1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,800 Hello, my name is Leslie Cain. 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,360 I am the host of the Why Not Today podcast. 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:08,840 This is a podcast to celebrate people who have been 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:10,840 courageous and said, why not today? 5 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,720 I started this podcast in honor of my father, Patrick Cain, 6 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,600 who often did say, why not today? 7 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:17,360 I am based in Reston, Virginia, 8 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,320 playing community right outside of Washington, 9 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,680 DC, and thanks for joining us. 10 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,920 So my guest today is, 11 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,460 and I love that you have seen a Gram as your name, 12 00:00:26,460 --> 00:00:27,880 but Andrea Plunkett. 13 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:29,000 Is that right? Did I pronounce that right? 14 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,400 Yes. 15 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,560 And I always love to say where we met. 16 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:37,320 And Andrea and I met at a networking luncheon. 17 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,160 And it was in Lynchburg and it was very inconvenient for me 18 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:42,720 to go, but I went. 19 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,040 And it was one of those things, 20 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,480 I don't know about you and your life is those things 21 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:47,480 that just aren't easy, 22 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:50,200 have the best biggest blessings in it sometime. 23 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,440 And so I met her, we had a long conversation 24 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,120 when I was driving one day, 25 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,680 just fell in love with all of everything you do 26 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,320 and following you on Facebook. 27 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,000 And we met for lunch one day in between. 28 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,060 And I wish we lived closer, 29 00:01:04,060 --> 00:01:06,260 because we actually would probably be dangerous 30 00:01:06,260 --> 00:01:07,600 if we live closer. 31 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,400 Because we'd be in lots of trouble together. 32 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,760 So, but Andrea is here as our guest 33 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,240 and she's got lots of good courage stories. 34 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,240 But one of the things that attracted, 35 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,320 or wanted you to talk about today, 36 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:20,360 and we're gonna bring up, 37 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,560 is this month of, 38 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,240 or why not today month is, 39 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,240 why not today be intentional? 40 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,240 And we've been talking about the one word and bucket list. 41 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,400 And I know you are big into vision boards 42 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,280 and doing some vision board trainings, 43 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,080 which again, I wish I was closer, 44 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,120 because I would have come. 45 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:39,480 But we're gonna talk about courage 46 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:40,440 and then talk about that. 47 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,640 So why don't you introduce yourself, 48 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,680 quick facts, just who you be, 49 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,480 and then a fun fact about you. 50 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,720 And then we will talk about courage. 51 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:54,100 Okay, I am a mother of three. 52 00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:57,800 So I have a 23 year old, 19 and 12 year old. 53 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:01,680 And that is chaos in itself. 54 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,000 Yeah. 55 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,400 When you've got adults, adult children. 56 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,800 So that's a whole new world. 57 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,800 I am a wife. 58 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,520 This is my second time around in marriage. 59 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,280 And it is beautiful and amazing and grateful. 60 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,800 And I just stepped out, 61 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,160 right before the first of the year, 62 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,280 in a new position as a visioneer coach. 63 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,560 So I'm helping people, thank you. 64 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,280 I'm helping people find their vision, 65 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,440 helping them to dream again, helping them, 66 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:32,000 and then what that looks like 67 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,640 and how I can help them to be seen and heard 68 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:39,040 in a very noisy, busy world. 69 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,280 You know, it's interesting. 70 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,080 God just the people He puts in my path and the connections. 71 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,320 And somebody interviewed yesterday 72 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,840 that's gonna be on the podcast in February, 73 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,320 she just wrote a book, says, I see you. 74 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:53,480 Oh, that's awesome. 75 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,160 And just that I am seen, 76 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,560 it keeps coming up over and over and over again. 77 00:02:58,560 --> 00:02:59,760 So yeah, I love that. 78 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:01,800 So we're gonna have to talk a little bit more about 79 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,080 offline about what you're doing with the coaching. 80 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:04,920 Because I love to do that. 81 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:06,000 Yes, yes. 82 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,320 And you do a million other things, including sing and... 83 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:10,160 Yes, yes. 84 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,200 Kind of like being a million hats. 85 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:13,040 Yeah. 86 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:13,880 And you're very sparkly. 87 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:14,960 I do singing telegrams and yeah, 88 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,120 singing telegrams love to perform and sing. 89 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,920 And yeah, that's definitely my heart passion. 