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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, it's our last podcast of the year.

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Speaker 2: Can you believe it?

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Speaker 3: Oh boy, here we.

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Speaker 2: Go, Here we go. Time flies flies. The second I

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Speaker 2: said it, I was like, oh god, here we go.

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Speaker 3: It's literally it's just in your brain. That's something to

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Speaker 3: talk about. The second we start a podcast, I'm like,

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Speaker 3: welcome to Velvet Edge, and Chip's like, God, the time

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Speaker 3: is flying.

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Speaker 2: I'm getting older, So it does.

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Speaker 3: This is the last podcast of the year. We're going

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Speaker 3: into the holidays. I'm pumped. I'm just I'm ready to

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Speaker 3: wrap this year up. How are you feeling about it

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Speaker 3: the same?

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Speaker 2: I mean, I'm exhausted, yeah.

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Speaker 4: But I'm really excited to, like, you know, thankfully our

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Speaker 4: industry shuts down so I get to, like, literally next week,

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Speaker 4: I'm closing my computer. Bye.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, just do a nice little reset. That's how I

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Speaker 3: look at it. It's not like I don't love any

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Speaker 3: of the things that I do. I actually do. And

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Speaker 3: I talked about that on the Wednesday podcast. I was

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Speaker 3: talking with A'm gonna I'm gonna get her name. I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna outtie is how I think you say it. I'll

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Speaker 3: have to go back and listen. But she was this

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Speaker 3: really amazing business coach, and she was talking about how

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Speaker 3: we get really confused sometimes looking for happiness and a job,

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Speaker 3: and really what we should be looking for is contentment,

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Speaker 3: because she said, if you're content seventy percent of the time,

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Speaker 3: that means you're probably in a really great job for yourself. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: which I think our society does not really like we

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Speaker 3: always think every day should be perfect, every whatever. And

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Speaker 3: it's like we talked about the fact that at the

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Speaker 3: end of the day, they are jobs, so there's going.

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Speaker 2: To be a day job, Like no one wants to

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Speaker 3: Well, yeah, and although there are days that I love

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Speaker 3: a position like that. But I think her point was,

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Speaker 3: you know, you're just going to have things like you

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Speaker 3: have in every thing in your life. Like in relationships,

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Speaker 3: every day isn't perfect or happy or whatever. But for

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Speaker 3: it that we should be happy all the time, we

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Speaker 3: work should be easy all the time, and it's no,

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Speaker 3: it's like everything else. Sometimes there's days that are struggles.

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Speaker 2: But that's where growth comes into.

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Speaker 4: When things are hard, and if you have an easy

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Speaker 4: and you're not growing at all totally.

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Speaker 3: I only grow when I'm in pain, don't totally Otherwise

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Speaker 4: I love what I do too, but I do think

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Speaker 4: that in order to do it well, you need a break.

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Speaker 4: And what I do specifically is so often twenty four

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Speaker 3: We were talking about this a little bit last week,

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Speaker 3: Like I really loved January a lot of times because

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Speaker 2: So it also brings up the desire.

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Speaker 4: It rejuvenates the desire to do what you love doing,

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Speaker 3: Like travel. I'm trying traveling a lot over the holidays.

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Speaker 3: Oh I'll tell you guys a little bit about my plans. Okay,

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Speaker 3: so for Christmas, my boyfriend is a Notre Dame fan,

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Speaker 2: I'm fair.

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Speaker 3: I'll talk to the listeners, not you. So yeah, this

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Speaker 3: So as a college football fan myself, I'm an LSU girl,

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Speaker 3: go to Second City. Do you know what that is?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and like some great people came out of Second.

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Speaker 3: I'm sorry. New Year's Eve, so we'll probably do that.

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Speaker 3: We have some birthday parties. I have a wedding, but

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Speaker 2: That's the wedding over New Year's.

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Speaker 3: We have a birthday party for one of our friends,

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Speaker 3: just like it'll be fun because I think those things

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I love it. I'm jealous of the Second City thing.

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Speaker 4: I'm actually pulled up their website to see what shows

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll keep you posted. I'll report back for you guys.

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Speaker 3: But I'm just yeah, so anyway, and Chicago's just fun

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Speaker 3: The Notre Dame game, I'm gonna freeze my ass off.

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Speaker 3: I do know how to do a college football game.

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Speaker 3: I will say that uls you trained me. Well, what

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Speaker 3: are you gonna do? I know you're going home. We've

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Speaker 2: Sure, but I'm gonna read some books. I'm going to

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Speaker 4: Chill, like I really want to use it for a reset.

