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Speaker 1: not your normal How to Money show. This is a

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Speaker 1: Bestie episode. And we're releasing this one because it is

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Speaker 1: the day before Thanksgiving and coming up as Black Friday,

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Speaker 1: Hopefully this episode being rereleased will sort of act as

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Speaker 1: of you might be tempted by those sales. Get inoculated now.

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Speaker 1: And the thing is, man, it's not that we're against

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Speaker 1: We just want folks to be mindful, right, And thoughtful

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Speaker 1: there's been a couple of things that I've considered purchasing

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Speaker 1: it didn't take much to knock you over back then,

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Speaker 1: That's true. I was. I was like weekling. But yeah, no,

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Speaker 1: And you know what I've thought about it. I've poured

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Speaker 1: that's not saying I'm not gonna buy anything, but gotcha,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna stick to eight incredibly small list

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Speaker 1: I love turkey. Yeah, it's a shame every time Thanksgiving

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Speaker 1: see you. And without further ado, let's get to that

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Speaker 1: Welcome to how to Money. I'm Joel, and I'm Matt

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Speaker 1: and today we're discussing how to take advantage of free stuff. Joel, Man,

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Speaker 1: it is almost Christmas. Your plans for the holidays, Yeah, buddy,

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Speaker 1: Christmas time. I'm stoked. Christmas is always so much fun,

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Speaker 1: I guess their mindset is, may as well get in

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Speaker 1: on it because we're gonna have what people are going

429
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Speaker 1: to consume. Yeah, And but the good thing is, at

430
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Speaker 1: least on some of the streaming television shows and movies

431
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Speaker 1: that you can download, there's a lot of educational stuff

432
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Speaker 1: for kids. It's actually kind of interesting, that's really good

433
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Speaker 1: that would cost you money elsewhere, So so I would

434
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Speaker 1: definitely recommend it to folks. So if you want to

435
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Speaker 1: cut one streaming service out of your life, well maybe

436
00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,520
Speaker 1: Overdrive and hoop Look can kind of fit that bill

437
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Speaker 1: and give you the additional streaming stuff that you might

438
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Speaker 1: want for yourself or your kids. Yeadie, I am actually

439
00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,440
Speaker 1: super excited to utilize those apps. Because I'm gonna be

440
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Speaker 1: able to magically have the new book appear on my

441
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Speaker 1: e reader. And that's assuming I get one. But if

442
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Speaker 1: I don't, it's okay, folks, don't worry about it. Do

443
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Speaker 1: this e readers like your red Rider bb gun. I'm

444
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Speaker 1: having all my hope set on this thing. Let's do

445
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Speaker 1: one more plug for libraries. In addition to media, they've

446
00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,440
Speaker 1: got other things going on to like fitness classes or specifically,

447
00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,800
Speaker 1: I know our library has yoga classes and they've got

448
00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,520
Speaker 1: meditation classes, which are awesome, and I think that's just

449
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Speaker 1: an awesome way to get folks into the library. And

450
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Speaker 1: I think that's all it really takes for a lot

451
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Speaker 1: of folks just to kind of be surrounded by the

452
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Speaker 1: books and they think, man, it's been forever since I've

453
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Speaker 1: been in the library. Let me just walk the aisles

454
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Speaker 1: and see what I can pick up. And before you

455
00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,040
Speaker 1: know it, they're they're reading at home and watching less TV.

456
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Speaker 1: And everybody wins, Yeah, no doubt. Yeah. Often times, you know,

457
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Speaker 1: the library has like a litany of events to like kids,

458
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Speaker 1: storytime is going on, so you can show up and

459
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Speaker 1: there's someone that's reading a special books to the kids.

460
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Speaker 1: They're also instructional resources like lectures and book clubs. Some

461
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Speaker 1: of these libraries offer stuff like computer classes and job training,

462
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Speaker 1: resume build out resources, stuff like that, So if you're

463
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Speaker 1: in need of training in any of those areas, library

464
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Speaker 1: can be an awesome place to turn for for some

465
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Speaker 1: of those instructional resources. And you and I are both

466
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Speaker 1: lucky enough to be within a just right out a

467
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Speaker 1: mile of our local library. So for us, there's just

468
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Speaker 1: really no excuse when we can throw the girls on

469
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Speaker 1: the bike, pedal up to the library like a bunch

470
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Speaker 1: of hippies and check out some books, fill our premier

471
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Speaker 1: bags up, you know exactly. But again, that's the life

472
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Speaker 1: we want to live, and this is gonna help you

473
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Speaker 1: to save money and spend less, So why not take

474
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Speaker 1: advantage of the resources around you. Yeah, and one of

475
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Speaker 1: the thing when it comes to digital media and television

476
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Speaker 1: and movie shows and stuff like that, well, you know what,

477
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Speaker 1: your local library probably offers a pretty decent selection of

478
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Speaker 1: DVDs and blue rays and stuff like that as well.

479
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Speaker 1: I know our library does. And maybe the streaming library

480
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Speaker 1: isn't amazing from over driving hoopla, maybe you're not not

481
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Speaker 1: going to find quite enough awesome stuff to watch entertainment

482
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Speaker 1: wise on those apps. But I think you will find that,

483
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Speaker 1: you know, some of the DVDs actually are quite current,

484
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Speaker 1: and so you might find something that was released six

485
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Speaker 1: months ago that's really solid movie at the library that

486
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Speaker 1: you won't be able to find on Netflix or Hulu,

487
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Speaker 1: and that's free at your library. Hopefully your library is

488
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Speaker 1: not rolling with bats this anymore, because that'd be two

489
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Speaker 1: old school The hipsters are all about the cassette and

490
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Speaker 1: VHS rentals. That's enough, how to you hipsters? All right,

491
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Speaker 1: that's enough about the libraryman, Let's move on to other

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Speaker 1: free resources like nature. You mean. There was an article

493
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Speaker 1: just a week or two ago in the New York

494
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Speaker 1: Times and it talked about how the healthiest cities in

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Speaker 1: America are the ones where almost all of its residents

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Speaker 1: have a public park within a ten minute walk of

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Speaker 1: where they live. And so it turns out did you

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Speaker 1: did you read the article, by the way, Yeah it did. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So it turns out that the healthiest city in America is, oh,

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Speaker 1: you're quisin me, Minneapolis. So interestingly enough, the residents of

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Speaker 1: Minneapolis live within ten minutes walking distance of a park,

502
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Speaker 1: and that is the best indicator essentially of whether citizens

503
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Speaker 1: are going to be active outside and healthy. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: what was key about that Article two is not it's

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Speaker 1: not just within ten minutes or or that it's just

506
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Speaker 1: really close, but that specifically it's within a ten minute walk. Yes,

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Speaker 1: And so the accessibility of that outdoor in natural space

508
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Speaker 1: was incredibly key for making that just a regular part

509
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Speaker 1: of your life. Because if if you can walk to

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Speaker 1: it in ten minutes, you're gonna go. But if you

511
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Speaker 1: have to get in a car and load up and go,

512
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Speaker 1: even if it's a ten minute driveaway, you're not gonna

513
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Speaker 1: go down corf it's just really close by and there's

514
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Speaker 1: just a massive freeway in between you and said park.