90 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:23,880 Yeah, if you're not watching on YouTube, 91 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:24,720 but just listening, 92 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,160 she's got fun sparkly glasses 93 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,760 and you're always sparking something going on. 94 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,440 Yes, bling is fun. 95 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:31,280 Yes. 96 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:32,360 So I met somebody yesterday, 97 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,840 her, she introduced herself. 98 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:36,800 She works for a financial company. 99 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,320 And in HR department, 100 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,600 but she introduced herself as she's the magic 101 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,520 and sparkle girl in the company. 102 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:43,360 Wow. 103 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:44,760 I love that job. 104 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:45,600 Yes. 105 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:46,840 I can't wait to connect. 106 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,600 Yes, yes. 107 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,720 So what does courage mean to you? 108 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,200 Courage means to me, dreaming. 109 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,280 Dreaming again, like stepping out 110 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:02,280 and really being intentional about your dreams 111 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,600 and things that you want to do. 112 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,520 I believe that's courageous. 113 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:09,360 Love that. 114 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,720 Yes, we definitely need to dream. 115 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:14,560 Yes. 116 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:15,400 All right. 117 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:16,720 So you've got a lot of courage in your life 118 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:17,600 and a lot of change. 119 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,320 And we want to tie that into a vision board. 120 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,120 So kind of give us a little bit of your courage journey 121 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,240 and how that tied into vision boards. 122 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,400 And then let's talk about how we can encourage 123 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,400 other people to do a vision board. 124 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:31,960 Yes. 125 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:36,320 So I missed my fun fact, which has to do with courage. 126 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:37,160 Oh, I'm sorry. 127 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:38,000 Yeah, I'm sorry. 128 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:38,840 It's all right. 129 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:40,720 And I just, I was like, I can tie this in. 130 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,720 So I was 26 before I got my driver's license. 131 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:47,480 Oh, wow. 132 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,440 Yeah, I was terrified of driving. 133 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:55,440 I was, had just no desire at all to do driving 134 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,280 when all the teenagers were. 135 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:02,840 And so my daughter was six months old. 136 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:05,520 My oldest was six months old before I actually got 137 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,160 behind a wheel and got my driver's license. 138 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,160 And it was fear. 139 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,480 I was so afraid. 140 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,560 And all the things that I thought could happen 141 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,280 or might happen if I didn't pass the test, 142 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:18,880 what would that look like? 143 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:20,600 And just all these things. 144 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:25,600 And so that was a really big step for me was to be courageous 145 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:26,560 and to do it. 146 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,760 And if I didn't pass, I'd go take it again. 147 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:30,600 I could do that. 148 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,360 So that was really exciting. 149 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,520 And it gave me courage. 150 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:42,520 It gave me the first step out of a very abusive marriage 151 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,520 and a place that I was in for 20 years. 152 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,800 And getting that freedom to be able to drive 153 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,480 and have my own vehicle changed my life. 154 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,240 And it started that journey of just being able to realize 155 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,840 I can do things on my own and what that looked like. 156 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:00,960 So, yes. 157 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:01,920 Wow. 158 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:02,760 I couldn't imagine. 159 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:04,840 The minute I turned 16, my mother took me 160 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:06,880 to get my driver's license because I was the oldest 161 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,440 of at that point, four and a half kids. 162 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:10,600 The fifth was on the way. 163 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:11,880 Wow. 164 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:12,720 Go. 165 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,240 But yeah, the freedom it gives you to be able to drive 166 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,240 and do those things. 167 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:18,080 Yeah, it did. 168 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:22,240 It gave me, it made me realize I can do these hard things. 169 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:27,240 And so as I went on and started to really just find 170 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,960 that courage and I was 20 years in a domestic abusive 171 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,560 marriage and I wasn't dreaming. 172 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,840 I wasn't, I had really given up on just really thinking 173 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:42,840 about myself anymore and three kids and decided, 174 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:47,040 finally decided that I had to figure out who I was 175 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,720 and find my value and my worth. 176 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,000 And that I was worth dreaming for. 177 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,040 I was worth fighting for. 178 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,520 And so that began my step out 179 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,200 and I actually started a vision board. 180 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,200 That was one of the first things I did when I left 181 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:10,120 and moved started on my new life. 182 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,680 I got a vision board and I started putting things on there 183 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:13,960 that I wanted to dream about. 