1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 2: This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 2: episode is going to be a longer one part of 4 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 2: the series where I interview fascinating people about how they 5 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 2: take their days from great to awesome and any advice 6 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 2: they have for the rest of us. So I am 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 2: delighted to today welcome Molly Beck to the program. Mollie 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 2: is an entrepreneur, an author, and she also runs a 9 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 2: substack newsletter. 10 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: Called beck on Tech. So Mollie, welcome to the show. 11 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 3: Laura, I'm so delighted to be here. Thank you. 12 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm thrilled to have you. So tell our listeners 13 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 2: a little bit about yourself. 14 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 3: My main job is I am a startup founder. My 15 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 3: company is Workperfectly dot com. Our software helps large enterprises 16 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 3: start private podcasts for their employees. And as you touched 17 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 3: on in my intro, outside of Work Perfectly, I keep 18 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 3: myself busy with a lot of smaller entrepreneurial ventures. I 19 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 3: write that daily tech newsletter, I sell templates on Etsy, 20 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 3: I do some investing. I just like to always have 21 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 3: my hand and some other things awesome. 22 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: That is good. 23 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 2: Well, I first got to know you many years ago 24 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 2: when you were sort of known as a proponent of 25 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 2: what you call the reach out method, and that's the 26 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:24,839 Speaker 2: title of your first book. I wonder if you could 27 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 2: tell people a little bit what it means to reach 28 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 2: out as a method. 29 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 3: Reaching out is the idea of sending one message email 30 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 3: social media. I even had someone wants to do a 31 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 3: reach out on twenty three and meters to someone that 32 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 3: you don't know or is on the edge of your 33 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 3: network every single workday, and the idea being that there 34 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 3: are so many opportunities out there bouncing around, but unless 35 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 3: people know about you, it can be hard for those 36 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 3: opportunities to come to you. And it's also hard to 37 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 3: show up at some sort of conference and hope that 38 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 3: you make a connection. But if you're really intentional single 39 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 3: day about reaching out to someone on the edge or 40 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 3: a complete stranger of your network, you can grow that network. 41 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 3: And what we're trying to develop by doing it every 42 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 3: single day is a bad memory. It can be really demoralizing. 43 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 3: If you've found one person that you think will change 44 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 3: your career, you reach out and you hear crickets. But 45 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 3: if that one person is the person you've reach out 46 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 3: to on Tuesday and by Friday you've already done three 47 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 3: more reachouts you've completely forgotten. So you're trying to make 48 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 3: it a habit of being okay with going out into 49 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 3: the universe, saying hi, giving someone a gift, being a 50 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 3: joy in their inbox, and seeing what comes back to you. 51 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, how long does this tend to take when people 52 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: do it? 53 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 3: You know? Before AI, I would have said, oh, maybe 54 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 3: ten or fifteen minutes a day. Now I think that 55 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 3: you can have used tools like chat, GPT or cloud 56 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 3: to help you write a quick reach out to someone 57 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 3: and send it off in five minutes or less. 58 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: And how do you think about which person to reach 59 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 2: out to on any given day? 60 00:02:58,480 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: Like do you have a running list and you just 61 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: work through it? Or I mean, how does that work? 62 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 3: I definitely have a reading list and I do work 63 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 3: through it. But like this morning, my reach out was 64 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 3: to someone that I was reading their substack. They're just 65 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 3: a random person that I follow. I was so touched 66 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 3: by what they write. I pulled out a quote from 67 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 3: it and I said, I think that this quote is 68 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 3: so amazing. You should do a podcast around this topic, 69 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 3: and if you do, I will be your very first listener, 70 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 3: just a quick little note hopefully it made them smile 71 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 3: and then move on with my day. Yeah. 72 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 2: I love that idea, sort of being of service and 73 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 2: like being a positive force in someone's inbox, like you're 74 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: not reaching out asking for the person to do something 75 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 2: big for you. 76 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 3: Right, Such a great point. Absolutely, And like Laura, that's 77 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 3: how you and I met. In twenty twelve. I sent 78 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 3: you a reach out although I wasn't even really calling 79 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 3: it that then, and said, I absolutely love your books. 