Episode 334: A Mulligan On Resolutions with Doree and Elise
From Taiwan travels and emergency NYE vet visits, to Hanukkah beginning on Christmas and sick partners, the end of 2024 left Doree and Elise with a lot to catch up on! They also discuss their goals for Forever35 in 2025, what you can look forward to hearing more of this year, and why January is probably the worst time to make resolutions.
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Doree (00:10):
Hello, welcome to Forever 35, a podcast about the things we do to take care of ourselves. I'm Doree Shafrir.
Elise (00:17):
And I'm Elise Hu. And we are two friends who like to talk a lot about serums. Welcome back.
Doree (00:22):
Yeah, welcome back. Welcome to our first show, our first new show of 2025. We are going guest free. It's just going
Elise (00:31):
To be us. It's solo episode. Yeah, well not solo
Doree (00:34):
Because
Elise (00:34):
There's two of us
Doree (00:35):
Duo app. Yeah, we have a lot to catch up on. And it's the start of the year, so we're going to catch you up on some intentions for the show. So let's just get cozy and have a little chat.
Elise (00:51):
And we always catch up at the top of the show anyway. And the two of us haven't seen each other in a bit. I was traveling and it's been a minute, so I guess Doree hit me with the headlines.
Doree (01:04):
Well, I want to hear about your trip. I feel like you have more exciting headlines than I do. I didn't go anywhere, so let's hear about Taiwan. I was following along on social media, but
Elise (01:17):
Yeah. Oh man, it was an epic trip. So the way of Taiwan is to eat all the time because it is a food lovers paradise. The Taiwanese, I feel like it's an island of 25 million foodies. There's obviously really great Chinese food because Taiwan is full of ethnically Chinese people. But then just all sorts of different other mixing and matching of cultures. So we had hot pot, I want to say four times in three days. And finally Rob who came along, he was like, I'm done with hot pot. We're not doing shabu shabu or hot pot anymore. But Ava could have kept going with that, but enjoyed a lot of really great Japanese food. Shiraishi bowls, don bury bowls,
Doree (02:01):
Conveyor
Elise (02:01):
Belt, sushi, the train system, the railway system in Taiwan takes its pork chops so seriously and their bento boxes. So the railway bentos, which only costs between two and $3 us, they're legendary and they've spawned competition between different railway stations in terms of who makes the best marinated pork chop. And these bentos come with a protein Maine and two or three vegetable sides and a marinated egg and tofu, braised tofu on a bed of fluffy rice. And it's just so fun that even a train ride includes a great meal. So that was awesome. Besides that, my parents had all five grandkids together, which was very meaningful to them. And the cousins got to hang out, which is rare because my brother and his family live in Hong Kong, and so it's hard for us to get together just on random weekends. They moved from Texas to Hong Kong during Covid.
(03:03):
So just seeing the kids grow up or my niece and nephew, they've grown up a lot just since last year, since the last time I saw them. And they got to hang out a lot with my three girls, and it was just a really great time. And we didn't have major travel snafus or anything like that. It was just a lot of family time and various adventures. We did museums, we did the historical places, we did outdoor stuff. We stayed at this hotel for a few days where they give each room, it's so family friendly that they give each room one of those fancy electric kid McLaren's and kid Mercedes and various things. And then all the hallways, the hotels were racetracks and so it's not a hotel. Rob was like, do you think anybody has ever had sex in this hotel? Because you're in the room and all you hear kids racing past in their little kid McLaren's from morning till 10:00 PM which is the beginning of quiet time. It's crazy.
Doree (04:03):
Wow.
Elise (04:04):
But also a dreamland for children.
Doree (04:07):
That is hilarious.
Elise (04:09):
I think there's a few photos on my Instagram if you want to see that experience. Oh my gosh. The trip itself was all great, and then we did Christmas there, but two days before we came home, Maddie, my ex-husband who was staying at my house to watch Oscar, our puppy, our five month old puppy, he texts me and he's like, Hey, can you do a call? And I'm like, okay. So I get on the phone and he's like, Oscar's throwing up. He's throwing up a lot. And I wasn't going to be home until I think late Sunday night. And I was like, that's okay. He eats random things. He gets into the patio furniture and swallows foam and yeah, he's a puppy. I later see it in his poop, right? He's a golden puppy. So I was like, okay, should be fine. Let's not worry about it, but go ahead and just get a vet appointment for Monday so that he can get checked out.
