WEBVTT - Going Global (Minisode)

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Reasonably Shady, a production of the Black Effect

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<v Speaker 1>Podcast Network and I Heart Radio. Welcome to another episode

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<v Speaker 1>of Reasonably Shady. I am Gazelle Bryant. What's up? What's

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<v Speaker 1>up y'all? This Robin Dixon? Happy New Year? Yeah, happy,

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<v Speaker 1>happy happy Year? Oh my god, now too much. It's great.

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<v Speaker 1>I was. I was just amazed by how beautiful it was.

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<v Speaker 1>Happy New Year. I mean, it's can you all believe

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<v Speaker 1>the three years ago? What was the pandemic? Like the

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<v Speaker 1>start of COVID pandemic? Was it? Was it? Right? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it's all been a blur. Like I just I can't

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<v Speaker 1>believe we're three years removed, almost three years removed from

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<v Speaker 1>like the start of cod that nonsense. Yeah, we added

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<v Speaker 1>that COVID is over. I mean, okay, it's not that

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<v Speaker 1>so fast, but it's baby. We're about to do the

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<v Speaker 1>champ Banks Yeah yeah, okay, So I want to know

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<v Speaker 1>what is Robin going to be doing? Let the people

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<v Speaker 1>hear it from you here first breaking news, d see. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>my she's gonna be playing with her hair first and foremost. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I'm doing right now. Okay, Like, honestly, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't really know what my plans are um, but I

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<v Speaker 1>can say just as far as like what I want

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<v Speaker 1>to work on. I don't like to use I mean, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>a resolution, and we're gonna use that word. Okay, what

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<v Speaker 1>are my resolutions? What are my goals? Um? Number one

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<v Speaker 1>is to pay more attention to my business embellish. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that because I have been kind of just

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<v Speaker 1>running it, like almost like I've been letting it run itself,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning like I don't do a lot of like marketing.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't posted on Instagram on my embellished Instagram page

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<v Speaker 1>and over way over a year probably let me actually

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<v Speaker 1>actually let me, let me push it up, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>let me pull it up. You know why. Um so

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<v Speaker 1>I had I had a person doing my social media

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<v Speaker 1>and then okay, so my last post yeah January twenty one,

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<v Speaker 1>of Okay, that's ridiculous. So it's been almost an entire

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<v Speaker 1>year since I've posted on embellished page. Do you still

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<v Speaker 1>have a business? Yes, I do. It just runs itself.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's I have a business. I mean it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's like steady, it's consistent. But I know that I

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<v Speaker 1>can do so much more to really make it um

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just like super fruitful. Um, so that would

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<v Speaker 1>be you know, doing more social media, um, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>more photoshoots, more marketing stuff, more email marketing, more text

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<v Speaker 1>message marketing, more product development, all of that. And so

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<v Speaker 1>I really really really really want to like hone in

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<v Speaker 1>and focus on my business. I love that because I

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<v Speaker 1>have a great customer base, you know, and I need

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<v Speaker 1>to just you know, we're gonna hold you to it,

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<v Speaker 1>please do yes a matter of fact, pulst right now, No,

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<v Speaker 1>not right now, no, I will. I know, and I

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<v Speaker 1>need and I need to be better with social media

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<v Speaker 1>in general. And that's the hard part. Like I I

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<v Speaker 1>just you know, I've talked about social media and not

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<v Speaker 1>just because of like the trolls and the negativity. Like

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't like social media period like for myself,

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<v Speaker 1>Like I don't need to. I don't know, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even I don't like to take pictures of

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<v Speaker 1>myself period, right, But we gotta use social media for

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<v Speaker 1>your advantage and it will help with your business for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>That's been proven. Yeah yeah, I know, I know, but

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<v Speaker 1>it is a hard thing for me because I just

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<v Speaker 1>I don't necessarily even like to take a picture. So um. Secondly,

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<v Speaker 1>and this one. I know, like ninety five percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the world has the same resolution, but I want to

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<v Speaker 1>get in the best shape of my life. Like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to do it with you. Yeah, okay, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean you already work out, but so like for me,

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<v Speaker 1>like I haven't been active. I have not worked out

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<v Speaker 1>consistently in a very long time, which is you know,