80 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 3: I believe I just read one of them, and I'm 81 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 3: just so excited to be a fan of you. And now, 82 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 3: I mean, look at this is thirteen years later. We've 83 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 3: I was able to quote you and reach out, We've 84 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 3: had professional collaborations, I'm appearing on your podcast. Not every 85 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 3: reach will be so successful, but we never would have 86 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 3: met if I hadn't just sent you that email, not 87 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 3: even asking for anything, just telling you what a fan 88 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 3: I was. 89 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, well I smiled to get that email in my inbox. 90 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 2: I'm very curious, like how often do people get back 91 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 2: in touch with you? 92 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, like, what would you say the 93 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: response rate is? 94 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 3: The response rate really varies on if it's someone that's 95 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 3: actually on the edge of my network, like I've met 96 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 3: them previously, or a total cold stranger, a cold stranger 97 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 3: twenty twenty five percent, like one on a four. I'm 98 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 3: getting our response someone that they at least recognized my 99 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 3: name much higher eighty or even ninety. And then someone 100 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 3: that I was actually like, used to be friends with 101 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 3: or used to work with. You can say it like 102 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 3: that's one hundred. Maybe not immediately, but they'll get back 103 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 3: to you. 104 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: Yeah. 105 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, So be prepared for the cold reach outs to 106 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 2: have a low response rate. Yeah, But the ones that 107 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 2: are more sort of on your on the edge of 108 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 2: your network, friend of friend, like more like. 109 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 3: Someone you can name drop, like in the subject line like, 110 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,239 Speaker 3: oh I'm a friend of blah blah blah. 111 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 2: Yes, exactly, exactly. Well, what a great discipline to develop. 112 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 2: I'm sure it's really helped grow your network over the years. So, 113 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 2: but let's talk about your current project of Back on Tech. 114 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 2: I mean, obviously you have your major startup stuff you're doing, 115 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 2: but Back on Tech is a new newsletter where you 116 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 2: talk all things tech. 117 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: So tell us about it. 118 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 3: You know, I just was really thinking, Hey, what am 119 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 3: I super interested in these days? And it's really technology. 120 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 3: I run a technology startup, I invest in other technologies. 121 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 3: I love the Internet, I love learning about AI, and 122 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 3: I have just been really interested in I like the 123 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 3: process of creation, and I was looking at hunting around, 124 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 3: casting about, as you might say, for an idea for 125 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 3: a newsletter, and that's I decided to try it. I 126 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 3: launched it a couple of months ago, and my rule 127 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 3: when I first launched it is that I wouldn't tell 128 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 3: anybody about it for at least a month make sure 129 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 3: I could continually do it. It comes out every day 130 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 3: at noon, so it's a daily newsletter, which you write 131 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 3: one too. You know that can sometimes you start those 132 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 3: and then you realize you run out of ideas. So 133 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 3: I wanted to do it for a full month before 134 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 3: I started, sort of lightly promoting it among people I knew. 135 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:58,840 Speaker 3: And now I'm a couple of months in it, and 136 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 3: I'm just really enjoyed it. It's really short tech tips, 137 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 3: interesting corners of the Internet, stuff I'm learning about AI 138 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 3: that people can read every day. 139 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, I love the idea of making sure you 140 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 2: have a lot of ideas as you are launching something. 141 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 2: I know I've given the advice to people starting a 142 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,799 Speaker 2: podcast that you should have like twenty ideas for shows 143 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 2: before you start, and because that tells you, really if 144 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 2: it's something that you can keep running with, right, And 145 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 2: I assume it wasn't that hard for you to come 146 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 2: up with a month's worth of stuffing. 