(04:56):
And so he did that and then the next day he checks in and he's like, alright, Oscar ate breakfast. So I think we're out of the woods. He was eating. He wasn't all lethargic and feeling dumpy. He was on Saturday. So I think we're out of the woods all good. And I was like, okay, great, great. So Sunday night we all come home. I obviously didn't feed Oscar because we didn't come home until nearly midnight. And the next morning I'm like, great, Oscar's back. I'm going to feed him breakfast. I feed him breakfast. He promptly regurgitates everything. It was still formed food, God. And I was just didn't feel great, but we already had that vet appointment.
Doree (05:35):
So
Elise (05:36):
We bring him to the vet on Monday afternoon and the vet can't feel any sort of obstruction, but she's like, okay, well let's just put 'em on a bland diet to see, because they asked me if I wanted an x-ray and told me it was $880. And I was like, ah.
Doree (05:52):
I mean, and lemme guess ate. You hadn't gotten around to getting him pet insurance yet?
Elise (05:57):
No, I mean also I've never insured any of my pets because I haven't had any issue. I haven't had issues to where I would've thought, oh gosh, it would've been nice to have pet insurance. I also have heard, and you should tell me about this, that pet insurance is very expensive and covers very little. Is that true?
Doree (06:15):
We have pet insurance probably at the end of the day, I will not come out ahead, but I have had a couple of claims that they have paid out. They don't pay out for routine vet visits, so you can't get any reimbursement for that, but they will pay out for any weird thing that happens. So Bo also had a thing where he was throwing up and they had to do x-rays and they had to do the whole thing. And I got reimbursed a bunch of money, probably close to $900, and Bo's getting older and I just am his last vet appointment, his vet was like, I think I hear a heart murmur. So I feel like there's stuff that's coming up and I'm like, okay, if I can get some money back for this thing, great. So
Elise (07:11):
I don't know. Well, when you hear this story,
Doree (07:12):
No, I know after I
Elise (07:14):
Get through this story, I may not qualify. I don't think I'm going to qualify for pet insurance.
Doree (07:20):
Well, you, I mean, they don't cover preexisting conditions, but this isn't like a condition, this is just like an accident. You know what I mean? So it's like,
Elise (07:30):
I
Doree (07:30):
Don't know,
Elise (07:31):
Maybe I can still get it. We're definitely going to invest in it because at first on Monday, I was reluctant to spend $880 on an
Doree (07:38):
X-ray.
Elise (07:39):
Hold my beer though, because
Doree (07:42):
Oh my god.
Elise (07:42):
Because after that she said, alright, fine, skip the x-ray. We'll put him on a bland diet. But if he goes home and pus one more time, you need to go to the emergency room. So I gave him some treats. As we leave the vet, he seems happy. He's wagging his tail a lot in good spirits. We go home, he promptly regurgitates the treats. And so I'm like, great. We're going to the ER on New Year's Eve. Eve. So yeah, December 30th we go to the er and the ER doctor, the critical care doctor who's in charge, she immediately feels down by his bladder and she's like, he either really needs to go pee or there's something in here because there's something very hard. And she presses on it and he ps So she's like, okay, obviously there's something stuck there, which means now we have to go to ultrasound, which was double what I was trying to avoid with the x-ray,
Doree (08:32):
Right? Yeah, of course
Elise (08:34):
They go to ultrasound, they see that there's definitely something in there and they're like, we can do medical management to see if it passes, if it just, his system takes care of it and he poops it out in the morning or at least moves down if you want to avoid surgery because surgery is $10,000. And so I was like, yes, I want to avoid surgery. And I'm pushing my, as I'm hearing about this, I'm just pushing my giant cart through Costco, loading up on all my party supplies. I was hosting New Year's Eve, and so I was just like, Ugh. What's the value of trying to save some money at Costco at this point?
Doree (09:14):
Seriously? It felt absurd. Oh my God.
