WEBVTT - Work in Progress Q&A: Progress Made, Work to Go 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:17.720 Hi, everyone, it's Sophia. Welcome to Work in Progress. Happy holidays, friends, 0:00:17.760 --> 0:00:20.560 It's the most wonderful time of the year, as they say, 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:24.119 and we are feeling so grateful for all of you, 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:27.480 for our listeners, for our community, for all these whip 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:31.600 smart humans who care and show up for each other. 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:37.960 Really the global community of folks who are here with 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:40.400 me and with our whole team at Work in Progress. 0:00:40.479 --> 0:00:43.800 We just were impressed by you. We cherish you, and 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:49.120 thanks for being here to say thank you and maybe 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:52.720 close out the year or kick off the new year. However, 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:55.320 we want to look at it together. We thought it 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:58.639 might be nice to dive into some of your wonderful 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:04.360 questions and then close out twenty twenty four together. So 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:09.119 let's dig in. Our first question is from Grace. Hello, Hi, 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:11.959 I hope you're having a great day. She asked, what 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:19.320 has brought you the most joy this year? I think 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:21.800 this year for so many people has been filled with 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:25.600 ups and downs, right, And I know because I look 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:28.959 at the inbox and I see the things you all 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:32.760 are thinking about, contemplating, excited about, scared by. I know 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.039 there's a lot of trepidation about what's to come in 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:38.600 twenty twenty five. So what I want to say is 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:42.720 I get it. I feel you. It's scary to think 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:47.960 that our democracy might change, that our rights might change. 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:51.200 But here's what I'm going to promise you. What I'm 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:54.040 going to share is that win or lose, I love 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:59.080 fighting for democracy. I loved every single second on the 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:02.880 campaign trail, being out across the country, meeting with so 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:07.320 many of you, knocking on doors, organizing around what it 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:12.200 means to build a country that gets closer and closer 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:18.720 to achieving the promise of its ideals. Campaigning and volunteering is, 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:21.720 without a doubt, a highlight of my life, and it was, 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:25.560 without a doubt a highlight of this entire year for me. 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:32.000 And I also really loved the merch clearly, So there 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:34.000 you go. On the lighthearted side of it. I am 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:39.400 still rocking my custom embroidered camo, and I am still 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:45.200 Coach's biggest fan. Truly, being reminded that so many of 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.079 us care about each other and are willing to show 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:51.400 up for each other and yes, we'll vote for each 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:55.880 other really brings me a lot of joy. And even 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:59.040 if we might you know, disagree or want a debate 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:03.400 policy or how best to solve a problem. One of 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:05.520 the things I cherish about this country is that we 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:08.840 are able to do so. We can debate, we can share, 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:15.560 we can talk, we can argue, and we're lucky enough 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:18.760 to live in a place where it's possible to do that. 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:23.799 So no matter how you're feeling about it, just know 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:29.679 that we're in this together and community is key. Here 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:35.880 we go twenty twenty five, Hayley asks what advice do 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:39.440 you have for Oh, this is related to the last question, certainly, 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:42.280 what advice do you have for dealing with anxiety about 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:47.120 what the new year holds, especially with the new administration. 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:51.840 I've been talking a lot about this with my friends 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:57.920 and my colleagues and fellow advocates, volunteers, friends, even my therapist. 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.680 And my therapist told me something that can be hard 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.440 to stick to, but I really do believe makes all 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.520 the difference, and it certainly has been for me. He said, 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:12.320 start keeping track of when it goes right. We do 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:17.880 so much worrying about what could go wrong, and we 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:20.480 are more connected than ever, which means we also see 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:23.520 what is going wrong in ways that a generation ago 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:27.520 we didn't. But if we can start keeping a list, 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:35.279 keeping track of what goes right, you know, with everything, life, love, politics, 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:41.479 local things happening in your community, good news that you read. 