147 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 3: It wasn't that hard, But I didn't really know that 148 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 3: going into it. And nobody likes to be this person, 149 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 3: and I've been this person where you start something, you 150 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 3: tell everyone you know and then you just kind of 151 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 3: run out of ideas, or you didn't like it as much, 152 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,239 Speaker 3: or you don't have the space for it. So giving 153 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 3: yourself a little bit of privacy to launch something. I 154 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 3: think I had like three subscribers. It was literally my mom, 155 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 3: my husband, and my sister for the first month, just 156 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 3: making sure that I could get into the practice. And 157 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 3: then when I did start promoting it, I had a 158 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 3: whole backlog, so it looked like, oh, hey, Molly's actually 159 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 3: doing this, like she's really into it, and then I 160 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 3: felt more confident sharing it with others. 161 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 2: People excellent, Well we're going to take a quick ad 162 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 2: break and then we will be back with a little 163 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 2: bit more from Molly Beck. 164 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: Well, I am back. 165 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 2: I am interviewing Molly Beck, who is an entrepreneur and author, 166 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 2: the founder of a substack called beck on Tech, which 167 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 2: we've just been talking about. So Molly, back on Tech 168 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 2: gives a short tech tip many days. I wonder if 169 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 2: you could share one or two that you think our 170 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 2: listeners might find useful. 171 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 3: You know a tech tip that I recently shared that's 172 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 3: a very dedicated part of my morning routine is I 173 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 3: do something called a money minute, which is every morning 174 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 3: when I sit down on my computer, the first thing 175 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 3: I do is I checked all of my bank accounts, 176 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 3: credit cards, savings account I even checked my four oh 177 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 3: one K my coinbase, And that means it takes probably 178 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 3: it definitely takes less than a minute. I don't have 179 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 3: that many accounts, but it means that I always have 180 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,559 Speaker 3: a really good handle on the total amount of money 181 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 3: that I have. And I started this about two years 182 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 3: ago when I was just sort of always feeling I'm 183 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 3: an entrepreneur and sometimes I feel nervous about hey, like, 184 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 3: what is my financial forecast look like three six, nine months? 185 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 3: And to know what the forecast is, you have to 186 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 3: know what's going on now. So now I feel really 187 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 3: on top of it with this practice of quickly running 188 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 3: through all of my accounts every morning. It's the first 189 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 3: thing I do before I check my email. 190 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 2: Now, that's interesting that you would check your four oh 191 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 2: one K every day, because I've certainly heard the advice 192 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 2: that one should not do that. 193 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 3: Laura, I literally do you are going to mention that? 194 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 3: As I was saying it, I was like, Laura's not 195 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 3: gonna like this Sparrowaki thing. 196 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: Well, I mean, I get it. I totally get it. 197 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 2: But and a lot of my investment accounts are attached 198 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 2: to my check account, so I have to see them anyway. Like, 199 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 2: it's not a mystery. I totally get it. But maybe 200 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 2: you can explain why you consciously get well. 201 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,559 Speaker 3: For rest all, it doesn't change that much because it's 202 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 3: just tied to the market. But you know what reminds me, 203 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 3: I'm I you know, in thirty years, I will, hopefully 204 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 3: God willing be here to tap into it and like 205 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,319 Speaker 3: what's going on there? And I also think like thinking 206 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 3: about retirement is a big source of anxiety for a 207 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,079 Speaker 3: lot of people, especially if you have a more unstable 208 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 3: income like a founder does, and just knowing that number, 209 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 3: even if it's not always exactly what I want to see, 210 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 3: but it's getting there and you can see the graph 211 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 3: go up over time. I think it does help with 212 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 3: anxiety for me. Almost anything that I'm nervous about in life, 213 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 3: it's because I'm avoiding it, and if you just dive 214 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,319 Speaker 3: head into it, you know. I think in therapy they 215 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 3: literally call that exposure therapy. I think it does, like 216 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 3: really actually help to lower the anxiety. 217 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, so exposure therapy with our four one 218 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 2: really care Yeah, yeah, and you had another one recently. 219 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 2: We mentioned that there's some setting that you can automatically 220 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 2: shorten your meeting. 