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Speaker 1: Yes, Yes, I am Dramas And this is The Streets

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Speaker 1: Podcast bringing you your daily dose of timeless stoic philosophy.

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Speaker 1: We are combining ancient philosophy with lyrics and quotes from

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Speaker 1: some of the greatest who ever grace a microphone. Now,

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Speaker 1: with that in mind, let's get things sought it with

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Speaker 1: your daily shot of inspiration today. I wanted to focus

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Speaker 1: around the idea of self care, you know, and not

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Speaker 1: burning yourself out and and understanding the importance of balance,

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Speaker 1: right because I know that on the show and in

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Speaker 1: general with wellness, self help and hustle culture that exists

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Speaker 1: in today's world that's always about like, you know, you're

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Speaker 1: not working hard enough. You know, you need to push harder,

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Speaker 1: you need to stop listening to other people's negative stuff.

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Speaker 1: You need to do this, you need to do that.

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Speaker 1: And sometimes you just need to not do anything right

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Speaker 1: and you need to be okay with that. And and

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Speaker 1: this leads me to a quote from Big Sean where

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Speaker 1: he says, you can't expect the best if you're not

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Speaker 1: at your best or feeling the best. Right and again,

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Speaker 1: it can't always be go go go when you're burnt out,

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Speaker 1: when you are exhausted, when you are uninspired. As a

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Speaker 1: result of that, you're not at your best. You're not

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Speaker 1: delivering the quality of work or attention, you know, be

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Speaker 1: it for your family, your kids, whatever it might be.

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Speaker 1: You're not at your best. You're not delivering your best

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Speaker 1: when you are in this state of mind of exhaustion, burnout,

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Speaker 1: and fatigue. Right, And even somebody like Big Sean talking

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Speaker 1: about this, you know, he's somebody who's practiced what he preaches.

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Speaker 1: He's talked about having to take something like an entire

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Speaker 1: year off because his mental health was suffering from years

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Speaker 1: of just NonStop touring, recording, and all the above. And

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Speaker 1: he had guilt because there are certain people who are

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Speaker 1: eating off of you know, him working, be it managers,

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Speaker 1: be at booking agents, the crew that supports him, all

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Speaker 1: the above. But he understood that he would be of

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Speaker 1: no service to them, that he would not be producing

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Speaker 1: his best work and probably hurt his future opportunities as

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Speaker 1: a result if he didn't prioritize his own mental health

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Speaker 1: and take some time off to kind of recalibrate and

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Speaker 1: and to rest. Essentially right in its simplest form, and

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Speaker 1: this leads perfectly into a quote from one of the

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Speaker 1: Stoics Seneca, where he says, to wish to be well

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Speaker 1: is a part of becoming well. And to me, he's saying,

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Speaker 1: part of feeling good is first making the decision to

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Speaker 1: do so right. That means listening to your body and

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Speaker 1: your mind and hearing them when they're telling you that

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Speaker 1: they need something. Right, when you are feeling exhausted, listening

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Speaker 1: to your body and taking some time to rest. Right,

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Speaker 1: if you're you know, feeling the results of like a

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Speaker 1: terrible eating habit, your body's going to tell you and

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Speaker 1: you have to listen and change that so you're not

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Speaker 1: feeling so terrible. Right. Like again, our mind, our body,

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Speaker 1: they're always sending us messages. And in today's culture, in

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Speaker 1: today's society where we are always demanding more and more

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Speaker 1: and more, it's very normal for us, unfortunately myself included,

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Speaker 1: to ignore what our mind and body are telling us

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Speaker 1: that they actually need. Right And for me, I lived

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Speaker 1: that way for such a long time, particularly when I

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Speaker 1: was first coming up in radio, and I never took

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Speaker 1: days off, I never took vacations. I had, you know,

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Speaker 1: sick days that always went unused. I had vacation time

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Speaker 1: that went unused, you know, I wore exhaustion as like

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Speaker 1: this sort of badge of honor. Right, And now I've

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Speaker 1: learned to listen to myself, right, because I went through

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Speaker 1: a period of just serious burnout and I was of

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Speaker 1: little use to anyone. You know, I was half asking

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Speaker 1: most of the things that I was doing because I

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Speaker 1: just wasn't capable of giving it by all. I didn't

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Speaker 1: have the energy, I didn't have the clarity of mine

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Speaker 1: to do so. Right, And even recently, because this is

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Speaker 1: an ongoing thing where you constantly have to kind of

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Speaker 1: check in with yourself and and check yourself as needed,

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Speaker 1: like recently, I was feeling burnt out, you know, like

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Speaker 1: these last couple of weeks, and I'm proud of myself

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Speaker 1: for listening, right, I'm proud of myself for saying, Okay,

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Speaker 1: what are the things that I can put on hold?

