1 00:00:10,690 --> 00:00:12,520 Hey there, and welcome to On Your Terms. 2 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:14,030 I'm your host, Sam Vander Wielen. 3 00:00:14,030 --> 00:00:23,860 I'm an attorney turned entrepreneur, who, typically, I help online coaches and service providers legally protect and grow their online businesses using my DIY legal templates and my Ultimate Bundle 4 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:34,210 program. But today is a special little episode, where I'm just doing a little personal catch-up with you, a little behind the scenes personal update, something that I wish we could just like chat 5 00:00:34,210 --> 00:00:36,430 about over coffee or go take a walk together. 6 00:00:36,430 --> 00:00:38,110 That would be my ideal situation. 7 00:00:38,110 --> 00:00:42,730 So, it's a little bit different of an episode this week. 8 00:00:42,730 --> 00:00:50,640 Before I hop into my personal update, I just want to share with you that if you're listening to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, make sure you leave a review of the show. 9 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:58,300 Make sure you subscribe, of course, but leave a review, because every month, I pick a winner to win a 20-dollar Starbucks gift card, and then give you a shoutout on air. 10 00:00:58,300 --> 00:01:01,410 So, all you have to do is leave a review on Apple and we'll pick a winner. 11 00:01:01,420 --> 00:01:07,830 We'll announce it across social media and to my email list, and you just let us know that you're the winner, and you get the Starbucks gift card. 12 00:01:07,830 --> 00:01:11,090 So, make sure you leave a quick review of On Your Terms. 13 00:01:11,110 --> 00:01:15,280 With that, let's get into a little personal catch-up situation, shall we? 14 00:01:19,180 --> 00:01:20,360 Oh, okay. 15 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:28,160 So, as you're listening to this, I have just wrapped up my big live promo of the Bundle. 16 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:29,770 It's like a wedding. It really is. 17 00:01:29,770 --> 00:01:32,710 It's the closest thing that I can describe it. 18 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:34,930 We worked on it forever. 19 00:01:35,170 --> 00:01:39,190 And then, it's like you get as much done as you possibly can. 20 00:01:39,190 --> 00:01:49,030 Like I remember when Ryan and I got married, you get to this point, where you're like, well, I've done everything I can do, and at this point, it's just like, first of all, there's only so many things you can 21 00:01:49,030 --> 00:01:55,780 do up until the day of, and then there's a bunch more you have to do, but also, like you reach a point where like stuff's out of your hands. 22 00:01:55,810 --> 00:01:58,690 So, that's kind of how it is, in my opinion. 23 00:01:59,590 --> 00:02:02,620 I spend months and months preparing for this. 24 00:02:02,620 --> 00:02:05,630 My team spends months and months preparing for this. 25 00:02:05,630 --> 00:02:11,820 For this one in particular, we worked from September to February, so it was a lot of work. 26 00:02:11,820 --> 00:02:21,330 And I have so much fun with it, because I really love doing my legal workshop, over like 30,000 people have taken my legal workshop. 27 00:02:21,330 --> 00:02:29,260 And every time we do it live, which we only do once or twice a year, like thousands and thousands of people sign up, and it's always like a really cool energy, and people are excited. 28 00:02:29,260 --> 00:02:33,340 I think live just like adds a different element, so I really enjoy doing it. 29 00:02:33,340 --> 00:02:43,300 I decided to do two webinars this year instead of three live, because doing three live is a little tough, only because, usually, the way that you do is you have like one webinar in one day, and 30 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:52,870 two in the other, and the day where there are two, just like it's so much, because it's like me talking for like at least two hours each, and then, like we get just a 31 00:02:52,870 --> 00:02:57,490 flood of like inquiries, and questions, and new customers. 32 00:02:57,490 --> 00:03:01,840 And like there's just so much going on behind the scenes that it was pretty tough. 33 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:09,130 So, I actually have an episode coming up, where we're going to do a debrief on how the promo went, like breaking down the financials and all that kind of stuff. 34 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:15,940 So, I'll share more about like some of the insights that we're taking away from only having two webinars versus three live webinars. 