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Speaker 4: And my biggest goal, well there's I've got two goals

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Speaker 2: Or whatever, right, bake some cooks.

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Speaker 3: Well, you also have a fun activity you're doing tonight.

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Speaker 3: like have a smoothie at lunch or something. I don't know,

439
00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:21,840
Speaker 3: just like those kind of things like not to tell

440
00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,040
Speaker 3: you how to eat, do what works best for your body.

441
00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,159
Speaker 3: But it's also just like just be conscious because if

442
00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,840
Speaker 3: you don't want if you want to come back feeling

443
00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,639
Speaker 3: rested maybe or like feeling your best, right, yeah, you

444
00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,439
Speaker 3: don't have to come back feeling terrible totally.

445
00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:35,720
Speaker 2: Yeah.

446
00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,240
Speaker 4: And I think even as we're going into the new year,

447
00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,920
Speaker 4: that's when a lot of people look for that reset.

448
00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,560
Speaker 2: And it's a lot harder to hit that button.

449
00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,760
Speaker 4: When you feel like shit, yes, and it's a lot

450
00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,320
Speaker 4: easier to sort of stay in your like feelings and

451
00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,520
Speaker 4: try to eat them. So that's I mean, I think

452
00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,560
Speaker 4: that's a great suggestion. It's like, if you know that

453
00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,480
Speaker 4: you're going to a big family dinner and there's going

454
00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:57,800
Speaker 4: to be a lot of mac and cheese and mashed

455
00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,439
Speaker 4: potatoes and desserts and all the things, maybe have a

456
00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,080
Speaker 4: salad for lunch so that you can allow yourself to

457
00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:04,399
Speaker 4: have all that shit and.

458
00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,280
Speaker 3: And not feel yourself feels Yeah. Well, when we were

459
00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:11,080
Speaker 3: talking about it my list, I love that, And when

460
00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,320
Speaker 3: we were talking about yours earlier, I was like, well,

461
00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,080
Speaker 3: I also think there should be some fun in there,

462
00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,800
Speaker 3: and obviously there's a ton of family time. You know

463
00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,160
Speaker 3: that weird thing when you're with your family and it's

464
00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:24,240
Speaker 3: obviously people you've known forever your whole life, most of them,

465
00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,760
Speaker 3: but you also kind of don't know each other. It's

466
00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,760
Speaker 3: like this really weird thing, especially with your extended family.

467
00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,160
Speaker 3: So my mom always does a really good job of

468
00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,359
Speaker 3: like introducing games into the mix. Like that's a great

469
00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,040
Speaker 3: PG way, so it can be with kids and what

470
00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,840
Speaker 3: or not whatever, but like it's a great way to

471
00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,320
Speaker 3: kind of get everyone together and just do fun stuff.

472
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Speaker 3: So I put up a list of just some random ones.

473
00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,359
Speaker 3: Like a scavenger hunt is always really fun. It is

474
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Speaker 3: a lot of work for the person planning it, but

475
00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,640
Speaker 3: if you have usually there's a person in the group

476
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Speaker 3: who likes.

477
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Speaker 2: I got chut GPT can throw together a scavenger.

478
00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,520
Speaker 3: And now exactly use AI to your benefit, you know,

479
00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:01,800
Speaker 3: put in the bullet points or whatever, and it'll send

480
00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,760
Speaker 3: you the way to say it, so you don't have

481
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,280
Speaker 3: to rack your brain thinking of that Christmas bingo. That

482
00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:08,080
Speaker 3: could be a fun one.

483
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:08,760
Speaker 2: That's fun.

484
00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,639
Speaker 3: Reverse charades I just think charades in general. What's reverse

485
00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:17,200
Speaker 3: charates a variation on classic charades where the whole room

486
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,480
Speaker 3: pantomimes while one person.

487
00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:21,679
Speaker 2: Guesses that's kind of funny.

488
00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,800
Speaker 3: That is kind of funny because I bet everyone's doing

489
00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:27,520
Speaker 3: a different pantomime and so it can be like stressful

490
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,920
Speaker 3: but confusing in a funny way. I always think that's

491
00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,119
Speaker 3: funny when people are like, it's like you're up against

492
00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:33,919
Speaker 3: the time, Like do you ever play that game catchphrase?

493
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,679
Speaker 3: That's when we play in my family a lot, and

494
00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:37,960
Speaker 3: it's like you're up against the timer and you're trying

495
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,640
Speaker 3: to describe it and the pressure's on, and the things

496
00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:42,560
Speaker 3: that come out of your mouth when that's the energy,

497
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:43,679
Speaker 3: it's always just so much.

