55: Moments moving across the country (With Hannah Meloche)
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Hello my beautiful people welcome back to the moments podcast I am in a very special place with a very special person right now And i'm gonna tell you who it is But first i'm gonna tell you to get excited for a moments collection too because we just did a photo shoot for it And it was literally so much fun. Like I was really nervous I don't know why but it was really fun and i'll talk to you about that later, but i'm telling you who my guest is anyways introducing

It's Hannah. It's Hannah. Surprise. This has probably been the most requested podcast episode since like,

ever really and it's just like well because we we were roommates and then people were like you should record with hannah record with hannah and like forever i would always get those comments and i still get that hell no i was like i was like no the time was just like never right it never happened and now yeah we're finally doing it like this is like such a big step dude it is and it's happening oh gosh i'm happy to be here i'm nervous i'm happier here i'm nervous too i'm not really like i don't go on this is your echo this is your podcast you do

I don't really go on podcasts. So I'm like, fuck. It's always so fun because when I do it by myself, it's like I'm in my own little bubble and I'm isolated. It's like sitting and talking to your Snapchat memories. It's easy. But then it's like you got to do it in front of people and you're like, oh, crap. What's my name again? Do you feel like it's easy to do it alone? Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no. Sometimes I notice that time goes by faster when I do it with my friends. Okay. But when I'm doing it on my own...

I guess I just don't get as nervous because I'm by myself. Yeah. But then it's easy when... I'm not, like, recording with random strangers where I have to be anxious. I'm, like, I'm recording with, you know, someone I've lived with for a year. Like, I think that we can handle this. I'd be concerned if we couldn't. An hour of me talking. I'm like, what are we going to talk about? Anyways, I posted on my Instagram story a little box and I said, what do you guys want to know? And, of course, you guys asked, like, the craziest questions and we're going to answer as many of them as we can. But, anyways...

First question we should probably start out with is like how we met because I think people are confused about that one. Yeah. Because it was so random. I don't even know. Like we have to think all the way back to quarantine here. Wait. It was TikTok. Sorry. I'm just like confused if we're having a conversation or for like... Okay.

Well, we basically are having a conversation. Yes. But this thing's just on. Okay. True. So true. So true. So we met on TikTok during quarantine. I started making videos. Hannah made videos. And I actually got... I didn't watch YouTube growing up or anything. So I didn't really know anyone in that scene. And I guess we had followed each other. Yeah. And then I got a Snapchat.

a girl that I used to do beauty pageants with back in like 2016. So I haven't talked to this girl in like four years and she chatted me and goes, meanwhile, I used to think Hannah's last name was Maloki. Like I,

Yeah, you told her that today. Yes, I literally told her that today. And the girl on Snapchat was like, Hannah Maloki follows you. And I'm just saying it like that because that's how I read it. And I was like, who the heck is Hannah Maloki? So then I went and I looked at your TikTok and I was like, oh, this girl's like really cool. Like I want to be friends with her. And then I think that we just started like DMing on TikTok and then on Instagram. And then we would send each other Snapchat videos.

All the time. Like literally. Yeah. Like we were best friends on Snapchat for, I would say it was like months before we ever like made plans to hang out or do anything. Well, we were so wholesome. I know. In quarantine, we sent each other like care packages. Oh my gosh. Remember that? Dude. Oh my gosh. And that's when you sent me the Tarte palette that I still use every single day. Oh my gosh. Today I was doing my makeup and I was showing Hannah that I still use like a palette that she did with Tarte like literally two years ago. Three years ago. Three years ago. And like I only use like two of the things in it.

But I'm like, I don't know what I'm going to do when this is gone. I know. It's like running out and I don't have like many leftovers. She's like, you actually can't have any more. She's like, I only have one more and it's not for you. We got to really, really space that out. Yeah. I'm going to take it nice and slow. But yeah, that was funny. And then we sent it to the care packages. And at one point she was like, I want to get out of Michigan. I'm going to move to Florida. And I was like, heck yeah.

Wait, wait, no. I was trying to go to college with you. Yes, we were going to go to college together. Oh my gosh, wait. We were fully going to move into an apartment together, go to school together, and go to FAU teammates all day. I applied. Yeah. I literally applied. Wow. That's just so crazy for me to think about the fact that...

No one knew that either. It all started there. And we didn't like talk about it. It was so, I was like, yeah, mom, I have this new friend. She's from Michigan. And like, basically that's what went on for like months. And then I think that we decided like we didn't want to go to school in person or like something happened.

And then... Wait, why didn't we... I think you got in for spring. And it happened to be fall. So we were like, oh, we'll just do it, like, maybe in the spring. No, no, no. Yeah. And then you came to Michigan for fall. Yes. Went to Mackinac Island. That was random, too. Like, that trip was so just... Yeah. Like...

That was the first time I met Anna too. And Natalie. Which is so crazy. It was me, you, Anna, Natalie. Went to Mackinac Island in what? 2019? 20. 2020. Oh my gosh. Dude, 20 and 21 just like. No, time literally flies. The fact that we've known each other for almost three years now. No, that's like. And lived together for a year. And I feel like I just met you. Almost. Like.

