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Speaker 2: On this week's episode in her Space. Now this next hack.

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Speaker 2: I cannot wait to share this with you.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I'm really.

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Speaker 2: Excited about this. If you can't tell, you can tell? Yes, Yes,

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Speaker 2: I can tell. So the next one hair.

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Speaker 4: Now, we did an episode on hair, and hair has

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Speaker 4: always been a big thing in my household.

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Speaker 2: Hair is always been a thing.

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Speaker 4: It has always been like when I think about outfits, Okay,

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Speaker 4: how am I gonna wear my hair? Or I think

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Speaker 4: about going on vacation, what am I gonna do with

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Speaker 4: my hair?

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Speaker 2: You know? We used to my sister and I.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to her Space, a podcast dedicated to uplifting women

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Speaker 3: like you. We're your hosts, Doctor Dominique Brussard, a college

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Speaker 3: professor and psychologist.

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Speaker 4: And Terry Lomax, a techie and a motivational speaker. In

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Speaker 4: a world where black women are often misrepresented and misunderstood,

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Speaker 4: please join us as we initiate authentic conversations on everything

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Speaker 4: from fiboys to fake friends and create a safe space

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Speaker 4: where black women can.

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Speaker 3: Just be okay. Our quote of the day comes from Confucius.

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Speaker 3: Life is really simple. We insist on making it complicated.

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Speaker 3: One more time for the people in the back. Life

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Speaker 3: is really simple. We insist on making it complicated.

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Speaker 4: All right, Lay, So this is Terry here from the

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Speaker 4: Hearstpace podcast and Dom and I want to share with

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Speaker 4: you today eight life hacks to save you time and energy.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 4: I work full time at a tech company. I also

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Speaker 4: do motivational speaking outside of work, and of course Dom

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Speaker 4: and I have our podcast, and so I just want

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Speaker 4: to share with you the things that make life easier

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Speaker 4: for me to save me time and energy because we

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Speaker 4: are busy women.

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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 3: This is Dom here, and I have a busy life

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Speaker 3: as well. I work full time at a university, I

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Speaker 3: adjunct teaching at a couple of other universities, and all

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Speaker 3: of that on top of working with Tea on this

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Speaker 3: amazing podcast, and so both of us are really constantly

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Speaker 3: trying to find ways that we can devote our time

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Speaker 3: and energy into things that are really fulfilling because our

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Speaker 3: work schedules occupy so much of our time.

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Speaker 2: And so we want to share a few tips with

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Speaker 2: you today, Tee.

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Speaker 3: What do you you do that could simplify your life?

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Speaker 2: M that's a good question.

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Speaker 1: Well.

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Speaker 2: Number one on my list of life hacks is a

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Speaker 4: It is mail prepping. O MG, can we just talk

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Speaker 4: about all the time. Let me just tell you what

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Speaker 4: I used to do. Okay, So grocery shopping.

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Speaker 2: First off, I have to write it down a grocery list, right,

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Speaker 2: I have a digital grocery list that's in an app

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Speaker 3: But wait, but wait, okay, I mean before you even

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Speaker 3: decide on this grocery list, like, don't you have to

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Speaker 2: I do is I look in all the cabinets, I

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Speaker 2: And from there I go makes It takes a lot

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Speaker 4: Now, I used to be that person where I only

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Speaker 4: but you get the point. My grocery, my grocery endeavors.

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Speaker 2: Easily on a good day. Two hours.

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Speaker 3: See, if I didn't have a grocery list, it would

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Speaker 2: Too much time, Okay, So I'm a little boogie these days, right,

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Speaker 2: And so what I've recently started doing is I'll still

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Speaker 3: Now here's my question with that. So I've tried the

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Speaker 3: I was so disappointed when it came when I got it. Now,

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Speaker 3: I know that they have times where they will send

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Speaker 2: What I would do so they have an option?

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Speaker 4: I feel like we need to be getting paid. Were

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Speaker 4: talking about instacart like this. Okay, lady, this is not

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Speaker 4: even an ad. We just this is literally what we

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Speaker 4: Also with some of the produce the people the shop,

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Speaker 3: So but one thing I will say though with that

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Speaker 3: That way, you don't even have to step in the store.

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Speaker 3: They will bring it out to your vehicle. And I'm like,

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Speaker 3: think grocery stores offering that option is an amazing time saver.