184 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,680 And there's a verse in Proverbs and it says, 185 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:20,440 hope deferred makes the heart sick. 186 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,400 But a dream, I can't remember the rest of it, 187 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,560 but it says, how being a dream fulfilled is, 188 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:31,880 beyond measure or something like that. 189 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,880 But the hope deferred was where I was. 190 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,720 I was, my heart was sick. 191 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,400 I was really struggling with that. 192 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,040 And so to find hope again 193 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:43,480 and to be able to look forward 194 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,880 and to be able to dream about things. 195 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,360 And so one of my dreams, which hasn't come true yet, 196 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,640 one of my things on my vision board is going to Australia. 197 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:52,480 Oh wow. 198 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:54,520 Yes, and that's a big one. 199 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:59,520 But I wanted to take steps every year towards that. 200 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,880 And so here I am starting over. 201 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,920 I don't even have towels to my name anymore, 202 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,480 sheets, anything, I'm starting completely over. 203 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,160 And I had to do something. 204 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,960 So I went to the post office 205 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,800 and got a passport application. 206 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,640 It was free, I could do that. 207 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:21,080 That didn't cost me any money, 208 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,760 but it gave me another step towards that, 209 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,480 dream of doing Australia. 210 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,200 And so since then I've gotten travel books 211 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:33,640 and I even put a map of Australia on my wall for a while. 212 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,440 So just these different things, 213 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:40,440 I've tried different Australian foods, 214 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:42,800 ordered them off of Amazon, 215 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:44,440 you can get anything off Amazon. 216 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:47,640 Things like that that just give me, 217 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:51,600 again, just keeping that direction towards it. 218 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,080 So that's what I love about vision boards 219 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,840 and about teaching these workshops is that 220 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:01,840 you're really able to help people to think way outside 221 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,800 of their comfort zone. 222 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,320 Things that they may have forgotten about, 223 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,320 dreams that they had forgotten about, 224 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:12,640 and just having those things to be able to put them 225 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,720 on a board and look at them when things are hard, 226 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,760 when you've had really bad days 227 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,080 and you're able to just look at that board and say, 228 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,120 okay, that's where I'm going, 229 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,360 this is gonna be okay, that's what I wanna do. 230 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,360 That's where, and what that looks like 231 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:35,360 and helping people walk that out is really important. 232 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,200 Well, I wanna talk about the steps to that, 233 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,840 but a couple of things that you mentioned that, 234 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,320 writing it down, whether, and if you're visual, 235 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,440 being able to see it, but I had somebody on the podcast 236 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,480 a couple of weeks ago that she did her dad's bucket list. 237 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:49,320 Wow. 238 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,120 It was fun, and I have a journal as a bucket list, 239 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:52,000 which I need to pull out 240 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,520 because I haven't looked at it in a while, 241 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:58,520 but I know years ago, my biggest wanted to do was go to Hawaii. 242 00:09:58,520 --> 00:09:59,400 Wow. 243 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,240 I put, and I wrote it down one year. 244 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:02,280 I'm like, I'm gonna do this. 245 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:06,480 Well, my job I had, I got to go to Alaska and Hawaii 246 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:07,760 the same summer. 247 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:09,480 Wow. 248 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:10,760 And actually, I can, 249 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:12,320 and I was talking to a friend the other day 250 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:13,960 about intentions and manifesting 251 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,160 and not just what you want, that you wanna go, 252 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,520 but you wanna go like all out, 253 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:22,720 or I've been able to go to Hawaii three times basically. 254 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,080 Oh my goodness. 255 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,800 Like, I had to get there and spending money, 256 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,840 but everything else was covered. 257 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,680 And so that manifestation of it. 258 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:39,120 And I think where we are right now in 2024, 259 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:40,760 I think the last few years, 260 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,440 and I know for me, we've been in survival mode. 261 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:44,280 Yes. 262 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,760 Just get me through the day, get me through the week. 263 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,120 I was with somebody yesterday, 264 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,680 and she was reliving that she ran events. 265 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:55,840 And every Monday, she was on listening to the governor here, 266 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,840 what the restrictions were, what you couldn't do. 267 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,080 And so we've been on survival mode and we stopped dreaming. 268 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,360 And to be able to dream again. 269 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,600 And I know I've done vision boards and I have one, 270 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,560 but it's just, I'm a words girl, 271 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:08,520 what it's meant to me. 272 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,000 So it's just really words, but it's not specific. 