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Hey everyone, welcome back to Realist.
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My name is Jessica and I am so excited to be back.
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I did have to take a week break, and I know I didn't post an episode last week, and honestly, I could stay here and give you a whole explanation about why, but I just needed a break, as simple as that.
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Because sometimes life gets busy, sometimes you have a lot going on, sometimes you need a break, and sometimes you just don't get everything done that you planned to, and that's okay.
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And at least for me, I actually just it was I was overwhelmed, and I just needed recovery.
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I guess even yesterday I was being hard on myself, like get up, Jessica, go start cleaning.
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And I did, I started to, and then it ended up just being another lazy day, and sometimes we just have to listen to our bodies, to our mind.
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I don't I think we need to be a little more graceful towards ourselves and just understand that our mind and body actually know what they're doing, and there's a reason why they act a certain way.
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So I definitely, definitely appreciated this break that I got, and I feel 10 times better.
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So instead of coming back with this huge heavy conversation today, I wanted to do something a little different.
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I just wanted to have a positive conversation because I think sometimes we forget that we're allowed to have a good day, like an actual have a good day, not a productive day, not a day where we accomplished 17 things in our to-do list, not a day where we solved all of our problems, which I was trying to do the past two days, just a good day, and I think I need that reminder just as much as anybody else.
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Things we're worried about, things we're trying to fix, things we're trying to become, and sometimes we spend so much time thinking about what comes next that we forget to actually experience what's happening right now.
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We're always waiting for something.
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We're waiting until we lose the weight, we're waiting until we make more money, we're waiting until we get the next job, we're waiting until we're in the relationship we want.
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We're even waiting until our house looks better, waiting until we're more confident, we're waiting until we're finally quote unquote together, right?
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And then we'll be happy.
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But what if we don't have to wait?
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What if we can have a good day right now?
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I sometimes think we put so much pressure on happiness, like happiness has to be this huge event, and I understand, like, in social media we're always presenting like the best time of our lives, we're making it huge, we're just out there promoting it in such a different way these days.
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And it ha and and again, like social media, you have to go on a vacation.
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We're promoting how we fall in love, how we're getting promoted, and sometimes even what we're buying or a haul and presenting it to the world.
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You have to have this picture perfect life, but sometimes happiness is so incredibly small, right?
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Like for me, it's sometimes the smallest things.
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Like the past two days it's been raining, and sometimes I wasn't even doing anything, I was just laying in my bed, letting the rain sounds just surround me, and it just was so nice and so beautiful, and so I definitely enjoy that.
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You know, it's sometimes your favorite song coming on when you're driving.
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That's me all the time.
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I love every single song that comes on.
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It's getting coffee exactly the way you like it, it's taking a shower and putting on your favorite lotion afterward.
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It's putting on an outfit and looking in the mirror and thinking, Okay, I look really good today.
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It's laughing so hard with somebody that your stomach hurts.
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It's watching a movie you've already probably seen 10 times, and that's me in October for one of my favorite movies of all time, which is Harry Potter.
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It's your favorite food, it's getting into bed after a long day, it's opening the window when the weather is beautiful, it's decorating your house for a season.
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Ooh, season's here, holiday season.
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It's getting a text from somebody you love, it's hearing a song that takes you back to a really good memory.
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It's literally just sitting somewhere and thinking, wow, I'm okay right now.
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And I think we need to stop underestimating those moments because those moments are our lives, and I mean, yes, I I deeply think that because you know when you look at a picture, the bigger picture, right?
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In a museum, art, you know, yes, it looks so beautiful, everything, right?
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But it's the small details that make that big picture, it's what makes you appreciate the bigger picture.
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So I definitely believe that the small moments are so important in our lives, and as a society, as an era of just social media, we tend to overlook those things so easily.
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And it's not technically our fault, it's just living life.
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We are just always on the go, we're always running around, we're always again wanting the next big thing, it's just a lot of stuff, and sometimes I think that's why human beings are overstimulated.
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We tend to take so much information now than what our ancestors or our grandparents used to.
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It's a lot for our brain, and so we just tend to overlook everything now because our brains just need to put their energy on the things that we need to focus on, which it could be like our jobs or finding love or having a conversation, or you know, it's just on the go all the time.