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Speaker 4: So this week I'm trying something new. I'm getting the snacks.

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Speaker 4: What's with the delivery service? That way I don't have to,

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Speaker 4: All the things. The next tack I want to share

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Speaker 3: be a big deal. So I get up at four

439
00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,080
Speaker 3: point thirty on some mornings and then other mornings it's

440
00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,040
Speaker 3: five thirty to make sure that I get to the gym.

441
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Speaker 3: And I will say that that helps me manage my stress.

442
00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:39,880
Speaker 3: That helps me to not take on other people's stress,

443
00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:45,320
Speaker 3: so not necessarily students or clients, but just the work

444
00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:50,800
Speaker 3: environment itself. So working at a university, you know, we

445
00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,160
Speaker 3: have high times and low times in terms of stress

446
00:21:54,200 --> 00:22:00,639
Speaker 3: for everybody. During finals that is a stressful time, not

447
00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,440
Speaker 3: just for the students but for faculty and staff too.

448
00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:08,359
Speaker 3: And so for me, what helps me maintain my balance

449
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:13,800
Speaker 3: is and to not and to minimize how I could

450
00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,480
Speaker 3: be impacted or get caught up in the stress that

451
00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,640
Speaker 3: everybody's feeling. Is to make sure that I get enough

452
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:20,960
Speaker 3: sleep and that I exercise.

453
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Speaker 2: I love it. That's so important.

454
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Speaker 4: And I we always hear you kind of fill your

455
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,960
Speaker 4: cup in order to help other people, in order to

456
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Speaker 4: support into someone else, right, And I feel like I'm

457
00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,920
Speaker 4: finally actually like getting that, Like I have a boundary

458
00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,560
Speaker 4: around what I'm going to take on like never before.

459
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,360
Speaker 4: And my meditation time, I don't give a fuck who

460
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,880
Speaker 4: it is they not interrupting that time, Like it's sacred,

461
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,480
Speaker 4: you know. So I think it's so important. So thank

462
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Speaker 4: you for sharing that. Don what about your next one?

463
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Speaker 3: So you know, so these hacks that we're talking about

464
00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,000
Speaker 3: really help us, like save time and like maintain or

465
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Speaker 3: manage our energy. So one of the things that helps

466
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Speaker 3: me is in terms of time picking out my clothes

467
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:09,800
Speaker 3: the night before. So I remember as a kid, we

468
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 3: wore uniforms to school and every Sunday we had to

469
00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 3: iron our uniforms. So my mom like, once we got

470
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Speaker 3: of age, my mom was like, I'm not ironing this

471
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Speaker 3: for you. You're gonna iron your own uniforms. And she

472
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 3: taught us how to iron our uniforms. And those blouses

473
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Speaker 3: had to be starched crisp.

474
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Speaker 5: Yes, girl, And I think back to one time where

475
00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,439
Speaker 5: there was like too much starch and that blouse was

476
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Speaker 5: hard as cardboard.

477
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Speaker 2: But did y'all put creases in your pants stuff?

478
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Speaker 3: Yes?

479
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Speaker 2: Lord, I had to have.

480
00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:55,200
Speaker 3: Had to. Yes, Yes, that was a Sunday evening ritual

481
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Speaker 3: in our household. Right, And as an adult, like, I

482
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:04,760
Speaker 3: realize how time saving that is, like when we wore

483
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,560
Speaker 3: uniforms for school because you didn't have to think about

484
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,560
Speaker 3: what you were wearing. Right, As a kid, I hated

485
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 3: it because I'm like, I don't get to so creativity, right,

486
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 3: So as an adult, I find that if I pick

487
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Speaker 3: out my clothes the night before, now don't get me wrong.

488
00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:24,040
Speaker 3: This doesn't happen every night because there cause and that's

489
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Speaker 3: and how I know that how helpful it is is

490
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,160
Speaker 3: on those mornings when I have not picked out something

491
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Speaker 3: to wear the night before, I.

492
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Speaker 2: Waste so much damn times, isn't crazy I do the

493
00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:40,080
Speaker 2: same thing. Why do we do that when we know?

494
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,240
Speaker 2: Because it's helpful, right exactly?