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:45.279 There are actual accounts on Instagram that only post good news. 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:48.040 I suggest following them. They are important for my mental health, 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:55.520 all of it. It feels really important to not just 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.400 keep that worry list that we all can't help but keep, 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:00.400 and whether it's in our brains or on payp but 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:05.400 to actually keep a list of when things go well, 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:09.120 when there are winds big and small. Some people call 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:14.679 it a gratitude practice. I actually started a new little 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:17.240 tradition this year that I'll tell you about in a 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:20.000 minute to work on this. But I'm telling you it 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:23.640 does shift something inside of you. It changes how you 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:27.360 how you feel when you wake up in the morning, 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:29.640 how you move throughout your day, how you show up 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:33.400 for your people. I think it really is a way 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:40.400 to practice hope and to be reminded of joy. So 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:45.039 I would recommend that Hayley Sophie asks, what are your 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:49.560 Christmas traditions? I mean, first and foremost, how many years 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.560 in a row do you think is too many years 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:56.120 in a row to watch the holiday? Answer? For me, never, 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:58.520 It is one of my favorite things to do the 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:03.000 minute we get past Thanksgiving here in the US. And 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:07.920 then a tradition that I read about that I actually 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:13.360 have now altered a bit for myself is to start 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:15.560 I don't know what you want to call it, actually, 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.320 I can't remember what the video said. For me, it's 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:22.200 a good things jar kind of relates to Hayley's last question. 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:28.599 And the idea is that once a week, you minimum 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:30.719 once a week, by the way, you write on a 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:32.599 little piece of paper something great that happened, and you 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:36.160 put in a jar. And when I read about this, 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:39.520 the person who suggested it said, you know, and then 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:42.240 we open them up on New Year's and that's how 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.520 we mark the new year. And I thought, well, I 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:46.200 think I want to open them up like a week 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:49.280 before New Year's. I want to open my jar at 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:51.039 the start of the last week of the year, in 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:54.840 the midst of the holidays, and really reflect on everything 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:58.320 that went right in the last year and everything that 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:00.520 brought me enough joy that I stopped I was doing 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:03.480 and wrote it down. And then I can spend that 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:07.920 last week of the year saying thank you, feeling grateful, 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:13.960 relishing in every positive thing, and then that can be 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:16.440 the energy that I take into New Year City of 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:19.600 in New Year's Day. So the holiday is one of 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:27.120 my oldest traditions and the jar is my newest. Jessica, 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:32.360 why didn't you post your Spotify wrapped? I mean, no 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:36.200 one is surprised. Tovlo is my top artist. I think 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:39.440 she might be forever. I love her both as a person, 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:41.880 which is really wild. You know, it's wild when you're 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:43.559 a fan of someone and then you get to become 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.920 their friend. I love her as a person, I love 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:48.840 her as an artist. I love her as a creative. 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:52.080 I just think she is like a one Sinner generation talent. 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:56.560 So yeah, she's She's my top. We'll be back in 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:59.120 just a minute. But here's a word from our sponsors. 