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Speaker 1: You're not gonna sprout wings. Is this where they're saying,

516
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Speaker 1: you're not just gonna magically hop over there because we

517
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Speaker 1: just drink some red bull hop over to the park.

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Speaker 1: You know, Yeah, it's got to be accessible. But on

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Speaker 1: that note, to man, one of my favorite things are

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Speaker 1: like state parks and national parks even as well, but

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Speaker 1: just being able to take advantage of the beauty that's

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Speaker 1: around you. There's just so much that we have in

523
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Speaker 1: our country and we just don't think about it enough

524
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Speaker 1: when it comes to vacationing. I think a lot of

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Speaker 1: times you think, oh, we're gonna go to Europe, and

526
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Speaker 1: at least I know for us personally, that is just

527
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Speaker 1: not something we're doing as much, especially with our family.

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Speaker 1: We've got young girls, we've got young kids, and taking

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Speaker 1: advantage of national parks that we can drive to is

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Speaker 1: going to be a huge money saver for us over

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Speaker 1: the in the coming years because plane tickets are expensive

532
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Speaker 1: and you get a national park pass for a year

533
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Speaker 1: for pretty cheap. Yeah, for pretty cheap. Or if you

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Speaker 1: know that, okay, there's I'm we want to hit up

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Speaker 1: Yosemite later this summer. Okay, well, it's not gonna cost

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Speaker 1: that much. You know. I can't imagine if you did

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Speaker 1: a comparison of like you like a national park, try

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Speaker 1: to compare that to Disney World for the same amount

539
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Speaker 1: of time. There'd be no comparison, right. I bet you

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Speaker 1: could literally add a zero onto the total cost and

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Speaker 1: it would probably be pretty accurate. And what do you

542
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Speaker 1: think five bucks to go out west and go camping

543
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Speaker 1: and hiking versus five thousand maybe if you go to

544
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Speaker 1: Disney World. Probably seriously, dude, And it's gotta be like

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Speaker 1: a factor of tin like Disney costs over a hundred

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Speaker 1: dollars a day per person. Now that adds up real

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Speaker 1: quick if you want to take your family for a week.

548
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Speaker 1: So we're talking about free stuff on this episode, right,

549
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Speaker 1: and national parks typically costs money. So we gotta put

550
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Speaker 1: our money in our mouth. Is we gotta fulfill our

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Speaker 1: obligation to the listener tell them about how to get

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Speaker 1: in for free. And it turns out that national parks

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Speaker 1: there are over four hundred of them, they do offer

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Speaker 1: fee free days on occasion, and so they have a

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Speaker 1: list on their website. And the five days coming up

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Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen which you'll be able to access your

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Speaker 1: national National park site for free is January twenty one,

558
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Speaker 1: m okay April for the first day of National Park Week,

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Speaker 1: August September, in November eleven for Veterans Day, So check

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Speaker 1: that out nice. We'll we'll put a link to the

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Speaker 1: National Park Service website too, so you can see a

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Speaker 1: list of those dates. But it's great playing around that.

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Speaker 1: It never ceases to amaze me the very topography, the

564
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Speaker 1: amazing country that we live in, and the national parks

565
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Speaker 1: are truly a treasure to get to go see you know,

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Speaker 1: one or two or three great national parks in your

567
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Speaker 1: life is still an amazing thing to do because we

568
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Speaker 1: have so many of them. But I swear that each

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Speaker 1: one I've been to just blows my mind with with

570
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Speaker 1: how different it is from the last one and how

571
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Speaker 1: amazingly diverse our climate is here in the United States,

572
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Speaker 1: that's right, man. And even even on top of that,

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Speaker 1: aside from state parks, which in Georgia, a lot of

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Speaker 1: them do cost money, but just I mean compared to

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Speaker 1: the relative cost of entertainment, right, they're still substantially cheaper.

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Speaker 1: But even in addition to state parks and national parks,

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Speaker 1: there's just a lot of trails locally. There's nature preserves

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Speaker 1: and there's community gardens that you can just take part

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Speaker 1: of and go hiking. And that's man. We just love

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Speaker 1: doing that with our girls. Yeah, And I think especially

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Speaker 1: like nature preserves. Really there are, at least where we live,

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of them, and so I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure about where you live if that's the case, but

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Speaker 1: try to find a local nature preserve because those are

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Speaker 1: often free places to go with an awesome playground and

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Speaker 1: a cool nature walk and you'll get to see some

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Speaker 1: stuff that you don't normally get to see. Uh. We

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Speaker 1: have enjoyed taking the girls on like a Saturday morning

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Speaker 1: to a nature preserve. We can't walk to those, right,

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Speaker 1: it takes to drive, but it's worth it because it's

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Speaker 1: this awesome free day where we get to get outside

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Speaker 1: and go for a little hike together and just kind

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Speaker 1: of explore nature. And the girls always find something interesting

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Speaker 1: under a rock or honestly just find rocks interesting. Right.

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Speaker 1: So that's just always that's always fun, all right, man,

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Speaker 1: So that's nature being outside. Next, let's talk about museums.

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Speaker 1: A lot of museums and we've talked about this actually

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Speaker 1: recently too. I just remembered, but a lot of museums

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Speaker 1: have free days. Uh. The second Sunday every month for

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Speaker 1: us here in Atlanta is the free day for the High.

