaker 3: this year it's kind of like happening in a more 371 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,919 Speaker 3: structured way, so that's awesome. I wanted to make this 372 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 3: a big running year, and it's definitely turned out to 373 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,160 Speaker 3: be one so far for me. I think I said 374 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 3: something in my notes like, actually, I'm quoting myself. I 375 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 3: want to make this a big running year. I want 376 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 3: to make forties prs in the five k half and 377 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 3: potentially run a marathon. And I had plans to do 378 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 3: virtual coaching and do this. We had Megan Featherston on 379 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 3: and I wanted to do her nutrition coaching as a group, 380 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,239 Speaker 3: run the A one a half, do a summer five k, 381 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 3: and a fall winter full. I've done all of that, Like, well, 382 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 3: I haven't done Megan's class yet, but I actually did 383 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 3: register for it, so I'm going to be doing it 384 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 3: in preparation for my fall marathon almost winter marathon, which 385 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 3: I've signed up for. I have set forties prs in 386 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:41,120 Speaker 3: the half marathon and in the five k. I've brought 387 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 3: my five k time down like four minutes since September, 388 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 3: which is a lot for a short race. And I 389 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 3: won't go into too many running things because apparently we 390 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 3: talk a lot about running, and I'm so sorry, but 391 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 3: it is a big part of my life right now. 392 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,640 Speaker 3: And I'm really enjoying it. The other goal I had 393 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 3: was to go to in person yoga, and that has 394 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 3: not happened yet. So I do you want to make 395 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 3: that happen? I think more for like peace and centering 396 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 3: than for any physical benefit, and just for something fun 397 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 3: to do. So I'll try to make that one happen 398 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 3: in the back half of the year. 399 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: So when is the marathon? I'm very curious which one 400 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: you're running. 401 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I am signed up for the marathon in Jacksonville 402 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 3: on like in like early December. I don't know what's 403 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 3: called the Jacksonville Marathon. I think it's the Ameris Bank Marathon. 404 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 3: It's a really small race. It was chosen because it 405 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 3: tends to be a fast race. It's pretty flat, the 406 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 3: weather is usually good, and for us, it's not logistically 407 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 3: terrible to get to Jacksonville. 408 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,160 Speaker 1: So and so when will you start the actual sort 409 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 1: of training block for that. 410 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 3: I feel like I've been in training for months already, 411 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 3: which is really early. Like I mean, I've been running 412 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 3: like fifteen mile runs and eighteen mile runs for weeks already. 413 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:49,719 Speaker 3: I haven't done a lot of speed work, but I 414 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 3: did hire a coach and so that's been a big 415 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 3: part of kind of changing some of the things with 416 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 3: my training. And I started working with him right after 417 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 3: the A one and a half in February. So I'm 418 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,679 Speaker 3: running forty to fifty miles a week already and I'm 419 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 3: sure that'll get a little bit higher and prep for 420 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 3: the marathon. But I could run a marathon tomorrow. I 421 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 3: just don't think I could raase America tomorrow the week 422 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 3: I want to. 423 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 1: Okay, got it, Well, I don't think i could run 424 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: a marathon tomorrow, partly because I'm feeling ill. I'm like 425 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: sitting here like oh, like yeah, this has been a 426 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 1: kind of too. 427 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 3: As being a hero right now, she's not at her best. 428 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: Not if anyone's wondering, like why I'm feeling low energy 429 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:32,880 Speaker 1: in this particular episode. Okay, well, good, marathon sounds awesome. 430 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: So our family goals. I had a goal to do 431 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: a couple connection sort of like spend time together three 432 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: times a week as a habit. I don't know. Again, 433 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: I stopped tracking things, so this didn't get tracked. And 434 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: we do eat lunch together when we are both working 435 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: at home, so that's generally at least once a week 436 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:59,679 Speaker 1: or so. We've done a couple of larger date nights, 437 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: so we don't necessarily do like weekly date nights or anything, 438 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 1: but we have done a couple bigger ones, like doing 439 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: the in April, we you know, went out to eat 440 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 1: and went to a garden together and stuff that we 441 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 1: had much of a Saturday to do. And on we 442 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: did this Billy Joel concert recently that was a date 443 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: night we did, so something to keep working on, I guess. 