Speaker 1: Welcome to Checking In with Michelle Williams, a production of
Speaker 1: iHeartRadio and The Black Effect. I know y'all are like,
Speaker 1: wait a minute, Michelle, you better get to talking about
Speaker 1: what happened at that birthday party. We all saw the picture,
Speaker 1: We saw you, Kelly and Beyonce looking all good and fine. Aunt,
Speaker 1: you better tell us, tell us what happened. Okay, I'll
Speaker 1: give you a teensch of tea. Coming up next on
Speaker 1: Checking Again with Michelle Williams. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening,
Speaker 1: wherever you are. I am so honored and blessed to
Speaker 1: have people who listen to my podcast from many parts
Speaker 1: of the world. I better start acknowledging the various time zones.
Speaker 1: So that's why I started off with good morning, good afternoon,
Speaker 1: or good evening. And again, thank you so much for
Speaker 1: subscribing and downloading my podcast, Checking In with Michelle Williams.
Speaker 1: What a joy, what an honor. As we begin to
Speaker 1: go into a fourth season that will be coming up soon,
Speaker 1: I'm excited about going into a fourth season of my podcast.
Speaker 1: If you would, please please please let me know guests
Speaker 1: that you want to hear, topics that you want me
Speaker 1: to discuss, any constructive criticism. I'm here for it because
Speaker 1: I want to make the fourth season amazing. Okay, all right,
Speaker 1: I'm sure that you all you know I'll saw a
Speaker 1: picture floating around of me, Kelly Rowland and beyond say
Speaker 1: Nol's Carter. I know y'all saw it. Everybody's talking about it.
Speaker 1: Everybody tagged me in this picture. And it was taken
Speaker 1: at my good friend Tim Weatherspoon's fiftieth birthday party. Now
Speaker 1: what people don't know, well some of you know. Tim
Speaker 1: even said it better than I did. He was telling someone.
Speaker 1: He said, man, I knew a tt when she was born,
Speaker 1: so that means he has known of me for forty
Speaker 1: four years. And I would say, gosh, I don't even
Speaker 1: know if I was in the double digits when we
Speaker 1: finally actually met in person. His family moved about an
Speaker 1: hour outside of Rockford, and they started coming to the
Speaker 1: church my home church, Saint Paul Church of God in
Speaker 1: Christ and Tim is a drummer. Slash was a drummer.
Speaker 1: He doesn't play anymore, but he was the drummer, one
Speaker 1: of the drummers at the church. And his mom is
Speaker 1: Slash was a choir director. She lives in Phoenix, and
Speaker 1: so I'm not sure if she's still directing the choir
Speaker 1: at her church in Phoenix or not. But yes, that
Speaker 1: is how long I have known Tim Wetherspoon. So we're
Speaker 1: just gonna say on Instagram, I said thirty five years plus.
Speaker 1: Let's go on ahead and say thirty eight years plus, okay,
Speaker 1: because I'm gonna give him some Wilgar rooms since he's
Speaker 1: a little older than me. So definitely we were so young.
Speaker 1: And Tim and my brother, my cousin Dry, they're all
Speaker 1: like best of friends. He was a groomsman in Dary's wedding.
Speaker 1: So we go way, way, way, way, way way back.
Speaker 1: And Tim was one of the first that I told
Speaker 1: about the opportunity to sing background from Monica. He was
Speaker 1: also one of the first of my good friends that
Speaker 1: I told about the opportunity to join Destiny's Child. And
Speaker 1: he has always been a supporter, always been a great friend,
Speaker 1: a listening ear. And so Tim and my close friend
Speaker 1: by Coo, whom I went to college with. Tim and
Speaker 1: by Coo, they would come on the road with us
Speaker 1: sometimes and we would all have so much fun. They
Speaker 1: were the guys who would come on the road with us.
Speaker 1: And it was when I tell y'all pure fun, and
Speaker 1: I mean pure in every sense of the word. They
Speaker 1: weren't trying to talk to us, they weren't trying to
Speaker 1: sleep with us. They that's what made them so safe.
