1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: episode is going to be a longer one part of 4 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: the series where I interview fascinating people about how they 5 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: take their days from great to awesome and any advice 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: they have for the rest of us. So today I 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: am delighted to welcome Kristin, who goes by the name 8 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: The Frugal Girl online, to the show. So Kristin is 9 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: known for her widely read blog, The Frugal Girl, where 10 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: she talks about cheerfully living on less. So Kristin, welcome 11 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: to the show. 12 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 2: Thank you. I'm delighted to be here. 13 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, why don't you tell our listeners a little 14 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: bit about yourself? 15 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 2: All right? This always feels a little like an elevator pitch, 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 2: but for yourself. 17 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: It is more or less. 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 2: I am forty seven years old. I have four adult 19 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 2: children that I homeschooled from kindergarten through high school. I 20 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 2: am a blogger. I have been blogging at The Fouco 21 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: Girl since two thousand and eight, so I'm kind of 22 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 2: a dinosaur in the blogging world, and in the last 23 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 2: couple of years, my life has taken some turns that 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 2: I did not expect. In twenty twenty two, I made 25 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 2: the difficult but good decision to leave a twenty five 26 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 2: year marriage that was not good for me, and my 27 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 2: divorce was finalized in twenty twenty four. And also during 28 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 2: that time, I decided to go back to school, so 29 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: I started the nursing program and I just graduated this spring, 30 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 2: and I will start a new nurse job in August 31 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 2: of this year. 32 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: That is so exciting. People who read Christen's blog have 33 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 1: been following her journey. It's like we all went to 34 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: nursing school with you. 35 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 2: It's so true. I feel like I have the biggest 36 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 2: support network of anybody in all of nursing school, because 37 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 2: I have supporters from all over the world who've been 38 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: cheering me on. 39 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, it's just so many specifics, like I love 40 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: learning new things, Like I had no idea like what 41 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: you know, obviously you're having to learn the skills nursing, 42 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: but what that would look like on a day to 43 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: day basis. And then I'm getting the reports from Kristin 44 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: of what exactly she's doing, So you know, it's great 45 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: to have that community. So why did you start The 46 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: Frugal Girl so many years ago? 47 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 2: So initially it was for some personal accountability despite a 48 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 2: lifelong obsession with saving money. I found myself throwing food 49 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 2: away on a regular basis, and I thought it would 50 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 2: help me if I posted a picture on the Internet 51 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 2: of everything I threw away each week. So I started 52 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 2: a blog with an embarrassingly long url. It was called 53 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 2: Confessions of Recovering Food Waster dot blogspot dot com. And 54 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 2: after I blogged there for a few months, I was like, 55 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 2: you know, I really liked this blogging thing, but I 56 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: kind of want to expand my topic. So I moved 57 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 2: on over to The Frugal Girl, which is a great 58 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 2: decision for many reasons, not the least of which is 59 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,399 Speaker 2: an extremely more manageable URL than what I started with. 60 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: Yes, you can tell people that one and they'll remember it. 61 00:02:58,600 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: So true. 62 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 2: I didn't know any think about blogging when I started 63 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: back in two thousand and eight. It was just so new, 64 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 2: So I'm thankful that I transitioned from such a long 65 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: blog name to something a little more concise. 66 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, and so you were just chronicling your experiences of 67 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: trying to save money in various ways. I was yep, yep, 68 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: And you know what, seems you've been doing this for 69 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: so long? What are people's favorite posts? 70 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 2: Like? 71 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: What do people really love reading on a blog like this? 72 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 2: Every week I do a five Frugal Things post, which 73 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 2: was inspired by my friend Katie who blogs at an 74 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: I'm Consumer Advocate, where I just share five things that 75 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 2: I did that week to save money, and then people 76 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 2: also chime in the comments and share their own. Another 77 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: thing is a feature called Thankful Thursday that we started 78 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 2: during the pandemic because all of us were in lockdown 79 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: and we were having a little trouble finding things that 80 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: were good in our lives, so we started making thankfulness 81 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: Every week, I post mine and then people post theirs 82 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 2: in the comments, and people found to do be so helpful. 