221 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 3: Yes, it's called like the speedy meeting setting, and Google 222 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 3: has it outlook has it Just like literally Google, Hey, 223 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 3: I don't do the speedy meeting setting, and it will 224 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 3: automatically make your meetings twenty five minutes or fifty five minutes, 225 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 3: so you never even have to worry about like slightly 226 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 3: adjusting the time. That just gives you a buffer. I 227 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 3: also think when I get a meeting invite from someone 228 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 3: that has set the meeting for twenty five minutes, I'm like, oh, 229 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 3: this person is like they're on top of their life, 230 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 3: like they know what's going on. Like we got to 231 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 3: be on our game, and I think it's like a 232 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 3: very positive signal to the other person that you are 233 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 3: on top of your schedule. 234 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 2: Absolutely, and you'll have time to go to the restaurant 235 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 2: before your next meeting, which is a big benefit. 236 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,599 Speaker 3: Grab a little handful of eminem you know, just a 237 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 3: little snack. 238 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: Absolutely. Absolutely. 239 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,719 Speaker 2: So you said you do your money minute as part 240 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 2: of your morning routine. I wonder if you have any 241 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 2: other sort of routines through your day that are helpful 242 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 2: to you. 243 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 3: Yes, I do. I would say one of my biggest 244 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 3: routines actually is what I don't do, and that is 245 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 3: that I do not have email on my phone and 246 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 3: I don't check my tech messages very often. So that 247 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 3: means that when I wake up in the morning, I'm 248 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 3: not even like touching my phone until I really sit 249 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 3: down at my desk, and that means in the morning, 250 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 3: I'm focused on the kids. I am focused on getting dressed. 251 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 3: I do think part of my morning routine is like 252 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 3: getting dressed, putting on makeup. I wear a dress almost 253 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 3: every day looking nice, and that means when I sit 254 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 3: down at nine or nine fifteen to really start the day, 255 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 3: I have not checked my email in a while, and 256 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 3: I have emails to respond to, things to do, and 257 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 3: so that's my first sort of part of my routine 258 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 3: is what is not on the routine the rest of it. 259 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 3: When I sit down, I do the money minute, I 260 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 3: check all my email accounts. You know, most people these 261 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 3: days have more than one. I'll work one, a personal one, 262 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 3: and then I try to just dive into the day. 263 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 3: Right now, I have a newborn at home, so my 264 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 3: day is a little bit all over the place with 265 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 3: breastfeeding on demand. And sometimes that's good to be shaking 266 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 3: up the regular old routine being dependent on someone else. 267 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 3: I also would say another part of my like sort 268 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 3: of shutdown ritual is I do one let's check on 269 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 3: my email accounts. I usually look at my to do 270 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 3: list and I know what's the very first thing I'm 271 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 3: going to do when I come back the next day. 272 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:53,839 Speaker 3: And then I just shut the computer and walk away. 273 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 3: And I like to say, like I work in podcasting, 274 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,040 Speaker 3: like there's no emergencies. The biggest emergency is that my 275 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:01,559 Speaker 3: kids are not always going to be at my house. 276 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 3: Like that's the most urgent thing in my life is 277 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 3: that I should be present at home with my family 278 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 3: right now. And the podcast will be there at nine 279 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 3: am the next day. 280 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, it is a normal work day starting at nine am. 281 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 2: Do you have a target in time or I'm curious 282 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 2: what that tends to. 283 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 3: Le Yeah, my normal work day, I drop my kids 284 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 3: off at school at nine and then I live like 285 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 3: next to the school, go to Starbucks. I try to 286 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 3: be at my guest by like nine twenty every day. 287 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,599 Speaker 3: And like the kids school bell, I can hear it 288 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 3: from my house and it rings at nine thirty, and 289 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 3: like nine hundred percent when I hear that bell ring, 290 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 3: I better be at my desk. So I use that 291 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 3: as like a little timing ritual. I loved your before 292 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 3: breakfast tip recently. That was on like alarm clock noises, 293 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 3: and I was like, oh, the school bell's like kind 294 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 3: of my alarm clock. To start my day start at 295 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 3: nine thirty, and then the kids have to be picked 296 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 3: up at four thirty. So I try to start that 297 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 3: little shutdown ritual right around four o'clock. Sometimes I have 298 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 3: little things popping up, but I do try to start 299 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 3: winding up for the day around four o'clock. 