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I'm Alex, and you're listening to the Mindful with Media podcast.

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The episode that I had planned to

release this week was all about.

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The power of getting clear

about what you want and how

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to get clear on what you want.

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But last Friday.

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December 20th.

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I finished our goal to spend a

thousand hours outside this year.

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And so I was journaling about

that experience of spending a

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thousand hours outside this year.

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And.

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Just reflecting on the year as a whole.

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And I realized that I should

do a podcast episode just.

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At least touching on a few things.

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There's no way that you can grasp a.

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Year of life in a short podcast

episode, especially because.

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I'm just going to use my

kids quiet time today.

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And.

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That will end in about 20 minutes.

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So we'll see what I can share before.

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They finished their quiet time.

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But I wanted to just kind of

go through and share some of my

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favorite things from this year.

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And I thought it would

be fun to do by category.

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And again, we'll see how many categories

we get to, but the first category that I

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wanted to touch on was outside adventure.

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So some of my favorite.

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Outside adventures from the year.

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And.

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These are not in.

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Any particular order or

even chronological order.

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So.

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The first.

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Memory that came to mind.

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Was the day after Halloween.

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My friend who also has

been doing this challenge.

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Invited us to go to some hot Springs

that are relatively close by and

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you walk on a trail for a little

ways to get to the hot Springs.

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And I said yes, because that's

what we like to do in the

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mornings is going into ventures.

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But I did not anticipate how.

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Just like.

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Blah.

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I would be feeling the

day after Halloween.

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And my kids were, you know, we went to

bed late and they'd basically just eaten

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candy for the last, the week previous.

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And.

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I was exhausted and they

must have not slept well.

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And it was just, I was not feeling great.

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So.

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I like.

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And like for Hotsprings,

especially, this was November 1st.

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It's not like you can just

jump in the car, like.

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We needed to pack.

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Towels and swimsuits and.

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A backpack to carry all the things

on the trail and snacks and.

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A tinge of clothes and like, how

is that going to work for me?

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And so there was a lot to

think about for this activity.

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And so I almost texted my friend

and was just like, we're not

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feeling it this morning, but.

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My kids were like fussy

and struggling at home.

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And so I was like, I don't really

want to just be here with them either.

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We might as well just go.

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And this is probably my favorite

adventure from the year.

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It was so magical.

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There were only like a few other

people there at the hot Springs

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and the trail itself to walk to the

hot Springs was flat and beautiful.

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And.

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Still some fall leaves on the ground and.

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It was so fun for myself

and for my kids too.

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You know, have the.

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Cold air, but then be in the

warm, natural hot Springs.

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my three-year-old especially loved

it and thought it was really cool.

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And so it's just interesting how.

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I'm not into.

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Forcing myself to do things

that I don't want to do.

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Like very much.

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Like to lean into what

I actually want to do.

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And not, yeah, just not forcing myself

to do things, but it is interesting how.

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There's usually a version of me that

knows what I want to do deep down.

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Sometimes that's getting up earlier or

sometimes that's going to bed earlier

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or sometimes that's working out or

sometimes that's eating a certain way.

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Right.

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Where maybe in the moment, I don't really

want to do it, but like deep down, I

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really know that I do want to do it.

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And I think that's how often I feel

with going outside, especially in.

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Less than ideal weather or something

that takes a little bit more effort that

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initially I don't really want to, but.

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Ultimately, it feels so good.

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So that was one of my favorite memories.

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Another wonderful, happy

outside memory from this year.

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Isn't one memory in particular, but.

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We have like, A decent size backyard.

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That's just flat with grass.

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And that was one of . The things we

really liked when we bought this house.

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But my kids are so funny because

they don't like to play back there.

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Because what if someone else is outside

in the front yard and there's friends

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to play with, but we can't see them

because they're in the front yard.

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So we actually spend most of our time

at home, not in our big backyard, but

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in our front yard, because that's.

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Where the friends are.

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And it's actually been so fun.

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I would say that's where we

clocked like a huge chunk of

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our hours was just, just like.

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The nostalgic.

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Memory's in the front yard.