498
00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,879
Speaker 4: People just like shooting word word bullets at you to

499
00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,919
Speaker 4: try yeah, yeah, something that gets them closer to exactly.

500
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Speaker 3: Okay, name that tune. I gotta tell you, I think

501
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,800
Speaker 3: I would kill at this game. Like I can tell

502
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,480
Speaker 3: a song when it's the first two notes for some reason.

503
00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:00,679
Speaker 3: I don't know why my brain is like that, but

504
00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,280
Speaker 3: that would be a good one. Pictionary is always a

505
00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,640
Speaker 3: good one. White Elephant exchange especially.

506
00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,640
Speaker 2: We do that at my sister's in laws, and that's

507
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:08,280
Speaker 2: really fun.

508
00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,719
Speaker 3: It's just a fun way to give gifts, especially if

509
00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,920
Speaker 3: you like, as adults, don't want to do something, then

510
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,600
Speaker 3: get everybody to bring a little white elephant, and it's

511
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:16,720
Speaker 3: more of like a joke thing.

512
00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,879
Speaker 4: My sisters in laws do it, and her mother in

513
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:25,280
Speaker 4: law buys everything and then she wraps them creatively so

514
00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,560
Speaker 4: you don't know, and everyone gets a ticket and then

515
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,560
Speaker 4: she just calls like ticket numbers two seventy nine, and

516
00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,760
Speaker 4: you go and pick a gift.

517
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,160
Speaker 2: So nobody knows what they are. And it can like sometimes.

518
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,439
Speaker 4: It's like a thirty pack of batteries, you know, like

519
00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,639
Speaker 4: it's useful things, you know, pyres.

520
00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,680
Speaker 2: It's always like she's not spending it.

521
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,239
Speaker 4: Nothing's worth more than twenty five dollars, you know, Like

522
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,120
Speaker 4: she's got some gift cards and like you might get

523
00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,320
Speaker 4: like a gift card with a bag of peanut and

524
00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:52,639
Speaker 4: M and m's or something. And so it's fun to

525
00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,320
Speaker 4: steal that kind of stuff too, because there's nothing that's

526
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:56,359
Speaker 4: really at stake.

527
00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,600
Speaker 3: I think it's fun the stealing part to see what's

528
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 3: like Actually the big hit is always funny too. Yeah,

529
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,359
Speaker 3: the last one I was going to read is Gingerbread

530
00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,640
Speaker 3: House Competition. If you have kids, that's always a massive hit.

531
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,240
Speaker 3: So those are really good.

532
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Speaker 2: It's been a long time since I've done one of those.

533
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:14,879
Speaker 3: I mean I haven't, but I've actually had some friends

534
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:19,360
Speaker 3: doing them. They can get really detailed these things. It's

535
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,399
Speaker 3: kind of crazy. Well, we did talk to you. We

536
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,080
Speaker 3: were like, I mean I told you before that I'm like,

537
00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,240
Speaker 3: I can't even think about alcohol right now because I

538
00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:27,879
Speaker 3: just feel like I've had so many parties. I'm like,

539
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,160
Speaker 3: I don't want to drink like and I also said,

540
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 3: it's kind of interesting we've talked about like in the past.

541
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,439
Speaker 3: I think obviously, like I drink a lot more than

542
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,360
Speaker 3: I do now, and I think I talked through when

543
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 3: I was I just took a break, like I was like,

544
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,560
Speaker 3: I need a detox, and you've talked about like you

545
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 3: might even do that next year, and I drink sometimes now.

546
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,200
Speaker 3: But it's I just feel like I have a totally

547
00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,360
Speaker 3: different relationship from it because I just took a year

548
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,520
Speaker 3: off to kind of be like this feels like it's

549
00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,880
Speaker 3: just become a habit that I don't enjoy and it's

550
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,000
Speaker 3: not making me feel good. So I just want to

551
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,119
Speaker 3: be conscious of my relationship with it. And that was

552
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,760
Speaker 3: a game changer. It's like, obviously alcohol is not good

553
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 3: for us. Like there's more and more research, yea more

554
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,399
Speaker 3: and more research is coming out about how bad it

555
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,399
Speaker 3: is for your brain, and I can tell the days

556
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 3: after I drink my brain does not feel good. So

557
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,800
Speaker 3: it's just become more of like a health journey thing

558
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 3: for me, you know, to be conscious about if I'm

559
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,640
Speaker 3: doing it. I'm doing it because it's a conscious decision

560
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,399
Speaker 3: and not just because everyone's doing it and it's another

561
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:30,800
Speaker 3: party and whatever. But if you do find yourself wanting

562
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,840
Speaker 3: a cocktail or need a cocktail, yeah, I mean, it's

563
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,879
Speaker 3: like everyone has their own relationship. I thought this sounded

564
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:41,480
Speaker 3: really good. A peppermint espresso martini. That would be a

565
00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,040
Speaker 3: good holiday one because it gives you a little energy

566
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,720
Speaker 3: from the espresso and it just sounds like a delightful way.