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Speaker 1: And dude, we love hitting up the High. It's a

602
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Speaker 1: great museum. Yeah. And even aside from that, were just

603
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Speaker 1: like being on the grounds around the High it's just

604
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Speaker 1: so nice. I mean, the grounds themselves are almost a

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Speaker 1: park like Unto Unto itself. It honestly makes me think

606
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Speaker 1: of going to Europe. You go to different cities in Europe,

607
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Speaker 1: and they've got chairs kind of scattered all over the

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Speaker 1: cities in public spaces, and they're always full because folks

609
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Speaker 1: are sitting around enjoying the weather, enjoying the landscape, the scenery,

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Speaker 1: whatever it is. And I kind of feel that way

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Speaker 1: when I'm at the High because it's fancy and they've

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Speaker 1: got like really nice European looking chairs. Maybe I don't know,

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Speaker 1: but every time we're going outup there, I think to myself, man,

614
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Speaker 1: this is so nice, Like we don't even need to

615
00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 1: go inside the museum, but just kind of being up

616
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: here seeing the architecture of the of the building itself

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00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 1: and then just letting the girls hang out in the

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Speaker 1: in the lawn and having a picnic for us. That

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Speaker 1: is I mean that in and of itself is an

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Speaker 1: activity for the day. Yeah, no doubt. Yeah. And the

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Speaker 1: cool thing bringing it back to libraries. Oftentimes libraries will

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Speaker 1: have access or free vouchers for you to go visit

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Speaker 1: your local museum. And so, yeah, not a museum, but

624
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Speaker 1: recently our wives took advantage. They went together, they took

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Speaker 1: all the girls free day at the zoo. And so

626
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 1: there's this DVD at the library. Field rent it and

627
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,160
Speaker 1: watch the DVD with your kids and bring it back.

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00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 1: You get a voucher to take two adults and like

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Speaker 1: five kids to the zoo. And so they did, and

630
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Speaker 1: they had a blast. It was a free entrance to

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Speaker 1: the zoos. So maybe your library has something like that.

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Speaker 1: Lots of libraries, lots and lots of libraries offer free

633
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Speaker 1: access to local museums if you will watch a DVD

634
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Speaker 1: or check out a book or something like that, and

635
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,360
Speaker 1: so that's kind of cool too. Or donate plasma. That's

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00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:03,200
Speaker 1: a separate thing. I don't think libraries will take your plasma, Matt.

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Speaker 1: That's a different kind of library. And now that's a bank,

638
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Speaker 1: live bank. Our wives are so smart, by the way,

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Speaker 1: I just wanted to mention that, like they're always taking

640
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Speaker 1: taking advantage of the little deals like that, you know,

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Speaker 1: I love that. Yeah, it's all those little things, right

642
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:18,199
Speaker 1: that they truly do add up, and especially when those

643
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:21,200
Speaker 1: resources are so awesome and can provide so much fun

644
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,560
Speaker 1: and value for your family, Like, take advantage of them, right, um,

645
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,639
Speaker 1: take advantage of that free zoo day, take advantage of

646
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 1: all those free books, and take advantage of those museum

647
00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,239
Speaker 1: right the free days of the museum whatever, it is

648
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,640
Speaker 1: especially you know what I love doing, man, I love

649
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,160
Speaker 1: going to Washington, d C. That's one of my favorite cities.

650
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Speaker 1: And the reason is because all those amazing museums are

651
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 1: freaking free. It's incredible, Like I could spend four days

652
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 1: at the National Art Gallery in d C. There's just

653
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 1: a never ending supply of incredible art just to stare at.

654
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: And all of those Smithsonian museums are are free. So

655
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Speaker 1: if you're looking for even like a cheap vacation to

656
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 1: take with a family or your partner or whatever, it

657
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 1: is DC an awesome place to do it because once

658
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 1: you get there, after you paid for the travel in

659
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 1: the hotel room, man, so much of your entertainment is

660
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 1: just free. And even one of our favorite restaurants here

661
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 1: real close by, Homegrown. They have this local, small kind

662
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 1: of folk art gallery in the back, and it fits

663
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: perfectly with a restaurant. Why do you think it's my

664
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Speaker 1: favorite breakfast place, Matt, It's awesome, dude. I love you

665
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Speaker 1: both purchased art from there, right, Yeah. I love that

666
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Speaker 1: place because, yeah, it's got the little folk art gallery.

667
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Speaker 1: It's also got like a five and dime kind of

668
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,520
Speaker 1: thrift store in the back, so not only do I

669
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 1: get the best dang breakfast in town, but I also

670
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,560
Speaker 1: get to peruce some awesome art and just like check

671
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: out the random thrift store kind of knickknacks they got

672
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 1: in the back, and sometimes there's a guy there on

673
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Speaker 1: the on the big xylophone playing I don't know this guy.

674
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Speaker 1: You've never been there with the know how I missed him?

675
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: I don't know. You need to go in them the

676
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 1: days that I go, I guess. So all right, there's

677
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: so much culture after your local breaknast place. Sometimes well

678
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,719
Speaker 1: in another thing, another way to go see local art.

679
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 1: If especially if you live near an urban center, there's

680
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: so much good, amazing street art so many places, and

681
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: there's web resources for you to look up where that

682
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: street art is, and so that's that's one of my

683
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 1: favorite things, is go hit up those places where there's

684
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 1: a bunch of free street art, and Emily and I

685
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 1: will just go for a stroll on date night and

686
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 1: just look at all the awesome stuff. Because there are

687
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Speaker 1: these amazing murals that are up I think you mentioned

688
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Speaker 1: that a couple of months ago. Yeah, they're just free

689
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,400
Speaker 1: and you and they're beautiful, and so yeah, I think

690
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 1: I would recommend that to anyone too. That's a great

691
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 1: thing to do. You know, we'll just get a beer

692
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 1: or get a quick dinner and then go for a

693
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Speaker 1: stroll and look at the free art. All right, man,

694
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 1: The next free thing you have to take advantage of

695
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 1: is the Internet and free information because there's so much

696
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Speaker 1: out there, and I feel like this is like a

697
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Speaker 1: duf thing. Yeah, that's what's gonna say. But let's leave

698
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Speaker 1: people just a little bit further into that. Because the

699
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Speaker 1: Internet has a lot of free resources for you to

700
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Speaker 1: take advantage of, and there's a lot you can get

701
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 1: hung up on that's not actually helpful and not really

702
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:43,440
Speaker 1: I wouldn't consider it a resource. But there's a lot

703
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 1: of cat videos and something you just get you get stuck,

704
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Speaker 1: you know, playing and auto playing videos and the endless

705
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 1: loop of cavideos that's free but not helpful. So yeah,

706
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Speaker 1: let's talk about free resources on the Internet that are

707
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Speaker 1: actually helpful. Well, first, I did want to say that

708
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Speaker 1: it's something that we totally take advantage of. It's something

709
00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:00,040
Speaker 1: that we honestly take for granted, right because for in

710
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 1: our life it's pretty much always been around. Actually, have

711
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Speaker 1: you did you have an encyclopedia on your computer at home,

712
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: like the Encarta, Microsoftlcarta totally. Yeah, yeah, I remember the

713
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Speaker 1: first we had an Apple back in the day. I

714
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Speaker 1: think it was called the Grolier Encyclopedia. But it's such

715
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Speaker 1: a big deal because before that you had to pay

716
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Speaker 1: to get a full encyclopedia set, and that was sort

717
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Speaker 1: of a dawn of having information free. Yeah, I met.