Speaker 1: And they were also the friend. Tim is also the
Speaker 1: friend where like if he was watching the show and
Speaker 1: somebody flubbed a word or a step, he was the
Speaker 1: type of person that would be like, hey, I heard
Speaker 1: you mess up that lyric, Like he wasn't afraid to
Speaker 1: like call it out, you know what I mean. So
Speaker 1: just an amazing friend, not the friendliest. He can be
Speaker 1: a butthole slash asshole. Okay, okay, okay, I said it,
Speaker 1: but these this is something I've said to him. But
Speaker 1: he somehow has the most friends in the world. How
Speaker 1: are some of the most unfriendly people have the most friends.
Speaker 1: I'm trying to y'all help me with that nature, Michelle
Speaker 1: don't understand. So anyo? Any who? Fast forward into like
Speaker 1: years later, he finally admits his crush on Kelly Roland
Speaker 1: that Kelly Rowland is his living like he just was like,
Speaker 1: she's like, she's so gorgeous, She's like a Barbie doll.
Speaker 1: She's amazing and so they begin to talk on their
Speaker 1: own terms, and and here we are, y'all, years later
Speaker 1: of their blossoming marriage. And I'm so glad that, uh
Speaker 1: that that he's my friend. He's still my friend, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean. And I'm so glad that, Kelly,
Speaker 1: because let me tell you something I could imagine. I'm
Speaker 1: not sure, I don't know, but I do have male
Speaker 1: friends who are married, and you would have to respect,
Speaker 1: you know, the dynamics of a married person's relationship. And
Speaker 1: so I am so so so glad that that I've
Speaker 1: got a friend in Tim, and I've still, of course
Speaker 1: have my friend in Collindria Trenee Roland. So she asked
Speaker 1: Beyonce and I would we sing Happy Birthday to Tim?
Speaker 1: And we were like, yes, of course, of course, of course,
Speaker 1: and we had a blast creating it. The birthday song
Speaker 1: consisted of only harmonies that, oh my gosh, it took
Speaker 1: us back. It took us back to the days of
Speaker 1: learning songs and just harmonizing at anything that will come
Speaker 1: on the radio. And I had this amazing idea. I
Speaker 1: was like, y'all, I just let's let's let's do this
Speaker 1: birthday song like the group emotions, like the emotions like
Speaker 1: the soul and the and the nigh notes and the
Speaker 1: certain the soulful harmonies and yeah, So I don't know
Speaker 1: if video's ever gonna come out of that. I don't
Speaker 1: know if audio's ever gonna come. I have the video.
Speaker 1: I have the video of a singing happy Birthday to
Speaker 1: our good friend and Kelly's good baby daddy husband, Tim Weatherspoon.
Speaker 1: I got it, But of course, like any other video
Speaker 1: or picture that I have, it's not coming from me.
Speaker 1: So if it comes out, it's because Tim or Kellie
Speaker 1: posted it, But it ain't coming from me. I know
Speaker 1: a friend of mine text me and say, YO, send
Speaker 1: me that, and like bruh, I can't. As close as
Speaker 1: we are and as much as I trust you, I'm
Speaker 1: not sending it to newbody, all right. So his birthday
Speaker 1: party was just just so it makes you appreciate life,
Speaker 1: and it makes you. It made me also consider my circle,
Speaker 1: you know who's in my life. And he did not
Speaker 1: want to party, but he realized that it was something
Speaker 1: that he needed of knowing how much he's loved and adored, respected,
Speaker 1: And Tim really has great insight and perspective on music,
Speaker 1: the arts, life, just really good people and so his
Speaker 1: party reflected that, and I was so glad to be
Speaker 1: there to witness the love that everybody has for Tim. Okay,
Speaker 1: So yeah, everybody was in all black. It was awesome.
Speaker 1: Everybody dressed to their best and you know, some people
Speaker 1: were a little more casual, but still fly. I was
Speaker 1: just like, Wow, everybody in here is fly. I love it.