83 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 2: We've just kept up the practice, and here we are 84 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: five years later, still doing this. I've also written a 85 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 2: lot about my nursing school journey, which people have enjoyed, 86 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 2: and then I've also written about sort of the process 87 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 2: of navigating these changes in my life in the last 88 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 2: couple of years and just being kind of vulnerable about that. 89 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 2: People have really appreciated that, I think, just the realness 90 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 2: of that. And then Also a lot of people have 91 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 2: message me to tell me that they've been inspired to 92 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 2: see how I've been kind of picking up the pieces 93 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,799 Speaker 2: and making something beautiful out of my life, even though 94 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 2: it hasn't gone the way that I expected it to go. 95 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I don't think anyone's life goes exactly how 96 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: they expected to, So you're in good company. And in 97 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: that regard, was it hard to stick with it? I mean, 98 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: what's made you stick with it all these years? 99 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 2: I think it's really that the topic that I chose 100 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 2: is something I could talk about forever and not get 101 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 2: tired of it and not run out of things too 102 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 2: talk about. I've been writing five plus a week since 103 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 2: two thousand and eight, and I still enjoy it. I 104 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: still don't have trouble coming up with things to write about, 105 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 2: and so that's how I know that I am in 106 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 2: the right niche. And I also really like the community 107 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 2: and social aspect of it. That I have a really 108 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 2: busy comments section and so there's lots of discussion that 109 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 2: goes on there, and I feel like I know my 110 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 2: readers and my readers feel like they know me, and 111 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 2: so it's a very social experience. It's not just me 112 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 2: putting my words out into the world. 113 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, I mean for people who should you know, 114 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: everyone should go check it out. But there's I mean, 115 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: there's really like celebrities within the comments section at this point. 116 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: I mean there's people who are there, you know, at 117 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: least once or twice a week commenting, and you get 118 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: to know them over the years. Yeah, and so I 119 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: imagine on some level talking with those people it becomes 120 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,679 Speaker 1: its own kind of self reinforcing cycle. Then it does. 121 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: It does, Yes, yes, it's I know people say internet 122 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 2: friendships are really real friendships, but but I really do 123 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 2: enjoy the interaction that I have with my readers, and 124 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 2: I am humbled and honored to hear from them that 125 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 2: the things that I write make a difference for them, 126 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 2: and that is really fulfilling and that makes me want 127 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 2: to keep writing too. 128 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, do you have any advice for any you know, 129 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: aspiring content creators out there. That's such a funny phrase, 130 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: and when you started in two thousand and eight, no 131 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: one use that phrase. 132 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 2: So true. 133 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: So I'm very curious if there's something you would tell 134 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: anyone who is thinking, like, you know, I have a 135 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: point of view, I have something I want to share. 136 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: What do you do with that. 137 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 2: I think the thing that has helped me the most, 138 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 2: like I said, is picking a topic that I could 139 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 2: talk about forever. I am not bored of talking about 140 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 2: saving money. I'm not bored of talking about being content. 141 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 2: And I think that's part of the reason that I've 142 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 2: just been able to keep going for all this time 143 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 2: is that I am in a niche that I really 144 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 2: really like. 145 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, all right, Well We're going to take a 146 00:06:58,520 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: quick ad break and then I will be back with 147 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: more from Kristin of the Frugal Girl. Well, I am 148 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: back talking with Kristin, who is known online as the 149 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: Frugal Girl has been blogging under that name since about 150 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: two thousand and eight. So you took this pivot a 151 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: couple of years ago to go back to school. What 152 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: you know, nursing and frugal blogging and homeschooling are sort 153 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: of different things. What why nursing? Like why this is 154 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: the career you went to for the second part of life. 155 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 2: So when my kids were younger, I always used to, 156 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 2: like herdedly, say, oh, if I had a second lifetime, 157 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 2: I would go back to school and become a late 158 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 2: brand delivery nurse. And at some point it occurred to me, 159 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 2: I was only going to be forty five when my 160 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 2: youngest kid graduated from high school, and given an average 161 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 2: life span, that sort of does still offer you a 162 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 2: second lifetime. So I thought, you know, I really could 163 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 2: do this. Why nurse. I am fascinated with the human body, 164 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 2: and I also really love people. I love talking to people, 165 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 2: I love meeting people, I love helping people, I love 166 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 2: taking care of people. So nursing is a good fit 167 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 2: for that. And also I am nigh onto impossible to 168 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 2: gross out, which is. 169 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: A big moving at the hospital because. 