Like, coming up in the spring will be when I... We met during quarantine. Yeah. And quarantine was 2020. Almost three years? Holy crap. Where did the past three years go? No, I don't even want to... Why did that give me actual goosebumps to think about?

It's bad. Anyways, that's where it started. And then one day we kind of just decided that we were going to do a trip together and we couldn't go anywhere out of the country because it was still kind of like COVID. Well, it was COVID, I guess, but you could travel in the country. So we were like, we're going to go to Hawaii for like a month. And that was the plan. That was it. Hannah's like, oh, like my friend, Mary's going to come too, but she's kind of scared of flying. Like, do you want to,

And I've told you guys this story before, like when we told you how Mare and I met because it was literally at the airport then. But she's like, will you fly over with her? And I was like, yeah, I guess. Why not? So I fly to Michigan. Mare and I fly over. We're supposed to be here for a month. Ten days later, Hannah and I, impulsive as heck, are like, all right, yeah, let's just sign a year-long lease. And then that's where it really all started. Like when people ask questions like how did you end up in Hawaii together? Like that's how. We were here for –

not even two weeks and we fell in love with it because how could you not we love the ocean we love swimming we were with all our friends and we're like all right yeah a year sounds like a really short amount of time yeah and now somehow like we're it's so weird that we're in the same spot recording it that like we decided that we were gonna stay i don't know it's just crazy to think about like so much has changed but it's also weird it hasn't even been two full years it's

Doesn't it feel like it's been a lifetime? It does feel like a lifetime. I think it's because in the age that we're at is where this is where we're growing up so much. And so much is changing in our life and it's such a...

I don't know. Your early 20s are such a valuable time in your life because I think that's when you really figure out where you're at and what you're going to do and who you're going to be. So the fact that we were a part of each other makes, I think, time fly but also move so slow. Yeah. I don't know how to explain it. But it's just crazy to think about. And that's kind of how we met. And then I think...

That's really it. Like that's how it went. It was that quick. It was that easy. And then Mare was only going to live with us, I think for like a couple months originally. She was just going to stay out there for a little. And then all of a sudden it was all of us till the end. And then I think like summertime came that year and we all split up a little bit. Like I went home for a while. Yeah. You went home for a little. We all just kind of. Oh gosh. And then we all came back. Oh, we were all over again. What? I don't know. We have. Also, I think that we need to address the comments over the fact that like

Anytime Hannah and I don't hang out or like don't post together for a little while, everyone's like, you guys hate each other. Are you even friends? Like, do you guys still like each other? And I'm like, guys...

Of course. I don't know how though. We just like never end up like having alone time. We never have. And oh my gosh, Hannah and I did this one thing in the wintertime this year. We went to this like hotel to just like go have a little staycation and we get to the hotel and we realize we're like, have we ever hung out alone? Because we think back to like the first time we met, no, we were in a group setting. And then when we moved here, we were never alone. We were literally never alone.

It's crazy. Like, I think this is actually our first time having like a trip slash long period of time, like being together. And I'm so happy about it. It's actually so cool. I'm like, wait, I've known this girl for three, almost three years and we're just getting to know each other.

Not, I mean, not really. But like, also we really haven't had a ton of alone time. It's crazy. Isn't that weird to think about? Like, I feel like you guys will be confused by that too because you would think that we have. I don't know. It's crazy. And it's not a bad thing. It's not. It's cool. We just never ended up. It only took us three years. Like, what the heck is up with that? Yeah. But yeah, people always comment like, oh, you guys are beefing, da-da-da-da-da. And I'm like, I,

I don't think that we ever really beefed. I think there were different times where we were like in the same place at different stages in life. So like, it seemed like we weren't as close. Yeah. And like, obviously that's life. Like when you live with someone, we have our ups and downs. We fought like siblings half the time over like, Oh, like, Oh no, not the dishes. Or like, Oh, like you're going to do that instead of this. Like, I don't know. You guys have all had, well not, I can't actually can't say you guys have all had roommates. Anyone who has had a roommate, um,

You know that there's little things where you're just like, all right, let's talk for a second. Actually, what's so funny, this is something that's so interesting about Hannah and I, I'm the most...

anti-confrontational oh god personal person of all time and hannah will say it exactly how it is no i literally be like all right let's just address elephant in the room like i can't keep my mouth shut like we're talking about the situation like right now and we're getting this over with i'll run out of the room i will like brush things under the rug forever because i just don't i get so scared of it and i think that that's something we learn from each other yes like i learned so much from you how to stand up for myself and be like you know what actually we are gonna talk about this and i think

and I think that like dude and as you should I'm like oh okay this is kind of cool I'm like I get why she does this now and it solves problems so much faster like let's just get this over with yeah alright like you know it I know it let's just talk about it love you kisses hugs done and we move on so that's yeah actually someone asked like roommate advice I think that the biggest thing in having a

having a roommate is just being able to communicate. Totally. And, like, that's always something... Even when I had my roommate in college, like, I'm, again, not one to...

talk about things so I just kind of like let things build up and then she also didn't talk about things so obviously we never had any issues but moving forward if I ever live with someone again just talk about it when it needs to be talked about yeah and then move on and then you don't have to think about it and then it's just simple that's my number one tip what's your number one tip number one tip would also be just communicating and just like

like, love you. Like, this is where I guess if you have boundaries, like, this is where my boundary is. And just kind of explain where you're coming from. Make sure you're both on the same page. Yeah. And just, like, try and make it as cozy and comfortable as an environment as, like, and transparent. Transparent. Like, just be transparent because...