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<v Speaker 1>unlike me kind of um. One day I was working

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<v Speaker 1>out with my trainer. This was like literally before the pandemic,

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<v Speaker 1>Like this, how long I have not been consistent because

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<v Speaker 1>if it's been three years as a problem. Yeah, So,

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<v Speaker 1>so I was in the gym and it was like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we were like working hard, you know, lifting hard,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to you know, build up my booty and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>all this stuff whatever it was, and it was just

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<v Speaker 1>like hard. You know what I mean. It's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like this is hard. And I was just like

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<v Speaker 1>it should not be this hard. Yes, that's what gets

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<v Speaker 1>the results, I know, but it was just I just

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<v Speaker 1>got frestrated. I was like this, I should not have

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<v Speaker 1>to work this hard every day of my life. Good, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you're good to feel good, thank you. I'm I'm very lucky.

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<v Speaker 1>Like Honestly, I'm very lucky that I am in the

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<v Speaker 1>you know, my my body is the way it is,

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<v Speaker 1>not that it's good, Like I definitely have a high

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<v Speaker 1>fat percentage and all that stuff. But I'm lucky that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not more out of shape or you know, fifty

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<v Speaker 1>pounds heavier because I don't really work out. So but

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<v Speaker 1>I know that I was I was given an athletic body,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I feel like I'm doing myself a disservice

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<v Speaker 1>by not putting it into action, putting into action, like

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<v Speaker 1>getting the most out of it. Once again, I'm Iran

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<v Speaker 1>and we aren't here, Bob. Okay, so let's talk about

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<v Speaker 1>recently Shade. We want recently Shady to like hit the

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<v Speaker 1>ten million mark of like download, Yeah, because what do

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<v Speaker 1>we We're at like four point five is right now? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so we can hit ten million. And it took over

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<v Speaker 1>two years, yes, but now we're popping. We are in

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<v Speaker 1>double A c P. No nomenkees, honey. We almost had

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<v Speaker 1>an image award. Honey. Well, you know you know how

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<v Speaker 1>we would do that? How if we recorded more often? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not We're not doing that. Okay, moving on, we

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<v Speaker 1>had multiple more than one episode a week. Yes, we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go international. We're gonna have international because wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 1>can we talk about this before? Yes, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>do that before before. You remember when we had that

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<v Speaker 1>talk with Teddy Teddy Meilon Camp was no longer on

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<v Speaker 1>Beverly Hills, Yes, uh, yes, and you remember where we

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<v Speaker 1>were like, well, she's like, well, we have more downloads,

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<v Speaker 1>and but they record more frequently. Yes, and so so

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<v Speaker 1>she told us she had more downloads that I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>get it. I was like, what are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 1>And so then I said how often do you all record?

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<v Speaker 1>And they were like twice a week, right, two or

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<v Speaker 1>three times? So they put out they yeah, they put

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<v Speaker 1>out at least. She said they put out at least

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<v Speaker 1>two episodes a week at least. So I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>of course you do, girl, you're that I call that

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<v Speaker 1>like um beating the system or like you're you're doing

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<v Speaker 1>the most. No, it is what it is. It is.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. It's it's like you can't it's not

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<v Speaker 1>a true comparison. Yes, it's not apples and apples, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>but whatever. Okay, So the Reasonably Shady is going to

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<v Speaker 1>do international live shows. Yes, we have to go to

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<v Speaker 1>the UK. We're going to the UK. We're gonna tear

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<v Speaker 1>London to Smithereens, Yes, for sure. So we're coming people.

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<v Speaker 1>Um okay. So I have like some bittersweet things going

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<v Speaker 1>on with me in so I have Grace graduating from

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<v Speaker 1>high school, which is like whoo, and then I have

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<v Speaker 1>her going to college, which is so happy for her.

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<v Speaker 1>That's gonna be so hard, I know. So that's what's happened.