Speaker 1: So I just asked that you, those that are listening,
Speaker 1: reflect on your circle and may this year be the
Speaker 1: year that you stop letting people play in your face.
Speaker 1: May this year be the year that you tell people
Speaker 1: how they make you feel, whether they make you feel
Speaker 1: inspired or say, man, you hurt my feelings when you
Speaker 1: said this, or when you talked to me like this.
Speaker 1: You hurt my feelings when you dismissed a vulnerable moment
Speaker 1: that I sh shared. Y'all, let this be the year,
Speaker 1: because I really think when we don't share how we
Speaker 1: really feel. I know, for me personally, it's taking a
Speaker 1: toll on my mental health with I don't share what
Speaker 1: I really need to say. And we too grown, we
Speaker 1: too old to let people play in our face and
Speaker 1: treat us or make people feel like they can talk
Speaker 1: to you any kind of way or like, we're not
Speaker 1: doing that, not this year, not in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1: So I know a lot of people. A friend of
Speaker 1: mine said, yo, I'll tell it. It was Jonathan mcmcreynolds.
Speaker 1: We were at a birthday party for someone else recently
Speaker 1: as well, and he said, y'all, you got so much
Speaker 1: joy and peace, and I'm gonna have even more joy
Speaker 1: and peace in twenty twenty four. I'm telling you you,
Speaker 1: I will be forty five this year, and I am
Speaker 1: making it my goal year after year to have those
Speaker 1: roots of taking care of my mental health, which is joy,
Speaker 1: peace boundaries. Also a part I think that I'm learning
Speaker 1: this year as well is really tackling the hard things sooner,
Speaker 1: not procrastinating when it comes to heart decisions or difficult
Speaker 1: conversations that need to be had. If you say you're grown,
Speaker 1: a part of being grown is being able to have
Speaker 1: difficult conversations. And I think the reason of why we
Speaker 1: aren't able to have difficult conversations is fear. We're fearful
Speaker 1: of the other person's response, We're fearful of what's gonna
Speaker 1: happen too or in the relationship. If we have to
Speaker 1: have a difficult conversation and nine times out of ten.
Speaker 1: I didn't say ten out of ten, but because this
Speaker 1: is always going to be that one, but nine times
Speaker 1: out of ten, the person on the receiving and will
Speaker 1: be able to appreciate you coming to them with something
Speaker 1: that you probably deemed difficult. And you can even probably
Speaker 1: start off the conversation by saying, hey, this is difficult
Speaker 1: for me because I hate having to have hard conversations,
Speaker 1: but because I love you and because I believe you
Speaker 1: love me, or you can say like, because we've got
Speaker 1: to work together and we want to do our best
Speaker 1: and reach our goal. Ooh, this is a hard conversation.
Speaker 1: I'm just being vulnerable. I'm being open to you right
Speaker 1: now and tell you this is difficult, and then you
Speaker 1: can go in to what it is that you need
Speaker 1: to say, can you practice that? Can you do it?
Speaker 1: I know you can. That's what checking in is going
Speaker 1: to be all about in twenty twenty four, continuing and
Speaker 1: tackling the hard things. So I'm excited for this new
Speaker 1: year for you. If I haven't said it, happy new Year,
Speaker 1: Let's go. Oh. We had a prior discussion with doctor
Speaker 1: Rob Singleton, who is absolutely amazing and making sure that
Speaker 1: we always say disclaimers. When I have doctors on that,
Speaker 1: you know, it's not intended to diagnose, it's not intended
Speaker 1: to treat, But it is their own personal opinion, just
Speaker 1: like you know, if I'm gonna share things with you,
Speaker 1: it's my personal personal opinion as well. Also it's also
Speaker 1: my personal journey or testimony. Even when I'm talking about
Speaker 1: right now having difficult conversations, I'm walking through that literally
Speaker 1: as we speak, having difficult conversations, knowing that I am empowered.