567
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 3: So I'll put that recipe also in the description of

568
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 3: this podcast. You could do a virgin one too, if

569
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,840
Speaker 3: you wanted to just do like a coffee espresso with

570
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 3: the peppermint additions, like just leave the alcohol out.

571
00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,679
Speaker 2: Yeah, So it's just kind.

572
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,400
Speaker 3: Of fun to have like a festive thing sometimes.

573
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,480
Speaker 4: Well also too, something like for those of you who

574
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,840
Speaker 4: think you might want to try it. I recently have

575
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,879
Speaker 4: been substituting tequila for vodka.

576
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,480
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, Press Martinez and they're really good.

577
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,720
Speaker 3: They are really good. I feel like it's called something

578
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 3: different when you do that, and I can't remember what

579
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,280
Speaker 3: it's called, but it is really good. And it's just

580
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,760
Speaker 3: if you're a tequila person versus a vodka which I

581
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 3: think you and I both prefer tequila.

582
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 4: Yes, one hundred percent, but I mean I'll drink a

583
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,040
Speaker 4: vodka one yeah.

584
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:34,000
Speaker 2: Well bride, He's like, we'll say no about it.

585
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 3: Yeah. Anyway, I just hope everyone has such a delightful holiday.

586
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,880
Speaker 3: It does feel like we've had a crazy couple years

587
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,399
Speaker 3: and I feel in some ways like that's still going on.

588
00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 3: I'm probably going to continue, but it seems like maybe

589
00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:52,040
Speaker 3: people are finding some peace within all the chaos, and

590
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,119
Speaker 3: that seems to be the goal to me. And so

591
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:55,840
Speaker 3: if we can find ways to be nice to each

592
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,160
Speaker 3: other and find some peace within ourselves, like I feel

593
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:00,359
Speaker 3: like that's what this is all about.

594
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:00,919
Speaker 2: Yep.

595
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,359
Speaker 3: So if you guys have any notes for us or

596
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 3: anything you want, I guess this is the last one.

597
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:08,679
Speaker 3: Oh my god, anything that you guys want to know

598
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 3: in the new year, or you want us to talk

599
00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,320
Speaker 3: about things you're loving, things that you're like, yeah, I

600
00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,480
Speaker 3: could do without that. We want to know this, so

601
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,720
Speaker 3: you can always email us at the Edge at velvet

602
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,200
Speaker 3: edge dot com, or you can slide into my Instagram DMS.

603
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,879
Speaker 3: I'm at Velvet's Edge. Thank you guys so much. Recently

604
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 3: we have been getting like a lot of feedback messages

605
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,240
Speaker 3: and it's just so helpful, Like we just want to

606
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:29,919
Speaker 3: know what y'all are loving.

607
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,679
Speaker 4: So hit me up there, Chip, I'm at Chip doorsh

608
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:38,640
Speaker 4: It's Chip Chip wowr sch.

609
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:39,440
Speaker 3: She forget how to spell your own name?

610
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,040
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I was gonna do. It's Chip dr.

611
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,600
Speaker 3: He really needs a holiday. Yeah, he really needs a holiday.

612
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:48,680
Speaker 2: I need this holiday.

613
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,480
Speaker 3: Well, as you guys are going into the new year,

614
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:56,080
Speaker 3: the into the holiday season, into all of this life,

615
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 3: and you're living on the edge, I hope you always

616
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 3: remember too casual by.

617
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 2: I saw you reach for you. It's the final countdown.

618
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:26,920
Speaker 1: Like it endures, It endures, it does endure as we

619
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,520
Speaker 1: have this year, Yes we have. I just wanted to

620
00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,840
Speaker 1: press play while you were singing, just for the people

621
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Speaker 1: to see what I live like.

622
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:43,200
Speaker 3: What is life like with life with Chip? I should

623
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,720
Speaker 3: start a series. Did you see my Instagram posts where

624
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,520
Speaker 3: I posted the picture of you on in your Yeah?

625
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I shared it.

626
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 3: Oh, whe think you did too. Actually, yeah, I just

627
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 3: want people to know what it's like have you as

628
00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 3: a friend. It's a lovely experience that everyone should get

629
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Speaker 3: a day is Matstea