Elise (09:18):
But Rob and I were both on the phone with her and we're like, okay, let's try to have his system pass it. So we allowed, or we agreed to have him hospitalized on that evening to see if his system would move things along. And they were pumping in with IVs IV fluid to try and get things going. And the next morning they called and they're like, it's lodged. I mean, it moved incrementally, but it ain't going to pass through the system. We had no idea what this was. I thought it was like a rock or concrete or something. I was like, okay, why isn't it passing through his little baby intestine? He's only five months old. And they told me puppy intestines were a little bit more compliant at this stage, but not stretchy enough. So then they have to open them up on New Year's Eve and major abdominal surgery. I was so worried. None of my babies, my human creatures, none of them have ever been hospitalized. None of them have ever been in an operation. They don't have any incisions in their bodies. And so I really didn't know I was really flying blind. I didn't know how I was going to feel about it. I just don't have any experience with this. And it was really hard because that morning there's nothing you can do. We went to the hospital to see him in his little kennel and tell him what was going on. He was probably like, where's my family?
(10:37):
And he was wagging his tail. He's just such a happy go lucky little guy.
(10:42):
And I leveled with him and told him what was up and then he'd be fine. And the surgery took, apparently the anesthesia all worked well and the surgery took about an hour and they got it out and they sent me a photo and they go, it wasn't what, and he came through with flying colors and they were like, it wasn't what you thought it was. And they emailed it to me and it wasn't chewed. There wasn't even any sort of cut or rip or tear in this item. It was an un chewed stuffy toy. No, of a cheetah
Doree (11:18):
Cat. Oh my gosh. Wait, we haven't talked about this because the last time I talked to you, you thought it was a rock.
Elise (11:24):
I thought it was a rock.
Doree (11:25):
It was a stuffy toy.
Elise (11:27):
It was a stuffy toy that was bigger than a golf ball that was completely chewed. No, I don't even know how he swallowed it. Oh no. What a dum. This is why I'm like, do I share this story? Because now I'm never going to get pet insurance. Nobody's going to approve us because
Doree (11:53):
No, he is a puppy. No, but it sounds like he doesn't have a medical condition, I think, you know what I mean? This is just a weird freak accident.
Elise (12:04):
Anyway, it is hilarious. And then one of the vets, hilarious and tragic, I mean, because obviously recovery is going to take a while. He's on a million meds. The bill is astronomical because his recovery hasn't been completely linear. So he's been hospitalized extra nights and a hospitalization each night is thousands of dollars. And it's just like, what? But I'm so glad he's okay and that he's in good spirits and we're just going to have to manage it and really keep an eye. But one of the vets joked, she was like, it's possible the cat did this to him. And I was like, what? And she goes, well, cats are very bright and they don't get along. And I'm like, yeah, they still haven't quite gotten along. And they're like, it looks like a cat toy. I don't know if it's a kid toy or a cat toy. Who knows? I have so many kids and I have a cat. It's like the size of a cat toy.
Doree (13:01):
You think the cat sabotaged sabotaged him? Oh my God. Okay, I'm sorry. But that is kind of funny. It's like not, but it is.
Elise (13:21):
Yeah. Anyway, we have so much more to catch up on, but it's time to take a break. Wow. Yeah. Wow. Okay, let's take a quick break and we'll be right back with you.
Doree (13:39):
Alright, we are back. I mean, I don't even know where to start. I guess we should, let's just remind everyone about all the things.
(13:51):
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Elise (14:47):
As they say. Some people call it biz,
Doree (14:51):
Some people call it biz
Elise (14:52):
Short for business. Do you remember when blogs first came out and the newspapers would be like weblog or blog short for weblogs? And that was going on for so long and it was like this inside joke between me and my friends. We'd be like, oh yeah, just I'll be blogging about it. Blog short for weblog. That's so funny. And now it's like X, previously known as Twitter. It just makes me sad. Anyway, well Dora your turn. Now that we've gotten through the drama of my pet's major abdominal surgery, tell me what you enjoyed over holiday break. Any memorable moments or experiences?
Doree (15:34):
Wow. I mean, I feel like my break was so uneventful compared to yours. I mean, knock on wood, I guess it's, it's not over series of
Elise (15:43):
Events you want, right?