You guys... It can be simple. Yes. Like, honestly, as far as, like, us being roommates, I don't think we had... Like, when I think of roommate issues, I think of, oh, like, there's always, like, one roommate who, like, never cleans anything or is, like, dirty or gross. Like, we didn't have ever issues like that. Except for the one time... Except for one time... Funny story. She just told me this last night. I've never been able to tell Hannah this, and I don't know why. I guess I was just scared to tell her, but one time, Meredith and I...

So where do I start the story here? Okay, well, I didn't know I was even bad at dishes. Hannah never knew she was bad at dishes. I'm just like delusional. Because she wasn't bad at dishes. I'm not like, when I say she was bad at dishes, it's not like she like left things out or like things were dirty and gross for like days at a time. There was just every once in a while, she would use a pan and just kind of leave the pan in the sink, like rinsed out and everything. But it would just sit in the sink. I would just leave it in the sink? Yeah. Like I don't remember the... You didn't like leave it in there with food on it. Like it was fully rinsed out. I just wouldn't dry it. Yeah.

Yeah, exactly. And Mary and I, every time, we would need to use the pan. So we'd just finish washing it, dry it off, and use it. So it wasn't a deal. What an asshole move on my part. It was like, come on. No, this was a job. This was a job of us, too, though. And we would just use it. And then this kind of kept happening. And one day, we were like, let's see how long it takes her to clean the pan. And then it was like four days or something. And we had Mary use the other pan.

And I remember we just laughed so hard and we wanted to tell you so badly. Oh. But then it was just hard to, I don't know, I was scared to tell you. Well, I didn't even know I did that. That's the thing. It's like, I didn't. No, sometimes it's like second nature. Like, I leave my cups everywhere because I like forget that they're cups. I'm like, it's just a cup. I'll just get to it eventually. And then I grab a new cup and then I'm like, oh, there's three cups on the table and they're all mine. But I. You live and you learn. Yeah. Yeah.

apparently I just need to like even there's these even pants sitting out right now like I need to put those away like why are they sitting right there like why do I just have everything out exactly I think it's like a fault I just I don't know why I do that but the thing is I learned I we never kind of realized what we what problems we cause living with people because usually the other person like takes care of it and notices it but I learned it wasn't until I lived alone right that's when I was like

wait, do I not like put my laundry away? Like, do I not do my laundry? Like, it's not like when I lived alone is when I realized that like, oh, I don't empty the dishwasher or like I don't do my laundry when I should. Like, I don't know how to explain it, but usually if you have roommates, someone always picks up someone else's slack. Yep. Like if I, let's say I'm not someone who takes the trash out, another roommate would always take the trash out. It is cool. It's just one of those things you live and you learn and you balance. And I think that

having roommates is just so valuable because again like you learn from each other yeah and you learn like what your own flaws are and like what your strengths are in a living situation yeah and I always think of it like okay when I live with someone and I find like the person I'm gonna marry or whatever I want to make sure that there's someone who likes to do the dishes and likes to take out the trash because those are two chores I don't like to do yeah and like I think that I don't know I guess that doesn't really have to yeah I don't really mind taking out the trash and look at that

Like that's why we worked because you took the trash out and I did the dishes. Yes. And then, or I sweep the floor. I love sweeping the floors. I hate sweeping. Dude, our floors, you guys in our apartment. Disgusting. I could like literally disgusting. Because what we would do is like if we would drop something on the floor, we just kick it like under the fridge or under the little ledge, like under the cabinets because we didn't have a working vacuum. Like every time we went to use the vacuum, it was broken. Yeah. Yeah.

Like, it was disgusting in our house. It was really gross. I feel like it was mostly, like, no one really, like, it was just the common area was one little space. Yeah, it's so strange because it's not like we were dirty people. And I felt like we cleaned the place all the time, but I think it's just the coming in and out and bringing sand. And, like, at that point, we would have friends over all the time, too, and, like, have little get-togethers. And then things just get messy. And people drop food on the floor. Yeah.

Anyways, moving on. We don't have that dirty place anymore. So it was a nice place. It was, it wasn't ever dirty until we made it dirty. Yeah. Like except our couch. Do you guys know how many people laid on that couch? Slept on the couch. So many people.

That was a good couch. It was an iconic couch. That was a really, really good couch. We really do have so many memories in that place. And I feel like we all, everyone listening too, you guys have an attachment to that place too. Like that mirror, it's going to be a core memory forever. I know. Hannah and I, I'm going to have to get a mirror like that. You have to get the exact same mirror. Go steal it. No. We know the code. I wonder if she changed the code. She probably did. Definitely changed the code. I would hope so. Because... She knows we'd go back in too. Um...

No, but Hannah and I, this whole trip, have really just been talking about how, like, how much has changed every time that we come here. Yeah. Like, we always... What's so cool about being here, I think, is that there's always new people coming and going. So every time we come back, it feels like it's a whole different place. But also, nothing changes. No. Like, literally nothing changes. It's wild. Anyways, we're going to go back to the questions. Yes. Because I don't know how we went from how we met each other to an iconic couch. Anyways. Yeah.