300 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 2: And do you have a set sort of sense of 301 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 2: what you make and how do you choose what you're 302 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 2: going to do in any given day. Is it based 303 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 2: on what you see coming in in the morning, or 304 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 2: do you have a general guideline of how you're organizing things? 305 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 3: Laura, this is such the problem of being your own boss. 306 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 3: One of the reasons I try to do my to 307 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 3: do list the night before is because I haven't seen 308 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 3: the emails yet for the next day. I try to 309 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 3: choose two big things that I want to get accomplished 310 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 3: in the day, and then the rest is actually pretty 311 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 3: email driven. 312 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: You know. 313 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 3: I as a founder now, a lot of my job 314 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 3: is sales driven. So I either have meetings, or I 315 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 3: have customer service questions coming in, or I have like 316 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 3: somebody emails me. I want to get back to them 317 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 3: right away because I want to upsell them. I do. 318 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 3: It is sort of email driven, and I've just sort 319 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 3: of made peace with that. I think that's okay as 320 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 3: long as you as long as you a lot into 321 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 3: your schedule. And then the other thing I do is 322 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 3: I do like to have little projects and like they 323 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 3: are sort of like little hobbies to me, and I 324 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 3: try to do those outside of that like nine to 325 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 3: four hour sometimes later at night, I'll fire up the laptop, 326 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 3: work on my aut csha's and I sometimes do back 327 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 3: on talk because I try to do them for a 328 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 3: week at a time. I like to have nine to 329 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 3: four sort of protected for my quote nquote real work 330 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 3: and then do my like fun little projects other times. 331 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: What's the Etsy Store? 332 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 3: Oh? Well, it's so fun. I sell little like habit 333 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 3: trackers that are like really bright, really colorful. They're like 334 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 3: eighties and nineties themed. It's just like a cute thing. 335 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 3: It's called the Neon Upside. It's just something I do 336 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 3: for fun, but I really enjoy it. 337 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: Well, do you have any habits that you are tracking currently? 338 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 3: Yes, I actually do so. I have an eight week 339 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 3: old and this is my fourth trial, so I've been 340 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 3: through postpartum previously, and for three months after I have 341 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 3: a baby, I do something I called every Days and 342 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 3: it's in a Google doc and it's about twenty items 343 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 3: that you know, I think after you get birth, you're 344 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 3: you can it's easy for things to get a little 345 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 3: off track. And I track these twenty things and I 346 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 3: have with all of the kids, and some of them 347 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 3: are super easy get up, get dressed. One of them 348 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 3: is like say I love you to someone, like easy 349 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 3: that's one second. But some of them are especially in 350 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 3: like the week or two after you give birth. I 351 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 3: try to do like one career related thing a day, 352 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 3: could be as simple as one email because I'm not 353 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 3: really checking emails back then. One of them is have 354 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 3: a longer conversation with someone in person. I feel like 355 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 3: that's important for mental health. I just try to keep. 356 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 3: One of them is making sure I'm meaning enough protein, 357 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 3: like I try to keep. I try to be more 358 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 3: diligent about my habits right after I give birth because 359 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 3: I do think that that is like a sensitive time 360 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 3: in your life. 361 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, it's funny you and I've had enough babies 362 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 2: that it starts to be a thing you can kind 363 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 2: of have a set routine for doing. 364 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: But I love that you just, you know, by focusing. 365 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 2: On only having a few things though that you're doing, 366 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 2: I mean, you probably do those things and then feel 367 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 2: like you're the most productive person in the world. 368 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 3: One hundred percent. And like saying I love you comment 369 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 3: that's like it takes more time to do the check mark. 370 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 3: But I'm like, oh, and I don't always do all 371 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 3: twenty things every day, but if I do fifteen or 372 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 3: sixteen of them, and some of them are like, hey, 373 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 3: make sure to have face to face time, like a 374 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 3: solid meeting with each of the three kids. Just like 375 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 3: trying one is like clean one thing around the house. 