Doree (15:44):
Right, exactly. Yeah. Nothing dramatic with my dog or my child. Great. Yeah. So in our house we do Christmas and Hanukah,
(15:57):
Chrisa, Mika and Henry, he's at that perfect age where he believes in Santa and is very into Santa. And it's like I grew up Jewish, so I never did Santa, and I always sort of rolled my eyes at Santa. I was like, oh, Santa, whatever. But now that my son is into it, I'm like, okay, this is actually pretty cute. So he got some gifts from Santa and those were in one wrapping paper. And then the gifts that he got from us were in a different wrapping paper because Santa's elves used their own wrapping paper. Exactly, exactly. He said his favorite gift was, I don't even know how to describe it. It's like a light up, almost like a flashlight, but it has a spinny thing on top that's rainbow colored.
Elise (16:51):
Oh yes, yes. I've seen those
Doree (16:53):
That you get it. Like concerts shows. Yeah. Or concerts. Yeah, exactly. So we had taken him to one of those holiday light shows and they sell them for insane markups there. And we were like, no, you cannot get one. No. And he was like, well, can you tell Santa to bring me one? So that was his favorite gift. It was 9 99 from Amazon, and his second favorite gift was Spidey Spidey and his amazing friends themed Monopoly Junior. Now, if you do not have a child under the age of six, you might not be familiar with Spidey and his amazing friends, but it is a very popular Disney Plus show with Spidey. It's basically like Spidey Jr.
Elise (17:45):
And
Doree (17:45):
So it's like Spidey has a crew with Ghost Spider Ant, miles Morales is there too, Ms. Marvel, and it's very cute. And they go on adventures and he loves it. So that was his second favorite gift. The Spidey and his amazing friend's Monopoly Junior, which he has made us play a thousand times. And then for Hanukkah, he also got gifts every night. And
Elise (18:14):
Then Hanukah this year didn't start until Christmas
Doree (18:16):
Han it did not start until
Elise (18:17):
Christmas. So it's really a bounty.
Doree (18:20):
A bounty. It was a bounty. I really tried. We really tried to keep it pretty low key. He didn't get anything huge or extravagant just because the volume of gifts was so intense. But he was really into everything. It was really cute. For the last night of Hanukkah, we got him a Lego set of ELS's castle from Frozen,
(18:45):
And it's the first Lego set that he's been really into and he and Matt are working on it together and it is really cute. And also he can play games now. So on New Year's Eve, he wanted to stay up and watch the ball drop the New York ball drop, and he goes to bed at seven. So staying up till nine is big for him. So we decided to do family game night also, Matt was really sick, so that also was just kind of a bummer. But yeah, we did family game night until the ball drop and Henry was really into it and picked the games we played. We also got him a variety of Uno called No Mercy.
Elise (19:27):
Oh, I don't know about No Mercy Uno. We play a lot of hardcore uno in our house and with the cousins and everybody. So maybe I need
Doree (19:34):
This. No Mercy Uno is insane. It has plus 10 cards. It has all sorts of crazy action cards and there's some wild rules that it's just like we're
Elise (19:46):
Adding this to our shop mind.
Doree (19:48):
You honestly should because you should get it. No, it sounds, it's like a ridiculous game. There's a lot of swapping hands that happens. It's just crazy. So we did that. He also wanted to play, we also played blackjack. He loves blackjack. Amazing.
Elise (20:07):
Good for his addition skills, like quick mental nap.
Doree (20:10):
Yeah, totally. And then we watched the ball drop and he went to bed. So it was like lovely. And then I went to bed not long after that. So it was a low key New Year's Eve. I was sorry to miss your party. The babysitter situation on New Year's Eve is
Elise (20:24):
On New Year's Eve is rough. No, and I understand there were a lot of half of couples that came. So listeners, y'all know about my annual holiday party deck, the balls, usually I do it before Christmas and Hanukkah. However, this year, because of the long travel, I just couldn't get it in. There were only, and because of the late Thanksgiving, I just couldn't find a weekend evening to even do
Doree (20:46):
It.