170 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 2: Benefit, yes, we see things every day that would probably 171 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 2: turn most people's stomachs, and for whatever reason, it just 172 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 2: does not bother me. So that makes sense to go 173 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 2: into nursing if you if you cannot be grossed out. 174 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, yes, you need both the empathy and the 175 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: not grossed out part of it, the two skills that 176 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: are that are key there. So when you were looking 177 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: at this though, I mean, it's one thing to say, yeah, 178 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: I'd like a second career as a nurse, but this 179 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 1: was a long project you had to map out because 180 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: you know, you had to. You can't just like show 181 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: up tomorrow and go to nursing school. There's things you 182 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: have to do first, right. 183 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 2: Yes, there's a whole bunch of prerequisite classes that you 184 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 2: have to do before you can join up nursing program. 185 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 2: So I looked at the path that was laid out 186 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 2: for that, and I started doing my prerequisits while my 187 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 2: youngest child was still in high school. So I just 188 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,559 Speaker 2: did one class per semester because I was still homeschooling. 189 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 2: So I knocked all of those out while she was 190 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 2: still in high school, and then when she graduated, then 191 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 2: I was all ready to jump into the nursing program. 192 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: And did you really sort of plot out like how 193 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: many years it would take and what you'd need to do. 194 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,199 Speaker 1: I'm curious as you were thinking about this, what was 195 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: the thought process there? 196 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 2: I did? I did. I went onto my community college's 197 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 2: website and they have the whole path laid out there, 198 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: and I figured if I just kept up that one 199 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 2: class of semester kind of thing, I could knock out 200 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 2: everything I needed to get started as soon as she 201 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 2: graduated from high school? 202 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: Was it hard to start taking things like college math 203 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: and biology and all that. 204 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 2: I was a little scared before I went back to 205 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 2: school because I always tell people I took twenty five 206 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 2: gap years, and I was like, oh, man, I don't know, 207 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 2: can my middle aged brain keep up with all these 208 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 2: young classmates. But I think something that helped me is 209 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 2: that I've been homeschooling for all of these years, and 210 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 2: so even though I wasn't the learner, I was a teacher, 211 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 2: and so I've just been in this learning environment for 212 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 2: so long. I did actually find it that hard to 213 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 2: do my college classes, and I did successfully keep up 214 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 2: with all of the young brains that I was surrounded by. 215 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 2: So it is possible to do this in middle age. 216 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I imagine. I mean the fact that you 217 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: were helping, you know, like high school students do math 218 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 1: for instance, meant it was at least somewhat more fresh 219 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: in your brain than these, you know, somebody who has 220 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: not done high school math since high school. 221 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 2: Oh? Absolutely, yes, Yes, homeschooling was a happy accident for that. 222 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 2: I didn't know that it was preparing me for nursing school, 223 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 2: but as it turns out, it was so. 224 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: Once you started full time school, I'm curious what your 225 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: schedule tended to look like because you have kept up 226 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: with your blogging, which it's not just writing a post 227 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: every day. It's all so the interaction with the people 228 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 1: who come there and keeping that community going. So how 229 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,959 Speaker 1: are you combining both of these? What did your schedule 230 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: look like? 231 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 2: Well, not every nursing school is like this, but mine 232 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 2: had a zero routine to it. For normal college classes, 233 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 2: you have lecture on a predictable day at a predictable time. 234 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 2: But my nursing school, we didn't have any weeks that 235 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 2: were the same as the previous one, so that required 236 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 2: a lot more flexibility than I'm used to. So I 237 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 2: actually used one of your tips, which is to sit 238 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 2: down on Friday and plan my week out just the 239 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 2: next seven days. So I just lived in seven day increments. 