I really like this one. Like, someone asked, what advice would you give a senior in high school? And we were just talking about how we miss high school. Yeah. So I think this is a cool one. I think that my advice is simply to appreciate being a senior in high school because it goes by in a blink of an eye. And I remember when I was a senior, I was so ready for it to be over. And I was so ready for the next chapter of my life. And don't get me wrong. It's been a great chapter of life. But also...

I wish that I didn't spend all of my senior year waiting for it to be over because one day you will miss it and you'll be like, oh shoot. Dang it. I grew up. Wait, do you, you were kind of waiting for it to be over? Yeah. Like I was so excited to graduate. I was so excited to go to college. I was so excited to be independent, have my freedom, have my college apartment and like have no curfew, no parents telling me what to do. And yeah,

Like, I loved senior year while it was happening, but at the same time, I couldn't wait for the next chapter. And then I went to college, had all that freedom, got super depresso, and immediately just missed being in high school. Yeah. And, like, Hannah and I were also just talking about, like, we kind of missed the structure of high school. Yeah. Like, one day you're going to have to figure out a schedule that works, and it was convenient at high school because it was just there for you. Yeah. You didn't have a choice, but... That's... I feel like that's how I thought of it, too, of, like, going to school. I loved... Okay, like...

Freshmen, sophomore, junior year were probably horrible for me. You're like, they actually sucked? No, they were horrible, but I think that's why I probably loved senior year because I finally was like, you know what? Fuck all the years before this. I'm going to make this year the most amazing year because I have to be here. I literally have to be here. I have to finish high school. Mindset. I am going to...

make the best out of homecoming I'm gonna make the best out of this best out of that I'm gonna work my ass off in school and on YouTube like yeah I'm going to literally I have to be here I have no other option so why not like one of those things where it just kind of goes to show that like as much as it can be hard to take control of our mindset and our emotions and like

you could have chosen to be like, sulk in that year too. You're like, well, I've already done three years of kind of feeling like shit about school. Yeah. What's one more? Or, you can like, go through the really hard work of redirecting the way that you think about it. Dude. And like, you know what? You know what? I can make this good and I can make every bit of this enjoyable. Yeah. And sometimes it's hard to do, but I'm gonna do it and you did it. And I literally, like, and I, I truly think like, when you struggle with something so much and when you're able to make it on the other side, that's when it- I'm really getting goosebumps thinking

about that like it makes it so much more worth it because I was my junior year middle of junior year I was about to drop out and then did you imagine no and I and I didn't and I was like I'm gonna whatever I'm like fuck this like I'm gonna like literally stay here and have as much fun as I can because I'm not gonna go to my room and do online school for my exactly like no I'm gonna make the most out of this dude that's actually so cool it's such a good way to put it too like every time

Hannah and I were talking about how we go through these really dark places, and every time we make it out, we're like, okay, heck yeah, we did it. But it also just makes that dark place so much...

I don't know, grateful for it. Like every time I come out of a dark place, I'm like, oh, well this time I learned that. And like that time I learned this. So clearly I'm going to keep learning something every time it happens. It doesn't make it any more enjoyable. Like not at all. Yes. But yeah, we were kind of just realizing the fact that no matter what, we're going to have to go into a dark place again at some point in our lives because it's

It's kind of just how the cycle works. Yeah. Unfortunately. And I pray that it's, like, not as bad. Yeah, it gets a little bit more gentle every time. I actually do think that. Because... And I think that that's also just part of, like, maturing and growing up. Like, I remember when I dealt with my depression in middle school, it was so deep and dark that, like, I didn't want to make it. I didn't know there was another side, number one. Number two, like, I just...

Didn't have any hope and then like the second time I dealt with in college. I had a little bit more hope I was like, okay Well, what can I do to kind of make it better and like make my environment better? Yeah, so I went home and it helps and then the next time I dealt with a really deep dark place I was like, all right. I know it's just a phase. It's gonna go away I'm gonna get better and then I did and then now like every time it happens they're like shorter and they're not as long-lived and I'm like, oh and

Here we go again. Yeah. But there's always another side. And the grass is greener when you get over there. Mm-hmm. It just kind of takes a second. Yeah. It does. Yeah. It's like going on a hike. Look at the view. True. You are like really quick at metaphors. They literally just play in my brain. Today, we were on a hike and I'm looking at this tree and I go, Hannah, what's going on?

isn't it crazy that this tree just started out as a seed and like hundreds of years later to this big beautiful magical thing and I go doesn't that just remind you that we don't have to like rush life we can take as many years as we want and I was like I don't even know where I pulled that I was like damn girl I'm like what am I saying I don't guys the way that I think sometimes is just it's like I mean it's true like my brain is a children's book but whatever I want it I'll share it I want it in my

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I really think just make the most out of it because it's like, hey, you got to be there. And also you're young and cute. And like, exactly. And you like, you really don't have too many responsibilities. Guys, I look back at pictures of me from, I remember I hated everything about myself in high school. And I think that this is something that's going to keep happening over time. But like hated every picture of myself in high school. Did not like what I looked like. I look back at pictures of me in high school and I'm like, girl,