495
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,680
Speaker 3: And so what I end up doing is then I'm like,

496
00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:51,840
Speaker 3: I'm literally standing there for like ten minutes with my

497
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,440
Speaker 3: closet open, like trying to figure out what I'm gonna wear,

498
00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,640
Speaker 3: and then it probably needs to be iron, yes, because

499
00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,359
Speaker 3: it's not in me. I've been conditioned to iron my

500
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,080
Speaker 3: clothes is not in me to not iron. So then

501
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,159
Speaker 3: now I've wasted probably twenty or thirty minutes in the

502
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Speaker 3: morning that I don't really have, and then I'm scrambling yes,

503
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,080
Speaker 3: and then I'm in the What I find for me

504
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,679
Speaker 3: is that when that happens, I get in the car

505
00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,479
Speaker 3: and my energy is heightened, and then I'm like that,

506
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:27,399
Speaker 3: like that impatient driver, and I'm like, you know, I

507
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,800
Speaker 3: end up having a conversation with myself about Domina's and

508
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:30,920
Speaker 3: not the person you want to be.

509
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,879
Speaker 2: Calm it down today.

510
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,560
Speaker 3: Like I want to be calm and so let me breathe.

511
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,040
Speaker 3: But it starts with how I started my day.

512
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Speaker 2: Ye true.

513
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,919
Speaker 3: And so if I pick out my clothes the night before,

514
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,920
Speaker 3: and even sometimes even if I end up changing it,

515
00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,359
Speaker 3: if I've picked it out the night before, that sets

516
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Speaker 3: me on a track of being more on time.

517
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Speaker 2: I would agree with that, Dow.

518
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 4: I swear our moms must have learned this from the

519
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 4: same school, because my mom had us doing the same

520
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Speaker 4: thing on Sunday. What I do now, and this is

521
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,480
Speaker 4: pretty much my Sunday ritual. I'll look at my schedule

522
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 4: see what I have coming up for the week. If

523
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 4: I have presentations and all those things, I'm like, all right, cool,

524
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,680
Speaker 4: I gotta pick out something a little dressy. I pick

525
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 4: out all my clothes for the week. They usually don't

526
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,760
Speaker 4: need to be ironed, because it's either like a little

527
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 4: fitted or like I iron this, or like I have it,

528
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,800
Speaker 4: or I steam it. I got a little steamer, which

529
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 4: has been so convenient, And so I line them all

530
00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,159
Speaker 4: up in the closet Monday Tuesday like they all have

531
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Speaker 4: their you know order. And so today when I got dressed,

532
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,680
Speaker 4: all I had to do was going there like all right,

533
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,160
Speaker 4: pull out this this day's outfit, and it's just so

534
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,679
Speaker 4: much easier. But when I don't do that, domb, like

535
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,280
Speaker 4: you said, I spend so much time and then it

536
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,120
Speaker 4: messes up my energy in the morning. So that's why

537
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 4: I start to meditate in the morning and try to

538
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:55,359
Speaker 4: make it as easy as possible because I usually I

539
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 4: usually wake up pretty okay, but some days I'm a

540
00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:59,480
Speaker 4: little irritable just because it's early, and I'm like, I

541
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Speaker 4: don't want to get up right now.

542
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 2: So, yeah, that's a good one.

543
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 3: I'm gonna have to take that, because yeah, doing that

544
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,359
Speaker 3: on a Sunday, I didn't even girl.

545
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Speaker 4: Yes, literally everything for this week, like I literally it's

546
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,879
Speaker 4: just all in there. I have my shoes, I even

547
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:16,640
Speaker 4: so I went above and beyond this week. I put

548
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,240
Speaker 4: a little sticky note because I have a present a

549
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,960
Speaker 4: couple of presentations. I'm wearing heels, but I put a

550
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 4: sticky note on my heels that says, pack your flats.

551
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 2: You put your feet gonna be hurt flat. So I

552
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:28,879
Speaker 2: don't forget me.

553
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 4: I don't want to have to remember shit that just

554
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 4: that doesn't need to you know, be in my mind.

555
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:35,679
Speaker 4: I have other things I want to focus on, so

556
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 4: I don't want to have to remember, oh I got

557
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,679
Speaker 4: to pack my flats and then be pissed off my

558
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,480
Speaker 4: feet hurting and you know what I mean.

559
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 2: So it's a game changer girl.