240 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:36,839 Speaker 2: Would I have been able to tell you what was 241 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 2: happening three weeks from that day, No, But I knew 242 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 2: what was happening the next seven days. I were right 243 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 2: down my labs and lectures and clinicals, my workshifts, my 244 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 2: daughter's workshifts, my daughter's classes, and then I would fill 245 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 2: in other things like what I was going to make 246 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 2: for dinner, when I was going to go to the gym, 247 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 2: and then things like blogging, responding to comments, and studying 248 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 2: that I'll just fit in the cracks of all that 249 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 2: other stuff. Living the seven days at a time really 250 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 2: helped me. 251 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, because the schedule was really all over the map. 252 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: You might have had a class at night or in 253 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: the morning, and then working at the hot because you 254 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: had to work at the hospital as well for a 255 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: chunk of this time. 256 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, so my life was very unpredictable from week 257 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 2: to week. 258 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: So well, I guess that's a good thing though, about 259 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: a flexible job like content creations, it could fit in. 260 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 2: Oh my goodness. Yes, yes, I have been so thankful 261 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 2: for my blogging job as I've been going through nursing school, 262 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 2: because trying to maintain any sort of regular work schedule 263 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 2: with this crazy nursing school schedule would have been so tough. 264 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 2: Blogging was the perfect job for me. 265 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, and you did a very good job. I 266 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: hear Kristin that you graduated with a four point zero. 267 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:46,439 Speaker 2: I did. I did. 268 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 1: So maybe you could talk about like how you studied, 269 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: like how you prepared for tests for instance. I mean, 270 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: I know you've helped kids with homeschooling, but you hadn't 271 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: done this for a while, and there's just all sorts 272 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: of study skills that are necessary to get a four 273 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: point zero. Why don't you talk a little bit about 274 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: your studying process. 275 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 2: Sure, so, one thing that I did was I did 276 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 2: not ever put things off to the last minute. I 277 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 2: made it through nursing school without bowling any old lighters. 278 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 2: I started studying for the next exam as soon as 279 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 2: the previous one was over. I helped other classmates, because 280 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 2: if you can teach something to somebody else, you usually 281 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:32,959 Speaker 2: learn a lot in the process yourself. And then I 282 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 2: also did a lot of pairing a body task with 283 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 2: a head task. If you try to pair two head tasks, 284 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 2: that does not work very well, Like if you try 285 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 2: to write a paper while you're talking to somebody on 286 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 2: the phone, that's not going to be productive. But if 287 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 2: you were doing something that requires mostly body energy and 288 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 2: not a whole lot of brain energy, is folding your laundry, 289 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 2: going for a walk, cleaning your house. If you do 290 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 2: something that also engages your brain, that is a really 291 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 2: good use of time. So when I was doing things 292 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 2: like that, I would put in a YouTube video about 293 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 2: enquxt questions, or I would listen to recorded lectures, and 294 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 2: that way I could pick up bits and pieces of 295 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 2: things while my body was busy doing something else. And 296 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 2: also my textbooks they had on audio version that I 297 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 2: could listen to. It was a really bad computer voice 298 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 2: reading the book. 299 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: But not enjoyable audio BIK posting. 300 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 2: No, But I persevered, and I figure anything that I 301 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 2: pick up while in doing those body tasks is a 302 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 2: nice bonus as compared to what would happen if I 303 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 2: was just folding my laundry in silence or cleaning my 304 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 2: house in silence. So that's a great way to be 305 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 2: a little more efficient and add some learning into some 306 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 2: time of doing tasks that I needed to do anyway. 307 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I love that phrasing a head task and a 308 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: body task. I think everyone can write that down because 309 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: it's a great way to multitask that doesn't just make 310 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: you crazy. Yeah, and combining these two wonderful things here 311 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: of nursing school and frugal living. I hear you also 312 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: never purchased food at your school or at the hospital 313 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: while in the course of doing this. 314 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 2: It is true I did not sit out to maintain 315 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 2: a streak, but I made it through all of my 316 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 2: time at nursing school and my workshifts at the hospital 317 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 2: and my clinical shifts at the hospital, and I think 318 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 2: the only thing I ever bought was a cookie on 319 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 2: my last day of clinical. 320 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: So you just don't did questing, That's what I thought. 321 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 2: So mainly I did this because I don't like to 322 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 2: spend money and I also like to feed my body well, 323 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 2: and the best way to make both of those schools 324 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 2: happen is to bring food from home. So I did 325 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 2: establish your gay habit of that, and I will carry 326 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 2: that into my nursing practice too. 327 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: So how did you do that? Did you make your 328 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: lunch in the morning before going, I mean, or did 329 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: you make sure you made enough to have leftovers? 330 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 2: Like? 331 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: What were the logistics here of making that happen. 