273 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,440 So I just made a note that I need to get serious 274 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:18,240 about a vision board and put the things I really want 275 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:20,360 because they do manifest when you do it. 276 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:21,560 Yes, yes. 277 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:22,760 And words are important. 278 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:23,600 They are so important. 279 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,760 My whole house is full of words, 280 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:30,760 because words were so detrimental to me for 20 years 281 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,160 that I was determined to make sure words were positive 282 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:38,920 and that they were things that I could look forward to 283 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,120 and be able to hold on to. 284 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,320 So we definitely put words on our vision boards, 285 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,560 but sometimes it's good to get specific. 286 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:49,400 It's good to be able to look at your personal, 287 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,840 your finance, your work, your family, 288 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,320 your health and wellness and be able to put those things. 289 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,360 Some of our people, we just did a workshop 290 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,520 and some of them actually split their boards up. 291 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,920 So they had each different category. 292 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:06,600 And then others, you know, yeah, and others did a collage, 293 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,920 and sometimes you may look at someone's board 294 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,160 and it may not make sense to you 295 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,160 because it's one of the ladies isn't married 296 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,760 and she wants, she's put on her vision board 297 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,760 that she wants a husband, but instead of putting, 298 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,480 I want a husband, she put a picture of a couple 299 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,200 looking at a sunset. 300 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,280 And that to her was, you know, what she wants her, 301 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,520 you know, her future to look like. 302 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,760 And so sometimes it can be very specific for yourself, 303 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,640 but not necessarily everybody has to know, you know, 304 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,200 the intimate details of exactly, you know, 305 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:42,640 what you're wanting. 306 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:43,840 And it's definitely for us. 307 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,760 And I always caution people, be careful what you put. 308 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,400 I had somebody one time, she put, she wanted a husband. 309 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,440 So she put a picture of, then, I mean, this was years ago, 310 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:54,960 the marble man. 311 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:55,800 Yes. 312 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:57,440 Well, she didn't want a man that smoked, 313 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,040 but that's what she got. 314 00:12:59,040 --> 00:12:59,880 Right? 315 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:03,120 So be careful. 316 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,000 Right, be careful what you wish for. 317 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,400 So you are doing workshops in Lynchburg, Virginia. 318 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,560 So if anybody's still not too late, 319 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:11,600 I think you have a couple next week. 320 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:12,440 Yes. 321 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:13,280 People can attend. 322 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,040 I think you should do a virtual one too. 323 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:16,360 Yes, yes. 324 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,440 So if I want to do one at home, 325 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:19,720 what do I need to get together? 326 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,000 What are the steps I need to do? 327 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,280 How do I start dreaming? 328 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:26,920 Or how do I start creating my vision board? 329 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:31,280 So if you wanted, I definitely want to do one virtually. 330 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,640 I think that's exciting, would be great to do. 331 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,840 I think if you want to start one, it's just getting, 332 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,160 I suggest foam board instead of cardboard, 333 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,760 because cardboard's flimsy. 334 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,120 Sometimes it can, you know, won't hold up 335 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,240 to what you're putting on it. 336 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,360 So get a piece of foam board. 337 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,640 It doesn't have to be the gigantic 16 by 20s that we use. 338 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,120 I even had people in the class cut theirs in half 339 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,040 or cut theirs into a space that worked. 340 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,200 But I wanted to give everybody enough space 341 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:01,280 if they wanted to fill it. 342 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:03,680 So but get a piece of foam board. 343 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:05,040 You can get that at the Dollar Tree. 344 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:05,800 It's super easy. 345 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,640 Most of the stuff you could get, you know, super cheap, 346 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:10,760 scissors, some glue. 347 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:14,800 I like the glue that's purple that then goes to clear, 348 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,000 because that way I know where I put my glue. 349 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,840 And some magazines. 350 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,200 Get some magazines, some books, some things 351 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,840 that I'm really interested in. 352 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:28,120 And start cutting them out and start putting them on that board. 353 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,080 I know it sounds like, oh, we're doing elementary school, 354 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,920 you know, projects, but we all need some creativity. 355 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:36,280 Oh, absolutely. 356 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:36,840 Yeah. 357 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:38,520 And we all loved art class. 358 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,440 We have to say we all loved art class. 