376 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 3: Like the standards are low, but like it's a really 377 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 3: nice way to feel productive, and I think it would work. 378 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 3: I usually do it after I have a baby, but 379 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 3: I think it would work if you were going through 380 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 3: any sort of hard time. Just like, make that to 381 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 3: do list really easy and get that thrill of checking 382 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 3: things off. 383 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 2: I love the idea of checking off that I got 384 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 2: up in the morning. I really like the idea I 385 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 2: check off, yes, yes. 386 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 3: Open my eyes, got a glass of water, like my mind. 387 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: We're waiting already. 388 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 2: All right, Well, we're gonna take one more quick ad 389 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 2: break and then I'll be back with more from Molly Beck. Well, 390 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 2: I am back with Molly Beck, who is an author 391 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 2: an entrepreneur. She writes the substack Back on tech. As 392 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 2: she mentioned, she has four extremely young children. I'm curious, 393 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 2: do you guys have a regular end of the day 394 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 2: around your house? I mean, do the kids go to 395 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 2: bed at a certain time? Do you go to bed 396 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 2: at a certain time? 397 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 3: We do have a ritual for the end of the day. 398 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 3: But it is just going to sleep, you know. Like 399 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,159 Speaker 3: I we have four kids, so we usually two. One 400 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 3: of us takes two and then my husband takes the 401 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 3: other two. And then I admit I usually fall asleep 402 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 3: with the kid that I put to bed in my 403 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 3: bed and then he and I snuggle up together, we 404 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 3: fall asleep. He eventually gets moved to his bed around 405 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 3: like midnight when my husband comes to bed, and then 406 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 3: midnight is also when the baby gets up to feed, 407 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 3: So that is our schedule these days. I also like 408 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 3: to watch Friends. There's like one specific episode of Friends, 409 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 3: season four, episode thirteen. I watch it every night to 410 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,919 Speaker 3: fall asleep. It's like as soon as I hear the 411 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 3: first like three lines of dialogue, like it's like a 412 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,719 Speaker 3: Pevoli in response, like my eyes start to close. I 413 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 3: just watch it every night. It calms me down. I'm 414 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 3: always asleep, like within two minutes. So that is how 415 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 3: I go to bed. 416 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:55,719 Speaker 1: Now that's fast. 417 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 2: Is there anything special about that episode or it just 418 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 2: happens to be you form this habit. 419 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 3: It's kind of a key episode, like Rachel's like having 420 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,400 Speaker 3: a crush on someone, but I like never even get 421 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 3: to the part where she like meets the guy she 422 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 3: sent me the crush on because I'm like a sleep 423 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 3: so fast I. 424 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: Love that some people listen to a calming tape. 425 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,679 Speaker 2: You've got an episode of Friends that is putting you 426 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 2: to sleep as well, so Molly. As you know, I 427 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 2: often ask people what is something you have done recently 428 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,440 Speaker 2: to take a day from great to awesome? 429 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 3: Laura, wait for this tip. I'm such a before breakfast 430 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 3: fan and I've been waiting for you to ask me this. 431 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 3: Over the last three weeks, I have been on a journey. 432 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 3: And the journey started when I realized I really want 433 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 3: to eat more protein, like that was important to me. 434 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 3: So it was hunting around on Google, like what's a 435 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 3: good food a lot of protein? And everyone said cottage cheese. 436 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 3: But I'm like a texture girly, and I'm like, I 437 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 3: don't know if that's for me, but I really wanted 438 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 3: to try it. So I get the Good Culture brand. 439 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 3: You can get it at Walmart, which is where I shop, 440 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 3: put it in my fridge and I decided that every 441 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 3: time I open the fridge, I would take the world's 442 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 3: smallest bite of this cottage cheese in an effort to 443 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 3: train myself to like him. So I start day one. 444 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,360 Speaker 3: My groceries come on Monday. I start day one. I'm 445 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 3: like having a little bite, Okay, not for me Tuesday. 446 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 3: This is interesting. Maybe I'll do more than one curd 447 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 3: By Thursday. I'm craving it. And now it's three weeks later, 448 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 3: I'm a cottage cheese person. I'm doing two tubs a week. 449 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 3: I'm putting it on English muffins, I'm mixing it with ragu, 450 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,959 Speaker 3: I'm doing it all mixing with salty. Yesterday for chips. 