You were adorable. Like you did not have to be so hard on yourself and you didn't have to focus so much on changing what you looked like for certain people or for certain reasons. So just like love yourself, you know? But I think that still happens to us. Like I think we'll be 30 looking at pictures of us now while we're struggling with like

self-image and stuff and be like, dude, what were you worried about? Oh, gosh. Isn't that crazy to think about? No, I'm going to look back and be like, dude. Like, what were you complaining about again? Oh, I can't wait till I'm 30 and I can look back and be like, we did it. We made it. We made it out. Like,

The early 20s are a weird, weird phase. And it's such a universal experience. It is. Because it's like the fresh out of college slash at that age, say like if you didn't make it through college like us, it's still the age where we're technically just graduating college, figuring out what the rest of our life is going to look like.

And I don't know, just putting this pressure on ourselves. But that's another thing we've been talking about all weekend, weekend or week, whatever it's been. Yeah. But like, we don't really have to put all this pressure on ourselves. And like being young and in your 20s doesn't have to be a time where you just pick one thing and roll with it. Like, yeah, you can still explore until you're 40 and 50 and 60. We're also saying how grownups are literally just

But... No. Grownups, like, when I tell you, have so much, like, have so much peace and the idea that every grownup still thinks that they're, like, 17, 18. It's just comforting. But, like, everyone has this mask on that they need to be more mature. All of us. Everyone does. Like, for what? We can just go be little kids all the time with responsibilities. Yeah. Yeah.

Anyways. It's just weird. It is so strange. Back to the college ones. A lot of people ask, like, do you ever feel like you're missing out on college? I want you to go first. I want to hear your hot take on this. For me, I do. For me, I feel like I'm missing out, period. Okay, valid. I go, what about you? No. But, like, really quickly, I do, like, I always, I don't know about you, but, like, I really do look at college, kids, and, like, the environment since, I mean, you know how much I love being around people. Yes. I love my friends. I love, like,

I don't know. I just like being young. You're an extrovert. Yeah. And like you love people. Yeah, you just said that. I do. But sometimes I like... Like going to Alabama was so fun for me because it's like Ella has all her friends and the Sruarety sisters and, you know, it's like going to parties or like doing events and... You get to just like be a part of something. Yeah. It's so fun. And they're learning still and it's like, yes, they're getting an education but they're also having so much fun and they're young but...

At the same time, I think that I'm also very grateful that I'm putting in the work now for my future self. So it's like I did do a little bit of school. I can always go back to school. But I have... It's something I always tell myself. Like school is really not going to go anywhere. And there's just so much pressure on doing it now. Yeah. Yeah.

But I feel that, though. Like, there's different phases where I'm like, you know, I kind of miss school or, like, wish I did school longer. But then I kind of think back to... I did. I spent a year doing college. Like, college, college, college, the very college way. And it was great, but it also wasn't really good for me long-term, I don't think. So I kind of just... Whenever I do miss it, I'm like, you know what? You did it. And I'm like...

I don't know. You did it more than me, though. So I think I'm always... I have that, like, question mark of, like, what would it be like? You're like, what would it have been? You know? That's very fair. But if you did it... Like, I know you did it before COVID, right? Yeah. It's actually so crazy to think about. Like, that was such a different...

time period of my life like I feel like I'm such a different person from them but I'm also the same exact person and I also think like the way that we spent the past like two winters was so much like what college felt like really that it makes me I don't know there's definitely still times I miss it and I think that we both made the right decision like yeah everything happens for a reason yeah and we've gotten to like do so many other cool experiences yeah but I

College was fun. It's fun. And like I take for example, Lissette literally loved every second of college. Yeah. And I'm like, and my best friend, one of my best friends, Courtney too, like she did college. She's about to graduate early in December and got like the sickest job as a trauma nurse in the ER in like Washington DC. And I'm like, that is so freaking cool. Yeah. But it also just goes to show like, we're always going to kind of compare like what other people are doing to what we're doing. And yeah,

it's just one of those things where like, if you're questioning like, oh, like I don't know if I want to go to school or not, or like, I don't know how it's going to be or what it's going to just, just trust that whatever decision you make, it's the right one. Like, don't sit there and be like, well, I should have done this or I should have done that because I promise you did the right thing. And eventually it all like, and if you do want to go back to school, like I always kind of think like there are so many people that like,

are in the same position that i'm in they don't know if they want to go back and finish it or wait till you're kind of sure and then yeah you can go back whenever didn't bill gates like drop out of college am i making that up or steve jobs or something honestly probably probably but i can look it up it's okay one of them or something happened like that and we're gonna move on from college college works for some people it works for doesn't next

Navigating your 20s, we've kind of like touched on that. We also kind of touched on highs and lows of living together. First time we met in person, I don't really remember like what our first encounter was. I know it was Michigan. I'm trying to think. But like, was it awkward? I just remember like we slept in the same bed for Mackinac Island and it was like so cozy. I was like, I... That was a fun little trip. That was fun. I remember...