359 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,360 And so it's fun to get into that and to be able to do it. 360 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:48,480 Rip it out of a page, out of a book if you want to. 361 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:53,040 If you see something online that you like, a quote or a picture, 362 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:54,760 print that out on your printer. 363 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,160 And go ahead and put that on there as well. 364 00:14:58,160 --> 00:14:59,600 And it doesn't have to be something 365 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,680 that has to be completed in one day. 366 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,920 It can be something you work on even throughout the year, 367 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:08,400 you know, as you go on and realize, this is what I want. 368 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,760 But what it does is it starts this intention of dreaming. 369 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:16,240 It starts this intention of looking forward and thinking, 370 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,440 what do I want to do? 371 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:19,960 And it's not selfish. 372 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,480 I mean, I think sometimes we get to that place where we think, 373 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:27,600 oh, this is selfish to think about myself and what I want. 374 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,920 And especially people who are people-pleasers, 375 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:31,880 we want to make everybody else happy. 376 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:38,880 But sometimes we have to stop and go, wait, do I like chocolate brownies 377 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:43,080 because I like them or because everybody in my family does, 378 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:44,480 so that's what I make. 379 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:45,080 Well, isn't it? 380 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:49,120 What is that movie with Julia Roberts that, oh, 381 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,320 she was engaged so many times? 382 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,600 Oh, yes, the marriage, weddings, I think, or marriage. 383 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:55,280 What's it called? 384 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:55,800 Yeah. 385 00:15:55,800 --> 00:16:00,080 But finally, Richard Grass, like, how do you like your eggs? 386 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,000 Right. 387 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,400 Every man she was with, she liked the eggs that they liked, 388 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,560 because she wasn't her own person. 389 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:07,520 Yes, yes. 390 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:13,960 Yeah, it's crazy how we can lose ourselves in life. 391 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:18,280 And like you said, because since COVID, we've all been surviving 392 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,600 and we've all been trying to figure how to just keep our head above water 393 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:27,480 and how to keep our jobs or how to make it every time we go to the grocery 394 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:32,480 store and things are three times as much as they were. 395 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:37,960 And so to stop and say, even if it's something as simple as, 396 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,120 I've never had caviar, and I want to try caviar, 397 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,200 to stop and put that on your vision board to others, 398 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:45,920 and maybe that's kind of crazy. 399 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:47,720 But to you, that matters. 400 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:48,640 That's important. 401 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:54,320 And those kind of things are life changing because they say, OK, 402 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:58,040 I matter, and I can do this. 403 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,520 And because I can do this, I can do something else. 404 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,320 It's just a step to the next step. 405 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:07,920 And I love your Australia example and the steps. 406 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,560 Like it's the little steps. 407 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,880 And sometimes we just you can't do all of it. 408 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,200 But what can you do to love on you? 409 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:20,640 And maybe it's drinking out of, we have those fancy things in our house 410 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,400 that we don't use only for guests. 411 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,240 And I had some glasses that I won from Mary Kay. 412 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,880 They were etched really pretty in there, way up high. 413 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,840 And I just kept them away for somebody came out. 414 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:33,680 I'm finally like, well, that's silly. 415 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:34,720 Like, yes. 416 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:40,600 And I had a collection of crappy plastic, messy, dirty, cracked. 417 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,400 And I'm like, get rid of those and put the good ones out. 418 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,920 Because we deserve those things. 419 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:46,800 Yes. 420 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:47,520 Yes. 421 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,760 Yeah, there's a song that I sing and it's talking about how you live. 422 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,720 And it says, wear the red dress. 423 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,160 Use the good dishes. 424 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,920 Make a big mess and make lots of wishes. 425 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:59,680 And, you know, yes. 426 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:05,280 And that's that's part of we want to live because, you know, when you get to the 427 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:11,720 end of your life, people, the thing that people say the most is, I wish I had done this. 428 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,200 I held back too long. 429 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:15,880 I should have gone and done that. 430 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,000 I should have done this. 431 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,960 We're not saying, oh, we should have spent more time, you know, in front of the 432 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,160 computer and making money or working. 433 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:28,080 It's mostly, you know, those things that we wanted to do. 434 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:34,680 I know as a mom and with with kids sometimes trying to get that family photo is 435 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,920 chaotic, you know, and you think I want this perfect family photo. 436 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,240 Just take the photo, you know, just take the photo. 437 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:43,360 Just enjoy the time. 438 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:45,160 Your kids need that. 439 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:50,800 And they need to see that you dream to, I think sometimes as a parent, I think 440 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:57,520 sometimes even my parents, you know, they some I want them to dream. 