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I also think adulthood teaches us that everything has to be productive.
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You wake up, you go to work, you exercise, you clean, you answer emails, you make money, you take care of people, you run errands, you make plans, you work on your goals, and even when you're resting, sometimes you're thinking, I should probably be doing something.
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Again, that was me two days ago, and I'm guilty of this too.
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Sometimes I'll sit down and immediately think about the five things I could be doing instead.
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But why?
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Why can't I just sit here?
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Why can't you?
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And to share a little bit of um a little bit of my personal life, um, I just I sometimes feel like we just need to sit in the moment and let our feelings live.
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And what I mean by that is instead of running away from all these many many thoughts or running away from feelings, you know, we have to sit on it, we have to allow it to have space because I feel like when you want to become proactive, you need to take care of yourself first and tell yourself, okay, I'm overwhelmed or I'm burned out, and just sit on it.
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And I feel like that's what I did the past two days.
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I sat on my emotions, I allowed my mind to question things.
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Um, I allowed to myself just to feel, and I am really happy that I did because today feels 10 times better, and I feel 10 times better, and I feel like now I can go to work and be myself, or I can do this podcast with so much love and encouragement, and I can talk to my family and tell them I'm okay.
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You know, there's just there's a lot, you know, and I feel like sometimes we forget to just take a pause and and just live in the present or or live in our feelings, and I'm really, really happy that I did.
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So, why does every moment have to contribute to some bigger goal?
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You are not a project that constantly needs improvement, you are a person, you're a human being, and people are allowed to rest, people are allowed to have fun, people are allowed to be silly, allowed to waste an afternoon watching movies or just sitting in bed all day.
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People are allowed to go out and dance, and you know that's me.
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I'm a dancer, I love to dance.
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Dancing is such a freedom of expression for me, and it always makes me feel better.
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And I'm so thankful for every single of my friends right now that have been there for me.
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I just thank you guys so much for just being my anchor, my foundation, and taking me out to dance, probably when I really didn't want to.
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People are allowed to eat dessert.
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Ooh, who doesn't like that chocolate cake or that ice cream, right?
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People are allowed to laugh, people are allowed to enjoy their lives, and no, I'm not saying don't have goals.
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Please have goals, please dream as big as you like.
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You know, work hard if that's what drives you in life, right?
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But take care of yourself, but don't become so obsessed with becoming the person you want to be that you forget to appreciate the person you are right now, and it's beautiful, you guys.
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I was sharing with someone about probably my past 10 years of my life, and I was really in it.
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I was thinking about it, and to see my growth from 10 years to now, it's been um it's been heartbreaking.
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I I've I've had moments that I wasn't sure if I was gonna be okay, and here I am stronger than ever, confident.
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Oh my god, I'm so much more confident than ever, and I love enjoying life, and I'm in a place that I'm really happy with myself, I'm happy with the relationship with my family, I'm happy with the relationship with my friends, and so much more, and I'm just so thankful to not have stayed where I was at 10 years, and instead have grown to be this really positive person in my life, and maybe you're listening to this and thinking, Well, my life isn't exactly where I want it to be.
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I get it.
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Maybe you're struggling with something, maybe you're lonely, maybe you're trying to figure out your career, maybe you're dealing with family stuff, maybe you're questioning a relationship, maybe money is stressful, especially with this economy right now.
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Maybe you're just exhausted, and I'm not going to sit here and tell you to just be positive, because sometimes things are genuinely hard, and sometimes a lot of those come in together at the same time, and you're like, what just happened?
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My life was riding smoothly, everything seemed good, and then all of a sudden everything came together, right?
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And it just made it 10 times harder, 10 times more stressful, and you're just maybe lost.
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But I do think there's a difference between acknowledging that your life is difficult and believing that your entire life is difficult.
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Those aren't exactly the same thing.
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You can have a hard season and still have a beautiful moment, you can still be stressed and still laugh, you can be healing and still having so much fun, you can be figuring things out and still enjoying your life.
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You don't have to have everything figured out before you're allowed to experience joy, and I can definitely speak to that.