So none of us were 21. No one tell anyone that we broke the law, but we were like walking around and we were asking people. This is the most humbling moment of my whole life. And like someone commented like, what's you and Hannah's funniest memory together? This might be one of them. And I just unlocked a memory here, but we were in Mackinac Island. We're walking around. There's no cars on the island. Right. And we're just kind of,

Like asking people if they could buy us a bottle of wine. So no. We had like $20 like cash in our hands. And we were like... I think I just went up to some guy. I was like, hey...

I handed him the thing and I go, can you buy us some wine? And he literally ignored me. Like full on ignored me and walked away. But like looked me dead in the eyes. And it was just horrible. Wait, Natalie wasn't even 21. No, Natalie wasn't even 21. What? Like it's crazy. That's wild. And then I think we found some random kids our age to buy us wine. And they were like cute. And we talked about how they were cute. Yeah. Or something. Wait, wait.

We had to convince people. Yeah. And we had one bottle of wine for the four of us and we just sat with little paper cups and poured wine in them in the room and told stories about like our first love and our first like, like it was like the getting to know each other. So fun. That was so fun. It was like, we were literally playing icebreakers on our first trip together. That was really cool. Wow. Good times. We were babies. We were. Time flies. That was two falls ago. Two falls ago. Two falls ago. Yeah. Three. Three.

Two. Two. It was 2020. Thank gosh we're not that old. We're growing up so fast, though. Dude, I know. It's really bad. Is that a... You guys gotta let me know. Is that, like, a universal thing? Like, do we all kind of feel like time is just going by so fast? I think... I hope the answer is yes. Please don't tell me that time is going slow because then I'll panic even more. Yeah. Tell a memory about a time together. Literally just did that. What's something else? First thing that comes to mind. A memory together. Or, like, a squad memory or something. Oh, gosh.

There's so many. There's really so many. Oh, one time, we've talked about this one today. First time we laid on the beach when we got here. We decided it would be a good idea to lay by the water. And then we all were napping on the beach and a wave came and knocked us out and soaked all of us and all of our stuff.

Never go too close to the water. Yeah. It was definitely a humbling moment. Well, no one was sitting down by the waves. Yeah. So we were like, let's go sit by the waves. Well, clearly we did not know what we were doing. No. No. The waves here are very big. Especially in the winter. Especially in the winter. And then this was also right when we first got here and we were like, I was so excited. I was so excited.

We just started screaming out the window. I don't know. We were romanticizing our life and I think it's okay. Like it's cringe to look back on, but like it was really wholesome in the moment. And you know what? We, we screamed one direction with the windows down every night. And isn't that moving on? We're just getting too nostalgic right now. It's crazy to think about, um, balancing family while traveling. We've talked a lot about this one too. You go first.

I was just going to say, like, I just miss my family a lot. Yeah. Like, all the time. Yeah. And it's so hard, too. Yeah. Because, I don't know, it just is sometimes to communicate with everyone in your family. Yeah. And you just miss them all day long, all the time. Mm-hmm.

I just feel like the older I get, like, the more I just want to be by family and friends. And, like, that is truly all that matters to me. And it is. It's, like, I remember the first time I had been gone for, like, six months. And I had never really been gone that long. Even when I went to college, I would come home every three weeks or so because I got homesick. But it was six months since I had been home. And I got home, and my brothers, like, looked so grown up. Their voices were deeper. Yeah.

Not that my parents looked older. Mom and dad, you're not old, I promise. But I just felt like time had gone by. And that was the first time it hit me. And I was like, one day I'm not going to be able to be around my family every single day. And it was just crazy because I spent so much time being so annoyed that I was with my family all day, every day. And then I went home and I was like, wait. I kind of miss arguing with them. I kind of miss my dogs barking and being annoying. I miss my brothers yelling at each other. And I don't want to miss them growing up. And then...

when it comes to traveling it's so tough because it's like this is all i've ever dreamed of doing is seeing the world and being able to kind of move around when i want to and go where i want to but then i go to like back and forth with this conflict i'm like i miss my brothers i miss my mom like i want to go if my family's going to the movies and i'm not there i have like fomo i get more fomo of my family than i do of my friends or like anything i know it's crazy

What's your advice for someone who misses their family? What do they do? Someone who misses their family, I feel like I annoy my brothers, my sister, my mom, my dad. I'll be like, hey, how are you today? And they're like, good. And I'm like, okay, good. What did you do? I guess just try and stay in touch with them as much as you can, whether it's calling or texting or...

Whether it's like for me, I always like to know the next time I'm going home. That's like have something to look forward to. Yeah. That's a really good one. Like because then it just like I'm like, okay, cool. Like I see them in this amount of days and maybe I don't see them right now, but at least I know I'm going to get to soon. Yeah, that's my best advice. Next one is.

How do you feel like yourself again after a breakup? So, like, I mean, I can, like, think of this question in so many states. Like, besides just a breakup, like, whenever I find myself out of, like, a rut...

It's hard to figure out who I am again. I feel like it's kind of the same feeling as a breakup. But I'm like, I'm gonna let you do the breakup one because I have been single for way too long. But how do you feel like yourself again? Okay, I feel like after a breakup, like, honestly, the best thing you could do is like journal. Journaling to the end.