441 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:04,240 I want them to have goals because for me, that inspires me to say, even in my 60s, 442 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:09,360 I can still, you know, dream I can still do and to see them do to do that makes 443 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:11,520 inspires me to keep going on. 444 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:12,240 Absolutely. 445 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,360 And, you know, one of the things you talked about regrets, which I often quote 446 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:20,360 Daniel Pink, who's written several books and is one day he will be on this podcast. 447 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:24,360 He lives local to me, but I haven't, I haven't connected with him. 448 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:27,720 But one day I'm going to keep saying I need to put a picture of him on my vision. 449 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:28,440 That's right. 450 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:29,440 That's right. 451 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:30,680 There you go. 452 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:32,920 But in his book, it talks about regrets. 453 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,120 And I read the book like right when I started this podcast. 454 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:41,880 So I quote it often, but he talks about people rarely regret the things that they 455 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:42,520 did. 456 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,960 We were getting the things we didn't do. 457 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:45,640 Yeah. 458 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,680 And one of the biggest regrets of people in the United States is not 459 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:54,800 traveling abroad in school, but, you know, living our life. 460 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,080 And that's a whole theme of this podcast. 461 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,120 Why not today just do the things that it doesn't have to be big. 462 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:06,000 And sometimes it's just, you know, dreaming again, taking the time to drink 463 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,640 out of that fancy glass. 464 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:08,360 Yes. 465 00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:11,960 Joy and be present with the people and talking about pictures and not the 466 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:13,680 perfect pictures. 467 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:18,680 You know, I'm so grateful for pictures I have of people that have not in my life 468 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,320 anymore that have passed away. 469 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,320 And we have a picture with my dad before he passed away. 470 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:28,320 And my nieces and nephews, this was after Christmas before he passed away. 471 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:33,360 My nieces and nephews were in town and we live in DC area and big Redskins fans 472 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:37,080 and Redskins were in a game or something, playoffs, which surprise, 473 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,240 surprise, that was a while ago. 474 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:40,640 That's a whole other topic. 475 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:45,800 But I remember trying to get everybody together and I was like, OK, after the 476 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,760 game's over, we'll go over to mom and dad's, we'll get a picture, let's get a group 477 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:49,560 picture. 478 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,360 And it was not pretty and nobody was dressed fancy. 479 00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:54,520 We had great gear on. 480 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,440 And but we have that picture. 481 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,440 And that was the last time my nieces and nephews saw him in the last time we were 482 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,120 together. 483 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:04,520 And I look at that often like, OK, it's not perfect. 484 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,800 And that's kind of the premise of this podcast. 485 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:10,840 As I said when we started, I don't edit them because it's not perfect. 486 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,760 And it's like, why not today? 487 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:17,120 You just got to do the things and not expect everything to be exactly right. 488 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:21,280 And you don't need to know all the steps, you know, but put that dream and that 489 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:22,440 vision in front of you. 490 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:26,720 And, you know, you just never know where it's going to. 491 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,640 You have have it one way and it may manifest another way. 492 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:35,320 A friend of mine last year, I actually, she talked about vision boards and was 493 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:36,880 going through a rough time in her life. 494 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,520 Her husband, who unfortunately did pass away, was fighting cancer. 495 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:46,640 And she decided that she had to start living her life again. 496 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,440 She couldn't be crying with him. 497 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,120 And so she started running and she put a vision board together. 498 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,320 And one of the things was like a picture of a beautiful patio. 499 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,000 Well, it wasn't. 500 00:21:58,240 --> 00:21:59,600 It was just something she liked. 501 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,760 Well, lo and behold, she ended up getting that exact furniture, like online, 502 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:05,680 somewhere or one of those free places. 503 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,440 Like it acts the whole thing manifests the way that she had it. 504 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,200 Well, it was on that vision board. 505 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:12,200 Wow. 506 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:12,880 Wow. 507 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:14,120 That's incredible. 508 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,320 It is funny to be able to look back at those things or lists, like you're 509 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,600 saying, like your bucket list and things like that and be able to look back at 510 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:27,600 those vision boards and bucket lists and and look and say, wow, I did that. 511 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,400 I can't believe that happened or that that worked out. 512 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:38,200 You know, it, it shows us how important it is to put it out there and be able 513 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,480 to be able to to really see it and and and to believe it. 514 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,640 Because, you know, that is that is what faith is. 515 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:49,840 It is seeing without, you know, believing without seeing. 516 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,200 Yeah, believing without seeing. 517 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:57,760 And so, you know, that is it's it's it's some faith and and but it's good. 518 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,160 And it's good for you. 519 00:22:59,160 --> 00:22:59,680 Yes. 520 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,280 And it's good for others. 