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I would like to think I'm a positive person, and I would like to think that my love projects to others and bring a very positive environment, but even positive people get burned out, even positive people cry, you know, and we're trying to figure everything out, and so you know, someone told me, Well, you look like you haven't gone through what you're saying, and I it took me a moment, I took a step back from what they said, and I thought about it, and they're right.
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From someone outside looking into it, the perspective would be like she's not going through it, she's fine, she she's already doing a million more things ahead of herself, but I think sometimes we just need to be considerate and have empathy for everyone no matter what, because I can speak for myself, I can function when I'm sad, I can function when my life feels difficult, or if I have to make difficult decisions, and you know, my heartbreaks in the past, they've people go, Oh wow, you're over it, and it's like, mm-hmm, not really, I'm not really over it.
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Just because you see me going out with my friends, just because you see me laughing, just because you see me, you know, functioning as a normal human being doesn't mean I'm okay.
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Sometimes people just have to live to feel okay, you know, and that's me.
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I'm someone that runs away from my feelings, which isn't good.
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I wouldn't suggest it to anyone.
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That's why, you know, I tell people, go ahead and sit in your feelings, but sometimes I feel like it's okay because for me, it's my way of telling myself it's okay.
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Look, you're getting up, look, you're doing this, look, and eventually, I'm not kidding you guys, my feelings catch up, and when they do, yes, I'm sitting there, and maybe I'm crying, maybe I'm very hard on myself, maybe I'm angry, but it's maybe the crash is a little harder, but I don't know how to explain it.
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Like, for me, by the time that happens, like looking back at what I've done helps me to be like, Look, um obviously I'm upset, obviously I'm heartbroken, obviously I'm sad, obviously I'm angry.
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But look, look, look what you did.
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You did all these amazing things, and you are an amazing person, and you're a human being, so maybe right now we just need to feel those feelings and then get back on our feet and then continue moving on, and usually that's how it goes for me, and I am very thankful to every single person that's been there for me, cheering me on, catching me when I'm falling.
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You know, I I appreciate every single one of person, and and I want I want to do the same for them.
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So I want to give you a little challenge, nothing complicated, nothing too crazy.
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So, today or whenever you're listening to this, I want you to do one thing simply because it makes you happy, not because it's proactive, not because it helps your career, not because you need to lose weight, not because somebody else expects it from you, not because it'll make you more successful, just because you like it.
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Again, maybe it's getting your favorite coffee from your favorite coffee shop, maybe it's putting on music and dancing around your house like I did yesterday.
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Maybe it's going outside and enjoying the weather or the rain, you know.
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Maybe it's buying yourself flowers or calling somebody you love, it's watching your comfort show, maybe it's going to your favorite store of all time with absolutely no purpose whatsoever, and honestly, sometimes that's therapy.
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But seriously, do something that reminds you that you're a person living a life, not just somebody trying to get through one, and while you're doing it, don't feel guilty, don't think about what you should be doing, just be there, be present, enjoy it.
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Because I think one of the biggest lessons I'm learning in my own life is that you don't get to redo today, you can plan tomorrow, you can work towards next year, you can think about the future, but you only get this version of today once.
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Maybe today isn't extraordinary, maybe nothing happens, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth enjoying.
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Maybe today's just a regular Wednesday.
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Maybe you go to work like I am right now, maybe you come home, maybe you make dinner, maybe you watch TV, maybe you talk to somebody you you love, or a friend, or you know, maybe you're out dating, and that's enough.
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A life doesn't have to be extraordinary every single day to be meaningful.
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Sometimes a beautiful life is just a collection of ordinary days that you actually allowed yourself to enjoy.
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So if nobody has told you lately, you don't have to have everything figured out, you don't have to be where you thought you'd be by this age, you don't have to constantly be improving, you don't have to explain every decision you made, you don't have to make your life look impressive to anybody else, and you definitely don't have to wait until everything is perfect to be happy.
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You're allowed to have a good day, you're allowed to laugh, you're allowed to be excited, you're allowed to look forward to something, you're allowed to celebrate something small, you're allowed to romanticize your life a little bit.
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Ooh, and honestly, I think we should because there is so much happening in the world that can make us feel so heavy.
