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Hello my beautiful people and welcome back to the moments podcast. I have missed you It has been a long time since we have recorded and i'm pretty sure The last few times i've been recording my brain was all over the place and per usual it kind of still is um
know why it just turns off and everything goes to shit and my life feels like a complete disaster when I sit down to record these episodes. I really need to work on it. I should journal about it. I don't know what's going on. I think I'm just feeling like this really weird pressure that is not applied to me by anyone but myself. Like I'm just in this constant state of mind that I'm not good enough or I'm not doing enough for anyone or anything or I don't know. Just that my work is failing and it's not. And I
besides the point, I'm happy to be here. I'm happy that we're chatting. I just got back from Europe. I was there for 10 days, but when I tell you that this trip felt like five years, I mean it. Hold on. I have to yawn.
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Back to the pod. I don't even know where that came from. Sorry. I have plenty of energy today. I slept like a baby all night and I had a coffee. I'm working on doing less caffeine, but I drank a lot of caffeine in Europe because I was so tired every morning and that's not going so well. But
Yeah, Europe was so fun. I went to Italy. We went to Positano and we went to Paros, Greece. Both were beautiful spots. We were there for five days each, which is nice because I feel like when you go somewhere in Europe and you only go for a day or two and then you hop to the next spot, I don't think you get to fully, you know, experience where you're at, which is fine and all. But it was nice to do Positano like completely and Paros. Now I feel like I can actually check them off my bucket list a little bit more rapidly.
rather than if I were to just go for a day. You know what I'm saying? It was so much fun. I went with Boho Pink, which is a small business. If you guys have stuck around for a while or if you know me from TikTok, if you found me from the podcast, you might not know about them, but...
I've been working with them since way back in 2021. I guess that wasn't that long ago, but anyways, it's a mother-daughter owned company and it's a small business and they have been the greatest company to work with ever. So how the trip works is I go and I wear a whole lot of boho pink and they provide my flight and my stay and then I get to hang out with the owner and we just get to build our relationship and friendship and just have fun. It's kind of like a celebratory work trip experience.
But it's still work, but it's like the greatest kind of work. I don't know how to explain it. Influencing is a very weird thing. I actually think we should do a whole podcast episode on what it's like, like what I'm doing behind the scenes for work, what I...
I don't know. I think it could be cool. And I actually get a lot of DMs about people wondering how to start filming and how to start doing something like this and how to make this a career. And I didn't expect this to be my career whatsoever. But since it has become that, I do have some what I would call tips and tricks up my sleeve. And I want you guys to know your worth when it comes to doing content creation or influencing. It's a very weird world. And it's definitely...
becoming more and more saturated and by that I mean there's just so many more people doing it which is a really cool thing considering it's like the number one way for companies to do marketing it's the number one way to start a business to promote a business it's cool fascinating interesting I love it and we should do an episode on that so if you're listening right now and you want to hear that episode just DM me like the questions that you have or if you want to hear it or if you have absolutely no interest in hearing anything like that whatsoever and
Let me know. What else do I have going on? I got back from Europe. All was well. You know, I wasn't very jet lagged. My luggage did get lost, but for some reason it didn't really faze me. And I wasn't even confident I was going to get it back. Like I just kind of accepted that it was gone and I took it as a sign to like buy a new suitcase, buy some new clothes and just move on with my life. But it ended up coming back and they found it. And I think that, where was I going with that?