Elise (20:48):
And plus it requires getting the band together. Rob's band has at least five or six members who all have to be available on the same night. And so we just couldn't do it. But then I realized there's balls involved with New Year's Eve also. So Deck the balls could happen. Totally. It didn't even have to happen as a Christmas party. It could be a New Year's Eve party. So for the first time we did a modified deck, the balls on New Year's Eve because the ball falls on New Year's Eve and it worked out. It was just a little hectic since the dog was in surgery. What a day,
Doree (21:22):
Day flash. I feel like only you could pull this off coming back from a two week international trip with your three children to a dog who needed emergency surgery and then you throw a very fun and successful party, I would've curled up into a ball and been like, the ball party is off.
Elise (21:48):
I'm just now catching up on sleep. I don't think I've slept much cumulatively because of the late return. But yeah, it did turn out well. I was going to tell you something related to it. Oh yes, I have a little Hanukkah story. So I got small gifts for Rob each night of Hanukkah. Very small things like a little moji sponge just so that there was something each night. And on the night of the party, he was like, my little clip on book light is dead. And they needed one for the music stand because they were playing outside in the backyard without a lot of lighting over them. There's lighting kind of on them from the ground to read your music. And the man was throwing things together. It's not like they rehearse a bunch for a backyard party.
(22:39):
So he needed a little clip and he needed lighting or to rig his phones to actually be able to read the lyrics or read the chords in front of him. And the light was out and I was like, I don't have any, my kids read on Kindles or Kindle on iPad, I don't have any, but I was like, I guess you can just, but I remembered I bought him a bunch of stuff for Hanukkah and they were small boxes, so they were all small boxes that were near the tree. And I was like, I don't know, pick one of those. I couldn't remember. I was like, I might've gotten one, but I don't know. And I don't know which one it is. So he went for it and he opens up, I kid you not a reading light, a clip-on Reading Light, which was one of his Hanukkah gifts just in time. And it was already charged.
Doree (23:31):
Oh my gosh.
Elise (23:33):
It was a kismet. So
Doree (23:35):
Seriously,
Elise (23:36):
It really worked out. Yeah, it was nice. And it made me feel like, oh good, we're ending the year on this Nice kind of faded, faded note.
Doree (23:43):
Yeah,
Elise (23:45):
Yeah, yeah. That was a nice little moment. That's really nice. Yeah. So one thing we wanted to talk about since now it is the start of the year, is we do weekly intentions, which we will continue obviously, and we can talk about that at the tail end of today's show. But where are you on New Year's resolutions? Do you have a philosophy about it? Do you do it regularly? I have some thoughts.
Doree (24:10):
I don't really have, I generally don't do New Year's resolutions, but I do look at the new year as an opportunity for just sort of reflection and renewal, I guess I'll put it that way. And I think 2024 was a tough year and I'm just, I'm just reflecting on it. How can I go into 2025 with a different mindset? What can I do that is within my power to
(24:52):
Change? I haven't quite figured that out yet. I, I'm working on it. I finished my one line a day journal, my five year, one line a day journal applause. And instead of getting another one line a day journal, I got just a journal with one page to write every day. And so I have been doing that and that's been a nice exercise. When I started the one line of day journal, I hadn't been journaling since I was a teenager, I think I was like, let's set the bar low and just write an inch worth of text every day. And honestly, by year two I was like, I could probably be writing more.
(25:46):
And so it's been nice to just have a little bit more space, giving myself a little bit more space to reflect on the day. So I'm starting there and yeah, I've been saying that one of the bright spots in my life this past year was tennis. And so reflecting on what that means for the coming year, I have been working on designing my own tennis journal. Very cool. And setting some goals, some tennis related goals in there. Again, keeping things really focused and small I think is not small, but not being like, I'm going to change my life this year. You know what I mean? It's more like I'm going to work on my serve.
Elise (26:42):
Yeah. Something measurable. Right.
Doree (26:43):
Something measurable and achievable I think is also, I guess what I'm saying is I feel like I need some wins and so just thinking about what that looks like. But I agree with you in the sense, I think I agree with you in the sense of, I hesitate to call them resolutions per se.