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So when you find a little bit of light, hold on to it, enjoy it, let yourself have it, and maybe that's what I need to hear from myself today.
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I don't need to have the perfect episode every week, I don't have to have everything figured out, I can just show up, and maybe that realist is what is really about.
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We're all figuring it out, we're all learning, we're all growing, we're all having good days and bad days, and weird days and days where we don't know what the hell we're doing, or even the world.
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I'm sorry, I'm just throwing that out there.
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We're not gonna get into it, but the world sometimes feels a little too crazy for me, and that's okay because that's real.
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So before I let you go, I want you to think about one thing you're looking forward to.
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It doesn't have to be big.
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Um, maybe it's dinner tonight, maybe it's getting out of work and being with your kids.
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Oh, how cute.
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Sometimes when um when I was on vacation with my family in Dallas Fort, you know, I didn't get to see my niece for two days, and it was a little heartbreaking.
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I was like, I want to see her, but that was something I looked forward to, and to some people it's like you know, small, but for me it's big, you know, because she's just such a little cute light in my life.
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Maybe it's the weekend, maybe it's seeing someone you love, maybe it's a concert, maybe it's fall, maybe it's stickering for Christmas, maybe it's literally just getting home and getting to bed, whatever it is.
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And some of those are big, but even if it's again your favorite coffee, doing your makeup, um, looking forward to a text from someone, let's see, having a moment to talk to your family, just to tell them good morning.
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I mean, there's just so many small things out there that make life enjoyable, and let yourself be excited about it.
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Sometimes having something small to look forward to can change the entire feeling of a day.
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And if today has been a bad day for you, I hope tomorrow is a little lighter, a little better.
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And if today has been a good day, I hope you let yourself enjoy it without waiting for something to go completely wrong.
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Alright, so thank you so much for being here.
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Thank you for listening, and thank you for giving me the space to show up exactly as I am.
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This is the podcast, real is, and remember, you don't have to have it all figured out, you just have to keep showing up.
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And thank you guys so much once again, and I hope you guys have a wonderful day.
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I'll see you next time, okay?
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Bye now.
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Hey everyone, welcome back to Realist.
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My name is Jessica and I am so excited to be back.
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I did have to take a week break, and I know I didn't post an episode last week, and honestly, I could stay here and give you a whole explanation about why, but I just needed a break, as simple as that.
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Because sometimes life gets busy, sometimes you have a lot going on, sometimes you need a break, and sometimes you just don't get everything done that you planned to, and that's okay.
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And at least for me, I actually just it was I was overwhelmed, and I just needed recovery.
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I guess even yesterday I was being hard on myself, like get up, Jessica, go start cleaning.
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And I did, I started to, and then it ended up just being another lazy day, and sometimes we just have to listen to our bodies, to our mind.
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I don't I think we need to be a little more graceful towards ourselves and just understand that our mind and body actually know what they're doing, and there's a reason why they act a certain way.
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So I definitely, definitely appreciated this break that I got, and I feel 10 times better.
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So instead of coming back with this huge heavy conversation today, I wanted to do something a little different.
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I just wanted to have a positive conversation because I think sometimes we forget that we're allowed to have a good day, like an actual have a good day, not a productive day, not a day where we accomplished 17 things in our to-do list, not a day where we solved all of our problems, which I was trying to do the past two days, just a good day, and I think I need that reminder just as much as anybody else.
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Things we're worried about, things we're trying to fix, things we're trying to become, and sometimes we spend so much time thinking about what comes next that we forget to actually experience what's happening right now.
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We're always waiting for something.
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We're waiting until we lose the weight, we're waiting until we make more money, we're waiting until we get the next job, we're waiting until we're in the relationship we want.
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We're even waiting until our house looks better, waiting until we're more confident, we're waiting until we're finally quote unquote together, right?
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And then we'll be happy.
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But what if we don't have to wait?
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What if we can have a good day right now?
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I sometimes think we put so much pressure on happiness, like happiness has to be this huge event, and I understand, like, in social media we're always presenting like the best time of our lives, we're making it huge, we're just out there promoting it in such a different way these days.
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And it ha and and again, like social media, you have to go on a vacation.