444 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: And then I had talked a lot about our spring 445 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: break road trip. I guess that was on my mind 446 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 1: because we hadn't planned anything in December when we were 447 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: recording this episode, and I thought we were going to 448 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: do a road trip over spring break, and that we'd 449 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: kind of pivoted completely on that one. I guess the 450 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: idea we'd thought we would sort of drive through Midwestern 451 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: or something. I don't know. I thought we would drive south, 452 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 1: and but you know, my husband was like, well we 453 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 1: should go see my family in the Midwest, and like, okay, 454 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 1: well could we do a road trip that would encompass that. 455 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,400 Speaker 1: And the next thing we know, we're like just going 456 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: to Indianapolis. And since I didn't really feel like just 457 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,479 Speaker 1: driving out to Indianapolis and back, like we flew. We 458 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: did take a day trip to Chicago while we were there, 459 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: which was about all the time in the car I 460 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: want to have with the kids. Anyway, I realized, like, 461 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,160 Speaker 1: I don't think a road trip's a good idea for us. 462 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: We took a road trip to Cape Cod over a 463 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 1: Memorial Day weekend, and it's like six hours in the 464 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: car both ways. It's just a lot of time, and 465 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: it's not it's not good. Still, it's still annoying. 466 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:26,879 Speaker 3: So we have a lot of people, so if each 467 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 3: person's unhappy like ten percent of the time, it means like. 468 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 1: Somebody's happy all the time unhappy all the time. It 469 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: just doesn't even work. So we generally fly for our vacations. 470 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, spring breakound up being just a flying 471 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 1: to Indianapolis and going to Chicago, and that was fine. 472 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: The kid you know, kids in particular, had a good 473 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: time doing that. 474 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 3: So you know, you pivot, but successfully, You've had some 475 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 3: really nice trips so far this year, I feel like, 476 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 3: including the one you just got back from that you mentioned. 477 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 3: So yeah, all right, well my family get I'm going 478 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 3: to like lump home and family together. So I wanted 479 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 3: to establish Library Saturday and more family reading time. I mean, 480 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 3: Genevieve is still not reading on her own, so I 481 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 3: know people you know have kids that like will do 482 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 3: audio books at that age. She's still not quite there. 483 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,719 Speaker 3: But I will say we've gotten really good at Library Saturday. 484 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 3: I don't know that we've gone every Saturday, but a 485 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 3: lot of the times I would just take the kids 486 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 3: right after gymnastics. It was like a natural flow, and 487 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 3: the library's not that far from where they did gymnastics, 488 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 3: so it was great. And I feel like we've always 489 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,640 Speaker 3: this year been really good about like getting Genevieve, especially 490 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 3: like a giant stack of library books and then like 491 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 3: replacing them every couple weeks, so that's been great. I 492 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 3: wanted to make sure every kid got a one on 493 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 3: one trip. There's just not enough like weekends for that. 494 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 3: I think I did decide instead to do one on 495 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 3: one days, which is like enough of a commitment. I 496 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:53,120 Speaker 3: did take Annabelle specifically to see my niece in January 497 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 3: to her third birthday party, and that was really really fun, 498 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 3: but I don't think I'm going to get a one 499 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 3: on one in with the other two. Cameron tooksh Cameron skiing, 500 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 3: so I guess poor Genevieve got a little bit of 501 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 3: the shaft on this one. But maybe I'll try for 502 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 3: the next birthday party to bring Genevieve instead or something 503 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:10,959 Speaker 3: like that. But I'm going to do the one on 504 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 3: one days, so that's close enough. And then I wanted 505 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 3: to make sure I was seeing my family that doesn't 506 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 3: live in Florida. So my goal was to see my 507 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 3: niece and my sister at least twice, and my parents 508 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,680 Speaker 3: at least twice. I've already seen my parents twice. I 509 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 3: guess I saw them at Miriam's birthday party. My niece, 510 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 3: and I saw them in Washington dy Seat where they 511 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 