Elise (27:08):
I think one of my issues with New Year's resolutions is the timing because it comes right after this crazy period of December and the holidays and all of the family time or the travel or whatever and suddenly we have to be like, okay, now I have to reflect and I have to renew and I have to resolve during the dead week of the year. That time when you're not quite back at work
Doree (27:35):
Yet. Yes,
Elise (27:37):
It it'd great if the year started at a different time.
Doree (27:41):
Well, I have always argued that the timing of the Jewish New Year to me makes more sense September as a time for the new year to begin.
Elise (27:53):
Yes.
Doree (27:54):
It's like the start of school. It's changing from summer to fall. It just, to me, September just feels like a more logical time to ring in a new year. I agree with you. You're kind of coming off of the chaos and the intensity of the holidays
Elise (28:15):
And suddenly now I have to kind of clean it all up and get it together for the next year and it's like, whoa, I haven't even recovered yet.
Doree (28:23):
Yeah, totally. So I have often just sort of thought of September, the Jewish New Year as the New year, so for whatever that's worth.
Elise (28:38):
And then with my people, we have Lunar New Year, which is in February. So I often, if I don't have a good start in January, I'm like, that's cool. No big deal. We'll do the lunar New Year. We're going to start the year in February because I'm still catching up
Doree (28:52):
In January.
Elise (28:55):
So we get a redo, I get a mulligan in.
Doree (28:58):
I love that
Elise (28:59):
Any of us can do a redo on Lunar New Year. We'll just mark that one. It's older anyway than the Gregorian calendar.
Doree (29:06):
Mulligan was a crossword clue the other day and I was like, Mulligan Mulligan, what is a mulligan? And then it clicked for me, but it was just funny to hear you use that word because I feel like it's not a word that's in my instinctive vocabulary. Got
Elise (29:25):
It. Yeah.
Doree (29:27):
Anyway,
Elise (29:28):
I think I just use it because I used to play golf.
Doree (29:31):
Oh
Elise (29:32):
Yeah. Yeah. I was a golfer in high school. And so maybe some golf terms kind of get in there sometimes.
Doree (29:39):
That's so funny.
Elise (29:41):
I get jokey about it often. Back when I was in my twenties, I would do resolutions where I would say I resolved to spend the year 2004 spending up with an aggressive set of resolutions for 2005 and just keep punting it forward.
Doree (29:59):
Oh,
Elise (29:59):
That's funny. That's funny. We do want to talk with you listeners because we do have some plans and exciting things for the show or some ideas for the show for later this year. And I guess we can talk about that after the break or
Doree (30:15):
Yeah, let's do that.
Elise (30:16):
Okay, great. All right, we'll be right back.
Doree (30:25):
Alright, we are back. Welcome back. Yeah, we wanted to talk a little bit about what we have coming up for the show.
Elise (30:34):
Yes, yes. Well, as y'all know, and we got great feedback on our first themed month in November of 2024, which was midlife and menopause. Thank you all so much for your questions, for your enthusiasm for voting for that in our Patreon survey as the top interest for a themed month. So we got that kicked off and going. The next most popular topic among our Patreon supporters was friendship. So Friendship Month or the Friendship series. I don't know if we'll have enough guests for a full month, but the friendship series is coming up in February and I'm already super excited about it because I mean we can't say too much I guess until we unveil the full list of guests, but we've already had at least one conversation and it was really insightful. I learned a lot.
Doree (31:30):
Definitely, definitely. I'm really excited for this upcoming month.
Elise (31:36):
And it was funny because one of the questions that this guest got a lot was like, how do you break up with friends? And she was like, I'm not about ending friendships.
Doree (31:46):
I thought that was so funny. She's like, my book is about how to make and keep friends, how to be a good friend.
Elise (31:58):
The other thing that we wanted to mention was that something that worked really well with Midlife and menopause month was that when you sent in questions about the topic, we were able to take them to the expert. And so something we want to bring back for Friendship month is if you have questions about friendship or advice you're looking for about friendship and either making friends, nurturing friendships, like intention in your friendships, send those in, call in text in, write in. And instead of hearing from us, maybe one of our guests will be able to address your questions and give you advice.
Doree (32:35):
Yeah.
Elise (32:36):
What other theme months do you think that we can squeeze in for 2025 Door?