Really had to have that mindset because I realized once I opened that suitcase how many things I'm really emotionally attached to were in it and also the Dyson that I just bought Listen how frustrating this is if you go to Europe, okay, and you buy a dice and you bring your Dyson Don't bring your Dyson. You can't use it anywhere. The voltage is too high the more, you know Which sucked so I couldn't do my hair first world problems. I know let's move on. I got home and
Yeah, my luggage comes the day after I get home and the night after I get home, I had a very unfortunate series of events and I want to kind of
Touch on what I just went through but I don't it's also very personal And this is where the hard line comes in with social media like keeping my life private. Um offline and then Also being able to share it and be vulnerable and be real with you guys. It's a tough line It's a really tough line, especially because this situation doesn't just involve me i'm gonna give it to you at the best of my abilities um, so
Go to bed, Gabe sleeps over, we go to bed at like midnight, and I pass out. Note that I never turn my ringer off in my sleep. It is all my friends' biggest pet peeve about me that my ringer is on. Like, I'll just be getting notifications at 3 in the morning, 4 in the morning, and my friends will be so pissed. But I've always kept it on because I just have this overwhelming, irrational fear that something's going to happen and I need my ringer to go off no matter what. So I don't miss anything.
And my ringer was off for whatever reason. I go to sleep, my ringer's off. And at 1230 in the morning, I'm passed out. I like wake up to hearing two voices. I hear my brother's voice and I hear my boyfriend's voice. I'm like, what's going on? But I'm in a daze. I'm half asleep. And then Gabe taps me. Like, I just, I remember feeling like I was dreaming when I heard both their voices. And all I heard was situation, need your help. And I'm like, what the actual F is going on?
Gabe taps me. He's like, we need to go. I'm like, what do you mean we need to go where? He goes, Colby got in a car accident. And I was like, what? And I'm just, I feel like I'm having a nightmare because along with keeping my ringer on and like having this irrational fear that something bad is going to happen, my other constant fear that I think about almost daily is car accidents. Not me being in one, but people that I love being in one. It's just this really, I don't know. I always have fears, deep, real fears about it.
besides the point I get up we get in the car thank god Gabe was sleeping over because Colby called me three times and I didn't see my phone and like god forbid I don't know I just makes me really emotional and upset that I didn't have my ringer on and I didn't pick up the first time that he called me like he must have been so scared anyways we drive to where Colby was at and I again like I don't want to get too in detail with this story but
Obviously, no one was drinking. No other cars were involved, actually. My brother's always been a really good driver, so this is just totally something that no one saw coming. He was going with his girlfriend to bring her back home. Yada, yada, yada. He lost control of the wheel.
Because they like kind of hit something in the road a little bit. And he ends up like going into a pole and then a tree and like it was just a whole thing and the car is completely totaled. And mind you, he was driving my car because when I travel, I let him use my car because I have two brothers and we only have one car for them to share. Also kind of besides the point.
And... Yeah. It was really scary. If he wasn't in the truck or if he hit the pole slightly different, he could have lost his life. And his girlfriend could have lost her life too. And the whole thing is just really sad because Kobe already has so much going on with like going into college and feeling just overwhelmed by life. He's so mature for his age. And...
I just know this was so heavy. And he was, like, so worried that my parents were going to be mad at him. And, obviously, everyone was just glad he's okay. And, like, it literally wasn't his fault. There was nothing he could have done. He did everything in his power to, like, be okay. And... I don't know. I'm leaving out a lot of details. But...
Point is it was really traumatic couple days for me because after that happened like we were at the hospital until 4:00 in the morning and Then like I just I just felt so heavy and like I could not help but feel so anxious Even though and this is a weird thing that was happening and I don't know if this has happened for anyone else Colby was completely okay But the anxiety that was consuming me for the few days after and even like today's first day. I feel pretty much normal and
I just was like, what if he had been in a different car? Like, what if he hadn't moved his head a certain way? What if, like, they hit the pole different? Like, what if he lost his life? Even though he didn't, all of those thoughts were what was consuming me. And then also, like, what if he did get so injured that he... There were no other cars on the road. He's the one who had to call 911 by himself. Like, God forbid he hit his head and couldn't do it. Like, who would have found him? I don't know. It's just...
It was just so heavy and it was really hard and I don't know it's just one of those moments that really made me feel like damn life really can end tomorrow and you really need to live every day like it is your last and it's so sad that something so serious has to happen to really make that message click in your mind, but
If it's something that you've been taking for granted, just your life in general, and not appreciating the little things and the people around you and your family and every little moment that you can, please, please, please allow this to be a reminder that...