Speaker 1: I have everything on the inside of me to do
Speaker 1: what it takes to have a difficult conversation that's gonna
Speaker 1: have an amazing outcome. Understanding and clarity for the most part,
Speaker 1: is really the outcomes that I desire, clarity and understanding,
Speaker 1: because sometimes I'd be a little slow. I'd be like,
Speaker 1: I didn't maybe that went over my head. Maybe I
Speaker 1: need to check in with this person, But like, what
Speaker 1: did you mean when you oh, oh, okay, see okay, okay, okay,
Speaker 1: got you. I'm glad I checked in. Okay, all right,
Speaker 1: Thank y'all so much for going with me there. But y'all,
Speaker 1: I just saw the funniest article. It's an interesting article
Speaker 1: from the Guardian, a science editor by the name of
Speaker 1: Ian sample he wrote and says that teenagers with more
Speaker 1: siblings have worse mental health. Study suggests study of children
Speaker 1: in US and China found larger impact when brothers and
Speaker 1: sisters were closely spaced in age. So, y'all, there's four
Speaker 1: of us total, but the first three we're all two
Speaker 1: years apart, and I'm just wondering, what is there some
Speaker 1: truth to this? The researchers asked nine one hundred eighth
Speaker 1: graders in the US and nine four hundred in China
Speaker 1: with an average age of fourteen, a range of questions
Speaker 1: about their mental health, from canaan Abel and the Brothers
Speaker 1: Kismasov to Cinderella. The warmth and support provided by siblings
Speaker 1: has hardly been taken for granted. Now. Reachers have found
Speaker 1: that children who moan about their brothers and sisters may
Speaker 1: have good reason to complain. The more siblings teenagers have,
Speaker 1: the more it hits their happiness, they claim. It says
Speaker 1: that the study of the secondary school children in the
Speaker 1: US and China found that those from larger families had
Speaker 1: slightly poorer mental health than those from smaller families. The
Speaker 1: greatest impact was seen in families with multiple children born
Speaker 1: less than a year apart. Oh, I was gonna say,
Speaker 1: because me and my siblings, Yeah, we had normal quarrels, quarrels,
Speaker 1: quarrels growing up. Oh my gosh. Wow. So it's saying
Speaker 1: that if they were closer in age, maybe this can
Speaker 1: answer some of y'all's questions. So it says that in China,
Speaker 1: the teenagers with no siblings fared best for mental health,
Speaker 1: and then children who had no siblings or only one
Speaker 1: were found to have similar mental health. So what they're
Speaker 1: saying is, in China and the US, if you had
Speaker 1: no siblings or only one, you had better mental health
Speaker 1: than those who had more siblings. Oh my gosh, and
Speaker 1: with greater impact. See for teenagers with older siblings and
Speaker 1: when brothers and sisters were closely spaced in age. Wow,
Speaker 1: I can see that I have a cousin she has well,
Speaker 1: I'll take for my own family. So there's three siblings
Speaker 1: and then my baby sister, Danielle, born in nineteen ninety one.
Speaker 1: And I feel like, you know, by the time I
Speaker 1: went away to college and then just began working professionally
Speaker 1: in music, I believe I did miss out on a
Speaker 1: lot of her milestones and a lot of those great moments,
Speaker 1: So we would have to ask her and my cousin.
Speaker 1: They live here in Atlanta. She has three boys, two
Speaker 1: are grown college ones graduated from college, and then she's
Speaker 1: got a little boy who's like seven years old. And
Speaker 1: this does say that they've seen one's mental health being
Speaker 1: impacted when they have well it as teenagers with older siblings.
Speaker 1: And he's not a teenager yet, but I'm wondering what
Speaker 1: it's gonna be like for him because his brothers are
Speaker 1: more older. It says children with more siblings got along
Speaker 1: better with others at a nursery and were less likely
Speaker 1: to divorce in later life, perhaps because they already had
Speaker 1: some experience at navigating close relationships. Oh what do y'all think?