Like, genuinely. Like, I think tracking how you're feeling and what's going through your mind in, like, documenting how you feel. Do it immediately. Don't wait to do it. Because I feel like especially right after a breakup, your emotions are all over the place. Yes. So if you don't write down, like, what you're feeling in that moment, it's going to be different the next one. Yeah. And it's so cool to look back. Like, I bet. Yeah.

looking back on old journal entries like when you're going through the sad emotions versus like the oh i'm on my glow up right like it's got to be so freaking cool no it is because it's like i was feeling this a month ago but now i am so like i'm i'm just in a completely different mindset and i think honestly like set boundaries for yourself of like okay i'm not gonna like

Check in on them or I am not going to, you know, like, I think you really have to keep yourself accountable. Like after a breakup, I mean like, all right, this happened for a reason. I'm going to. I think like after a breakup, no contact is super healthy. Yep. And I think that trying to keep contact is just, it just hurts people's hearts. Like. Cause you have to know, you have to read the situation. You have to know your intentions, the other person's intentions. Mm-hmm.

Literally, like, you have to journal about it, talk to your friends about it, like, sit in it for a little bit because I feel like... I feel like the no contact part is hard. Yeah. Because when I dealt with my breakup, it was a long time ago and I didn't do the no contact thing. I tried to do the we're going to stay friends thing. Mm-hmm. And, like, I think that it would have just been easier on both of us had we just at least not been in contact for a while because now we haven't talked in, like, feels like years. Mm-hmm.

But maybe, I don't know. Anyways. Yeah. I vote no contact is healthy. I vote that as well. I think that's very, very healthy. And I think that like journaling and just like being able to look back how you feel each day because I feel like after a breakup you go through like at least for a few weeks. It's gotta be a lot of different emotions. You just go through the roller coasters of like

is this right is that do I reach out blah blah blah and it's like nope you know what the intentions are go back to there and you got to keep you know moving forward for you and so like what's going to benefit you and be the best for you because like clearly you got it you got to stay focused on you and your goals like yeah you got to just stick to the decision and like

It's just hard because obviously when you go through different emotions, you question everything. Yeah. I mean, I'm in a totally not breakup scale or like situation. When I'm going through it, I'm like, who am I again? Like, how do I... And it's tough. It's so tough. But...

It's hard to make decisions when you're emotional. Yes. Like in Taylor Swift's new song, there's a line that she has. I think it's in Dear Reader and I always skip Dear Reader. So I don't know exactly what the line is, but it's something like never take advice from someone who's broken or something. And I'm like, low key true. Yeah. When I'm hurting, if I have to record an episode when I'm really down bad, I listen back to it sometimes and I'm like,

What are you saying? Yeah. I don't know. I think my advice just changes based on my mood, but that's okay. Yeah. What's next? We're going to do a couple more. Oh my gosh. I can't believe it's already been 37 minutes. Damn. Wait, I feel like it's been like, okay. Anyways, next is balancing work and life. What you got?

Oh, gosh. We got nothing. Like, it is so bad. I have tried to draw lines. Lexi's known the lines I have tried to draw with friends and work. And, like, I have tried to make it so, like, okay, this is work time, this is friend time, blah, blah, blah, blah, because I want to just know what is going on. But I'm horrible at it. It's really messed with my mind, honestly. I've just given up at it.

It's tough. Yeah. It is so tough. And honestly, like, I just thought this one would be funny to answer because it's something that, like, I think we're constantly working on and it's something that can't really be done. Yeah. Like, even right now, I'm like, is this work or is this life? Like, we're talking about life, yet it's kind of work, but it's also hanging out. Yeah. So I'm like, I don't know. It's just, it's a tough thing to do. And that's okay. I think that that's...

It is what it is. How do you handle it? Genuinely. Like, I try to... I think that what I do is... Since our life is basically our work, when I'm doing things, like, in life, I'm always... No matter what, if I'm going to use it or not, I'm going to document everything that I'm doing. Because I just, like, love to do that anyways. And then I take time to, like, sit down and... How do I... I don't know how to put this into words. Like, I'll take...

everything that I documented and make it into work like I'll kind of take like say I want to make TikToks like not that that's necessarily work I don't know I just kind of like try to always film always document but not always be sitting there making videos or posting things right right I don't know and then I think like that's not even really what the work is that's the fun part of work do you ever have times where you turn off and and you're like this is this is for me and for me only

I think that a lot of times when I journal is when I really turn off and like...

Honestly, that might be the only time. Of course, there's so many moments with my friends where I'm not sitting there filming and like not every detail of our lives are recorded. But no. Yeah, I think that it's always in the back. We're like we're ever doing. So honestly, this might just be me. And I is one thing that I hate to admit. I don't like it. Like the other day I went to go watch the sunset and we swam out to like this little island to watch the sunset. So we left our phones in the car and I'm sitting there the whole time and I'm like.

I wish I could take a picture of this. And it was so just like, I'm like, I don't really want to feel like that, that like I needed to do that. And I'm like, I didn't need to do it for any specific reason. Yeah. It was just interesting. And like, it's, it is something that just constantly is in the back of my mind. I'm like, how do I, I don't know. Like, should I be like, yeah, I'm like, should I be making this work somehow? Or like,

I don't know. It is what it is. We'll never really figure out the balance, I don't think. And I think that's okay. Yeah. I think it's okay, too. I think it's just important to have things that actually relax you and are special to you. And I'm still trying to find what that is. You're like, I still don't know. I go, I, too. I'm struggling. For me, I think that I feel the most relaxed and away from work when I'm with my family. That is one thing I've noticed, is just that...