Anything can happen and you never think it's gonna happen to you like never in my life What I think that Colby of all people would be the one to get in an accident like this like I I'm a good driver too, but it would happen to me before it would happen him in my brain and Yeah, it just breaks my heart that you know We really do take life for granted and that's not what I want the whole basis of this episode to be Even though I probably could go on and on about it for the next 25 minutes. I
I want this episode to be about going back to school. It's that time of year. We're all trickling back into classes, whether it's high school or it's college or it's your first year post-grad, which essentially is what it is for me. I left school two years ago, so this isn't my first rodeo, but...
I have a lot of friends who this is their first year not going back to school. It's their first year starting their real careers. And it's just a big adjustment. It's a very big changing time in everybody's life, no matter what the age is. And I didn't make an outline for this week's episode or anything. I just kind of want to talk to you about what goes through my head when I think about back to school. And there's a few different categories for each age, I might say. But I want to kind of start with age.
high school and going even middle school i don't know how old you are listening to this i don't know if you're completely out of school listening to this but either way i think most people could take away something from it hello quick little intermission telling you about something you hear about very often i'd like to thank better help for sponsoring this podcast episode i am not lying to you guys when i say there is a reason that i keep talking about better help it is because we all need therapy no matter how happy healthy and awesome you feel
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Something that no one's really looking forward to. Yes, it's all very exciting at first, you know, first day of school outfits, getting new pencils and pens, that was always my favorite thing. And for the first week going back to school, I loved it. And then it kind of hit that I was in school. And most people don't enjoy school. I did but didn't at the same time. I was kind of indifferent. I liked what I did outside of school that was related to school. Does that make sense? Like being on the cheer team, going to football games.
But school itself was always hard for me. So when you go back to school, I want you to go in with the right mindset. Okay, I want you to go in knowing that this is going to be a good year for you. This is going to be a year that you are going to succeed and you are going to make yourself proud and you are going to focus on yourself and love yourself. And I think that when it comes to high school, I spent so much of my time and I don't regret it because high school overall was a really good time for me.
But if there are a couple tips that I could tell younger me, even though I still feel like I'm in high school, I would probably tell her to not do things so much for other people. I spent a lot of my time in high school trying to please other people or be good enough for other people, and I honestly don't think I did much at all for myself. And it's not because I was immature.
It's something that almost everyone at that age does it is all about other people when you're 15 16 17 18 19 even 20 Um, I just think that my eyes weren't open. My mind wasn't open I wasn't aware that I had control over my own life in the sense that I didn't know I could only focus on myself. I thought that I had to
be good enough for everyone. I thought that I had to be in the popular crowd. I thought that I had to be the cheer captain. I thought that I had to look good every day at school. I thought that if boys didn't like me, I was like ugly and stupid and a terrible person. I thought that I had to be everyone's, every teacher's favorite student and I
It wasn't because I was doing it for me. Like, it was just because I wanted to be cool. And if you asked me that back then, I wouldn't have been able to explain that to you. But it is definitely something that now that I've gone through all those years and I can look back on it, I am aware that I was being a certain person for the wrong reasons. And there's nothing wrong with that. There's probably still areas of my life that I'm still...