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:08.679 Claire asks, ooh, oh goodness. I like that you said 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:11.160 she gave me options. She said, what are your goals 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:15.680 or resolutions for next year? I love that. I think 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:17.800 resolutions kind of set us up to fail, but I 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:23.600 do believe that thinking about goals is great. So since 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:27.440 I think it's the season to start getting realistic, Like 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:30.480 I've learned the hard way that saying oh this is 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:32.319 going to be my new practice, and I'm going to 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:34.400 do this workout five days a week, and I'm going 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:36.400 to start meditating, and I'm going to take these forty 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:39.120 vitamins and I'm going to sleep eight hours. Like, come on, 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:43.640 I'm not a robot. And I'm also old habits die 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:47.280 hard kids, So let's get realistic. What I do want 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:53.640 to do is try to commit not to you know, 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:58.400 some crazy schedule or whatever, but I would like to 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.439 commit to moving my body just for twenty minutes a day. 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:04.040 I'm I'm kind of an all or nothing person. I 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:06.840 hear that that's very common for folks with ADHD. You're 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:08.880 very black or white. You're all in or you're all out. 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:13.080 And it's really hard to be that, especially when health 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:16.920 comes into play, because I will always put my health 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:18.840 on the back burner because I'll say, well, there's all 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:23.199 these important things happening in the world, and that class 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:25.640 or that hike that's just for me, and I don't 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:27.360 really have time. I don't have time to drive an 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:29.840 hour across town and then do this thing for an 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:32.200 hour and then you know, shower there and then drive 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.839 home or race home and try to shower while I'm 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:38.439 you know, on a you know, muted on a conference call. 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.680 Pretending the showers not running like it's it's crazy. Nobody 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:44.680 has enough time. So one of the things I really 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:48.880 want to try to do this year, instead of making 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:51.480 the goals too rigid and specific, is just to say, 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:54.000 for twenty minutes a day could be a walk around 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:57.520 the neighborhood. I could do a call on a walk. 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:00.680 It could be you know, meeting a friend for something. 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:05.960 It could be whatever. You know. If I'm traveling, like 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:08.560 get on the treadmill at the hotel, just for twenty minutes, 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:13.560 just to move, because it can get really easy for 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:17.040 me to realize I've been hunched in front of a computer, 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:20.160 you know, working and zooming and recording and plotting and 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:27.040 meeting and all the things for five days. I'll realize 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.679 I haven't even gone outside. You know. That's not great. 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:34.840 So I like the idea of a more gentle commitment 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:38.160 that will be good for my physical and mental health. 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:43.880 So that's definitely one I guess in general, less of 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:46.720 the black and white all in all out, let's aim 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:49.079 for a gray, and I mean that in a happy way. 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:55.280 A gray twenty twenty five. My next one, oh my goodness, 0:10:55.960 --> 0:11:02.000 is to really embody melt Robbins I love and her 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:08.280 let them philosophy, And basically what Mel says is, look, 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:10.160 if you've got people in your life that insist on 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:14.680 acting a certain way, insist you act in a certain way, 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:19.480 you know, demand that you be something that makes you miserable, 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:27.400 act like they're owed every detail of your life, who 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:30.440 show you who they are, and frankly, it's just not 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:33.440 in line with where you want to be, who you 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:38.560 want to be. Okay, let them who cares? I think 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.760 we have to stop letting other people's opinions consume us. 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:47.320 I think we have to stop doing the thing where 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:53.960 we we let other people make us feel smaller. So 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:56.760 next year, I really want to embrace the let them theory. 0:11:57.040 --> 0:12:00.480 I want to let go of expectations that I had 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:04.480 or that i've I might even still have for people. 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:08.720 And I just know that not everyone's for me, And 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.280 by the way, I'm not for everyone. I don't need 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:14.440 to worry so much if not everybody likes me. I 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:17.760 like me and the rest of the noise out there, 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:20.520 I'm I'm really going to try not to let consume me. 