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We're promoting how we fall in love, how we're getting promoted, and sometimes even what we're buying or a haul and presenting it to the world.
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You have to have this picture perfect life, but sometimes happiness is so incredibly small, right?
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Like for me, it's sometimes the smallest things.
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Like the past two days it's been raining, and sometimes I wasn't even doing anything, I was just laying in my bed, letting the rain sounds just surround me, and it just was so nice and so beautiful, and so I definitely enjoy that.
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You know, it's sometimes your favorite song coming on when you're driving.
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That's me all the time.
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I love every single song that comes on.
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It's getting coffee exactly the way you like it, it's taking a shower and putting on your favorite lotion afterward.
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It's putting on an outfit and looking in the mirror and thinking, Okay, I look really good today.
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It's laughing so hard with somebody that your stomach hurts.
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It's watching a movie you've already probably seen 10 times, and that's me in October for one of my favorite movies of all time, which is Harry Potter.
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It's your favorite food, it's getting into bed after a long day, it's opening the window when the weather is beautiful, it's decorating your house for a season.
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Ooh, season's here, holiday season.
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It's getting a text from somebody you love, it's hearing a song that takes you back to a really good memory.
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It's literally just sitting somewhere and thinking, wow, I'm okay right now.
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And I think we need to stop underestimating those moments because those moments are our lives, and I mean, yes, I I deeply think that because you know when you look at a picture, the bigger picture, right?
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In a museum, art, you know, yes, it looks so beautiful, everything, right?
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But it's the small details that make that big picture, it's what makes you appreciate the bigger picture.
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So I definitely believe that the small moments are so important in our lives, and as a society, as an era of just social media, we tend to overlook those things so easily.
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And it's not technically our fault, it's just living life.
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We are just always on the go, we're always running around, we're always again wanting the next big thing, it's just a lot of stuff, and sometimes I think that's why human beings are overstimulated.
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We tend to take so much information now than what our ancestors or our grandparents used to.
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It's a lot for our brain, and so we just tend to overlook everything now because our brains just need to put their energy on the things that we need to focus on, which it could be like our jobs or finding love or having a conversation, or you know, it's just on the go all the time.
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I also think adulthood teaches us that everything has to be productive.
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You wake up, you go to work, you exercise, you clean, you answer emails, you make money, you take care of people, you run errands, you make plans, you work on your goals, and even when you're resting, sometimes you're thinking, I should probably be doing something.
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Again, that was me two days ago, and I'm guilty of this too.
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Sometimes I'll sit down and immediately think about the five things I could be doing instead.
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But why?
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Why can't I just sit here?
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Why can't you?
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And to share a little bit of um a little bit of my personal life, um, I just I sometimes feel like we just need to sit in the moment and let our feelings live.
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And what I mean by that is instead of running away from all these many many thoughts or running away from feelings, you know, we have to sit on it, we have to allow it to have space because I feel like when you want to become proactive, you need to take care of yourself first and tell yourself, okay, I'm overwhelmed or I'm burned out, and just sit on it.
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And I feel like that's what I did the past two days.
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I sat on my emotions, I allowed my mind to question things.
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Um, I allowed to myself just to feel, and I am really happy that I did because today feels 10 times better, and I feel 10 times better, and I feel like now I can go to work and be myself, or I can do this podcast with so much love and encouragement, and I can talk to my family and tell them I'm okay.
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You know, there's just there's a lot, you know, and I feel like sometimes we forget to just take a pause and and just live in the present or or live in our feelings, and I'm really, really happy that I did.
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So, why does every moment have to contribute to some bigger goal?
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You are not a project that constantly needs improvement, you are a person, you're a human being, and people are allowed to rest, people are allowed to have fun, people are allowed to be silly, allowed to waste an afternoon watching movies or just sitting in bed all day.
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People are allowed to go out and dance, and you know that's me.
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I'm a dancer, I love to dance.
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Dancing is such a freedom of expression for me, and it always makes me feel better.
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And I'm so thankful for every single of my friends right now that have been there for me.
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I just thank you guys so much for just being my anchor, my foundation, and taking me out to dance, probably when I really didn't want to.
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People are allowed to eat dessert.