Doing things for other people but it is cool to be able to reflect on my old self and just kind of Tell you the things that I would change and obviously everything that I just said being said The first thing is to make sure you're doing things for you I would say my senior years when I really started to kind of have my own sense of self and like do things for myself and
get over what other people thought of me. For example, I lived outside of the school zone. So, and I've probably mentioned this before. I lived outside of my school zone. So the only way I could go to the high school that I wanted to go to was if I did the military program, which was JROTC, like Navy Junior ROTC, whatever, whatever. Basically had to wear a military uniform, had to put my hair in a slicked back bun, had to run outside and then go to my next class, had to do drill in the
freshman sophomore year this was deemed as like weird this is what in my brain at the time I thought was like for weird kids like back when I like actually put labels on people and like
thought that if I was part of this group I couldn't be cool like back when who you were mattered um and I do feel like the times are a lot different now and I feel like people younger are a lot more mature than I was at that age and I don't know I can only hope that people respect other people more than I was in high school not to say that I was like some bad judgmental person like I'm just giving you the reality of what happened in my mind I didn't want to be an ROTC girl whatsoever I
freshman sophomore junior year I tried to hide it like I really just hated that I was a part of it and I despised it and I don't know I was just such a negative little brat that's what I'll leave it at and by my senior year I realized that everyone who was a part of ROTC was actually so cool and I had made like really good friends with my chiefs which were my teachers my classmates and everyone in ROTC was absolutely awesome and I
Looking back, I can understand that we just had different passions. You know, like not everybody wants to be a cheerleader. Some people want to go do drill and like do cool stuff. And at the time, I just, I don't know. I thought there was only one right way and one cool way. And I just think back to how I was in high school. And I'm like, dude, why did you think that way? I would have saved myself so much, um,
like time and energy and had so much less insecurity if I just saw people as people and saw myself as myself and not saw labels as the most important thing ever. And I wish I didn't spend so much time trying to fit in with a certain crowd that now I would want nothing to do with just because I think that we have different morals and values and whatever. Point is,
Just be aware of the way that you're thinking and be aware of the way that you're treating other people. And I don't know. I just sometimes think we need to check ourselves. And I wish that I did that more in high school. I wish that I just, I don't know. You get the point. What else do I got about going back to school? Please focus on your grades, okay? They are important. I didn't like to do that and I do kind of regret it sometimes.
I wish that I poured a little bit more energy into learning because now that I've left school and I don't have as much time to go back to school even if I wanted to I do crave learning and I know this sounds like so pick me and cringe and annoying as someone who's not in school you're probably like dude are you effing serious I'm in AP classes right now and you want to tell me that you want to take notes when you get to have like the free time in your day to do whatever you want and
I know it sounds bad, okay? And it's still going to sound bad. There's no way around it. But I crave learning a lot. And it's a lot harder for me to learn. And I know you guys are probably like, well, you can still learn. Yes, I know that. I'm totally aware of that. But I have a much harder time with self-discipline than a lot of people. And when I try to sit down and learn, no matter how interested I am in the subject, it is not something that comes easy to me. And I end up being distracted or lost or just giving up on it.
Um, therefore, if you have the opportunity to be in a room where you are going to be disciplined and controlled, essentially try to take, make the best of it. I know it sounds crazy, but this is all coming from someone who isn't in school anymore. And I'm looking back on the times that I was, I have personal experience. Okay. And I know I sound silly and stupid and crazy, but I'm not a little bit. I am.
Enjoy your school. Enjoy your learning. Appreciate it for what it is. Know that we are privileged and blessed to even be able to get an education. And I don't know. I just think that when we think about things like that, it makes the terrible things a little bit more enjoyable, you know? And if you can shift the mindset every once in a while, please do it. It's still going to suck, okay? Homework is not going to be enjoyable. You're going to be wanting to die a lot of the time, especially senior year, junior year when...
It's really important to have good grades for college. I remember the feeling. I remember applying to college. I remember everything. And I know that it's draining, but try to look on the bright side, okay? It's going to be worth it and it's going to pass. And you got this, okay? Enough said. Also with high school, please be yourself, okay? This kind of ties, this fully ties into the first one. If you are focusing on yourself and you are being someone else,
for yourself and not for other people that is exactly how you're going to draw on the right crowd and when I say this I mean the friendships of mine that lasted from high school were the friendships where people saw me and they saw the real me like I sure I'm acquaintances with a lot of the people that I was friends with in high school you know we'll still DM every once in a while or catch up or whatever but we're not going out of our way to hang out these aren't people that I'm talking to or keeping updated in my life and
Those are the people I faked around like I was someone else around the people that stayed my best friends and will always be a humongous part of my life are the people that I got to be honest with and the people that saw like the real vulnerable me and I just want that to be a reminder for you that if you want these friendships to last and of course some of them are going to drift high school to now was a long time ago and we still have a long time to go.