718
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Speaker 1: There are a lot of things that, like thirty years ago,

719
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Speaker 1: you would have had to go find a class if

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Speaker 1: you wanted to learn some sort of information, you would

721
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Speaker 1: have had to pay and take the time out of

722
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Speaker 1: your day to go to a specific class with a

723
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Speaker 1: teacher that had the knowledge you were looking for. But now,

724
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Speaker 1: with the advent of podcasts and professional YouTubers and there

725
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: are PhD level folks putting out free information via podcast

726
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 1: and YouTube and writing blogs that you can access through Google,

727
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Speaker 1: it's kind of made that paying for classes for certain

728
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Speaker 1: things way less important, and I kind of love the

729
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Speaker 1: democratization of information. I've learned so much about different topics

730
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Speaker 1: that I honestly never would have had access to. I

731
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Speaker 1: never would have thought about just some of the topics

732
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 1: that I enjoy thinking about. If it weren't for access

733
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Speaker 1: to your free podcast, freelong form lectures on YouTube, just

734
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Speaker 1: hearing professors and interesting people, modern thinkers, people that are

735
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Speaker 1: just major influencers in the world giving way information for free. Whereas,

736
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Speaker 1: like I said, thirty years ago, it would have been

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Speaker 1: someone teaching at a major academic institution and you're paying

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Speaker 1: tens of thousands of dollars a year to go to

739
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Speaker 1: that school to learn from this professor. But now that's

740
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Speaker 1: just not the case, and they can reach so many

741
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Speaker 1: people at one time with podcast, YouTube and Google. I mean,

742
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 1: even aside from that, man, how much money have we

743
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,480
Speaker 1: saved just searching on YouTube for how to fix something?

744
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 1: Like we? I mean, I We've fixed our air conditioning units,

745
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Speaker 1: We've fixed our water heaters. I've made a repair on

746
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 1: my dishwasher before I fixed a leaking refrigerator. Yeah, dude,

747
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,240
Speaker 1: there there's just so many things that again, these are

748
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 1: ways that it is able to save us, save us money,

749
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Speaker 1: keeps us from having to hire someone that's a little

750
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Speaker 1: more specialized. Obviously, if it's something that's a bigger deal

751
00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:59,600
Speaker 1: or a bigger project, we're gonna hire a pro. But

752
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 1: when it comes to finding these little fixes to to

753
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 1: kind of hold us over, and even not even hold

754
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: us over, but to make a legitimate repair man. YouTube

755
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 1: specifically is an incredible resource, and on that note, to

756
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: just more organized and more professional classes. So aside from

757
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 1: actual free content on YouTube, but you can take online

758
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 1: courses as well. There's just free courses at places like

759
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Speaker 1: course era and ed x and you to me as well.

760
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: These are classes that you would take in on a

761
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 1: more academic level, whether it be like at a community college.

762
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Speaker 1: But some of the instruction and some of the courses

763
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 1: that you can get on these websites are offered by

764
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 1: legit universities, and not just University of Phoenix, but like

765
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: bigger actual universities that that that have a single campus

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00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 1: where they were founded like two hundred years ago, um.

767
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: And and to have that at your fingertips, to have

768
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 1: that as an option to try something up for free

769
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,240
Speaker 1: is just an incredible resource. And yes, a lot of

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Speaker 1: them are set up in a sort of model where

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00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: if you want to take higher level courses and or

772
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Speaker 1: even get a full degree, you're able to do that,

773
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,479
Speaker 1: and there might you fees associated with that, you might

774
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 1: pay a little bit more, but still to be able

775
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 1: to get your foot in the door and to learn

776
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 1: without having to commit and without having to pay tuition

777
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Speaker 1: or enroll and show up at whatever time, you know,

778
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Speaker 1: eight am classes, I know those were the worst. They

779
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 1: were totally the worst for me. I mist so many

780
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Speaker 1: of my A A M. Classes. But to have again,

781
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,440
Speaker 1: have these courses online you get a little curious and

782
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,640
Speaker 1: you kind of are interested in at a certain topic,

783
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 1: to be able to explore that without enrolling formally and

784
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 1: sort of disrupting your your life, that's just so amazing

785
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 1: that we have that available to us today. Yeah, and

786
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,040
Speaker 1: in some of these classes, Matt, you can take purely

787
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,280
Speaker 1: for your own edification. I want to learn the skill,

788
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 1: or I'm just curious, right, whatever it is that kind

789
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,279
Speaker 1: of makes you interested or want to enroll in that

790
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 1: free online class, like do it? Why not? It's free,

791
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 1: check it out. That's just amazing to think that things

792
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,959
Speaker 1: have changed that much, you know, since we were born,

793
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: that we almost take for granted now. Um And so yeah,

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00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,719
Speaker 1: I would recommend anybody who's looking for just to do

795
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,239
Speaker 1: it for purely their own benefit or to learn a

796
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,359
Speaker 1: new skill that they think will be beneficial in their job,

797
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 1: potentially help them achieve a promotion, or kind of help

798
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 1: benefit them in their career. Like these resources, these free

799
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 1: resources can be a benefit to you for lots of reasons, ye, man.

800
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:13,880
Speaker 1: And then so lastly, when it comes to just the

801
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:18,080
Speaker 1: Internet and free information, our phone apps. We've all got

802
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,280
Speaker 1: these tiny little computers in our pockets called cell phones,

803
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 1: and there are now just so many apps that are

804
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,320
Speaker 1: out there dedicated towards education, whether it be du a lingo.

805
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 1: I mean, there's tons of coding apps like for all ages,

806
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,919
Speaker 1: but you know, I was specifically looking into it for kids.

807
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: But then other things like con Academy. You know, we've

808
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 1: talked recently about limiting the amount of screen time that

809
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:41,440
Speaker 1: our kids have and not necessarily introducing that to them.

810
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,400
Speaker 1: But in researching this episode, man, I was kind of curious,

811
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,440
Speaker 1: and you know, I wanted to see what was out there.

812
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 1: And there are is just so much out there that

813
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 1: you could use if you're active in your child's education,

814
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:55,840
Speaker 1: to compliment and to sort of act as just another

815
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,920
Speaker 1: outlet for your kid to learn. And yeah, I was

816
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 1: honestly shocked at the number of apps that were out there,

817
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,920
Speaker 1: and not just the quantity of them, but the quality.