3: met us when we took our spring break trip, and 512 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 3: I'm going to see them in July. My sister i've 513 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 3: seen once, but I'm definitely planning. I think she's going 514 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 3: to actually come down here this fall, so I think 515 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 3: that goal will come to fruition. And then finally, I 516 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 3: wanted to up my packing game for vacations and I 517 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 3: wanted to maybe get some packing cubes. So yes, we did, 518 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 3: we got some. We kind of got them in like 519 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 3: little dribs and drabs, rather than you know, intentionally buying 520 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 3: sets for each kid or something. We bought a couple 521 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 3: sets at the Aaron Condrence store on sale, so Annabel 522 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:57,919 Speaker 3: was using those, and then I think we have like 523 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 3: three sets among the five of us now, and I 524 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 3: do do you think they're kind of somewhat helpful? I 525 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 3: don't think they are like a huge game changer for us, 526 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 3: but especially if I have two kids sharing one suitcase, 527 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 3: having them each have their own packing cubes is helpful 528 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 3: when you kind of unpack on the trip, you can 529 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 3: keep everything separate a little more easily. And I like 530 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 3: organizing my own stuff with the packing cubes, so I 531 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 3: would say there's a success. We're not done with the 532 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,480 Speaker 3: kind of luggage. A lot of our luggage it's really old, 533 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 3: like I think two thousand and five, like wedding gifts old, 534 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 3: and it's really showing its age. So I think we're 535 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,679 Speaker 3: going to get a couple of fairly inexpensive rollers for 536 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 3: our summer trip for the kids. And then finally I 537 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 3: wanted to do some organizing. You guys know, this is 538 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 3: like a perennial goal, and I think I've made progress. 539 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 3: I finally did the kids' rooms, and that took a 540 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 3: lot out of me, and I wanted to do it 541 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 3: for a really long time, and I cleaned out my 542 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 3: desk and a lot of my planner supplies. That was 543 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 3: a big deal too, So I'm going to give myself 544 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 3: like a B minus on that one, with the thought 545 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 3: that I'm going to continue that project as the year 546 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 3: goes on. And then finally, I wanted to get my 547 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 3: car washed once and I did, but now it's already 548 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,880 Speaker 3: gross again. So apparently maybe once is not enough. Maybe 549 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 3: twice would be about right. 550 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: I need to make that a goal for the rest 551 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: of the year because mine is looking pretty gross and 552 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:08,959 Speaker 1: I'm sort of surprised. I was thinking, like, maybe now 553 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: that my now that Jaspers is driving it like with us, 554 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 1: he's guys permit, but he's driving that, he might be 555 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 1: you know, grossed out by it and get it clean. 556 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: But we'll see. Maybe I can have them take it 557 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 1: to a car wash someday when they're looking for a 558 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: place to drive. My husband and Josper have been doing 559 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: a lot of driving together because I think he's more 560 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:31,959 Speaker 1: chill than I am. My kid driving anxiety maybe slightly 561 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: higher than is good. But wait till he gets a 562 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: few more hours behind the wheel. Yeah, I think I 563 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 1: had an organizing goal now that remembering looking through our 564 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: notes of getting all the boxes put away and the 565 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,200 Speaker 1: upside as they are they are put away. And that 566 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: was not because I did it. It's because we wound 567 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: up with a home manager who's working here part time 568 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: and that person put him all away. It still counts, 569 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: but still got met. I didn't do it, but I 570 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: made it happen. That So whin whin there? All right? 571 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 1: So the rest of the year, So Sarah, what are 572 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: you going to do the rest of the year? You 573 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: have new goals? Well, obviously the marathon's is going to 574 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: be a big one. Are there any new goals you're setting, 575 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: or any that you are pivoting away from or anything 576 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: that you want to change? 577 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 3: Yeah? I don't have a lot new that I want 578 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,360 Speaker 3: to add. I you know, as I was creating summer goals, 579 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 3: I initially thought about working on a book proposal and 580 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 3: just decided it's like, not the time. I have too 581 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 3: many other things going on. I've launched too many programs. 