People grow in different directions, but if you want to really make your friendships last I need you to really be yourself and I need you to really know your worth and know your value and Not let people walk all over you and not people let people treat you horribly because I know that there's a lot of that in high school Okay, if there's a boy that you like and there's a girl taking him from you. Don't keep that girlfriend around Okay, there's there's better people
Um, whoever you surround yourself with is one who you're going to become. We've talked about this. My mom has always drilled this in my brain and two, whoever you are and whatever energy you put out is what you're going to attract. So this all ties into, this also ties into just checking yourself. Okay. Making sure you're being a kind person and you're acting like someone you would want to have as a friend for the rest of your life.
And I think that when we check ourselves like that, it can put a lot of things into perspective that sometimes we're all needing to be a little bit nicer to ourselves, to other people, to whatever the situation may be. High school is high school. Quick little intermission and this ad could not be any more perfect timing to be recording because I'm currently drinking a sugar-free liquid IV as we speak. And I'm not kidding, I have been drinking them every single day because I'm playing pickleball and sweating my butt off.
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remember all these feelings so, so, so well and I want to just kind of talk to you about some of them. It's a really, really, really scary transition time in your life and I don't think we understand how it makes us feel until we have to go through it. So if you're going through it now, one, I'm here for you. I know it's really exciting, but it's scary, but it's freeing. It's so many different feelings all at once and I think that that's why it's so, so
heavy because you just don't even know what to feel. You're like, oh my god, a taste of freedom. I can do whatever I want. I can stay out as late as I want. I can, I don't have to listen to my parents but at the same time it's like, oh, my mommy's not going to do my laundry. My mommy's not going to make my bed and all of those things kind of hit and it's just an interesting time in your life and I remember when I first went to college, I was really, really, really thriving the first few weeks and I
you're most likely going to be going out a lot. You know, it depends on where you're going to school, but you're going to make new friends and you might keep those friends around all four years. You might separate from some of them. But as you enter this time in your life, I want you to think about a few things. Okay. And the main one is as you move into this freshman year of college,
Take each moment and allow it to be each moment. Okay, don't allow yourself to think so deeply about the past or about the future. This is one of those times in your life where you need to just be in the moment because it will go by so fast and you need to let these fun opening years and semesters be fun. Okay, this is when your classes are going to be light and gentle and
I've talked to you so many times about how I went into like a really dark place in college. I faced a not so happy time and I had to move home and it wasn't ideal. But I can still confidently tell you that those first couple months that I was in college, as much as like maybe deep down I was building up some really dark feelings...
I was having the time of my life. Okay, I prioritized having fun with my friends and I made memories that i'm going to hold on to forever Okay, this is the time that I want you to be Not so serious with yourself because eventually And I hate to say it like you're gonna get to a point in your life where you have to be an adult and you have To be a grown-up and you have to be a big girl and um
These are kind of the moments where I wish that I did stay in college a couple years and I didn't have to leave because of my mental health. And whatever it is, just take this moment and soak it in, okay? And have fun and make new friends and meet new people and kiss boys, like, if you want. And if you don't want to, you don't have to. The point here is live in the moment, soak it up, okay? And don't put so much pressure on yourself to be happy.
Anything specific. Let yourself explore. Let yourself figure yourself out. You know? And also take this time to...
Enjoy being independent. Okay, there's a chance that maybe when you graduate you'll end up moving back home Maybe you'll move back home for who knows what reason just enjoy being independent and Also, please call your parents and your grandparents. They miss you so much. I Remember being so homesick that I would just come home and my parents loved it and and they realized how much they actually enjoyed having me in the house because it got real quiet when I left and
Your parents are going to miss you. Okay. And friendships from high school. That's another thing. If you want these friendships to work. You have to put the effort in. And I think this is something that I struggle with in my life. Especially now. I've made a lot of really really special friends in the past few years. And I have noticed that when I'm not putting the work in. I can't keep the friendships as strong as they were. And that's okay. Because it is a two way street. Everybody has to put the work in. But the point is just know.