Speaker 1: All I know is that I just find this article
Speaker 1: very interesting as I try to continue to stay up
Speaker 1: on mental health research and what's being talked about. It's
Speaker 1: just cool to learn about stuff that I probably normally
Speaker 1: wouldn't care about or maybe would have overlooked all because
Speaker 1: of lack of research. So let me know the relationship
Speaker 1: with you and your siblings. Of course, with me and
Speaker 1: my siblings, we are older we're all living our own lives,
Speaker 1: and you know, there has been some difficulties along the
Speaker 1: way because I'm always thinking I know the better route
Speaker 1: to life, okay, and I want to be everybody's life coach.
Speaker 1: Firstus just accepting that people have their own lives brothers, sisters, cousins, anties, uncles.
Speaker 1: Even if you might feel like, man, if they would
Speaker 1: just make this adjustment, their life would just be on
Speaker 1: a better trajectory. So I have to learn, you know,
Speaker 1: to let people live their lives the way they see
Speaker 1: fit to live their lives and not get offended, because
Speaker 1: then that's when pride comes in and ego comes in,
Speaker 1: you know, when you feel like you and that's I
Speaker 1: think that could be also an issue of control as well,
Speaker 1: and so I never want to control anybody, especially another
Speaker 1: grown man or woman. So I just thought that that
Speaker 1: was kind of interesting. And next stuff that has been
Speaker 1: on my heart to talk about, and that is resolutions
Speaker 1: and mental health. And again I've just been kind of
Speaker 1: browsing through articles and all that good stuff and how
Speaker 1: many people made New Year's resolutions and you've already jacked up,
Speaker 1: you didn't. It's what about sixteen days into the new
Speaker 1: year and you've kind of already drunk bla bamb and
Speaker 1: just know that that is okay. And so, according to
Speaker 1: Centerstone dot org, was an article that says how New
Speaker 1: Year's resolutions impact mental health and it says that the
Speaker 1: issues with these types of goals is that they can
Speaker 1: lead to some degree of selfs albata before you realize it.
Speaker 1: The idea is that we shoot for the stars, but
Speaker 1: life doesn't always work that way. If you don't ease
Speaker 1: your way into your goals, you might find yourself failing more.
Speaker 1: When we fail, it might impact our mental health and
Speaker 1: negative ways and can perpetuate a cycle of slipping back
Speaker 1: into old habits. I know, for me, I don't set
Speaker 1: New Year's resolutions. As you know, I still got stuff
Speaker 1: that I'm still trying to reach in goals that I'm
Speaker 1: trying to do, and so I make sure that day
Speaker 1: by day I'm taking steps towards that goal. Now, nothing
Speaker 1: is wrong with a timeline, a reasonable timeline. If you know, hey,
Speaker 1: within three months, I can accomplish this, within six months,
Speaker 1: within six weeks, within one week, I would have worked
Speaker 1: out three times a day, three times a week, for
Speaker 1: thirty minutes a day. Those can be reasonable. And it's
Speaker 1: so good because it says, be reasons by expecting yourself
Speaker 1: to fail at times and know that results might be
Speaker 1: slow moving. Understand that life happens and things can get
Speaker 1: in the way of your goals. So try to ensure
Speaker 1: your goals are healthy and can be achieved without harming
Speaker 1: your physical or mental health. I already talked about the timeline,
Speaker 1: and see I didn't need this article. I see, Lord Jesus,
Speaker 1: sometimes I gotta trust me. This thing says create a timeline.