It makes being with my family makes me feel like I'm a little kid again and I don't have to have responsibilities. Just talking about this makes me miss my parents so much. I can't wait to give them a big fat hug. Anyways, my dad works in B2B marketing. He came by my school for career day and said he was a big row as man. Then he told everyone how much he loved calculating his return on ad spend.

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For each other? Yeah. Yes. We have a lot of similarities. We do. And we don't even really realize them. I think we're both very creative people that want to make others happy. Yeah. And we both work... Honestly, I feel like we work...

Maybe too much. Yeah. But we were... Because we also, like, have a ton of our lives. Exactly. We're always on the grind without really even realizing it. Like, I just... I like the way you think of, like, trying to come up with new ideas and how can you do this and that. And it's like... I don't know. I think in the same way I try and... It's cool to have a brain that's constantly spinning because...

And I talked about this, I think, in last week's episode. I was just saying that I appreciate my ADHD so much sometimes because I think it is the reason that my brain is constantly going. And I'm like, oh, it's kind of cool to always have new ideas. And sometimes it can be overwhelming to be constantly thinking of new things, but it's also freaking dope. But we definitely both have that spinning mind. We're also both late to everything. Oh, gosh, yeah. We're also both...

I don't know. We have a lot of similarities. I can't think of any right now. And I honestly can't think of common, very obvious differences either.

But there's a lot. I think that you give me like a 70s retro girl, like you, like van life. Talk to plants. Talk to animals. Like you do have that sort of difference. I feel like in your, I'm not even going to say, that's a cringe word, like aesthetic. We do. Yeah, I would say we definitely have a different aesthetic. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Trying to see where I visualize you. Dude, what am I? Like you're a 90s girl. Really? Yeah. Like 90s.

I don't know. I think of friends when I think of you. Really? I think it's when you first got your haircut. Really? But I also never watched Friends, so I don't know. Okay. I can't really figure out where I see you or, like, what I see you doing. I think I, like, try hard to be, like, in, like, the 60s. But then also I'm just, like... I can't visualize the 60s right now. I kind of see... Sometimes I do. I feel like sometimes I'm, like... I could see you as such, like...

cool corporate girl. Don't know how to explain it, but like, I think you could rock, like, what are those pants called? Blazers? Like, yeah, like blazers and like cool work pants. What are those called? Slacks? Like trousers? Trousers? I don't know, fancy pants? I just like, can visualize you in the coolest freaking corporate outfits with like, a really beautiful

big office with like a penthouse view bro why can i see that for me too i also very much see you in a city versus like i see myself in like a forest so i think that's one of our differences i feel i feel like i see myself in like the suburbs i could see that too i think that maybe just like when you're in the city you seem like happy and enjoying it so i think that's why i really could see you there and like the same way like when i'm in the forest that's when i seem happy so that's why i see you there

I don't know. I don't know where I'm happy to be. I'm like, I think that that's something we're constantly figuring out. What did we just say? I'm like, what was that? Who knows? Last one and then we're done. I think that I want to do, there's a bunch I have written down, but we've kind of talked about a lot of them. I think this is a fun one to end on. If we didn't do social media, first thing that comes to your mind, what would your job be? Whoa. Whoa.

You're like, about that. Okay. I think that I would be a teacher and I would be a photographer on the side. Okay, I was just going to say, I would probably be like a videographer or do something very creative in that field. Dude, you could be a freaking director. And that's what... Oh my gosh. Yes. You being a director, since you're so confrontational, you'd be like, you move over there. Like, you're not...

Like, no, don't do that. Like, that looks bad. They're like, yes, that is giving everything I need to give. I'm like, all right, let's go, guys. 100%. Oh, my God. But I've wanted to be a director since I was, like, a kid. We should, like, direct a short film. Dude, I'm so – I'm down.

coming soon to you. No, I'm... Short film. I am so down. Probably like, yes. Oh my gosh. Wait, I directed Ellie's music video. I filmed a music video for her over the weekend. Yes, and I have to edit that. Shut up. Wait, that's so funny. No, yeah. Oh my gosh, I can't wait to see it. Anyways, guys, get pumped. We're gonna end on that note, but...

Teacher and videographer in the house. Let's go. I also could see you as a teacher. I just like love. Elementary school teacher. Oh my gosh. So good. But I think it ended up being elementary school. Middle school.

who knows maybe we'll do it in like our next life or maybe in this life who knows we're gonna figure it out one at a time we'll see I'm like maybe next week um but yeah that's that's Hannah and Lexi that's like the story that's the story of us that's everything we got I love it um I want to say thanks for having me on this was so fun and cozy and uh if you made it to the end you're awesome yeah if you made it to the end be on us both and say what should I say

I heart you for real, for real director, teacher, or like, I don't know. That was really cringe. Don't say that. I love you guys. And if you want to hear from Hannah again, let me know because she's, she'll be around. She's coming to my birthday party. I'm getting a mechanical bull. Oh my God. I'm so excited. Well, we love you guys and I'll talk to you next Monday. Bye guys.