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:24.480 I know it's human for us to be affected. How 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:29.679 could we not, but at least for me. Like, let's say, 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:32.600 if I go on Instagram, there's one of me and 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:36.640 there's you know, that number of people following is four 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:39.319 point six million people. That's not an equation I'm ever 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:41.800 going to win. You know, there's only one of me, 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.360 there's millions and millions of folks out there looking this way. 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:49.559 I don't know how some of my you know, favorite 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:51.600 superstars who are in the like hundreds of millions of 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:54.480 people look in their way do it. Truly, I think 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:58.120 I would have a nervous breakdown. But I'm just going 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:04.960 to remind myself that who cares let them. If it's kind, wonderful, 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:08.839 thank you. I can't let that boost me too much. 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:13.040 And if it's cruel, you don't know me, have a 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:16.040 nice life, don't let it affect me. So that's that's 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.840 certainly something that I want to work on, which probably 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:22.960 brings me to my next goal resolution thing. I sort 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:26.520 of hate to say it, but I do think that 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:32.280 a little less time on social media feels important. I 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:36.160 think for me as an individual. I think for me 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:43.280 as a person who was also so active politically this year, 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:45.240 I think a lot of us are still kind of 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:51.280 coming down from the election and really feeling the effects 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:54.920 of the algorithm. You know, the algorithm really did its thing. 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:58.800 You know it did when you see a seven hundred 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:02.400 percent increase in people saying what is a tariff? And 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:05.760 can I change my vote? The Internet, we spend so 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.360 much time on, is hiding information from us based on 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:12.240 what information we look at, and I don't think that 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:17.320 that's healthy. I have to remind myself a lot that 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:20.440 I get shown things strategically, and sometimes that's good, but 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.440 sometimes it's bad. And so for me, I just think 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:25.480 it feels like time for a little less not like 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:29.120 a total break. I'm not leaving, but I think I 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:33.400 want to spend a little more time in the paper 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.840 pages of things and a little less time on the 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:42.960 digital scroll, you know. And then my biggest resolution probably 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:47.200 is to write more in every single form. I find 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:51.800 it so healing. I find that when I write, I'm 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:55.040 really able to process feelings in ways that I can't 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.960 verbally as well, you know, when I'm talking through things 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.840 in real time. Sure that can be great, you know, 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:05.720 with your friends, but I've I've definitely also experienced over 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:08.720 the last couple of years with these podcasts, which I love, 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.200 but I catch myself having these aha moments, going, oh 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:15.720 my god, I've just realized in this in this moment, 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:21.800 this thing or this idea or that memory, and that's okay. 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:26.040 But I don't know as a as a person who's 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:29.200 also been in the public eye for two decades, sometimes 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:33.600 I think it's nice to keep some things for me 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:37.160 and then maybe speak on them when I've processed them 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:39.800 a little bit more or a little bit better. And 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:45.240 I process my best in writing, So that's definitely going 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.560 to be a big part of my practice for the 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:52.360 next year. Joyce says, what are you looking forward to 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:56.040 the most in twenty twenty five? Oh, my goodness, other 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:59.680 than just enjoying this life that I finally really love. 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:04.400 Oh my brain just sort of dropped an image for me. 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:07.920 I don't think we've really ever talked about this. My 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:10.960 friends know this, but I don't think it's come up 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.480 on the podcast. I have had a lifelong dream. Since 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:16.560 I was a kid and I would road trip with 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:23.120 my parents. I have always dreamt of having like one 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:26.800 of those beautiful old airstreams. I think they're the coolest. 