If you want friendships to last, you have to do your part in making them last. And you have to call your friends and ask them about their life and just be there for each other. This is going to be a very interesting time for you. And it's weird to me because I don't feel like I'm in any place to give advice because I just feel like I just experienced this. I don't know, last week, last year, but it's been five years, four years since I went into college. And...
I've grown a lot and I've changed a lot and I fully am in a place where I can give advice on this. It's just, it's a weird pill for even me to swallow because I feel too young to be talking about this like I'm some old lady. I don't know. Take it from me, okay? Be young and soak it in and enjoy every second and I'm getting repetitive with that one but it's because I mean it and I also think that, I don't know, this is just a very pivotal time in your life and
Six years from now, it might not have any effect on what you're doing or who you are. But it also might have a really big effect on what you're doing and who you are. So just be aware. Be aware. That's my life tip for always. And I don't know. Just play You're On Your Own Kid by Taylor Swift and listen to the words really deeply a few times and...
Just know that that's the time of your life you're in, okay? Take the friendship bracelets, whatever, whatever. Make the memories and chase it, yada, yada, yada. I don't know what they say. I just know they hit hard. And I just want you to know that this is going to be a very beautiful time in your life. And I'm really proud of you for making it this far. And I want you to enjoy this chapter. And it might get hard at times. And that's when I want you to whip out your journal. And I want you to reflect. And I want you to...
Take every experience with a grain of salt and know that you might get your heart broken a couple times. You might lose some valuable friends. You might have to deal with shitty people. And you might break some hearts and be a bad friend and learn from it. Okay, this is when you're going to learn a lot in your life about yourself. It's the first time that you're on your own. Really on your own. And...
you can do it and you're gonna be great and it's gonna be so fun and I just I'm really happy for you and really excited for you and I know I'm talking to so many of you at once but I really do feel like I'm individually having conversation with you and I want you to know that you're freaking awesome and I'm so proud of you and yeah
if you have any questions about college or like my college experience or what to expect, obviously we all have different experiences and a different set of situations. And you know, either way, I want to give you some college advice. And I'm thinking about recording this episode with Lisette since we had such opposite college experiences. I think it could be really cool and valuable. Um,
So yeah, I don't want to spend the whole rest of this episode talking about college and going into college. If you're going into another year of college, honestly all the same things still apply. If you're moving schools, same things apply. I just hope that even if you're not going back to school, there's something that you can take away from this episode. Because I still apply almost all of these things into my life somehow, someway. Just not down to the specifics. And...
I want you to enjoy this year of school, okay? Have a blast. How many times am I going to say enjoy this year of school? I don't know. Clearly, I'm missing it and I'm feeling a little bit nostalgic right now. I love you, okay? And you're doing great. You're doing awesome. Wear your favorite outfits to class and...
Yeah, I love you. We'll talk soon. Let me know what podcast episodes you guys want next and who you want to hear on the podcast because I swear once my traveling settles down this year, probably November, we're going to get some new people on here, which is super fun, awesome, and exciting. And I know you're probably sick of hearing me say it, but I can't seem to stop saying it. One day I'll make it happen and I'm confident of it. I just got to get there when I get there.
And as far as the Guided Journal goes, she is about to go into production, which means you'll see her in 2024. That's all I know. That's all I can give you. But she's a beautiful masterpiece, and I can't believe it's coming to life. And also, Mango is coming to life. She's doing well. Follow the journey along there. If you guys don't know, I bought a house. I named it Mango. We're renovating it. We're ideally going to turn it into an Airbnb that you and all your friends can come hang out at and stay at.
And yeah, it's awesome. Okay. I love you guys. I will talk to you soon. Have the best week ever. And sorry for the late upload this week. There's been clearly a lot of things going on. Okay.