451 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 3: Cottage cheese has like when I ever you might eat it, 452 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 3: I think, oh my gosh, I can do anything now. 453 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 3: I love cottage cheese. And also, look all this protein 454 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:34,919 Speaker 3: that I'm getting to cottage cheese is the. 455 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 1: End cottage cheese. Well, you're making me wish I could 456 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: eat dairy products. 457 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 3: It would be great. 458 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 2: Sounds like a perfect way to get more protein by 459 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 2: so you get your That's another weekly routine though, here 460 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 2: is that you get your groceries delivered every Monday. 461 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 3: Every Monday. It's a good And then you know what, 462 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 3: I never keep a list. I just anytime during the 463 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 3: week when I'm like, oh, we you should add that 464 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 3: to the walmarter just instantly add it. Then Monday morning, 465 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 3: my husband hits the button when he gets to work, 466 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 3: and then it gets sill over. In the middle of 467 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 3: the day, I put the groceries away and then we 468 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 3: try to never have to think about like groceries. 469 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 2: Besides that, And does that have like a set meal 470 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 2: plan that you're eating each night? 471 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 3: I mean, is that you know I'm not on the 472 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 3: meal prep journey. I know I could say your meal plan, 473 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 3: like I know you do your little pizza night and 474 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 3: you have your breakfast for dinner, But that's not our 475 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 3: journey right now. Whatever really the kids want. Sometimes we 476 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 3: get chipoli takeout. I think maybe maybe that's a goal 477 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 3: for twenty twenty six is to maybe virtualize some of 478 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 3: those meal plans. 479 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 2: Oh, I just. 480 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 1: Wondered what you were eating. I don't know what. There's grories, 481 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: there's groceries being purchased. There must be meals happening. 482 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 3: Casta to look at tacos. My husband makes this like 483 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 3: keiche that we like for dinner. But it's nothing. It's nothing. 484 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 3: Both my husband and I have the palettes of like children, 485 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 3: and that's perfect because we have all these kids. Oh, 486 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 3: we do a lot of chicken sees or salads. Actually, 487 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 3: my kids really like that, and that's like to get 488 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 3: me a little treat. 489 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: That's awesome. Well, that's more sophisticated. 490 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 3: It is kind of that's like the only complicated food 491 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 3: my kids eat. The amount of times I drop that 492 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 3: into a combo. Oh you know, my children eating chicken 493 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 3: sees or salads. It's like that's the only thing that's complicated. 494 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: Like that, and the chicken nuggets. That's all literally literally 495 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: and fishy. 496 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 3: Exactly right. 497 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: So, Mollie, what are you looking forward to these days? 498 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 3: I'm in just the best mood. I feel like that. 499 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 3: I obviously love having kids around. That's why I have 500 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 3: so money. I love having a baby in the house. 501 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,120 Speaker 3: I feel like I've actually really bonded with my dog more, 502 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 3: which is like so random, and Blibberry and I have 503 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 3: just been snuggling every night. I'm really excited about some 504 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 3: stuff going on at work perfectly. I love having my projects. 505 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 3: I am looking forward to a happy, healthy spring, and 506 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 3: I am looking forward to trying to look for the 507 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 3: good every day. It can be so easy to just 508 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 3: really feel overwhelmed, but I'm I'm really trying to look 509 00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 3: for the good and I'm trying to if I think 510 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 3: of emotions like I'm trying to stay at the top. 511 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 3: Anything that's sad, I'm not just not thinking too. 512 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 2: Much about Yeah, it's a good time in life not 513 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 2: to think about that. Also a good time to eat 514 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 2: a lot of cottage cheese. I think there'll be a 515 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 2: lot of cottage cheese in your near future. 516 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 3: Exactly. 517 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 1: Awesome, Awesome, Well, Molly, where can people find you? 518 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 3: They can find me. They can always buy my book 519 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 3: reach Out anywhere books are sold. They can find back 520 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 3: on tech at back on tech dot substeck dot com. 521 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 3: They if you're interested in podcasts at their company, then 522 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 3: go to workperfectly dot com and I am miss Molly 523 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,199 Speaker 3: back on all social platforms. 524 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 2: Awesome, well, Mollie, thank you so much for joining us. 525 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 2: Thank you to everyone for listening. If you have feedback 526 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 2: about this or any other episode, you can always reach 527 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 2: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. 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