521 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:02,280 Yeah. 522 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,120 And just for them to see it and they feel our energy. 523 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:05,880 Yes. 524 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,480 That was what I'm going to say about that. 525 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,400 Now, I totally lost that thought. 526 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,920 Well, I was going to say, you know, having two adult children, you know, 527 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:20,360 23 and 19, it's a different world than it was when I was, you know, in my 20s. 528 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,840 And watching them, you know, because of COVID and everything else, you know, 529 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:29,640 go through all these different kind of struggles, but helping them to just 530 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,800 dream and say, you know, if you could do anything, what would you do, you know, 531 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,760 or, you know, going, well, I haven't done this or, you know, my other friends 532 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,360 have done this and it's like, that's okay. 533 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:40,120 This is your 20s. 534 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:41,120 It's fun. 535 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:43,200 You know, let's what would you like to do? 536 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,320 This is the time where you can do anything. 537 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:49,720 You know, you have, you don't have any strings attached to you. 538 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:55,640 So I think sometimes we forget that when we get in our 40s and 50s and start 539 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,520 to look at things and go, oh, we can't, we were limiting ourselves. 540 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,320 And there's really no limits. 541 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,080 Like you said, those dishes, you know, let's pull them out. 542 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:05,080 Let's use them. 543 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,400 You know, let's, let's, let's just enjoy things. 544 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:14,680 What, let's stop holding back and realize that we don't, we do not 545 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,080 promise tomorrow or, or even next year. 546 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:22,720 So let's live that and, and start walking that out and vision boards are 547 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:27,840 a way to really get that connection and that direction, something to focus on. 548 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:28,360 Yeah. 549 00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:31,440 I love that. And so I thought, I remember the thing I was going to 550 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,680 mention, reticular activating system. 551 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:34,680 Have you ever heard of that? 552 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:35,680 No. 553 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:36,680 Yes. 554 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,920 So that's kind of like your bodyguard in your brain. 555 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:39,920 We're looking for things. 556 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:44,600 So you want to buy a new car, you want to buy a red Chevy, all of a sudden, 557 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,200 everywhere you see a red Chevy. 558 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:47,200 Yes. 559 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:48,480 It totally happened to me before. 560 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:49,480 Yeah. 561 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:54,080 And so now a lot, you say things and it shows up in your phone and they tell 562 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:55,280 you you want it, but. 563 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:59,720 You know, I take attention to your word and one word, you see it 564 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,200 everywhere, just like when we mentioned being seen. 565 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,200 Yes. 566 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,440 That I saw that phrase everywhere. 567 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,040 I am seeing, I see you. 568 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,960 And so once you kind of put them out there and you have that visual and you 569 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,200 see it, even if you walk past a vision board and you don't really 570 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,760 pay attention to it, it's there and your, your RAS is looking for those 571 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,760 things and looking for ways to get it. 572 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:27,720 And I can tell you many instances in my life that like, like the Hawaii 573 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,120 trip, like no way. 574 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:31,120 You're right. 575 00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:34,240 It happened, you know, and many times those things have happened. 576 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,920 So just, um, yeah, dream. 577 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:42,520 You got me motivated to want to dream again and to, I want to make my vision 578 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:47,400 board and actually have a Bolton board I got one year that says dream on it. 579 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:48,400 So I put everything. 580 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:49,400 Oh, sweet. 581 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,400 So I'm going to go to the next one. 582 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,080 Oh, sweet. 583 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:58,760 And then I also have taken and done a virtual version, a small one, and I do it 584 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:03,400 on, um, do it, create it in Canva and print it out and have it in the front of 585 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,280 notebooks and around my house. 586 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:07,840 So I see it in front of me. 587 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:08,840 Yes. 588 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:09,840 You can do it in Canva. 589 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:14,680 Pinterest is another great place to do something where you've kind of got a 590 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:15,680 board. 591 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:19,040 Um, uh, we were talking about that the other night at our workshop. 592 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:20,040 Those are all great. 593 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:21,040 Absolutely. 594 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:24,880 And then you print them out so that you can see them in front of you or a friend 595 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:29,320 of mine said, you know, she put hers as her screen for her, um, phone. 596 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:33,200 And so it was there every time she looked at her phone and opened up her phone. 597 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,320 So I, I said, that's smart too. 598 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,920 Things like that, that just put it on your refrigerator. 599 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,960 I actually went from my team. 600 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:44,920 I wrote affirmations for them and print just with markers or crayons and put on 601 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:49,560 piece of paper and mailed them to them and they put them inside their medicine cabinet. 