Doree (32:41):
A lot of people were interested in dermatologists weighing in. I don't know if that is a full month of content, but certainly one or two episodes. I think we could have a dermatologist come on the show. We've had dermatologists on before and they were always popular episodes and people sent in their questions for them. So yeah, I feel like that's just sort of an evergreen thing that we can do for
Elise (33:14):
Sure. Yeah, it's interesting because when we have our resident makeup artist Rachel Goodwin on, there's always a ton of questions for her and obviously she comes quarterly. So continue to send in your Rachel questions and just note in your note that it's for Rachel, but sometimes the questions sort of veer into medical territory for Rachel and she's like, I'm not a dermatologist, I shouldn't be answering this question. So it is a good idea probably for us to have a derm maybe once or twice a year. That'd be cool.
Doree (33:43):
Yeah, for sure.
Elise (33:45):
Cool.
Doree (33:46):
What about you? Is there anything on this list that you feel like we should tackle?
Elise (33:51):
I had a lot of fun with you doing our Sable Yang live episode at the bookstore last
Doree (33:56):
Summer. Yes, yes, yes.
Elise (33:57):
So one thing I really want to do between the two of us and a guest this year, maybe a guest who's promoting a book, we can do it at a bookstore, is another live event because it meant that we got to meet some of our listeners in real life and there's just a different texture to the interview when you're doing it in person. There's a liveliness to it and plus there's audience questions and a lot of times the audience questions are far more brilliant than ours. And so I would love to be intentional about trying to get in another live event in the summer. That'd be cool.
Doree (34:30):
Yeah, let's do that. That would be super fun.
Elise (34:32):
And listeners, if you have ideas too, we'll try and survey you again. I thought the Patreon survey that you conducted at the Host Swap last year in the spring was really instructive and insightful. So maybe we can do another survey or do an annual survey. Just so much to learn from you all, but obviously our inboxes are always open. So if you can send us any tips or suggestions or questions anytime.
Doree (34:59):
Great. Let's do it. Cool.
Elise (35:02):
Alright.
Doree (35:03):
Do you want to talk about our intentions just for the week?
Elise (35:07):
Yes. We need to check in. So your intention, the last time we did our weekly intentions, what were you aiming for?
Doree (35:16):
So I was aiming for, what I have written down here is tennis newsletter slash vision board. I think I was like, I'm going to figure out what I'm doing with my tennis newsletter idea that I've been tossing around for a while. And then I also said I was going to do a vision board. I didn't do a vision board. Doing vision boards is harder now that we don't subscribe to magazine. You're right. Magazines, you're right. I don't have anything to Vision Board. I did however, start a draft of a tennis newsletter. So I am going to try to finish the newsletter draft. I have a bunch of other work I need to get done this week, but I will, I'm going to put that on the list of things. So putting that out there, manifesting it, stating it, own it. Very cool. What about you?
Elise (36:09):
My intention had to do with family time and really spending quality and concentrated time with family. Which boy did I? Boy did I, but it was warm. We didn't have any drama. There wasn't anything where it was like, oh, I'm not going to talk to my so-and-so in-law after this. So we had really great family time and so I feel like I lived out that intention very well and I'm glad we put that out into the universe. And the Rob really blended in very well with all the extended family, so that was lovely. It was his first trip to Taipei. My intention for the week going forward is going to be, I mean I think I'm going to be really harried and tied up with trying to take care of the puppy and all his medications. He has a crazy schedule and so I think my intention is going to be a consistent bedtime. I need to get my sleep hygiene back in order after the events of late. And just being able to sleep and get quality sleep is going to be so crucial during stressful periods. So sleep hygiene will be it. That'll be my first
(37:11):
Weekly
Doree (37:11):
Intention sleep for the year. Great. Sleep hygiene. Love it. Love it. Alright, well it's been great seeing you again.
Elise (37:19):
Yes. I'm so glad we got to catch up. And thanks listeners. Me too.
Doree (37:24):
Before we wrap up, it is time for us to thank our Patreon supporters. Elise, since your voice is shot, I will do the honors.
Elise (37:37):
Okay.
Doree (37:38):
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Elise (39:16):
We'll talk to you on Wednesday.
Doree (39:17):
Bye.