Speaker 1: It says try to avoid being rigid in your timeline
Speaker 1: and understand that your timeline should not be compared to
Speaker 1: anyone else's. Okay, that's another thing, just comparing your life
Speaker 1: period to anyone else. It will be more proactive and
Speaker 1: productive to make small, incremental goals instead of extreme expectations. Okay, y'all,
Speaker 1: So this ain't a resolution, but I knew that I
Speaker 1: needed to get my walking closet buck to looking normal
Speaker 1: because I've been traveling a lot in these like taking
Speaker 1: a two day trip here, three day trip here, and
Speaker 1: you know, coming back and just and what I and
Speaker 1: before you know, all the clothes that I've stacked even
Speaker 1: though they're folded. No, they need to be hung up
Speaker 1: and put back in their rightful place. That's kind of
Speaker 1: why you got this whole closet and organization system. And
Speaker 1: so I said, I am going to dedicate fifteen to
Speaker 1: thirty minutes a day, and that's what I did. Because
Speaker 1: it seems so overwhelming. My good girlfriend Shanie Jones, and
Speaker 1: she's gonna come in from LA and help, not help,
Speaker 1: but just we're gonna do some more purging. Although I
Speaker 1: kind of started myself, so that's just creating. I created
Speaker 1: a nice timeline or just reasonable saying, hey, I'm only gonna,
Speaker 1: you know, concentrate on this for thirty minutes a day,
Speaker 1: and before you know it, it might go from thirty
Speaker 1: minutes to an hour because you'll find yourself enjoying what
Speaker 1: you're doing, or you're like, you know what, I can
Speaker 1: get two sections done today versus just one. I would
Speaker 1: say go for it, especially those who are experiencing depression.
Speaker 1: And sometimes depression might make things pile up a little more.
Speaker 1: You don't have the strength, but it's like doing little
Speaker 1: things bit by bit. I love seeing some of these
Speaker 1: cleaning videos on Instagram and Facebook and TikTok, you know
Speaker 1: where people who are in real time who maybe they've
Speaker 1: let their bedroom just get all out of sorts, and
Speaker 1: so they're doing things bit by bit. I know, for me,
Speaker 1: as someone who has fought depression since twenty nineteen, every
Speaker 1: single day, except maybe there are a few times last
Speaker 1: year I did not make my bed, But for the
Speaker 1: most part, every single day I get up and I
Speaker 1: just make my bed and put my pillows on, because
Speaker 1: I don't care if I've got a folded sweatsuit on
Speaker 1: the bench in front of my bed, I don't care.
Speaker 1: The bed looks great, and so that always helps. So
Speaker 1: just start doing little things here and there and monitor
Speaker 1: the progress. It says understand that nothing changes overnight. So
Speaker 1: it might be helpful to find an accountability partner to
Speaker 1: help you monitor progress and keep a journal to acknowledge
Speaker 1: your feelings regarding your progress and document your feelings about
Speaker 1: your goals and what obstacles you face. Has anyone decided
Speaker 1: that they're going to start maybe journaling this year, I
Speaker 1: think that might be a good thing, and an accountability
Speaker 1: partner it might be someone who's going to FaceTime you
Speaker 1: at seven o'clock to be like, girl, open up your
Speaker 1: closet door, let me see, did you at least put
Speaker 1: the socks up? Did you match the socks? How many
Speaker 1: of y'all got just socks everywhere? They just at least
Speaker 1: match them up and put put them in a little
Speaker 1: bind and label them socks. Or maybe just you know,
Speaker 1: organize pop up. Some of us need to organize our
Speaker 1: underwear drawer or the place where you have where you
Speaker 1: keep your pajamas or your sleep shirts or your jeans.
Speaker 1: Just start there, like one drawer at a time, one
Speaker 1: pull out closet, whatever it is that you have. Just start.
Speaker 1: Or you might need to save a little coin and
Speaker 1: maybe go to some of your favorite stories and buy
Speaker 1: some closet organizers or some organizers for your drawers.
Speaker 2: You know what I mean.
Speaker 1: Okay, I'm just just don't judge me. I'm just trying
Speaker 1: to help you out. I'm just trying to help you
Speaker 1: have an organize, beautiful clutter free twenty twenty four. Then
Speaker 1: it's just allowed flexibility, Offer yourself flexibility and give yourself grace.
Speaker 1: If you don't do well this month, try again next month.
Speaker 1: Instead of trying to set goals that might not benefit
Speaker 1: your mental health, find activities that make you happy instead.