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So I would set up my red camp chair.

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And.

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My kids would ride bikes and

scooters and draw with chalk.

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And we even did, sometimes we do like.

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We'd get boxes and.

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Pretend to deliver mail to each other in

the boxes and you know, like right on.

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Color pictures and deliver those.

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And.

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Honestly, just a lot of writing around.

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Oh, it's like playing.

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Bus stop.

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Like.

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Excuse me.

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Like someone.

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Is the best driver and they ride

their bike and then you wait at the

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bus stop and then you follow behind

them on your bike or whatever.

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And sometimes I'd play with my kids.

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Oh.

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And also like the flower

beds in my front yard.

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I, there are some.

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What's that called perennials.

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Is that the climate come up every year.

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Or animals, probably animals, right.

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That come up every year.

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There are some of those that

come up that I didn't play it.

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Like the previous owners planted.

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But.

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I just have decided to let

my front flower bed be.

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Basically a sandbox for my kids.

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And so

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we went to DEI and got a bunch of like,

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Old kitchen utensils.

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And they just played for

hours and hours and hours.

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And the dirt and that has been really fun

and one of our neighbors, they have three

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kids that are similar ages to my kids.

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And then the other side.

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They have five girls.

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The youngest is.

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Nine.

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The oldest is 19.

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And so often the.

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Three youngest girls.

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One or all of them would come

out and play with my kids too.

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So.

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That was really nice to be able to

just sit and do nothing and watch.

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My kids play and just enjoy.

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Enjoy life, just the

simple things of life.

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So those are some of my

favorite memories and just.

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Connecting with our neighbors

on a deeper level this year.

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Another favorite outside adventure.

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I was spending time in the mountains.

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So.

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As many of, you know, I've said this

a lot of times on here, I'm pretty.

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Transparent about everything that's gone

on this year, but in March of this year,

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Matt had a grand mal seizure and then.

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Let's say it was about six months

where he was not able to do much.

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Besides just work and eat and sleep.

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And so Sundays were especially

long and hard because.

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You know, most people are

spending time with their family.

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Oh.

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And my parents also moved

out of state this year.

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And so.

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I just didn't have.

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People to hang out with on Sundays.

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Well, I will say my brother

and sister-in-law were so nice.

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They live about an hour north of here.

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And often they would invite

me to Kota my sister-in-law's

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extended family get together.

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So that was, we were very,

very grateful for that.

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But.

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Sundays with my kids.

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We were just struggling because

we go to church on Sunday and.

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We.

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I believe in keeping the Sabbath day.

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Holy and I've been trying to figure out.

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What that looks like in my current stage,

and especially with young kids without.

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Matt being able to help.

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And so we started going to

the mountains on Sundays and.

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Those are some of my.

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Very cherished memories.

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Of just feeling close to God in a new way.

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Peace.

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And.

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Made happy memories with my kids

in the mountains on Sundays.

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Whether that was hiking or.

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Throwing rocks and streams.

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And.

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Often a mix of all the things

you do in the mountains.

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Some of my other favorite

mountain adventures.

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I did a lot of hiking.

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This year.

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And I feel like my kids were at,

in some ways in better ages where

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they both can hike on their own.

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But also.

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Still pretty young.

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And so.

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When we went with other people, it

was sometimes hard to keep up, but.

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So many happy adventures.

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Hiking with friends, sometimes

just my kids and myself.

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But I love.

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Memory's hiking.

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And then this fall.

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So by three-year-old started

preschool this fall, he had it.

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Twice a week.

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At 1230.

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And so usually once a week, Usually on

Thursdays, we'd go up to the mountains.

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We got like a pass for

the canyon by our house.

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And we'd go with a friend and her kids.

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And.

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Like one day we just set up, , it

was kind of like camping, but

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without the actual sleeping part.

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So we set up our hammocks

and brought books.

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And.

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Just set up a little campsite.

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For several hours and explored,

you know, all the fun, parts of

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camping where you just stirred.

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Exploring and hanging out and.

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Chatting.

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And those are some really fun memories

being in the mountains in the fall

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when the leaves were changing colors

and some really beautiful hikes.