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.240 I just they're so nostalgic for me. They're like romantic 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:32.600 for me. The classic car lover in me is obsessed 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:39.440 with them. And yeah, my dream is to finally acquire 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:43.280 and restore an old airstream, Like in my brain, I'm 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:45.960 going to do a full top to bottom rehno, and 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:48.800 do like the kitchen and the bathroom and the whole thing. 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:51.400 Will see how it goes. I'm not bad with a 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:54.880 circular sauce, so honestly, I might crush it. First. I 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:57.800 have to find the airstream, clearly, But if I actually 0:16:57.840 --> 0:16:59.840 get to start that project in twenty twenty five, I'm 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:03.240 really get a feel like I'm winning. We'll be back 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:05.919 in just a minute, but here's a word from our sponsors. 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:15.000 Cleo asks, what are your top three Christmas movies? Well, 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:18.600 obviously The Holiday I'm a huge love actually fan. I 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:20.920 know that there are things about that movie that feel, 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:24.640 you know, problematic, now I just still love it. It's 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:29.040 very nostalgic to me, and yeah, it's one of those 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:30.800 that I always want to watch. I'm such a fan 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.920 of Bill Nye. I think Emma Thompson is so brilliant. 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:37.480 I just really enjoy it and it always makes me 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:40.280 feel like it's the Christmas season. And then I feel 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:42.360 like there should be a no brainer for me because 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.320 John McLean was the reason I like wanted to play 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:48.520 a cop in Anything but die Hard. Bruce Willis is 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:54.280 a hero from Robin. When you were filming Onetreal, did 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.399 the cast have any holiday traditions? Oh, this is a 0:17:56.400 --> 0:18:00.520 good one. You know. It's funny because when you're filming, 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:04.400 it's usually a few days that you get off for 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:09.000 Thanksgiving and then you're off normally for two weeks from 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:13.080 right before Christmas kind of depends on more Hankah falls 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:16.000 obviously every year, and then to right after New Year's 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:20.720 So we didn't have holiday traditions in terms of this 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:25.080 time of year. Our big holiday traditions were our Halloween parties. 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:32.240 Hillary was the master party planner, like extraordinariy. She's sort 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:34.560 of like the spooky Martha Stewart of our friend group, 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:38.080 and so Halloween was our big holiday because we were 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:42.280 always in town for that. Alexa asks, how have you 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:44.760 changed and grown as a person in twenty twenty four? 0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:53.840 Ooh wow, I mean one whole year of being fully 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:57.000 in my body, feeling fully in my body, feeling like 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:02.520 myself the first time since I don't know, I was 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:06.160 maybe like eight years old was pretty wild, pretty special. 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:14.520 Everything has grown and everything has changed, and still I 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.679 in some way feel more myself. I feel more at 0:19:17.720 --> 0:19:21.199 ease with everything. That feels pretty special. I mean, obviously 0:19:21.400 --> 0:19:24.320 more at ease with everything this year, aside from November fifth. 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:27.600 That day sucked, but I feel like I addressed that earlier. 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:31.040 Maddie asks, where do you think Brook and Peyton would 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:33.240 be in twenty twenty five? Oh my god, I think 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:35.280 about this all the time. You know how Joey and 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:37.879 Chandler lived right across the hall from Monica and Rachel 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:40.280 like that, if we were in New York, we would 0:19:40.280 --> 0:19:42.760 live across the hall from each other. And if we're 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:46.159 in Wilmington, our you know fictional tree hill. I feel like, 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:49.480 are we neighbors? Like do we live literally next door 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:51.000 to each other? Do we live right across the street 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:54.080 from each other? I don't know, but close walking distance, 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:58.919 quick knock on the door. Absolutely. Jenny asks what is 0:19:58.920 --> 0:20:01.240 a health habit you want to add your routine in 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:05.320 twenty twenty five? Oh? Well, I talked about wanting to move, 0:20:06.000 --> 0:20:07.760 just like, get up, go for a walk, shake it 0:20:07.800 --> 0:20:10.520 out twenty minutes a day. That's a big one, and 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:12.840 I guess if I was