332 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 2: I was always preparing the night before, because generally speaking, 333 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 2: nursing shifts start early in the morning and I do 334 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 2: not have time in the morning to pack my lunch, 335 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 2: so I usually prep things ahead of time. If I 336 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 2: knew I had a couple of workshifts coming up or 337 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 2: a couple of school shifts, I would make sure that 338 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 2: I cook some things and prep them and pack them 339 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 2: so that we were in my fridge just ready to go. 340 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 2: I'll have to do is grab them in the morning 341 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 2: and throw them in my lunch box and off I 342 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 2: go to the hospital. 343 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: And do you have a particular kind of lunch box 344 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: lunch containers that work really well that you would recommend 345 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: for somebody thinking about doing this if. 346 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 2: You don't need to microwave something, I really like stainless 347 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 2: steel containers because they don't take up a whole lot 348 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 2: of space and they're not that heavy. But if you 349 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 2: need to bring something that you have to microwave, obviously 350 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 2: that will be a shocking experience. 351 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: I would let them. Don't collect cut yourself. 352 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 2: So if I bring something I need to heat up, 353 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 2: I usually use like a glass Pyrex container, But for 354 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 2: cold things, I really love stainless steel containers. And I 355 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 2: love them too because they don't absorb any smells. 356 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: Always also good, you know, and you don't want to 357 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: be the person who's got smelly lunches all over the 358 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: place when you're when you're working. All right, Well, we're 359 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: gonna take one more quick ad break and I'll be 360 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: back with more from Kristin from the Frugal Girl. So 361 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: I am back talking with Kristin, who is known online 362 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: as the Frugal Girl. So, Kristin, obviously you said with 363 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 1: nursing school, things were never the same week to week. 364 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,400 Speaker 1: But I'm curious in sort of more your regular life 365 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: and as you're thinking about, you know, working and going 366 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: in the future, do you think you're going to establish 367 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: any sort of daily routines that that might make you 368 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 1: more productive? Like are you a morning routine person? You 369 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: like to exercise in the morning. I believe I do. 370 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 2: I would say that the things that I do routinely, 371 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 2: I have learned to be very flexible about them over 372 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,719 Speaker 2: the last couple of years. So the things I do 373 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 2: to take good care of myself, I put myself to 374 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 2: bed on time so that I get eight hours of sleep. 375 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 2: I prioritize movement, going for a walk every day. I 376 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 2: usually break out at the gym four times a week, 377 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 2: and then I also try to prioritize feeding myself well. 378 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 2: But in terms of exercising, I'm pretty flexible about it. 379 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 2: So I do prefer to go in the morning, but 380 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 2: sometimes during school that didn't work, so then I would 381 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 2: go to the gym at three pm. And I'm hoping 382 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 2: to be able to be a little more consistent about 383 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 2: it as I move into a nursing life. But nursing 384 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 2: life is also a little bit less predictable than a 385 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 2: Monday through Friday nine to five, because usually you work 386 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 2: three shifts a week, but the days that you work 387 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 2: those is not the same. Sometimes you have to do 388 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 2: night shifts and sometimes you have to do weekends. And 389 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 2: so I think the flexibility that I learned in nursing 390 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 2: school is going to be helpful as I move into 391 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 2: a nursing life, even though a nursing life is not 392 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,959 Speaker 2: quite as crazy as a nursing school life is. 393 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, well it seems that. I mean, it would just 394 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: be a different sort of mindset because if you've got 395 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 1: three twelve hour shifts a week, the days you're doing that, 396 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,639 Speaker 1: you're probably not doing a whole lot else, right, I mean, 397 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,160 Speaker 1: because it's by the time you get up, get ready, 398 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: drive yourself there, drive home, like we've consumed most of 399 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: the day. 400 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 2: Yep. 401 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: But then we have four days where that's not the case. 402 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: Or even if you were covering for somebody shift on occasion, 403 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: you know you'd still have three days where you were 404 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: able to do whatever. 405 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, so yes, you are correct. On the days 406 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 2: when I work at the hospital, I pretty much just work, 407 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 2: eat and sleep and that's it. Especially if you work 408 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 2: multiple days in a row, you just have to go 409 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 2: home and go to bed if you want to get 410 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 2: eight hours of sleep. So yeah, when I'm working, that's 411 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 2: usually pretty much all that I'm doing. But I feel 412 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 2: confident that I will be able to make the most 413 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 2: of my four days off. And some of that is 414 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 2: probably because of the time management skills that I had 415 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 2: in nursing school, learning to be flexible and move things 416 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 2: where they need to be and fill in the available space. 