560
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 3: Now, Okay, now here's what I'm thinking about, because I'm

561
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 3: thinking about those ladies out there who were listening and

562
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 3: they're like, but I got kids, or my work schedule

563
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,560
Speaker 3: is not a Monday through Friday nine to five situation.

564
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,600
Speaker 3: Those could those tips work like what we've talked about

565
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:07,719
Speaker 3: with like meal prepping on Sundays or like buying what

566
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 3: are we call buying the packaged meals? Right? Or how

567
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:17,199
Speaker 3: do we do this if we don't necessarily have like

568
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Speaker 3: that traditional like nine to five schedule.

569
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Speaker 4: I know people that have like a non traditional schedule

570
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,960
Speaker 4: where the sun there Saturday and Sunday might be Thursday

571
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Speaker 4: and Friday. If that's the case, I would just treat

572
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 4: those days like your typical weekends and so whatever, it's

573
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 4: gonna work for you and your schedule. But I think

574
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Speaker 4: for me and people are like when they hear me, like, oh,

575
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 4: that's too much. I might change my mind all the weather,

576
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 4: welly check the weather. And if I don't change my mind.

577
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 4: Usually I'm like, this is what I'm gonna wear because

578
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 4: I looked at the weather.

579
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 2: I know what I'm doing that day, and I'm prepared.

580
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 4: But in the event that there's like a snowstorm or

581
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 4: something random happens and the weather changes, I have other

582
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 4: office I can choose from. But at least I have

583
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Speaker 4: something in place to just kind of keep me in flow,

584
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,160
Speaker 4: because I just want to be able to flow and

585
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 4: not have to make too many decisions you know that

586
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 4: don't really mad or matter, if that makes sense, right

587
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 4: right right now, this next hack, I cannot wait to

588
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 4: share this with you.

589
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm really.

590
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,200
Speaker 2: Excited about this. If you can't tell, you could tell, Yes, yes,

591
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 2: I could tell.

592
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 4: So the next one hair. Now, we did an episode

593
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Speaker 4: on hair, and hair has always been a big thing

594
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Speaker 4: in my household.

595
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Speaker 2: Yes, hair has always been a thing.

596
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Speaker 4: It has always been like when I think about outfits,

597
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 4: it's like, Okay, how am I gonna wear my hair?

598
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 4: Or I think about going on vacation, what am I

599
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 4: gonna do with my hair? You know, we used to

600
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Speaker 4: my sister and I we used to get weave ever

601
00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 4: since we were younger, so it's not a big thing

602
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 4: for us.

603
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 2: It's really part of like creativity and a look. I

604
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,560
Speaker 2: love to change up my look. I have a little bob.

605
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,160
Speaker 4: Right now, probably be different before the year ends, but

606
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,080
Speaker 4: I love to change it up. So what I do

607
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:48,240
Speaker 4: now is I go to salon and I keep a

608
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,720
Speaker 4: weave for three months at a time, which I know

609
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 4: sounds insane because I am that girl. Look back at

610
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 4: my Facebook. Okay, I'm that girl that would change her

611
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 4: hair like.

612
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 2: Every couple of weeks. But I don't have like, I

613
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:00,800
Speaker 2: don't one I have to do that.

614
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 4: I want to be able to stick with something that's consistent,

615
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 4: that's easy, that works with my schedule. I love my

616
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Speaker 4: natural hair.

617
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:06,640
Speaker 2: I think it's beautiful.

618
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 4: It's very hard to maintain when I'm traveling or when

619
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,960
Speaker 4: the weather changes and things like that. And I also

620
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 4: like to be able to do more with it and

621
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Speaker 4: protect it as well. And so what I do is

622
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 4: I'll go to the shop get my hair braided up.

623
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Speaker 4: I'll usually get a sewing or like a laced wig,

624
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 4: and I'll wear that for three months. And I'm actually

625
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,240
Speaker 4: working on growing out my hair. So now my hair

626
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:29,479
Speaker 4: is like down to my back and I'm just keeping it,

627
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,600
Speaker 4: keep it braided up. And I'll wear it out every

628
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 4: once in a while. But that has been a game

629
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Speaker 4: changing for me because now with the sewing or the wig,

630
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,239
Speaker 4: it's consistent. It doesn't really change up too much if

631
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 4: the weather's crazy or if it's raining, I don't have

632
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 4: to panic. Let me tell you about all the times

633
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 4: where I've had my hair out and I'm like, wait,

634
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,000
Speaker 4: I just got it pressed it's raining outside, Like the

635
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:50,560
Speaker 4: stress and anxiety.