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<v Speaker 1>So just bear with me. I'm sure there's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>some episodes. I might be crying. I feel like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So when you were getting ready for college, yeah, did

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<v Speaker 1>you feel like your parents cared that you were going away? No? Literally,

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<v Speaker 1>my father was like pack your ship, let's now. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean they were very matter of fact with me, like

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<v Speaker 1>they were like, um, here you go, like going goodbye,

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<v Speaker 1>Like let's get in the car, packaged off. But once

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<v Speaker 1>once I got there and they were leaving me, they

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<v Speaker 1>got upset. I could see them. My mother was boooing,

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<v Speaker 1>but my dad was kind of like choked up. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I just I feel like even though I went to Maryland,

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<v Speaker 1>which is like you know, University Maryland whis like forty

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<v Speaker 1>five minutes from my parents house, so so I wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>that far. But I just feel like even leading up

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<v Speaker 1>to that, when I wasn't sure where I was going

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<v Speaker 1>because I was choosing. You know, I had um Spellman,

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<v Speaker 1>which is in Atlanta, on my list, and like University

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<v Speaker 1>of Pittsburgh, I had different schools on my list that

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<v Speaker 1>were out of town. And I just don't remember my

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<v Speaker 1>parents ever being like you are and being sad caring

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<v Speaker 1>that I was gonna be going to college. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>different day ever, like oh she's leaving, like it's it's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, Okay, you're going to go to college and

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna do get your good grades. Yes, and you're

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna you're gonna stay four years, not five because

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<v Speaker 1>we're only paying for four. Intentionally, I intentionally I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>take a few classes so I could stay four and

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<v Speaker 1>a half years. Yes, Okay, my father wasn't having it.

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<v Speaker 1>We're also gonna blow Patreon out the water, guys, if

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<v Speaker 1>y'all don't know we're on Patreon. Yes, and we love

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<v Speaker 1>we love it because we get to I love our

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<v Speaker 1>lives zooms that we have with our reasonably shady bunch. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>and I love, you know, just having that our little

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<v Speaker 1>small circle of friends. Yeah, I love we I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we love talking to you guys on zoom and um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we always give you like different on the Patreon.

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<v Speaker 1>We have all kinds of teath that we're spilling on

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<v Speaker 1>the patreon. So definitely, um, get on the patreon. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>and then we're going to do our small dinner parties. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we will do our small We're gonna start that our

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<v Speaker 1>meet and greets, just have a little so we can

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<v Speaker 1>have a little more closer contact with our listeners because

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<v Speaker 1>we appreciate you all so much. I don't know that

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<v Speaker 1>y'all know how much we appreciate you know, for sure. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And then for me personally, I have decided I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get I used to be all into it and then

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<v Speaker 1>I like dropped off like you with the working out.

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<v Speaker 1>It's me with my spot appointments. Okay, my massages and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 1>It's coming back full throttle because my my back be hurting. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>my neck hurts, my legs hurt, so I gotta get

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<v Speaker 1>that back on. Do you ever go to a chiropractor? No,

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<v Speaker 1>I probably should so I recently started. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I always always kind of had that like stig. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, it was always like Gary thought to me,

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<v Speaker 1>but they do wonders and and really like so MIA's

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Mia has the joint chiropractor practices, and those

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<v Speaker 1>I think are more just general adjustments, which is fine

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<v Speaker 1>or like you know, routine maintenance or whatever. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think it is good to go to a chiropractor. You

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<v Speaker 1>know that's like more of like a chira like a

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<v Speaker 1>chiropractor's office like a doctor. Um, because they can really

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<v Speaker 1>assess like so much that's going on in your body. Um. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so I need that. It's really good, Like you literally

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<v Speaker 1>walk out feeling like a new person, so loose and

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<v Speaker 1>so much better. Like I take Corey there, oh nice, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>because he's just you know a little rough on his

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<v Speaker 1>body with um sports but um, but yeah, I think, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna I'm like to add that in. But three

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be all the way live amazing. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so this is when you know I'm gonna do it now,

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<v Speaker 1>but Taylor is going to do it later. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you do? That's amazing? I feel so motivated. So we

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<v Speaker 1>want to encourage everybody to write down your wish list

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<v Speaker 1>and like check back in every three months to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure you're accomplishing everything on your wish list for this

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<v Speaker 1>new year. I love it. Yeah, alright, alright, we're out here.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't ever forget to live your life. Either reasonable or

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<v Speaker 1>should or both. Thire Reasonably Shady is a production of

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