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Ooh, who doesn't like that chocolate cake or that ice cream, right?
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People are allowed to laugh, people are allowed to enjoy their lives, and no, I'm not saying don't have goals.
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Please have goals, please dream as big as you like.
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You know, work hard if that's what drives you in life, right?
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But take care of yourself, but don't become so obsessed with becoming the person you want to be that you forget to appreciate the person you are right now, and it's beautiful, you guys.
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I was sharing with someone about probably my past 10 years of my life, and I was really in it.
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I was thinking about it, and to see my growth from 10 years to now, it's been um it's been heartbreaking.
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I I've I've had moments that I wasn't sure if I was gonna be okay, and here I am stronger than ever, confident.
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Oh my god, I'm so much more confident than ever, and I love enjoying life, and I'm in a place that I'm really happy with myself, I'm happy with the relationship with my family, I'm happy with the relationship with my friends, and so much more, and I'm just so thankful to not have stayed where I was at 10 years, and instead have grown to be this really positive person in my life, and maybe you're listening to this and thinking, Well, my life isn't exactly where I want it to be.
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I get it.
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Maybe you're struggling with something, maybe you're lonely, maybe you're trying to figure out your career, maybe you're dealing with family stuff, maybe you're questioning a relationship, maybe money is stressful, especially with this economy right now.
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Maybe you're just exhausted, and I'm not going to sit here and tell you to just be positive, because sometimes things are genuinely hard, and sometimes a lot of those come in together at the same time, and you're like, what just happened?
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My life was riding smoothly, everything seemed good, and then all of a sudden everything came together, right?
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And it just made it 10 times harder, 10 times more stressful, and you're just maybe lost.
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But I do think there's a difference between acknowledging that your life is difficult and believing that your entire life is difficult.
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Those aren't exactly the same thing.
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You can have a hard season and still have a beautiful moment, you can still be stressed and still laugh, you can be healing and still having so much fun, you can be figuring things out and still enjoying your life.
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You don't have to have everything figured out before you're allowed to experience joy, and I can definitely speak to that.
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I would like to think I'm a positive person, and I would like to think that my love projects to others and bring a very positive environment, but even positive people get burned out, even positive people cry, you know, and we're trying to figure everything out, and so you know, someone told me, Well, you look like you haven't gone through what you're saying, and I it took me a moment, I took a step back from what they said, and I thought about it, and they're right.
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From someone outside looking into it, the perspective would be like she's not going through it, she's fine, she she's already doing a million more things ahead of herself, but I think sometimes we just need to be considerate and have empathy for everyone no matter what, because I can speak for myself, I can function when I'm sad, I can function when my life feels difficult, or if I have to make difficult decisions, and you know, my heartbreaks in the past, they've people go, Oh wow, you're over it, and it's like, mm-hmm, not really, I'm not really over it.
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Just because you see me going out with my friends, just because you see me laughing, just because you see me, you know, functioning as a normal human being doesn't mean I'm okay.
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Sometimes people just have to live to feel okay, you know, and that's me.
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I'm someone that runs away from my feelings, which isn't good.
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I wouldn't suggest it to anyone.
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That's why, you know, I tell people, go ahead and sit in your feelings, but sometimes I feel like it's okay because for me, it's my way of telling myself it's okay.
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Look, you're getting up, look, you're doing this, look, and eventually, I'm not kidding you guys, my feelings catch up, and when they do, yes, I'm sitting there, and maybe I'm crying, maybe I'm very hard on myself, maybe I'm angry, but it's maybe the crash is a little harder, but I don't know how to explain it.
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Like, for me, by the time that happens, like looking back at what I've done helps me to be like, Look, um obviously I'm upset, obviously I'm heartbroken, obviously I'm sad, obviously I'm angry.
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But look, look, look what you did.
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You did all these amazing things, and you are an amazing person, and you're a human being, so maybe right now we just need to feel those feelings and then get back on our feet and then continue moving on, and usually that's how it goes for me, and I am very thankful to every single person that's been there for me, cheering me on, catching me when I'm falling.
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You know, I I appreciate every single one of person, and and I want I want to do the same for them.
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So I want to give you a little challenge, nothing complicated, nothing too crazy.