Speaker 1: The new year does not have to be a brand
Speaker 1: new you take the time to do something fun and
Speaker 1: adventurous and prioritize your health over punishing yourself. If you
Speaker 1: find yourself struggling and giving yourself grace and putting pressure
Speaker 1: on yourself, and maybe time to reach out to a
Speaker 1: mental health professional where they can provide more tools on
Speaker 1: ways to set goals and how to create healthy boundaries
Speaker 1: with yourself because some of us, we are perfectionists, a
Speaker 1: lot of us going to performance mode because maybe as
Speaker 1: a child, maybe you weren't rewarded until you did something,
Speaker 1: you know, and so be graceful with yourself because listen,
Speaker 1: there are gonna be times you're not gonna be feeling well. Whatever.
Speaker 1: This bronchial upper respiratory situation that's going on, y'all, it
Speaker 1: had me. Oh I had to get in and hailer,
Speaker 1: you know, and I feel much better. But oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: So life is gonna life and things are gonna happen.
Speaker 1: So just prayerfectly. We're going into the twenty twenty four
Speaker 1: with certain goals in mind, but don't put too much
Speaker 1: pressure on yourself and do things bit by bit. Okay,
Speaker 1: you've got the rest of the year. You don't have
Speaker 1: to like do everything perfectly in one sitting, all right,
Speaker 1: give yourself some time. And this is I'm so This
Speaker 1: is from Martha Bowman, who is the manager of Adult
Speaker 1: and Family Services at Centerstone, which is a nonprofit health
Speaker 1: system specializing in mental health and substance abuse disorders. You
Speaker 1: can learn more about center Stone by visiting centerstone dot org.
Speaker 1: How cool is this? Listen? This has encouraged me. There's
Speaker 1: so much stuff that I've got to do. Like, I've
Speaker 1: had these books in my office sitting in these boxes.
Speaker 1: Finally I have a nice bookshelf coming and I cannot
Speaker 1: wait to get these books out of these cardboard boxes
Speaker 1: and put them up so they'll look nice and organized.
Speaker 1: I can't stand just boxes sitting around. And I've been
Speaker 1: in this new house. It was done being built in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. I moved in in the fall of
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. And yeah, these boxes have been sitting
Speaker 1: here a year. I heard you, I saw you side.
Speaker 1: I mean you judging, But I'm so excited. The bookshelf
Speaker 1: is going to be delivered on the twenty fourth. Okay,
Speaker 1: we just set up the delivery date today. It's going
Speaker 1: to be delivered on the twenty fourth, and I cannot wait.
Speaker 1: Maybe I'll put a photo in my subscription part on
Speaker 1: Instagram to show y'all progress. Okay, all right, so just
Speaker 1: hold me to it. If I forget, d me on
Speaker 1: Instagram and say, uh, Michelle, let me so. Maybe by
Speaker 1: so January twenty fourth, the bookshelf is coming, so I
Speaker 1: would say, give me a couple days to get everything perfect.
Speaker 1: So by first week of February, if I haven't uploaded
Speaker 1: a picture of my shelf, I'm having y'all hold me accountable.
Speaker 1: Just ping me in my DMS or even in my
Speaker 1: comment section. It's say Michelle, where's that bookshelf? Okay, and
Speaker 1: then I'll show you. Okay, all right. I am just
Speaker 1: absolutely excited for this year. I'm excited for this new
Speaker 1: year for you guys. Keep me posted. Just let me
Speaker 1: know how I can support you in goals that you
Speaker 1: might have. If you feel like I need to hold
Speaker 1: you accountable, just send me a DM and tell me
Speaker 1: what it is that you want to do, and you
Speaker 1: got my full support, all right. Please please have an amazing,
Speaker 1: amazing day. Thank y'all for listening to me, and pray
Speaker 1: that y'all get to see Destiny's child sing Happy Birthday
Speaker 1: because babe, it was amazing, all right.
Speaker 2: Bye.
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