818
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 1: They were just so freaking good. Yeah, and think about

819
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,799
Speaker 1: due lingo, write something like that where you can learn

820
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,359
Speaker 1: another language for free, be an app on your phone. Yeah,

821
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 1: super cool, It's that's crazy man, at your own pace,

822
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,680
Speaker 1: however you like to learn. And I love that because

823
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 1: I took a lot of Spanish growing up, in middle school,

824
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Speaker 1: high school, in college, and right now my Spanish is trash, dude, Like,

825
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:25,799
Speaker 1: I need to get better at it, I miss I

826
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:27,319
Speaker 1: want to get better. I want to go, you know,

827
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Speaker 1: be immersed in it, and I want to I want

828
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 1: to be down in South America more and like using

829
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,720
Speaker 1: my Spanish skills, but they're almost non existent at this point.

830
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,359
Speaker 1: So I need to download some dual Lingo and just

831
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,919
Speaker 1: kind of start learning Spanish all over again and get

832
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,880
Speaker 1: better at it because it's free and why not. And

833
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 1: I just love that. If you're getting ready to take

834
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:45,960
Speaker 1: a trip somewhere and you just want to learn the

835
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:47,800
Speaker 1: basics or you want to dive deep and try to

836
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: learn a full language, there's a free way to do that,

837
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 1: and it's at your fingertips. I wonder if they have

838
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 1: sort of a competition based version of due Lingo, like

839
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,759
Speaker 1: could we both started at the same time and then

840
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:58,759
Speaker 1: sort of kind of try to outperform each other. Well,

841
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: that would be amazing if so let's do it. Yeah,

842
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 1: I totally like I'm kind of into learning Spanish too,

843
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: so all right, let's fire it up. I'll take you

844
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:09,719
Speaker 1: down espaniol ce senor. It's like zero Spanish, so you'll

845
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:11,800
Speaker 1: probably totally kick my butt, all right. At the last

846
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 1: category example we wanted to go over was general community resources,

847
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: and so whether it be entertainment or culture based or

848
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 1: educational based, there are a lot of free resources that

849
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,280
Speaker 1: you have access to in all likelihood in your community,

850
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 1: and so specifically in the entertainment category, and there's like

851
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,319
Speaker 1: free concert series in lots of towns. Maybe there's like

852
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,439
Speaker 1: jazz bands that play on Friday nights at your local

853
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: amphitheater or whatever it may be. In Atlanta, throughout the years,

854
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: we've had a free concert series in the summer that

855
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,520
Speaker 1: would take place once a week for like six or

856
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 1: eight weeks something like that. And there's also like free

857
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: fireworks on the Fourth of July and New Year's Eve

858
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,880
Speaker 1: stuff like that. We had a tree lighting just recently

859
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 1: in in the downtown part of our neighborhood, so just

860
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,359
Speaker 1: really cool stuff that if you know what's out there,

861
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: and you check your local paper, you check website of

862
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 1: your local community board, You'll you'll know what's going on,

863
00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,279
Speaker 1: You'll know what the free stuff is it's coming up,

864
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: and and will be ready to take your family to

865
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,840
Speaker 1: that stuff. That also makes me think of just festival

866
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 1: season in the spring in Atlanta, once it's once we

867
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 1: hit Memorial Day, there's basically a festival every single stinking

868
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,240
Speaker 1: weekend and it goes all the way into the fall,

869
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 1: and there's just so much stuff you can do for

870
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 1: free that you don't have to pay for that's just

871
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 1: kind of provided by the community, that's provided by the city,

872
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 1: and yeah, take take advantage of those things. Yeah, my

873
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 1: favorite part of those festivals is just the people watching. Honestly,

874
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 1: like just walking around and seeing everybody looking at the

875
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,839
Speaker 1: steth of vendors have like it. It's not all about

876
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: buying a bunch of stuff, but just hanging out at

877
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 1: the festival for a few hours. We just we just

878
00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:37,240
Speaker 1: have a blast walking around those things with as a family.

879
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:39,920
Speaker 1: Nice man. Something else that you can find kind of

880
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,040
Speaker 1: generally speaking in your community are tool banks. Uh, I

881
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:44,840
Speaker 1: know we've got one here in Atlanta. I've never personally

882
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 1: used it, but I have used just online communities like

883
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 1: Facebook are awesome for reaching out into your sort of

884
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 1: local neighborhood and your community. And I've personally borrowed lots

885
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:57,280
Speaker 1: of tools that way, and I've also had folks borrow

886
00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 1: stuff from me that way. And so aside from having

887
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 1: an actual organized tool bank where they keep the tools

888
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 1: clean and you can go in there and check it

889
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: out and stuff, kind of reaching out to your community

890
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,360
Speaker 1: that way is a way to save money and utilize

891
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 1: that resource. Yes, so we'll opposed to link. There's like

892
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: a National Tool Library organization and they kind of have

893
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 1: a map of all the tool banks in the United States,

894
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 1: so you can see if there's one in your area.

895
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,279
Speaker 1: I too, have not used the local tool bank, and

896
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 1: probably to my great chain, it's because I don't do

897
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:29,279
Speaker 1: enough work with tools. I should work on that. But yeah,

898
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 1: I've definitely borrowed some from friends and neighbors and that's

899
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:33,719
Speaker 1: just kind of nice to have. And I think that's

900
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 1: another just another great point, just that we often don't

901
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,919
Speaker 1: use those resources, like posting in our Facebook community group

902
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 1: to say, hey, does anyone have an air rador that

903
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 1: I can borrow because I'm about to fertilize my lawn

904
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 1: as opposed to going out and buying something. A quick

905
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 1: post could save you, you know, big money on just

906
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 1: borrowing a tool for a day. I too, have lent

907
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 1: out my own tools and and happy to do so

908
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 1: for friends that want to borrow it for a weekend.

909
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 1: I love the fact that I'm saving them, hopefu from

910
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 1: having to go buy something, and and hopefully other friends,

911
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 1: you know, we'll save me from having to go buy

912
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: something that I'm only gonna use, you know, once or

913
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:08,120
Speaker 1: once in a long while, all right, Joel. So that

914
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,719
Speaker 1: was a few examples that we gave of resources that

915
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 1: are free that you could be taking advantage of. And

916
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:15,759
Speaker 1: so after the break we're gonna come back and we're

917
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: gonna cover some specifics and these are things that you

918
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 1: can do right now, right away in order to take

919
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 1: advantage of these free resources. All right, Matt. I think

920
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,879
Speaker 1: one of the most important reasons to stress and why

921
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 1: we want people to take advantage of these free resources

922
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 1: is it oftentimes you're kind of already in some way

923
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 1: former fashion paying for them, right the National park System,

924
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:48,239
Speaker 1: State park System, the library that's in your neighborhood, the

925
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 1: local parks. Those are funded by your tax dollars, right,

926
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,440
Speaker 1: So you are in in one way, you're paying for

927
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 1: these resources to exist. And I think by not taking

928
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,760
Speaker 1: advantage of them, by not using them to their fullest extent,

929
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,799
Speaker 1: we're doing ourselves a disservice. We're leaving something amazing on

930
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 1: the table that we've already paid for and we're putting

931
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,280
Speaker 1: it in the back of the closet, so to speak.