417 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 2: So I think it's going to be much easier than 418 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 2: what I've been doing for the last couple of years. 419 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, And do you see the Frugal Girl 420 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: the blog evolving as at all as you are, you know, 421 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 1: entering a reasonably well paid profession where you plan to 422 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: be working full time, I mean, is that going to 423 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: be sort of a different mindset. 424 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 2: I do still plan to blog. People have wondered about that, like, 425 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 2: are you going to quit blogging once you start nursing? 426 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 2: But I really like blogging. I love the community there, 427 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 2: I like sharing my life there, so I don't really 428 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 2: want to stop blogging. And my schedule going forward is 429 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:30,880 Speaker 2: going to be easier than it has been the last 430 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 2: couple of years, So I don't think there's going to 431 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 2: be a time constraint keeping me from blogging. So I 432 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 2: think I'm just going to keep writing about my life 433 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 2: there and sharing with people as long as people are 434 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 2: willing to read it. So I will be a blogging nurse. 435 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: A blogging nurse who's writing about ways to save money, 436 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:54,400 Speaker 1: even if if life is you know, looking financially reasonable 437 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: at that point too. Yeah, yeah, well you know it's 438 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: it's good. I'm a lifelong frugal person. Doesn't really matter 439 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: what I earn, it's always a It's kind of temperamental, 440 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 1: don't you think. 441 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 2: I do think a lot of it is just inborn. 442 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 2: And then also with having gotten divorced in my forties, 443 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 2: that's a pretty big financial reset. So I will be 444 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 2: happy for the opportunity to kind of rebuild my financial life. 445 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 2: And part of that is having a good paying job 446 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,360 Speaker 2: and combining your frugal skills with that, because you can 447 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 2: have a high paying job and still not be making 448 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 2: any financial progress if you just are spending all the 449 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 2: money that you are making. So my plan is to 450 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 2: earn the money and keep it, keep it. 451 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: That sounds good, That sounds like a good plan. 452 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 2: So Kristin. 453 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: I always ask people what is something you have done 454 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: recently to take a day from great to awesome? 455 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 2: So last Saturday, I had a shift at the hospital 456 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 2: that went from seven am to seven thirty pm. I 457 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 2: work as a patient care tech there and that's a 458 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,719 Speaker 2: pretty exhausting shift. I had an invitation to a friends 459 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 2: graduation party that I could go to after work, and 460 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 2: I almost didn't go because I was tired. But you 461 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 2: popped into my head, you know how you say people 462 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 2: are a good use of time, And I thought, you 463 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 2: know what, I'm probably not going to regret it if 464 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 2: I go, even though I'm a little tired. So went home, 465 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,239 Speaker 2: got out of my scrubs, did a quick cleanup, and 466 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 2: went to my friend's party. And It's true, I did 467 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 2: not regret going, and I feel like it took my 468 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 2: workday from great to awesome. 469 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, it wasn't just a day you worked twelve hours. 470 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: It was a day you worked twelve hours and saw 471 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: your friend yep, and had it. 472 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 2: Well. 473 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: I'm glad I could be in your head there, Kristin. 474 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: What I am for? What are you looking forward to 475 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:43,360 Speaker 1: right now? 476 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 2: If you asked me this a couple of months ago, 477 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 2: I definitely would have said graduating from nursing school, but 478 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 2: I already did that. So I'm looking forward to having 479 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,160 Speaker 2: my end CLEX, my licensing exam behind me. I take 480 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 2: that in the beginning of July, and then I'm looking 481 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 2: forward to starting my job as a new nurse in August. 482 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 2: And just in general, I am excited about the future 483 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 2: because nursing school has been so all consuming it's been 484 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 2: hard to do anything else or think about much of 485 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 2: anything else. So I'm excited about the improvement in schedule 486 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 2: flexibility that's coming up, Like I could actually take time off, 487 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 2: I could sure things which have been sort of impossible 488 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 2: for the last couple of years. So I'm just really 489 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 2: looking forward to all the possibilities that this opens up 490 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 2: for me. 491 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: Awesome, awesome, And where can people find you? 492 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 2: I am the frugal Girl everywhere. My website is Thefrugalgirl 493 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 2: dot com and you can find me on social media 494 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 2: under the frugal Girl. If you google the Frugal Girl, 495 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 2: you will find me. I'm consistently branded. 496 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 1: That's good. That's good, and she's been at it for 497 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: a long time. So lots to wade through with the 498 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 1: history of the Frugal Girl as well. 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