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So, today or whenever you're listening to this, I want you to do one thing simply because it makes you happy, not because it's proactive, not because it helps your career, not because you need to lose weight, not because somebody else expects it from you, not because it'll make you more successful, just because you like it.
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Again, maybe it's getting your favorite coffee from your favorite coffee shop, maybe it's putting on music and dancing around your house like I did yesterday.
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Maybe it's going outside and enjoying the weather or the rain, you know.
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Maybe it's buying yourself flowers or calling somebody you love, it's watching your comfort show, maybe it's going to your favorite store of all time with absolutely no purpose whatsoever, and honestly, sometimes that's therapy.
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But seriously, do something that reminds you that you're a person living a life, not just somebody trying to get through one, and while you're doing it, don't feel guilty, don't think about what you should be doing, just be there, be present, enjoy it.
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Because I think one of the biggest lessons I'm learning in my own life is that you don't get to redo today, you can plan tomorrow, you can work towards next year, you can think about the future, but you only get this version of today once.
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Maybe today isn't extraordinary, maybe nothing happens, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth enjoying.
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Maybe today's just a regular Wednesday.
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Maybe you go to work like I am right now, maybe you come home, maybe you make dinner, maybe you watch TV, maybe you talk to somebody you you love, or a friend, or you know, maybe you're out dating, and that's enough.
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A life doesn't have to be extraordinary every single day to be meaningful.
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Sometimes a beautiful life is just a collection of ordinary days that you actually allowed yourself to enjoy.
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So if nobody has told you lately, you don't have to have everything figured out, you don't have to be where you thought you'd be by this age, you don't have to constantly be improving, you don't have to explain every decision you made, you don't have to make your life look impressive to anybody else, and you definitely don't have to wait until everything is perfect to be happy.
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You're allowed to have a good day, you're allowed to laugh, you're allowed to be excited, you're allowed to look forward to something, you're allowed to celebrate something small, you're allowed to romanticize your life a little bit.
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Ooh, and honestly, I think we should because there is so much happening in the world that can make us feel so heavy.
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So when you find a little bit of light, hold on to it, enjoy it, let yourself have it, and maybe that's what I need to hear from myself today.
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I don't need to have the perfect episode every week, I don't have to have everything figured out, I can just show up, and maybe that realist is what is really about.
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We're all figuring it out, we're all learning, we're all growing, we're all having good days and bad days, and weird days and days where we don't know what the hell we're doing, or even the world.
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I'm sorry, I'm just throwing that out there.
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We're not gonna get into it, but the world sometimes feels a little too crazy for me, and that's okay because that's real.
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So before I let you go, I want you to think about one thing you're looking forward to.
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It doesn't have to be big.
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Um, maybe it's dinner tonight, maybe it's getting out of work and being with your kids.
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Oh, how cute.
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Sometimes when um when I was on vacation with my family in Dallas Fort, you know, I didn't get to see my niece for two days, and it was a little heartbreaking.
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I was like, I want to see her, but that was something I looked forward to, and to some people it's like you know, small, but for me it's big, you know, because she's just such a little cute light in my life.
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Maybe it's the weekend, maybe it's seeing someone you love, maybe it's a concert, maybe it's fall, maybe it's stickering for Christmas, maybe it's literally just getting home and getting to bed, whatever it is.
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And some of those are big, but even if it's again your favorite coffee, doing your makeup, um, looking forward to a text from someone, let's see, having a moment to talk to your family, just to tell them good morning.
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I mean, there's just so many small things out there that make life enjoyable, and let yourself be excited about it.
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Sometimes having something small to look forward to can change the entire feeling of a day.
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And if today has been a bad day for you, I hope tomorrow is a little lighter, a little better.
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And if today has been a good day, I hope you let yourself enjoy it without waiting for something to go completely wrong.
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Alright, so thank you so much for being here.
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Thank you for listening, and thank you for giving me the space to show up exactly as I am.
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This is the podcast, real is, and remember, you don't have to have it all figured out, you just have to keep showing up.
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And thank you guys so much once again, and I hope you guys have a wonderful day.
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I'll see you next time, okay?
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Bye now.