932
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,359
Speaker 1: These are things that we're going to discuss, and they're

933
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: not crazy complicated or super sophisticated, right, but we're hoping

934
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 1: that by us going over these things that and you're

935
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,320
Speaker 1: hearing them, that you will actually take the steps necessary

936
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,960
Speaker 1: in order to to actually take advantage of these things.

937
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,919
Speaker 1: So specifically, your local library, go up there and get

938
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: a library card. You need to check it out. See

939
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 1: what they have, see what classes, what resources, what different

940
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 1: events that they have going on. These are all things

941
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 1: that will make your life richer. It will allow you

942
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:39,560
Speaker 1: to feel more connected to your community. And plus, man,

943
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 1: it's just fun, Like it's just a lot of fun.

944
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 1: And then this is something that we've like our family

945
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:45,760
Speaker 1: has felt challenged a little bit, you know, by you guys.

946
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,919
Speaker 1: But to see you guys taking advantage of it. It's

947
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: it's awesome we see that. Not I think, man, yeah,

948
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: we need to do that more often too. Why are

949
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:55,399
Speaker 1: we not doing that? And it's because you just don't

950
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: think of it. It's not something that rises to the top.

951
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,359
Speaker 1: And in our sort of society, you don't hear people saying, yeah,

952
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:03,000
Speaker 1: we're gonna go to the library. You wanna come with us.

953
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: It's not like this thing that we do as as

954
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,479
Speaker 1: family's it's not something I even really did as a

955
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,839
Speaker 1: single person. And so for us to kind of bring

956
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 1: light to it and kind of shine a light on it,

957
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,120
Speaker 1: hopefully it's yeah, jogs people's memories of like, oh yeah,

958
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 1: there is a library, like right there, I pass it

959
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:20,040
Speaker 1: every single day. Why am I not going there? And

960
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 1: oftentimes as you walk into your local library map there's

961
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:24,560
Speaker 1: like a bulletin board or a white board or something

962
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,879
Speaker 1: like that with event information on it. And so next

963
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 1: time you go into your library, check and see what

964
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 1: events are happening at your library. There's also probably a

965
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,919
Speaker 1: posting of events on your local libraries website, so check

966
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 1: that out. It might not be happening at the library

967
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,600
Speaker 1: right next to where you are lots of times there.

968
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,080
Speaker 1: These libraries are in a system, right, which means that

969
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 1: you have access to books that aren't just at the

970
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:46,800
Speaker 1: library next to you, which is great, but also it

971
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:49,600
Speaker 1: might mean that you'd have to travel to an awesome

972
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 1: event at a little bit bigger library a little bit

973
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 1: further away from here, because like the library by us,

974
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,080
Speaker 1: it's awesome, but it's also pretty small, so we don't

975
00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,319
Speaker 1: have all the resources at a bigger library might have.

976
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 1: How do I go to the library with the swimming pool, Oh,

977
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 1: that would be nice and the beer tasting all right? Also, Matt,

978
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 1: we want to encourage people to get outside. Check out

979
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 1: your state tourism website to see what sort of events

980
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,840
Speaker 1: are going on or what park days are free to

981
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:15,920
Speaker 1: get into your state parks. We already mentioned, you know,

982
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:17,720
Speaker 1: the national parks in the free days that are happening,

983
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 1: and also the city hall for community events like the

984
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 1: local tree lighting or a community festival. Yeah, and I

985
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 1: wanted to touch on that real quick too. When it

986
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:27,880
Speaker 1: comes to taking advantage of the state and national parks.

987
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:30,080
Speaker 1: I think a lot of times people think I'm not

988
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:32,360
Speaker 1: I can't get out there and go hiking for you know, However,

989
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:35,239
Speaker 1: many miles or Hey, I've got kids, how's that gonna

990
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,799
Speaker 1: work out for me? We'll start small, right and so

991
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:40,920
Speaker 1: for us, we saw some families when Kate and I

992
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 1: went up to a Kadia National Park and they had

993
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 1: the little kids hiking up the same freaking mountain that

994
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,879
Speaker 1: we were hiking up, and we were winded, yea, we were.

995
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:50,840
Speaker 1: I mean Kate and I looked at each other and

996
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 1: I thought, how the heck do we get our kids

997
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,719
Speaker 1: to do what those kids are doing? And what we

998
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:56,919
Speaker 1: realized after talking about it was that we just gotta

999
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,920
Speaker 1: start small and so and that means starting at your

1000
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,760
Speaker 1: park and just walking around the park, and then stepping

1001
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 1: it up to like a little small mountain that you

1002
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:06,960
Speaker 1: can go visit for free, and then before you know it,

1003
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 1: then you can hit up the biggest state parks and

1004
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:10,719
Speaker 1: then you can hit up the big national parks. We're

1005
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 1: actively pursuing that because we have a bigger goal in mind,

1006
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 1: because our bigger goal is that we want to be

1007
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,040
Speaker 1: able to take our entire family and go on these

1008
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,160
Speaker 1: multi day hikes, or at least some solid hikes. Doesn't

1009
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:21,640
Speaker 1: have to be multi day if we want to go

1010
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:23,279
Speaker 1: back and spend the night in a hotel, that's fine,

1011
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 1: but to be able to get out there and have

1012
00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:28,520
Speaker 1: them enjoy it, not only to be in shape, but

1013
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 1: just for them to know that this is fun and

1014
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:33,719
Speaker 1: to see why it's fun, and to understand the time

1015
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:35,759
Speaker 1: that they're able to spend out in nature and with

1016
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 1: their family. To us, we found that that's so important

1017
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 1: because Kate and I we feel rejuvenated and we love

1018
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:44,520
Speaker 1: that time that we get to spend together, and so

1019
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,359
Speaker 1: we're trying to start young and brainwash our girls so

1020
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:50,440
Speaker 1: that they know that that's what is also fun. Right. Yeah,

1021
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:52,720
Speaker 1: that's that's great, dude. I love that idea of starting

1022
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:56,320
Speaker 1: small and working towards that bigger mountain to climb, and

1023
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:59,279
Speaker 1: that's very good. Yeah, that's super cool. So it just

1024
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: it makes me you want to go do the same

1025
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:03,319
Speaker 1: with my girls, take them out and do a couple

1026
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:05,359
Speaker 1: of smaller hikes and just kind of get them used

1027
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 1: to get kind of break their legs in, as it were,

1028
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:12,560
Speaker 1: but hopefully no actual broken legs. Yeah. And Jul you

1029
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:15,160
Speaker 1: already mentioned, you know, to check out resources in your area,

1030
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 1: and that's the the downside, right is that some of

1031
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,200
Speaker 1: these more local things, it's gonna come down to what's

1032
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:22,280
Speaker 1: specific in your town, or your neighborhood or your county.