636
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,680
Speaker 3: I forgot about that? What And well, you know my

637
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,040
Speaker 3: hair is short, so I don't think about it if

638
00:30:56,080 --> 00:31:01,480
Speaker 3: it rained, yes, I'm like, right right, let the rain come.

639
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 4: But when I tell you, hair has always been a

640
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,000
Speaker 4: headache and so for me now it's just easy.

641
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 2: I don't have to think about it as much.

642
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 4: And I feel like, finally, at thirty years old, I've

643
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,480
Speaker 4: unlocked the hair thing for myself on like how to

644
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 4: keep my hair protected and then also how to be

645
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 4: able to change up my looks with the lifestyle that

646
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:19,760
Speaker 4: I have.

647
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 3: And I think that's a great life hack is figuring

648
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 3: out how to manage your hair in a way that

649
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 3: saves you time and coulds depending on the style, you

650
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 3: could save you money. So like for me right now,

651
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 3: my hair is short. And I've been wearing my hair

652
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 3: short what three years now, and this isn't the first

653
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 3: time I've cut it this short, but this is the

654
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 3: longest I've maintained this length. And it's easy relatively, because

655
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 3: I still, you know, want to go and get it

656
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,000
Speaker 3: trimmed to keep it short, and then I still, you know,

657
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Speaker 3: need to get it lined up in the back and

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Speaker 3: all that. But if I choose not to, then I

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Speaker 3: don't have to write. And if I have days where

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Speaker 3: I'm like, well, I don't feel like washing it today,

661
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Speaker 3: then it's not gonna look as moisturizing as cute. But

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Speaker 3: chances are most people can't tell anyway, right, So then

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Speaker 3: I just keep it moving and it saves me time.

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Speaker 3: But I also think about like when I would wear braids,

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Speaker 3: and that was like a time saber for me. After

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Speaker 3: I spent the hours in the chear getting my hair braided,

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Speaker 3: but after that, it was like a couple months of

668
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Speaker 3: like not having to worry about my hair. As we

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Speaker 3: were talking about like life hacks for hair, like, one

670
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Speaker 3: of the things that I remember growing up was my

671
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Speaker 3: mom always did our hair on the weekends as well.

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Speaker 3: When you have four daughters plus yourself to take care

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Speaker 3: of in terms of hair. One, we didn't have the

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Speaker 3: money for all of us to be in the salon

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Speaker 3: every week, right, so that wasn't happening. So my mom

676
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Speaker 3: had to learn and all of us had different hair texture,

677
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Speaker 3: so my mom had to learn how to do our hair.

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Speaker 3: And as a kid, I hated it. But as an adult,

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Speaker 3: like I adopted the practice of Sundays, I would wash

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Speaker 3: my hair and I perfected the roller set, like I

681
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Speaker 3: was on top of it with that roller set. But

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Speaker 3: what that did was that helped me figure out, like,

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Speaker 3: all right, so I roll my hair, you know, wash

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Speaker 3: and roll my hair, and for the week, I'm set,

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Speaker 3: like I don't have to think about it, like, Okay,

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna wrap it, you know, once the rollers, Once

687
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Speaker 3: I take the rollers out, I'm gonna wrap it and

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Speaker 3: then keep it going for the week. Right, And that

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Speaker 3: saved me time in terms of having to think about

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Speaker 3: like what I wanted, how I wanted to style my

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Speaker 3: hair because it was done on a Sunday, Like Sunday

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Speaker 3: generally is that day for me to regroup. No matter

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Speaker 3: what stage I've been in life, Sundays has generally been

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Speaker 3: that day for me. Where I'm like, all right, let

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Speaker 3: me get myself together for the week.

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Speaker 2: Yep, dittoh, I agree with that.

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Speaker 4: I think when I and I did have my hair out,

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Speaker 4: I feel like I always I would.

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Speaker 2: Usually do it on Sundays. But I'm just thinking.

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Speaker 4: About the headache that I used to have, like, oh

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Speaker 4: my gosh, what am I gonna do? So, don what's

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Speaker 4: your next life hack?

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Speaker 3: So I have one more like beauty life secret life hack,

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Speaker 3: however you want to categorize it. So when I get

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Speaker 3: my nails done, I go for natural colors. When you

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Speaker 3: go for natural colors, it will last a lot longer.