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Some of my other favorite outside

adventures from this year.

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So I've always loved skiing.

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I grew up skiing and.

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I kind of had come to a point

where I just accepted that.

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Skiing's probably not

the best family sport.

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It's.

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Expensive and Matt snowboards,

but he doesn't love it.

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And it's not always the

best with his seizures.

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And so I just had kind of accepted

before I got married that.

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my skiing.

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era.

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was over.

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And I've skied here and there since then.

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But.

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In March.

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When my son turned three.

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Math side of the family was going skiing.

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Altogether.

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And so I took Beckam and.

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It was.

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Everything I could've hoped and dreamed

for, well, actually the first time

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down did not go well and he was done.

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And so then he went into the

lodge and he was with like cousins

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and aunts and uncles and stuff.

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And I went up.

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To do some bigger stuff.

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And then when he came back,

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He was skiing on the bunny hill.

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And just cruising and like, he like

didn't want people to catch him.

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He just wanted to keep going down.

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And it was so fun and it gave

me so much hope in here now.

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Here's my new dream.

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One it's like my mindset around money

has changed so much that I'm like,

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I don't have to think

of that as expensive if.

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I love the idea of having

something to do in the winter.

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That I love.

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And hopefully my kids love.

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And even if they don't

love it, We can bring up.

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Fun food and even games.

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So like people can hang out in the lodge.

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And ski a couple of times, so they

want to, but also don't have to.

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But the people who really

love the skiing can go a ton.

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Anyways, I'm very excited about the

idea of teaching my kids to ski and.

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Becoming a skiing family.

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I'll just mention two more

outside of ventures that were

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especially fun this year.

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There's a reservoir.

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Called black Ridge reservoir.

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And my favorite time to go is

when it's really warm outside.

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But while school is still

in, so nobody's there.

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We went in March of this

year with a few friends.

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And it was just the most pleasant day.

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The kids display in the sand and.

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You know, kind of dip their toes

in the water, play in the water

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a little bit, but not a ton.

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And.

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The moms just sit and chat and

build sandcastles with the kids.

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And it's so fun.

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And again, we had a similar experience.

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In October when we went up to Tibble.

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fork and again, hardly anyone else

there, but it's still super warm day.

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I think it was October.

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Maybe it was September.

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I think it was October.

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I don't know.

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And just.

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Just enjoying.

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Being outside when it's not crowded.

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And my kids are happy.

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And having fun and I'm having

fun that that's it for me.

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Okay.

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Those were the . Outside adventures that

stood out to me most from this year.

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Next, I thought I would do books.

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Here's the thing about

books I've probably read.

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I should look on the good reads.

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I'm going to check real quick.

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Okay.

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According to my good reads,

I've read 45 books this year.

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Plus.

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I've read a few physical

books that I haven't put in.

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Good rates.

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And if you audio books that I

also want put in good rates.

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So.

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however many that is 50.

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Ish plus.

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I don't know, five or 10.

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But most of the books that I read are.

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The same genre, just like clean.

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Romance books.

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So like, Things by.

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Courtney Kiesel Courtney Walsh.

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Katherine Ray, she's one

of my favorite authors.

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Julie Klassen.

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, Sarah M Eden.

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Jennifer Griffith.

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Those are just like some of the

authors that I read this year.

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And.

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So I feel like I can't ever

distinguish in my mind.

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The difference between any of

those, they're all just kind of the

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same, but I obviously really enjoy

them because I keep reading them.

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So, well, I enjoyed all of those.

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None of them stand out as

like some of my favorites.

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But the ones that do stand out

as some of my favorites, I think

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because they're a little different.

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Are.

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The unselected journals of

Emma M lion by Beth Brower.

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And I had heard about these.

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For a while.

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I started the first one and was.

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Underwhelmed.

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I just kind of kept waiting.

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I was like, what's happening.

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But once I realized, I think there's

going to be like, 20 books or something.

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I don't remember, but a lot of

books and there's eight so far,

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I've read all eight of them.

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Once I realized it's

just like a very long.

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Book broken up into little sections.