602 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,560 Oh, please. 603 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,120 Pantry, you know, the places you're in front of. 604 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:55,120 Yes. 605 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:56,720 I had somebody I was talking to about doing this. 606 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,440 She's like, I'm not going to trash my house. 607 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,880 I'm like, okay, you don't have to, you know, and I've got some of my things like 608 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:03,880 what's behind me. 609 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:04,880 It's a nice board. 610 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,680 Um, you can frame it. 611 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,920 You, but then you can also hide it in places. 612 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:09,920 So you see it. 613 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:10,920 Yes. 614 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:11,920 Yeah. 615 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:12,920 Yeah. 616 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:13,920 There's all kinds of places. 617 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:19,240 Um, my first year when I was, you know, stepping out in a new and whole new direction, 618 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:24,080 I even put words and things on my, in my car because I was in my car for so long. 619 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:25,920 Um, I would put those things there. 620 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:30,360 I had one little quote on my rear view mirror and it said, you know, don't look back, you 621 00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:34,000 know, or, you know, when it's don't look backwards, look forward. 622 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:41,960 And you just little reminders like that every day, uh, just changing my focus and, and remembering, 623 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,240 you know, what my goals are and what I want. 624 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,160 Um, yeah, it's important. 625 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,200 Uh, so many good nuggets. 626 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:50,200 Inspiration. 627 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,080 It inspires others for sure. 628 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,200 So yes. 629 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,480 So I always ask, you know, how would you encourage somebody else? 630 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:01,960 I know we've talked a lot about this subject in general, but anything specific as a parting 631 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,640 like, okay, this is how I'd encourage somebody. 632 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:13,520 Um, I would encourage someone to just go back and think about when they were a kid, you 633 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,000 know, what did you want to do? 634 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,000 What did you see? 635 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:20,520 What did you remember that you think, oh, I want, want that or, oh, I always wanted to 636 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:25,720 do this and, and write that down, you know, put it on your vision board. 637 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:27,960 Dream, dream again. 638 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:29,120 It's, it's important. 639 00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:30,560 You're important. 640 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:35,560 You matter and you are worth the time to sit down and dream again. 641 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:36,560 Absolutely. 642 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,080 I would encourage someone like that. 643 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:39,080 So, so true. 644 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,400 Well, this has been fun and I've been trying to get you on the podcast forever and I'm 645 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,560 glad I'm on a subject that works. 646 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,800 It was perfect with the intention. 647 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,960 So I'm going to share all your contact information with people. 648 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,520 What's the best way for somebody to find you? 649 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,160 I would say Facebook's the best way to find me. 650 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:56,160 Um, okay. 651 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,000 Andrea CK Plunkett. 652 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:02,320 I'm on there and, um, I love conversation. 653 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:03,920 Anyway, anybody wants to reach out. 654 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:05,800 I've, I'm all for it. 655 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:06,800 Okay. 656 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:11,000 And she's, you're tons of fun and I'm grateful that you're in my life and I've got to figure 657 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,800 out a way to connect. 658 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:17,280 So not only are you far away, but then we figured out, but we did make it work last time because 659 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:23,200 when I did, now I have a dog and so we went to a cafe, except dogs, which I am going that 660 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:24,200 way in February. 661 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:28,720 So, so it's time to get together or, you know what, you're three hours away. 662 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,800 I just could get in the car or we can meet. 663 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:31,800 Yes. 664 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:32,800 Yes. 665 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:33,800 Yes. 666 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:34,800 Or I can make a trip too. 667 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:35,800 That's not a problem. 668 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:36,800 So trips are always fun. 669 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:37,800 That's right. 670 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:39,640 Well, thank you for being a guest. 671 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:44,080 And, you know, if you're watching, watching, listening to why not today podcast, we are 672 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,120 moving to a weekly podcast now. 673 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,520 So there's going to be more subjects, more authors, more people. 674 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,920 If you have somebody, you know, that's courageous and you want me to share some looking for 675 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:59,120 courage stories, but also things to encourage and help other people. 676 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,600 Please like, share, review the podcast. 677 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,680 If you're looking for podcasts swag to remind you to say why not today. 678 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:10,280 I've got T-shirts and cups and stickers. 679 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:15,400 So we are starting a movement to encourage people to be courageous and say why not today. 680 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,640 So thank you, Ms. Andrea. 681 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,200 And thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule. 682 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:21,200 Thank you. 683 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,200 Loved having you as a guest. 684 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,200 Bye. 685 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,200 Bye.