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Speaker 3: And now that's not to say that I don't come

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Speaker 3: out with like a bright purple or like a cute orange,

709
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Speaker 3: like a poping orange in the summertime, right, I might

710
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Speaker 3: do that. But if I do that, then I know

711
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Speaker 3: for me that I'm going to be back in the

712
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Speaker 3: salon in two weeks getting it redone. So if I

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Speaker 3: want to extend it, I get the dip or the

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Speaker 3: S and S powder. And so if I get a

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Speaker 3: nail natural color, then that can last me over three weeks.

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Speaker 3: The only way that you know that it's grown out

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Speaker 3: too long is if you really look directly at my hands.

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Speaker 2: If you're just staring at your nail beds, right, that's yeah,

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Speaker 2: I feel you.

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Speaker 3: And so to stretch it out especially, you know, I

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Speaker 3: think about like college students and how and some of

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Speaker 3: our ladies who might be on a limited budget or

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Speaker 3: maybe trying to figure out, well, how can I do

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Speaker 3: something nice for myself and I can't maybe I can't

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Speaker 3: afford to get my nails done every two weeks. Well

726
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Speaker 3: this could be something you do once a month, and

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Speaker 3: I get it done once a month and it works

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Speaker 3: for me. And then because I get the dip powder,

729
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Speaker 3: like I don't have to worry about like my nails

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Speaker 3: breaking or anything like that, Like they stay in min

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Speaker 3: It's helped my nails grow so much.

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Speaker 4: Down you have those nice strong nails too, I can

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Speaker 4: tell you finger my amy, I sold a few things.

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Speaker 2: I used to when I was in college. I had

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Speaker 2: this little nail bag with all kinds of polishes. I

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Speaker 2: had my whole little set.

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Speaker 4: I would do my own little mannis and petties and

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Speaker 4: polish my toenails and nails.

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Speaker 2: So that was my thing. Now.

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Speaker 4: I used to actually, like a couple maybe a couple

741
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Speaker 4: of months ago, I was wearing the little press on

742
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Speaker 4: nails because they not press on. I would buy the

743
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Speaker 4: press on ails, but I would glue them on with

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Speaker 4: the nail glue and they would They would be pretty decent,

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Speaker 4: like if you have an event to go to or

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Speaker 4: you just need to like look look.

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Speaker 2: Nice for a day.

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Speaker 4: It was a little hard to not hard, but it

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Speaker 4: was a little challenging when typing on the on the

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Speaker 4: leftop at work because sometimes it would break off if

751
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Speaker 4: it wasn't if there wasn't enough glue on it. But

752
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Speaker 4: they looked really nice. You couldn't even tell they weren't

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Speaker 4: at you know, done at the shop.

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Speaker 3: Right, because I sure didn't know.

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Speaker 4: Well these aren't but like the ones that I had before, right,

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Speaker 4: That's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 2: Yes, they were.

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Speaker 4: Definitely press on nails. But what I do now, I

759
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,720
Speaker 4: do get my nails done on and off, but my toes.

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Speaker 4: I love to have my toenails polished. So I get

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Speaker 4: my toenails done once a month and I get jail

762
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Speaker 4: on my toenails and that way, when I'm working out

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Speaker 4: at the gym of our wear sneakers, I don't have

764
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Speaker 4: to worry about the polege coming off.

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Speaker 2: So for me.

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Speaker 4: That has been a game change of girl, because now

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Speaker 4: I literally my toenails. They'll last over a month, but

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Speaker 4: at some point they start to grow a little. I

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Speaker 4: want to get them trimmed. But yeah, girl, it works

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Speaker 4: out so well.

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Speaker 3: Wow. Okay, So lady, as you're listening, like I know that,

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Speaker 3: you're like, all right, so they've shared these things with us,

773
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:30,359
Speaker 3: but they don't know about this. So what I want

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00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 3: you to do is, as you're listening and you're like,

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Speaker 3: is generating the ideas in your head the life hacks

776
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:39,880
Speaker 3: that you know that you've got, log onto our Instagram

777
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 3: account at her Space podcast and share with us what

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00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 3: your life hacks are. And before we go, we have

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Speaker 3: one more special life.

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Speaker 2: Hack, one more special one.