going to add anything else 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:18.000 to it. I want to spend a little more time 0:20:18.080 --> 0:20:25.120 on mind fullness, you know, really shutting off, focusing on 0:20:25.240 --> 0:20:29.119 breathing sleep. And it's not lost on me that I 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:32.200 read sleep stories to kids on the call map Yannie 0:20:32.240 --> 0:20:37.399 mcdonnie is my girl. But I never give myself a 0:20:37.440 --> 0:20:40.119 sleep story or like, you know, a ten minute guided 0:20:40.160 --> 0:20:44.280 meditation or something. And I want to do that for me. 0:20:44.600 --> 0:20:46.959 I want to take care of myself the way I 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:52.560 take care of other people. So, yeah, you just made 0:20:52.600 --> 0:20:56.240 me think about something else. Jenny, thank you. I like 0:20:56.320 --> 0:20:58.720 this question from Lucy. My friends and I have a 0:20:58.720 --> 0:21:01.760 New Year's Eve tradition of making vision boards. What's on 0:21:01.800 --> 0:21:08.880 your vision board for twenty twenty five? Oh, my goodness. Well, health, obviously, movement, clearly, 0:21:09.040 --> 0:21:12.120 some mindfulness. I know. I made a joke earlier about 0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:14.280 how every time I try to become a vitamin person, 0:21:14.320 --> 0:21:17.280 I try to take you know, forty supplements. I think, 0:21:17.320 --> 0:21:20.080 maybe just like three three things that are good for 0:21:20.160 --> 0:21:22.040 me a day. You know what do they say? Like 0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:24.679 zinc so you don't get sick. COQ ten is supposed 0:21:24.680 --> 0:21:28.640 to be really good for women. I don't know something else, 0:21:28.680 --> 0:21:30.199 you guys, tell me what you think is great. I 0:21:30.320 --> 0:21:32.520 just no more filling up my pantry with like bottles 0:21:32.520 --> 0:21:36.760 of supplements that never get used on the vision board 0:21:36.760 --> 0:21:39.800 for twenty twenty five. Okay, these are big goals. I 0:21:39.840 --> 0:21:46.600 want to work on a show that fills me with joy, 0:21:46.640 --> 0:21:50.360 that pushes me creatively, and where I am surrounded by 0:21:50.400 --> 0:21:55.320 amazing women that are in charge on set. I really 0:21:55.720 --> 0:21:57.879 want to travel. I mean, you, guys, I don't know. 0:21:57.880 --> 0:22:02.920 If you follow those belm on trains, it looks like 0:22:02.920 --> 0:22:06.080 like a Wes Anderson movie or something out of I 0:22:06.080 --> 0:22:10.240 don't know, like a vintage chic fever dream. They're like 0:22:10.280 --> 0:22:13.199 these these trains, I don't know. I want to take 0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:16.040 a train somewhere and feel like a fancy lady from 0:22:16.080 --> 0:22:19.159 the nineteen forties with like a little carrying case, you know, 0:22:19.240 --> 0:22:23.960 and go across a continent and see things I've never seen. 0:22:24.600 --> 0:22:27.199 So often when we travel, it's you know, jump on 0:22:27.240 --> 0:22:28.679 the plane and then go straight to the event, or 0:22:28.720 --> 0:22:30.879 go get off the plane and go give a speech 0:22:30.920 --> 0:22:32.600 and then go to this meeting and then get back 0:22:32.640 --> 0:22:34.359 on the plane so you can make it home for 0:22:34.440 --> 0:22:37.640 set the next day. And we don't even pay attention, 0:22:38.600 --> 0:22:42.200 and I really want to travel intentionally and actually put 0:22:42.240 --> 0:22:45.639 my eyeballs on more of the world and more of 0:22:45.680 --> 0:22:50.720 the countryside flying by a window, and then what else 0:22:50.760 --> 0:22:55.960 goes on my vision board? I Oh, so many people 0:22:56.040 --> 0:22:58.480 have actually asked me this since I dyed my hair red. 0:22:58.640 --> 0:23:00.480 Everyone's like, wait, we love this. Would you ever want 0:23:00.480 --> 0:23:03.080 to do a hair campaign? And like, yeah, I'm a 0:23:03.160 --> 0:23:05.520 child of the eighties who grew up in the cultural nineties, 0:23:05.560 --> 0:23:09.400 I would love that, Like, you know, the swishy, shiny 0:23:09.440 --> 0:23:11.440 hair moment. I just feel like that'd be so fun. 0:23:11.480 --> 0:23:14.239 It feels like a real career bucket list, or like 0:23:14.280 --> 0:23:17.160 a you're worth it, a little loreal moment, or maybe 0:23:17.160 --> 0:23:20.480 she's born with it. Maybe it's mabelne. I remember those 0:23:20.560 --> 0:23:23.760 jingles from commercials when I was a teenager and just 0:23:23.800 --> 0:23:27.240 being like WHOA. So I don't know. Maybe that stuff 0:23:27.280 --> 0:23:31.359 only exists on social media now, but it feels a 0:23:31.359 --> 0:23:36.560 little vintage and chic to me. Oh, this is a 0:23:36.600 --> 0:23:39.200 really good question from Sam. You have fifty dollars to 0:23:39.240 --> 0:23:41.440 spend in fifteen minutes to shop for a gift. Where 0:23:41.480 --> 0:23:47.080 are you going? Ooh, fifty dollars to spend fifteen minutes. 0:23:47.119 --> 0:23:50.359 I would probably want to go somewhere with a really 0:23:50.359 --> 0:23:55.040 wide variety of stuff like home goods, because then I 0:23:55.040 --> 0:23:57.000 could run up and down the aisles and see, like, Oh, 0:23:57.040 --> 0:23:58.679 is there a tray I want to give someone for 0:23:58.720 --> 0:24:01.720 holiday hosting? Is it this handle? Is it a pillow? 0:24:01.840 --> 0:24:05.399 Is it a throw blanket? Is it I don't know, 0:24:05.680 --> 0:24:12.359 whatever other amazing random thing I could find. Likewise, this 0:24:12.440 --> 0:24:15.080 is gonna sound crazy to you about Costco Major, because 0:24:15.080 --> 0:24:17.520 at Costco you can get everything from like tech to 0:24:18.200 --> 0:24:22.240 giant utility sized boxes of snacks to jewelry. So I 0:24:22.280 --> 0:24:25.119 actually feel like I could really win my version of 0:24:25.160 --> 0:24:29.280 like a gift giving supermarket sweep at Costco. I think 0:24:29.280 --> 0:24:34.399 I would crush. Oh and we have a Samantha, what 0:24:34.560 --> 0:24:37.720 is your favorite Christmas dessert? Oh? Boy, guys, I feel 0:24:37.720 --> 0:24:40.880 like I've talked about this just recently. Oh I did. 0:24:40.920 --> 0:24:44.600 I was talking to Rob and Joy about this on 0:24:44.640 --> 0:24:49.120 the other podcast. I'm not really a sweet person. I 0:24:49.200 --> 0:24:52.000 am a savory gal. I would rather have a bowl 0:24:52.080 --> 0:24:54.760 of French fries for dessert than a dessert for dessert. 0:24:55.400 --> 0:24:58.359 But if you have some sort of incredible savory baked 0:24:58.400 --> 0:25:02.280 good that you do for Christmas. Send the recipe to 0:25:02.359 --> 0:25:04.520 us here at Work in Progress, and maybe we'll talk 0:25:04.560 --> 0:25:08.560 about it in twenty twenty five. That's the holiday gift 0:25:08.840 --> 0:25:11.080 that I wish to get from you all, is your 0:25:11.160 --> 0:25:13.919