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That was easier for me to.

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Like understand.

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But yeah, those are the only

books that I wrote down as far

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as my favorite books this year.

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But.

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I've.

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Read more non-fiction this year

than usual, I'm notorious for

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starting nonfiction books and

then never finishing them, which.

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Actually is still true in a

lot of ways, but I've read.

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How to keep house while

drowning this year.

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Commanding your morning by Cindy trim.

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I've read a lot of good inside by Dr.

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Becky, but I haven't finished that one.

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And I'm reading the explosive child.

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And letting go by David Hawkins.

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So.

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Oh, and I'm also reading the

law of divine convent station.

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I love starting non-fiction books.

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: 00:16:08

Like I said, can be hard

for me to finish them.

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: 00:16:10

I don't know why I was

talking about, oh yeah.

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Books.

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: 00:16:13

Favorite things from this year.

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: 00:16:15

, The next category that

I thought might be fun.

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Is to talk about some

of my favorite podcasts.

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: 00:16:21

I feel like my favorite type

of podcasts to listen to are.

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: 00:16:25

Mindset.

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: 00:16:26

And business and usually where

those overlap, and so the conscious

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: 00:16:31

coach by Amber Smith has been

my favorite in that category.

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: 00:16:34

And then I've also been enjoying

Megan teary links podcast.

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: 00:16:39

Getting mindful with Megan.

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: 00:16:41

And just her approach to life and

meditation and mindfulness and

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stillness really resonates with

honestly, a lot of the things that.

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Aye.

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Focused on more when I was talking

more about phone use things, but

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just from a different perspective.

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: 00:16:59

And so it's always fun hearing

things from a different perspective.

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: 00:17:01

And I also really love how she.

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: 00:17:03

We'll take.

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: 00:17:04

What I believe are true principles.

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: 00:17:07

And she helps me see them from like

the religious spiritual perspective.

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: 00:17:13

And then also from like, The

gospel of Jesus Christ perspective.

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: 00:17:18

And so that's something I've really

enjoyed about her podcast this year.

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And then the other podcast

that I will mention is.

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Kindred conversations.

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: 00:17:28

It's with two young moms.

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: 00:17:31

Paris tos and Brittany Fry, or

maybe Paris fry and Brittany twos.

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: 00:17:36

No, I think it was the first one.

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: 00:17:37

I'm mixing them up, but they, their kids

are just a little bit older than mine.

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: 00:17:43

So I think both of them have boys , who

just started kindergarten this year.

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: 00:17:47

And my oldest is three and they both

have three kids and I have two kids.

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: 00:17:50

So it feels like they're just

ahead of me in parenting.

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: 00:17:54

And I love the mix of their podcast

where they'll do I think a book

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: 00:18:00

club every month where they'll read.

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: 00:18:03

Usually it's a parenting book,

but not always and talk about it.

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: 00:18:07

And then they have interesting

guests and then they also just have.

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: 00:18:10

Like podcast episodes

with just the two of them.

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: 00:18:13

It's a really fun mix of just

lighthearted, but also meaningful.

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: 00:18:17

So that's been one of my

favorite podcasts from this year.

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: 00:18:20

Next category.

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: 00:18:22

Is things in my business.

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: 00:18:24

That have.

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: 00:18:26

I have been my favorite things.

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: 00:18:28

So.

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: 00:18:29

. If you've been listening to my podcast

for a while, or been in my world for a

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: 00:18:33

while, you've watched these shifts happen.

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: 00:18:35

But earlier this year, I.

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: 00:18:38

Self identified as a life coach.

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: 00:18:40

And what I did with clients

didn't change at all.

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: 00:18:45

But I started calling myself a coach.

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: 00:18:48

Which was a huge identity shift.

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: 00:18:50

And I had to work through

a lot of things of.

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: 00:18:53

How I used to view.

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: 00:18:55

Coaches and coaching and

especially life coaching and just

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: 00:18:59

understand more of what it even is.

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: 00:19:02

But I've really loved.

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: 00:19:03

Diving.

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: 00:19:04

Full into the coaching world.