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Speaker 1: And what are the things that are essential? Right? And

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Speaker 1: then I just decided anything that is essential or time sensitive,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to take care of that. But everything else,

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Speaker 1: all those other emails that are piling up, those other

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Speaker 1: projects that I'm wanting to work on but don't necessarily

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Speaker 1: need to get done this week, I'm going to put

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Speaker 1: all that on hold. And I'm going to use the

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Speaker 1: rest of the free time that I have to rest

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Speaker 1: literally sleeping, eating better, doing things that bring me joy, right,

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Speaker 1: whatever it takes to recalibrate myself and even you know,

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Speaker 1: when it comes to my mental health, I was taking

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Speaker 1: a break from therapy, right. I hadn't gotten and seen

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Speaker 1: a therapist in probably half a year. I recently realized

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Speaker 1: I need to work through some shit, so I signed

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Speaker 1: back up. I listened to what my mind and body

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Speaker 1: was telling me. I understood what I needed in that

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Speaker 1: moment and gave it to myself, regardless of the fact

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Speaker 1: that you know it's going to take up an hour

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Speaker 1: me xm of dollars a month. I prioritized my mind,

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Speaker 1: my body, and my own self care, right, And that's

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Speaker 1: what we all need to learn how to do. We

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Speaker 1: need to value self care, you know, and value ourselves

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Speaker 1: and understand the idea of balance. Now, with that in mind,

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Speaker 1: we've talked about this, this whole concept of taking care

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Speaker 1: of yourself. We have heard from Big Sean, we have

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Speaker 1: heard from Seneca, one of the Stoics. I've given you

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Speaker 1: some insight into my own life and what I'm currently

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Speaker 1: going through in regards to this topic. Now, let's talk

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Speaker 1: about how you can make it your mantra for today.

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Speaker 1: But first let's take a quick break and then we'll

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Speaker 1: be right back. So we're talking about this idea of

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Speaker 1: self care and taking care of yourself today. We've heard

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Speaker 1: the words of Big Sean and a bit about how

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Speaker 1: he's applied this to his life. We've heard the words

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Speaker 1: of one of the stoics, Seneca. I've talked about how

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Speaker 1: I've applied this to my life as well. Now let's

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Speaker 1: talk about how you can make it your mantra for today.

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Speaker 1: I think, first and foremost, it starts with valuing self

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Speaker 1: care as much as we value the hustle. Right, And

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Speaker 1: something that was recently brought to my attention, and it's

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Speaker 1: probably like a du type of thing. I was speaking

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Speaker 1: with somebody who's a life coach, and I was just

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Speaker 1: talking about how at times I find it hard to

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Speaker 1: take a break or to prioritize time off, right, and

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Speaker 1: they brought up a really obvious strategy of viewing time off,

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Speaker 1: viewing moments of self care as a productive part of

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Speaker 1: my work behavior right. Essentially that me doing those things

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Speaker 1: will allow me then to have the clarity of mind

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Speaker 1: the things I'm trying to do in my career and

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Speaker 1: in my personal life right, And that's what I have

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Speaker 1: to keep in mind. That's what you have to keep

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Speaker 1: in mind, right. Self care. You know, even if it

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Speaker 1: to do, in the long run, it is going to

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Speaker 1: give you far better results at whatever task you're trying

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Speaker 1: to complete. Right, when your mind is rested, when your

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Speaker 1: body is rested, when you're feeling good, you are going

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Speaker 1: to be far sharper and and far more able to

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Speaker 1: do whatever task it is you know that is on

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Speaker 1: the docket for you. Right, your ideas are going to

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Speaker 1: flow better, You're going to be far more inspired. But again,

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Speaker 1: all of that takes prioritizing your own self care and

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Speaker 1: your own wellness. So to recap, like Big Sean said,

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Speaker 1: you know, how can you expect the best of yourself

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Speaker 1: if you are not feeling your best? Right, very simple idea.

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Speaker 1: If you're feeling tired, you're feeling exhausted, you are feeling

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Speaker 1: unhealthy as a result of diet or lack of exercise.

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Speaker 1: There's no way in hell that you are going to

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Speaker 1: produce your best work. Right. You have to keep that

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Speaker 1: in mind and remind yourself and as Seneca said, to

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Speaker 1: wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

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Speaker 1: You have to make the decision to feel good right

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Speaker 1: that that is a part of life, a part of balance,

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Speaker 1: a part of wellness. It doesn't just come from from nothing.

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Speaker 1: Right you feeling good, You feeling happy, rested, fulfilled, inspired.

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Speaker 1: That that comes from you making a decision, a decision

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Speaker 1: to take care of yourself. And like me, you know

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Speaker 1: understanding that I am not at my best when I'm

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Speaker 1: burnt out, and understanding that the times that I do

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Speaker 1: take some space for myself, some time to rest, some

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Speaker 1: time to recoup, I end up coming back better than

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Speaker 1: ever before, and far more effective at what I'm trying

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Speaker 1: to do and far more productive. Right, the results that

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Speaker 1: happen end up progressing me far further than they would

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Speaker 1: have had I have just been riding this wave of burnout.

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Speaker 1: So it's something to keep in mind. Balance is key,

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Speaker 1: and again, value your self care just as much as

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Speaker 1: you value the hustle and the grind. Now, with that said,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for checking out the Street Stoke Podcast.

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Speaker 1: Do your best to apply these concepts that we've discussed

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Speaker 1: into your everyday life, and I'll catch you next time.

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