1033
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 1: You know, we all share the national parks, but whatever

1034
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:26,399
Speaker 1: is happening on more on a local level, it's gonna

1035
00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:28,120
Speaker 1: come down to just what's going on around you. So

1036
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 1: be sure to look around and see whoever it is

1037
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:33,960
Speaker 1: that publishes a list of those free activities local happenings.

1038
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,440
Speaker 1: Often times it's gonna be, like you said, dull, like

1039
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 1: a local bulletin board, maybe at the library. But if

1040
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,600
Speaker 1: not that, you know, you've always got the paper. And

1041
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:43,480
Speaker 1: a lot of times there's different entertainment periodicals and papers

1042
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,040
Speaker 1: that exist as well who focus on those different kind

1043
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 1: of events, So be sure to pick one of those

1044
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 1: up if you haven't already. Yeah, man, Another easy way

1045
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,080
Speaker 1: to kind of find out about local happenings is to

1046
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:55,440
Speaker 1: ask your friends. I feel like I learned about so

1047
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:57,960
Speaker 1: many things that are happening in our neighborhood that I

1048
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:00,759
Speaker 1: didn't even know about before until my friends tell me,

1049
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 1: or I ask, hey, what are you up to this weekend? Oh,

1050
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 1: we're going into this or this for that. That's so

1051
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,440
Speaker 1: much of the way I stay in form is by

1052
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:09,719
Speaker 1: just hearing what people are up to and so I would, yeah,

1053
00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:12,880
Speaker 1: and just just by being human, right, talking to folks.

1054
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:15,799
Speaker 1: So so yeah, ask your friends, ask your neighbors, Hey,

1055
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:17,799
Speaker 1: what are you doing, Hey, what's the last cool free

1056
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:20,680
Speaker 1: thing you did in town? What are your favorite free resources?

1057
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 1: You know nearby where we live, And you know, starting

1058
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:25,560
Speaker 1: to ask those questions and can make you aware of

1059
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 1: some cool free resources that you had no idea that

1060
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 1: they even existed. And you know, honestly, what I love

1061
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 1: about the different free resources is that they tend to

1062
00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:36,320
Speaker 1: push you out into the world, like out in the public,

1063
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:38,759
Speaker 1: which is something that I love because I feel that

1064
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:42,360
Speaker 1: so much of our consumeristic culture focuses on you as

1065
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,640
Speaker 1: an individual. And so when you're making these purchases on

1066
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 1: your own, by yourself, without consulting others, you're just by

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00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 1: yourself because you have everything that you need, and it

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00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:52,759
Speaker 1: leads to isolation and you're by yourself, and that's not

1069
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Speaker 1: really healthy as well. Certainly, there's introversial extroverts. People have

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Speaker 1: different levels of time that they want to spend around

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00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:02,800
Speaker 1: other people, but generally speaking, there is something incredibly healthy

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00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 1: about being sort of pushed out into the world, being

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00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:09,080
Speaker 1: surrounded by your neighbors and like minded folks and folks

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00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:11,120
Speaker 1: who aren't like minded, right, Like, this is all part

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00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:13,839
Speaker 1: of the full rich community. Anybody can take part in

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00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:17,040
Speaker 1: a resource that's free, and so you're gonna, you know,

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00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 1: cross paths with somebody that you wouldn't normally cross paths with. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think one other thing, we want to encourage people

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Speaker 1: to challenge yourself and desire to grow, especially when you're

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Speaker 1: using technology, right like the apps that we talked about,

1081
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 1: or YouTube or podcast there's a tendency to even use

1082
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,719
Speaker 1: those things as a way to veg out or just

1083
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,680
Speaker 1: mindlessly consume and considering like the vast amount of amazing

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00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:41,399
Speaker 1: resources that you have access to, the amazing people that

1085
00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: you have so much information to give and they're giving

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00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:46,719
Speaker 1: it away for free. I would challenge you, when you're

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00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 1: looking at the next podcast you want to listen to,

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00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 1: or the next YouTube channel you think you want to

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00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 1: subscribe to, whatever it is, try to find something that

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Speaker 1: isn't just going to gratify your immediate desires to be entertained,

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Speaker 1: but instead trying to find something that is going to

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00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 1: help you uh to learn a new skill or achieve

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00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 1: something that you've never achieved before, or learn something that

1094
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:08,919
Speaker 1: you've always wanted to know about, but you've never dove

1095
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:11,720
Speaker 1: into it before. But now you have access for free

1096
00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:14,640
Speaker 1: because of those Internet resources. So challenge yourself to do

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00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:16,920
Speaker 1: that with those free resources, because it's just really easy

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00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,799
Speaker 1: to abuse them. Dude. I love that just because there's

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Speaker 1: lots of stuff out there that is free doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: you should be consuming it, right, Well, I mean essentially

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00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:28,000
Speaker 1: that's what you're saying. But just because there's this unlimited

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Speaker 1: buffet of entertainment like cat we're joking about cat videos earlier,

1103
00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:33,960
Speaker 1: but but seriously, just because there probably more cat videos

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00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:37,280
Speaker 1: on YouTube than I can even watch in an entire lifetime. Yeah, dudeful.

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00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:39,120
Speaker 1: For me, it's it's less about the cat videos. And

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00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:41,920
Speaker 1: there's more of these sort of like crash videos that

1107
00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:44,200
Speaker 1: are popping up, like either dash cam where like a

1108
00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:47,200
Speaker 1: semi truck almost like tips over onto this unsuspecting Kia

1109
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:49,759
Speaker 1: like driving next but on the interstate, And like for me,

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00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:52,399
Speaker 1: that's yeah, it's less about the cats. It's more about

1111
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:56,040
Speaker 1: the near misses that kind of suck me in. If

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00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 1: I was gonna start a band, I call it unsuspecting Kia.

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00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:03,759
Speaker 1: Could I play bass? You got it, buddy? All Matt.