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: 00:19:07

And then not only did I shift

to just be a life coach.

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: 00:19:13

But I also.

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: 00:19:14

Shifted to be a business coach.

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: 00:19:18

And initially I felt very.

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: 00:19:21

Resistant to this idea of

calling myself a business coach.

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: 00:19:25

Because I'm not like

most business coaches.

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: 00:19:30

And.

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: 00:19:30

I just let that get in

the way for a while.

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: 00:19:33

But I realize that.

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: 00:19:35

Is actually what makes me a good

fit for a lot of people is because

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: 00:19:39

I do business really differently.

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: 00:19:41

And I've really different

perspectives on things.

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: 00:19:43

And what.

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: 00:19:45

What makes a successful business?

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: 00:19:47

And then the other thing

that I really loved in my

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: 00:19:48

business this year, , has been.

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: 00:19:51

A program that I started

called the serenity.

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: 00:19:55

And this is a hybrid program.

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: 00:19:58

Where.

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: 00:19:59

Everyone in the program , we do one.

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: 00:20:02

Group interactive workshop.

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: 00:20:04

Once a month.

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: 00:20:05

And then we have a private audio training

once a month, and then each person gets a

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: 00:20:10

private one-on-one coaching call with me.

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: 00:20:13

And.

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: 00:20:14

Actually, I'm going to

reopen the doors in February.

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: 00:20:17

So if you want to join the wait list.

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: 00:20:19

For that the link will be

in the show notes for that.

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: 00:20:22

But I think I favorite part of this

serenity program has been watching.

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: 00:20:29

The business owners.

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: 00:20:31

Connect with each other.

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: 00:20:34

And cheer each other on and.

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: 00:20:37

Use . Each of their individual

unique gifts and strengths.

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: 00:20:42

To help each other and serve each other

has been just really cool to watch.

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: 00:20:48

And.

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: 00:20:49

Each of them are doing amazing things.

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: 00:20:51

So that's been really

fun to work with them on.

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: 00:20:54

More of that one-on-one level.

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: 00:20:57

Some of my favorite habits that I.

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: 00:21:00

Unintentionally developed this year.

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: 00:21:03

One was running.

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: 00:21:05

And I wouldn't say this was unintentional.

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: 00:21:07

I actually really wanted to get

back into running, but I didn't

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: 00:21:11

want to do it in a way that felt.

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: 00:21:13

Like.

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: 00:21:14

The forced, like I wanted to

run because I love running

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: 00:21:17

if that makes sense.

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: 00:21:18

Yeah.

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: 00:21:19

But I have found the most amazing

running friends this year.

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: 00:21:24

And it's so good for me.

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: 00:21:26

So I run in the mornings, I

would say, I probably go like.

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: 00:21:30

Four ish times a week.

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: 00:21:33

Another habit that.

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: 00:21:35

Has shockingly happened?

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: 00:21:37

Is Matt and I have started going

on dates pretty consistently.

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: 00:21:43

Like.

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: 00:21:44

I would say every other week, maybe.

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: 00:21:46

And we tried.

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: 00:21:48

I can't remember.

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: 00:21:50

Late summer, maybe.

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: 00:21:52

To go on a date.

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: 00:21:53

We like got a babysitter.

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: 00:21:54

We.

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: 00:21:54

We're going on a date.

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: 00:21:56

And maybe even earlier this year, we

were like, try going on dates, but

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: 00:21:58

Matt would often have seizures and

not that he doesn't anymore, but.

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: 00:22:01

Anyways, they're less frequent.

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: 00:22:04

While we're on our dates now.

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: 00:22:05

So we've kept going on dates.

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: 00:22:07

But we've just really simple.

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: 00:22:09

Often like an hour.

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: 00:22:12

We designed our dream home.

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: 00:22:14

That was a really fun date.

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: 00:22:15

We.

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: 00:22:16

I've started using gift cards

that we got from our wedding.

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: 00:22:20

We.

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: 00:22:21

Got ice cream.

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: 00:22:23

Oh, we went up to Ikea.

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: 00:22:26

And just looked around and dreamed about.

