1 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: It's their Happy Family's Podcast. Okay, Kylie, So technically we're 2 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: on holidays, but we're trying to keep the podcast going 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: through the break. We've got some great content for summer, 4 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: but we're going to keep it really short, really tight. 5 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: This is the busiest week of the year. We've got Christmas. 6 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: It's this week. It's this Sunday Christmas. Can you believe it? 7 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: Before we dive into three secrets to getting through the 8 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 1: busiest week of the year, you found something on Instagram 9 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: and we kind of just have it. We've got to 10 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: have a listen to this for any for any parent 11 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 1: of a teenager or someone who's going to be a 12 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: parent of a teenager one day, just bear this in 13 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: mind and say this to them when they're giving you 14 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: some attitude. 15 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 2: I want to talk to the teenagers right now who 16 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 2: get annoyed with their mom. I'm got to tell you something. 17 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 2: There was a time when you loved her so much, 18 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 2: you were so obsessed with your mom that you would 19 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 2: beg to watch her poop. That's right. You would sit 20 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 2: outside her door, banging and crying to be let in. 21 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 2: And if she gave up and opened that door to 22 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 2: let you in. 23 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 3: You know what you tried to do. 24 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 2: You tried to sit on her lap like some kind 25 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 2: of sick go stalker weirdo. Okay, so the next time 26 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 2: you start looking at your mom feeling too good for her, 27 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: she's getting on your nerves, remember that. 28 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 1: Okay, good, so good. So that is Anna dot lind 29 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: dot Thomas. Anna dot lind dot Thomas. We found her 30 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,279 Speaker 1: on Instagram. She's also on TikTok and she's pretty down funny. 31 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: She says some funny stuff. Anyway, busiest week of the yekli. 32 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: Let's get down to it because people are busy and 33 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: I don't want to listen too much comedy on Instagram. 34 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: They can find themselves. I want to hear from you. 35 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: How do we keep calm, how do we hold together? 36 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: How do we make everything work when it comes to 37 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: getting through a week like this? Instead of me giving 38 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: the advice today, this is your specialty, because this week 39 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: I kind of well. I take the kids surfing, I 40 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: take them to the beach, I hang out and watch 41 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: movies with them. You're the one that's doing all the 42 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: hard work. So what's your advice. 43 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 3: I've just got three bits of advice. 44 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 1: Okay. Number one, hit us with it. 45 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,839 Speaker 3: Be intentional. You need to plan. If you've got four 46 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 3: days leading up to Christmas, what do those four days 47 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 3: look like. You don't have to have every minute taken 48 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 3: into account, but you need to know what are the 49 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 3: most important things you need to get done. 50 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: So it's saying it to do lists. 51 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, I guess, so just make sure the important things 52 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 3: are done, because we can so easily get sidetracked with 53 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 3: all of the trivial stuff and then come Christmas Day 54 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 3: we're flustered because none of the stuff that was important 55 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 3: got done in the leader. 56 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: But that's also part of the reason that I'm on 57 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: my list. I've actually got a list of all the 58 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: stuff that I've had to chase up. But on my 59 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: list every day is play with the kids. That's right, 60 00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: because I don't want to get to Christmas Day and 61 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: be like, oh my goodness, we're halfway through the holidays 62 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: already and I haven't even spent any time with the kids. 63 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: So put that on my list as well. What's your 64 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: second idea? Rather than being intentional, I don't. 65 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 3: Say no all. It's so easy again to just say 66 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:17,959 Speaker 3: yes to everything because you don't want to miss out. 67 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 3: Do you want the kids to have the excitement of, 68 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 3: you know, going to all the Christmas parties and being 69 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 3: with their friends. But if it doesn't fit in with 70 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 3: the family plan, then you just need to say no. 71 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: So what have you said no to? 72 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 3: Well, we've sitting known to a couple of things, have 73 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 3: we Yeah, we had a community don't even know. We 74 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 3: had a community Christmas party which we. 75 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, which it just didn't fit in yep, yep 76 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: for the school. 77 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 3: Yeah. 78 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: And there's also the church one that we didn't go 79 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: to as well because it didn't fit. We just couldn't 80 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: make it happen. You know what I've been doing. I've 81 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: been getting text messages, emails and phone calls from media 82 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: outlets saying we need you on the radio? Can you 83 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: do an interview for us? Can you? And I've been 84 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: saying I'm not taking any interviews across summer. I'm with 85 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: my family. In fact, I've tried not to answer the 86 00:03:57,840 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: phone at all, but every now and again I've answered 87 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: it and then I've had to say no to them. 88 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 3: Well, unfortunately, if you didn't answer the phone, we might 89 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 3: not have known that our daughter was sitting on the 90 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 3: side of the road. 91 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: Which is why I've got to answer the phone, right, 92 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I have to answer the phone. What's your 93 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: third one? Other than you've got be intentional say though. 94 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 3: Well, after the last few weeks that we've had and 95 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 3: the situations we've found ourselves in, it might look and 96 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 3: feel like it's out of place, but it actually fits 97 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 3: in beautifully. It's people matter. Things don't right, and when 98 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 3: we think about Christmas, we get so caught up often 99 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 3: in all of this stuff. But the reality is what 100 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 3: matters most is the people in your life and that 101 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 3: they know that they're loved and time with them is 102 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,799 Speaker 3: so much more beneficial and strengthening to the family unit 103 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 3: than any gift. 104 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, great reminder, And if the kids are giving attitude, 105 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: just remind me, just remind them when you were young 106 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: you love me so much? Used to what I'll watch people, poopeople, 107 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: let's discuss. The Happy Family's podcast is produced by Justin 108 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: Roland for Bridge Media. Craig Bruce is our executive producer. 109 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: Have a great week as we move into Christmas, and 110 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: we will talk to you again tomorrow.