1114
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Speaker 1: So let's get back to the beer we're drinking, Block

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00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 1: fifteen Brewing Company, Sticky Hands. Sticky Hands, Sticky Hands, brought

1116
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:12,880
Speaker 1: down to us by our friend Dale from Portland. But yeah, Mat.

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00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:14,839
Speaker 1: At the beginning of the episode, we each gave one

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00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:18,200
Speaker 1: word to describe this beer. Yeah, man, mine was resume

1119
00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:21,960
Speaker 1: or resin and what was yours? Mine was floral? Floral?

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00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:24,080
Speaker 1: You wanna kick it off? So floral. Yeah. I just

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00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:27,120
Speaker 1: felt like this beer had a bouquet of smells coming

1122
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:29,560
Speaker 1: coming off of it, which is awesome. You just get

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00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 1: a ton of hops, you know, a roma coming up

1124
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,000
Speaker 1: through the nose, you know. I thought, based on the

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Speaker 1: smell that it was going to be even more dank

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00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:37,520
Speaker 1: than it was. But I feel like the hot taste

1127
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:40,800
Speaker 1: actually to me, tasted a little more florally. I've definitely

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00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:43,319
Speaker 1: had the pine, the pine backbone, but it also had

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00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:46,359
Speaker 1: like some nice floral floral notes. Yeah, light and and

1130
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 1: yeah it's super tasty. Yeah, I'm with you a lot

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Speaker 1: of times when you like the danker sort of I

1132
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:52,920
Speaker 1: p as have a sort of a wet basement, kind

1133
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:54,960
Speaker 1: of a heavier feel to it, and this kind of

1134
00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:57,440
Speaker 1: sits light up there. But for me. Yeah, it did

1135
00:49:57,440 --> 00:49:59,600
Speaker 1: have sort of a resume. It got that classic kind

1136
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Speaker 1: of West host I p A where there's resins piny.

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Speaker 1: But I totally get what you're saying about the about

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Speaker 1: the florals though. It's a delicious I p A. And

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Speaker 1: it's kind of nice having something like this too in

1140
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Speaker 1: the middle of the winter when we've been drinking some

1141
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:15,239
Speaker 1: bigger stouts, some bigger beers that might seem a little

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Speaker 1: more appropriate for the winter, But dude, I'll drink an

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Speaker 1: I p A any day of the year, any day

1144
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Speaker 1: for sure. All Right, Matt, we're both on untapped, which

1145
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:27,240
Speaker 1: is an app that is free for super beer nerds

1146
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,040
Speaker 1: like this. I like to keep track of the beers

1147
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:30,799
Speaker 1: they're drinking and see what their friends are drinking. What

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Speaker 1: would you rate Sticky Hands on Untapped? Yeah, man, I

1149
00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:35,960
Speaker 1: think I would give this four point. Oh It's it's

1150
00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:38,080
Speaker 1: not a style that I always gravitate towards, like more

1151
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: of the West Coast I PA. But you know, it

1152
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:43,000
Speaker 1: tasted great, nice florals, like you said, and maybe because

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00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:44,560
Speaker 1: the name Sticky, you know, it kind of made me

1154
00:50:44,560 --> 00:50:46,239
Speaker 1: feel like there's just enough sweetness in there that kind

1155
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 1: of kind of pulled me in and maybe want to

1156
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:49,640
Speaker 1: drink another one. So yeah, I'll give it a four

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00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:51,279
Speaker 1: point Oh yeah, I agree, I mean I thought it was.

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00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:55,280
Speaker 1: I'll give it a three point seven five. It's super solid.

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00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:57,839
Speaker 1: I agree, you had a lot going on. It's really

1160
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:00,000
Speaker 1: kind of fun to drink an ipa that's completely different

1161
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:02,520
Speaker 1: than what we normally get. And I really dug it

1162
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 1: and so yeah, solid three point seven five from me. Yeah,

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00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:07,120
Speaker 1: great beer, all right, Joe, So real quick, let's go

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Speaker 1: ahead and give our final thoughts. The whole reason that

1165
00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:12,279
Speaker 1: we're talking about this is because oftentimes there are free

1166
00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:15,480
Speaker 1: resources out there and we do not think to use them.

1167
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:18,080
Speaker 1: Once we do, we realize that it is just a

1168
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:21,000
Speaker 1: much smarter and a more efficient way to use the

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00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:22,880
Speaker 1: resources around us. As mentioned, it will save you a

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00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:25,000
Speaker 1: good bit of money. So be sure to take advantage

1171
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:28,120
Speaker 1: of those free things all around you. Yeah, Matt, these

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00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:30,720
Speaker 1: free resources are just gonna make your life better, really,

1173
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:34,120
Speaker 1: So get outside, find a list of free activities of

1174
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:37,279
Speaker 1: the local happenings you'll find that resource and tap into it,

1175
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:39,840
Speaker 1: and also make sure to ask your friends. Ask around

1176
00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:41,879
Speaker 1: of people in your community that you know are doing

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00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:44,319
Speaker 1: cool stuff of your neighbors who you know, we're taking

1178
00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:46,920
Speaker 1: advantage of some of these free resources. Hey, how are

1179
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 1: you doing it? Where are you finding out about these things?

1180
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:51,600
Speaker 1: And and what are some of your favorites? And those

1181
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:53,400
Speaker 1: are great ways to kind of get started down the

1182
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:56,680
Speaker 1: rabbit hole of finding out what free resources are available

1183
00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:58,440
Speaker 1: and then tapping into them because you don't want to

1184
00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:00,839
Speaker 1: leave these things on the table, right, are free, and

1185
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:04,040
Speaker 1: they're awesome and they can benefit you in so many ways. Yeah, man,

1186
00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:05,799
Speaker 1: and real quick, this actually makes me think of the

1187
00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:08,000
Speaker 1: episode we just did about talking to your friends and

1188
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:10,960
Speaker 1: family about money. What a great ice breaker to actually

1189
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:13,120
Speaker 1: start talking about money with your friends then just to

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00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:14,800
Speaker 1: talk about like what cool festivals are you going to

1191
00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:17,319
Speaker 1: go to next week? Like when you have something like

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00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:20,080
Speaker 1: this in your real life that you're able to point

1193
00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:22,600
Speaker 1: to and ask about and share with your friends, then

1194
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:24,920
Speaker 1: you can start those discussions about money. And it's really

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00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:28,360
Speaker 1: easy to do, no doubt. Man. So thanks everyone for listening.

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Speaker 1: Our home on the web is how to money dot com.

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Speaker 1: We'll have links up for all the things that we

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Speaker 1: mentioned on this episode. Yeah, that's right. And if you

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