499

: 00:22:30

I don't know, just like talked about

things that we want in our home.

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: 00:22:33

We went to RC Willey

and tried out new beds.

501

: 00:22:37

just, it's been really fun and really

good for us and actually shout out to.

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: 00:22:41

Jamie.

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: 00:22:43

She was actually on the podcast.

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: 00:22:46

A couple of months ago.

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: 00:22:47

And I think it was after that podcast

episode where I was like, you know what,

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: 00:22:50

I really want to prioritize dates more.

507

: 00:22:53

And so he did, and it's been

really, really good for.

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: 00:22:56

Us as individuals for us as a couple, for

us as a family, that's been really fun.

509

: 00:23:02

Another habit that we've developed this

year, we do family fun on Saturdays.

510

: 00:23:06

And so again, It's often

fairly simple, but at least.

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: 00:23:12

One time on Saturday, we do

something fun as a family.

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: 00:23:15

So sometimes it's just playing

hide and seek sometimes.

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: 00:23:19

We go get cookies.

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: 00:23:21

I would say, usually

we don't go somewhere.

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: 00:23:23

With Matt's health, . Usually

it's just something at home,

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: 00:23:26

but that's been really fun.

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: 00:23:27

Family fun.

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: 00:23:28

Another . Favorite habit I've

unintentionally developed this year.

519

: 00:23:32

Is more journaling and morning pages.

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: 00:23:36

So when you get up in the morning,

often I'll do it after I run, but

521

: 00:23:41

just writing down all of my thoughts

without a purpose, like not trying to

522

: 00:23:45

record what's happening, not trying to.

523

: 00:23:49

Be creative, like just writing

for the sake of writing.

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: 00:23:53

And I've had a lot of.

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: 00:23:55

Answers come that way and also done

some prayer journaling, and there's

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: 00:23:59

a lot more journaling this year.

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: 00:24:01

Something else that I've just dabbled

in, that I want to do more of is.

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: 00:24:06

Meditating.

529

: 00:24:08

And that's all I'm going

to say on that because.

530

: 00:24:10

I've just dabbled, but I

want to do more meditating.

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: 00:24:13

Uh, Another habit that I've

unintentionally developed is hiring

532

: 00:24:18

babysitters for things other than working.

533

: 00:24:20

So like, The babysitters so that I

can go running or a babysitter so

534

: 00:24:24

I can get ready or a babysitter.

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: 00:24:26

So I can.

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: 00:24:26

Study and connect with God, or like

I said, babysitters for date nights.

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: 00:24:30

I think that's something that I.

538

: 00:24:32

Had a hard time with the past.

539

: 00:24:33

Like I got to a point

where I was okay with.

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: 00:24:36

Having babysitters.

541

: 00:24:38

So that I could.

542

: 00:24:39

Work.

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: 00:24:40

But this has been a new

level this year, too.

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: 00:24:44

Pay babysitters to watch my kids.

545

: 00:24:46

To do other things.

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: 00:24:48

The last thing I'll mention about

this year, this didn't really

547

: 00:24:50

have a good place to go, but.

548

: 00:24:51

I'm obsessed with my kids.

549

: 00:24:53

And I feel like this year I have

become even more obsessed with them.

550

: 00:24:57

Especially their

relationship with each other.

551

: 00:25:01

So they're 18 months and one

day apart and a boy or girl.

552

: 00:25:05

And they.

553

: 00:25:06

The imaginary play that they

engage in together is so magical.

554

: 00:25:12

I think.

555

: 00:25:13

I anticipated that like, Having

kids, but I had no idea how

556

: 00:25:17

much joy it would bring me.

557

: 00:25:18

To watch my kids play with each

other and make up their own.

558

: 00:25:23

Rules and safe anythings to each other

and work things out with each other.

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: 00:25:27

And it's been so, so fun.

560

: 00:25:31

That I've just loved hanging

out with my kids this year.

561

: 00:25:35

I thought it'd be fun to share

some of your favorite podcast

562

: 00:25:39

episodes from this year.

563

: 00:25:40

So I looked at the.

564

: 00:25:42

analytics for my episodes this year.