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Speaker 4: This is an oldie but a goodie, okay, and this

782
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Speaker 4: is okay, let me just tell you I'm absolutely obsessed

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Speaker 4: with the fanny pack. I cannot tell you how amazing

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Speaker 4: the fanny pack is. I got one for this look

785
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Speaker 4: I was trying to go for when I was on vacation,

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Speaker 4: and now I look like that.

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Speaker 2: I mean, they're hip for now than they used to be.

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Speaker 4: But let me tell you I will I rocked that

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Speaker 4: thing in the airport I put every passport, I d

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Speaker 4: everything right there in.

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Speaker 3: Front of me.

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Speaker 2: When I'm just out and about. It is just so amazing.

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Speaker 4: I don't have to worry about stress on my shoulders,

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00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,240
Speaker 4: on my back because I always have a heavy ass bag.

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Speaker 2: So I put the essentials in the fanny pack and

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Speaker 2: I'm good to go.

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Speaker 3: Let me tell you, I saw your fanny pack, and

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00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 3: your fanny pack is it is so fine. I will

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Speaker 3: say shout out to my homegirl, Carolyn. Carolyn. You know,

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Speaker 3: you know when we were in grad school, we would

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00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:49,360
Speaker 3: clown Carolyn. Really it wasn't cool back then because she

802
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 3: talked about like her parents had fanny packs and we

803
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,800
Speaker 3: were like, Carolyn, like that's your parents, you don't need one,

804
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 3: and she would tell us she was like, y'all, but

805
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:02,919
Speaker 3: y'all don't know. Y'all don't know Carolyn Howie, you were

806
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 3: ahead of the game. And so yeah, so now fanny

807
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Speaker 3: packs are all in and you know, I still haven't

808
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 3: gotten there, but I saw yours. And then I have

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Speaker 3: a couple of other girlfriends that have had some really

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Speaker 3: cute ones and I'm like, I don't know, ya, I

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Speaker 3: haven't tried it, but I be I think as we're

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Speaker 3: talking about these things that like to save us some

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Speaker 3: energy and time. I don't know, I might be sold

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Speaker 3: on it. For those of you that like to take

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Speaker 3: notes when you're listening to us, we want to just

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Speaker 3: kind of give you a quick run through of what

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Speaker 3: those life hacks are. And if you're listening and you're

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Speaker 3: driving on your way to work or you're doing chores

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Speaker 3: around the house, feel free to check out our show

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Speaker 3: notes because we will have them listed out in the

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Speaker 3: show notes as well. So Tea, you're ready to drop

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Speaker 3: those life hacks for us.

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Speaker 2: Let's do it. Let's do it.

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Speaker 4: So my top five we got mel prepping, scheduling, self

825
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Speaker 4: care at the beginning of the month, putting my packing

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Speaker 4: list in asana so I don't forget it, sewings and

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Speaker 4: wigs to keep my hair braided and protected throughout the year.

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Speaker 4: And last, but not least, my favorite, my fanny peck and.

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Speaker 3: So my top life hacks carrying a trap, having a

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Speaker 3: travel set of toiletries already set aside, having a travel

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Speaker 3: set of comfort items set aside, like your blanket or

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Speaker 3: some slippers or a robe. Picking out your clothes either

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00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:36,879
Speaker 3: the night before or night before the start of your

834
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:42,560
Speaker 3: work week and then getting dip powder or something like

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Speaker 3: that on your nails with natural colors so that it

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Speaker 3: lasts longer. Thanks for joining us today in her Space.

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Speaker 3: Please note that I show may contain conversations about self help, advice,

838
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Speaker 3: self empowerment, and mental health, but it is by no

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Speaker 3: means meant to be a substitute for an ongoing formal

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00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 3: relationship with a trained mental health provider. If you are

841
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 3: someone you know is in need of mental health care,

842
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:15,720
Speaker 3: please visit the Therapy for Black Girls directory Psychology today

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00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 3: or contact your insurance provider.

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Speaker 4: If you liked what you heard and want to keep

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Speaker 4: the conversation going, connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and

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Speaker 4: Twitter at her Space podcast or check out our website

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Speaker 4: at herspacepodcast dot com. And before we meet again, repeat

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Speaker 4: after me, I know that everything is working out for

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Speaker 4: my good, even when things don't go as planned.

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Speaker 3: We'll see you next week, lady,