582 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 3: I'm too busy on my days that I am not working. 583 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 3: I mean, like today, literally, I have something like every 584 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 3: hour from now until six pm, like I can't. I 585 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 3: have to be realistic with myself and I just can't 586 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 3: fit any other big project in right now. And that's okay. 587 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 3: So I just want to keep doing what I'm doing 588 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 3: the marathon training, you know, keep working on that, keep 589 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 3: using my own planning methods, and make sure I'm getting 590 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 3: ahead and batching things as best as possible, because I 591 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 3: would say, if I do have a goal, it's to 592 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 3: make sure I can really be off when I'm off 593 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 3: and minute my work when it's evening's, weekend's vacation, because 594 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 3: I do. I feel like I've found myself creeping more 595 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 3: into doing that in recent years, and I don't love it. 596 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,719 Speaker 3: I kind of want to relax a little bit more 597 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 3: and just have more time to read or do things 598 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:15,880 Speaker 3: with the kids, and I'll have things over my head. 599 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, that's good. Yeah, I've been. I mean, I 600 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: probably should do some more with the singing over the year. 601 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 1: We might rededicate to that, and I with the Jane 602 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: Austen goal being going to be done presumably by early fall, 603 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: then I might add the rereading some of the Shakespeare 604 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: to that, so that'll be an addition there. But yeah, 605 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: just mostly continuing the stuff that's working, and which is 606 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: always good to have, you know, these check ins and 607 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 1: see the goals that mostly are on track of doing 608 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: the stuff that you said you'd do. And sometimes that means, 609 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 1: you know, cool things I might have now read Pride 610 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: and Prejudice and Since and Sensibility, which I hadn't actually 611 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 1: read before, and so those are kind of classics of 612 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: the cannon. So I'm glad I've done that, and I've 613 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 1: written at least, you know, a handful of sonnets I like. 614 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: So and maybe at least a few other people bought 615 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: the back catalog with the promotional stuff I've been doing 616 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 1: with it. But we'll see, all right, So privoting here 617 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:21,479 Speaker 1: to our question. So this listener writes in what is 618 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: your go to process for orienting a new babysitter? So 619 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 1: I guess this means like somebody who's a date night babysitter, 620 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: not like a full time nanny kind of person, but 621 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: somebody who are just you know, having for one off 622 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: kind of events. 623 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 3: Yeah. So I feel like ours has become more and 624 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 3: more minimal as the kids have gotten older, and I 625 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 3: feel like they can do some of the orienting themselves 626 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 3: in this day and age. I generally am like this 627 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 3: is ideally when they're going to bed, this is my 628 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 3: screen time rule, whatever that is. Like usually it's like 629 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 3: they can watch a movie but new iPads when I'm 630 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 3: not there. And then sometimes I've learned to do like 631 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 3: a gentle reminder, like could you make sure to like 632 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 3: put away any dinner leftovers in the fridge, because I 633 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 3: did kind of come home once to like everything was 634 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,520 Speaker 3: still out hours later. It was a very young babysitter. 635 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 3: I don't think she thought about it, but I bet 636 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 3: if I had like gently told her that, she probably 637 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 3: would have been happy to put them away. So I 638 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 3: might kind of make this suggestion to just like, oh, 639 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 3: you can throw any leftover pizza in the freezer or 640 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 3: whatever it is. When they were younger, I feel like 641 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 3: I did a lot more. I'd have them come like 642 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 3: fifteen minutes early, really show them around, walk them through 643 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 3: the routines. I don't do a whole song and dance 644 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 3: about emergency contacts because for the most part, the things 645 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 3: and like I've never been to like a concert where 646 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 3: we had to lock your phone up, and I just 647 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 3: kind of assume that, like they can call me or 648 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 3: text me, and that's fine. I don't need like a 649 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 3: sterile cockpit like undisturbed times, so I don't spend a 650 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 3: lot of time on any kind of emergency procedures or contacts. Thankfully, 651 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 3: we don't have any like anaphylactic allergies or anything like 652 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 3: that that would obviously require a whole a lot more 653 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 3: in terms of orientation. 