565

: 00:25:45

And I wanted to share the top

five episodes from this year.

566

: 00:25:49

Number one.

567

: 00:25:51

your most favorite episode?

568

: 00:25:52

Was episode 51.

569

: 00:25:55

And this was called five ways to feel

relaxed while working hard, which is so

570

: 00:26:01

funny because I released this awhile ago.

571

: 00:26:04

But I actually feel like that.

572

: 00:26:07

Principal.

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: 00:26:09

Kind of captures everything.

574

: 00:26:11

I believe About business.

575

: 00:26:13

And what I've really been

leaning into lately is feeling

576

: 00:26:16

relaxed while working hard.

577

: 00:26:19

So that was episode 51.

578

: 00:26:21

The second most popular

episode was episode 50.

579

: 00:26:25

Lessons, I'm learning

from my husband's seizure.

580

: 00:26:28

So that was after Mount seizure in April.

581

: 00:26:32

Or shared, just like the crazy things

that our family was going through.

582

: 00:26:37

Episode.

583

: 00:26:39

46 was the third, most popular.

584

: 00:26:42

And that was actually a guest episode

with Suzanne she has a book called.

585

: 00:26:48

Breaking free of busy.

586

: 00:26:50

And so in that episode, she shares some

really practical tips for busy moms.

587

: 00:26:56

And she's from Australia and

has a lovely Australian accent.

588

: 00:27:00

So that's a fun episode to listen to.

589

: 00:27:03

The fourth, most popular

episode was episode 42.

590

: 00:27:07

Nine tips to be more present.

591

: 00:27:09

Again, something I'm super

passionate about being more present.

592

: 00:27:13

And I actually cannot remember.

593

: 00:27:15

At all what those nine tips were.

594

: 00:27:16

So maybe I should actually

listen to that episode.

595

: 00:27:19

And then the fifth most popular episode.

596

: 00:27:22

Was.

597

: 00:27:23

Another guest episode with Megan Hubbard.

598

: 00:27:26

It was episode 49, the secret

to making stress, your friend.

599

: 00:27:31

So.

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: 00:27:32

If you haven't already listened to

those episodes, those could be fun

601

: 00:27:35

to go listen to or relisten to if

you've forgotten what they were about.

602

: 00:27:40

It's been fun., Yeah, Just relishing

on , what a beautiful year.

603

: 00:27:44

This was for myself and for my family.

604

: 00:27:47

And.

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: 00:27:48

I'm just starting to

think about next year.

606

: 00:27:52

Krista Kirkham is doing like a

three-day boxer event about creating

607

: 00:27:55

a vision board, I think for next year.

608

: 00:27:59

Anyways, I'm doing that.

609

: 00:28:00

So I hope that will help me find

more clarity about next year.

610

: 00:28:03

I recently have felt more

drawn to learn about.

611

: 00:28:08

Like sematic.

612

: 00:28:10

Stuff and breathwork and.

613

: 00:28:13

The nervous system, I've just felt

more drawn to learn more about that.

614

: 00:28:17

So that's something I'd like

to learn more about next year.

615

: 00:28:21

So if you have any favorite books

or podcast on that topic, or even.

616

: 00:28:26

Like meditation or things like that.

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: 00:28:28

I don't know.

618

: 00:28:28

I'm just like, very intrigued

about the body and how it

619

: 00:28:31

connects with mindset work.

620

: 00:28:33

So let me know if you have

any recommendations and then.

621

: 00:28:37

Something I'm really excited to

nail down is my morning routine.

622

: 00:28:41

I'm actually doing.

623

: 00:28:42

Megan.

624

: 00:28:44

Pinckney has a.

625

: 00:28:47

Program.

626

: 00:28:47

She's doing.

627

: 00:28:48

About like, Really nailing

your morning routine.

628

: 00:28:51

And so I'm excited too.

629

: 00:28:53

Figure out what I want that to look like.

630

: 00:28:55

And.

631

: 00:28:56

How I want that to look so.

632

: 00:28:58

That's just kind of a recap of my

20, 24 with a little glimpse into.

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: 00:29:04

2025.