654 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, although again as kids get older, I think 655 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 1: sometimes they're more in charge of that themselves. I mean 656 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: just knowing from like playdates we've had with kids who 657 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: have allergies and stuff like, they just have their little 658 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: pack with them and you know, like they're it's not 659 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: that I need to do anything other than like not 660 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 1: throw peanuts around. I guess that would be the but 661 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 1: they are often even more in charge of that themselves 662 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: by the time they're older. So yeah, we don't really 663 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: have that many more new sitters coming in at this point, 664 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: and because the only thing we definitely need sitters for 665 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: obviously during the day. I mean, I'm not making my 666 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 1: older children watch Henry all Dan. We have a nanny 667 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 1: and all that. You know, we have coverage for that, 668 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 1: So there's just not that many occasions. But it would 669 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: only be if we needed somebody driving that we'd be 670 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 1: bringing in someone new, which I guess would be just 671 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,360 Speaker 1: like try out our van here, like can you what 672 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 1: do you think can you do this? So you know, 673 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 1: I'm hoping that the people we have can kind of 674 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: keep us through for the next year until you know, 675 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: Jasper can driving more. But I've really been having more 676 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: of my older kids take care of the younger ones. 677 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: If it's a short stint of time, like if it's 678 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: just you know, two hours or so, we figure out 679 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: how they can split it, and sort of generally talking 680 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 1: with them about what expectations are now obviously they know 681 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 1: our household routines, but just sort of reminding them of 682 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 1: like what it means to you know, watch your brother, like, 683 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 1: you know, then you're with him, and then when you 684 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 1: switch off with another kid, that person's with him, and 685 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: so forth. And we don't go very long, like if 686 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: we're if we're gone for a long period of time, 687 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: then we usually have our our nanny stats or one 688 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 1: of the other few people that we already have. So 689 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: love of the Week, Sarah, do you have a Love 690 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:47,120 Speaker 1: of the Week? 691 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 3: I'm going to use the book that I just the 692 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 3: novel I just finished. It was so fun. So if 693 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 3: you're looking for like a very quick, like juicy, fun read, 694 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 3: I recommend Pineapple Street by Jackson. Jenny Jackson is actually 695 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 3: really high up in the publishing world. I believe she 696 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 3: runs I don't even know how to pronounce it. This 697 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 3: is terrible knough not probably. Yeah, So she's like very 698 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 3: high up there, if not the head. And then she 699 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 3: wrote her own book, which was to everyone's delight. And 700 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 3: she also happens to be one class ahead of me 701 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 3: at Williams. I don't remember her, but it made me 702 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 3: feel slightly closer to her as I write the book. 703 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 3: So just great read, so much fun, would be great 704 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:26,560 Speaker 3: on a summer vacation. 705 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's see. What was What can I say as 706 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 1: my love of the week as I'm feeling sick here 707 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: and feeling like I'm not loving anything at the moment. 708 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 3: Probably not a food item. 709 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was like Gatorade. Like I'm a big fan 710 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: of Gateoraide, and I'm realizing I would really love to 711 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 1: have some Gatorade right now. I wonder if I can 712 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,040 Speaker 1: get some figure that out. All right, we'll ponder that. 713 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: All right, Well, this has been best of both worlds. 714 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 1: We have been talking our mid year goal check in. 715 00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,720 Speaker 1: We will be back next week with more on making 716 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: work and life fit together. 717 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 3: Thanks for listening. You can find me Sarah at the 718 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:10,359 Speaker 3: shoebox dot com or at the Underscore Shoebox on Instagram, 719 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 3: and you. 720 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 2: Can find me Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 721 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: This has been the best of both worlds podcasts. 722 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,920 Speaker 2: Please join us next time for more on making work 723 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,280 Speaker 2: and life work together.