35 00:03:15,940 --> 00:03:18,520 But on my end, I'm happy about it. 36 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,580 I love doing them live, it's just like a lot to do three in two days. 37 00:03:21,820 --> 00:03:26,530 Yes, we have all of that, and with that comes like a ton of new Ultimate Bundle members. 38 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:37,000 We have people joining the Bundle every day, 365 days a year, but these are just like special little promo moments where we kind of double down, and focus on the Bundle, 39 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:46,660 and go all out. And if you've watched Cheer, like I hope you've watched Cheer, so you don't think I'm crazy, but in my mind, I'm always like, this is our all out, like we're going all out, and 40 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:48,220 it's exactly how I think of it. 41 00:03:48,220 --> 00:03:54,670 It's just like this like push, push, push, all out, dress rehearsal, then the main thing, and then like relax, right? 42 00:03:55,120 --> 00:04:00,100 So, I take it pretty chill in my business day-to-day, even during promos. 43 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:08,410 Like as I'm recording this, I'm in the promo period and I only work like—some days, I work several hours in a day. 44 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:09,730 Other days, I work full days. 45 00:04:09,730 --> 00:04:11,890 Yesterday, I only worked like half a day, maybe. 46 00:04:12,130 --> 00:04:21,970 But I've also been really proud, because lately, I've been like taking breaks during the day, and just like taking a day walk, like a random during the day walk, or 47 00:04:22,090 --> 00:04:29,110 after work walk, or I'll go like call a friend in the middle of the day, or the other day, I just like laid and watch Netflix for a little. 48 00:04:29,140 --> 00:04:38,950 I feel like I'm doing much better with not just sitting and working like 10 hours, eight hours straight, because I just really like what I do, so I can, sometimes, end up 49 00:04:38,950 --> 00:04:48,700 doing that. And I also think that coming from the corporate world and being a corporate attorney, it does take a long time to kind of beat that idea out of you, that like 50 00:04:49,060 --> 00:04:58,420 these are working hours, and therefore you have to be working during those hours, and that's something like I'll feel guilty, and then I'm like, wait, I own my own business, like I can do whatever I want, and I get all the stuff 51 00:04:58,420 --> 00:05:01,570 done. And now, I have people working for me, right? 52 00:05:01,570 --> 00:05:04,470 In the past like a year ago, I didn't really have anyone working for me. 53 00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:07,570 A year-and-a-half ago, I didn't have anybody working for me. 54 00:05:07,810 --> 00:05:11,950 So, when I wasn't working, like the business was still running, but nothing was really getting done, done. 55 00:05:11,980 --> 00:05:16,810 Now, things are even getting done thanks to these incredible people who work for the company. 56 00:05:16,810 --> 00:05:22,060 So, yeah, it's like fine during the promo period for me. 57 00:05:22,060 --> 00:05:27,870 I don't tend to go like so crazy, like a lot of other people will talk about how exhausting launches are. 58 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:37,840 I think what the more exhausting part from my perspective is like how outward -facing everything is, and I don't know about you, but I'm kind of weird in that, like I 59 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:41,100 am extroverted, but I also need my introverted time. 60 00:05:41,110 --> 00:05:50,970 And so, these periods are just so extroverted, like doing the webinar, having so many people pick at your brain, and being like, I need this, I need that, I have a question 61 00:05:50,980 --> 00:05:54,700 , and then like a lot of social media stuff, like so many Reels this time around . 62 00:05:54,780 --> 00:06:02,380 We went all out with the Reel strategy, so I'll also tell you how that went in the debrief episode, but yeah, we liked did a lot of Reels. 63 00:06:02,380 --> 00:06:10,060 We did like live videos, like Instagram Lives, YouTube episodes, like there's just so much outward, right? 64 00:06:10,180 --> 00:06:12,100 A lot of talking, a lot of outward. 65 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:22,270 So, that's like more the part that kind of, I guess, wears on my energy a little bit, not so much just like the pace of the promo, per se 66 00:06:22,270 --> 00:06:31,650 . And I would encourage you, too, that like if you are going to do launches or promos, that you build your own wellness into it, right? 67 00:06:31,660 --> 00:06:41,620 Like I booked a little hotel room getaway for like two days, like local, but at least I could like get out of the house, clear my head, two days before the promo 68 00:06:41,950 --> 00:06:47,590 started. And then, one of my closest friends, Naomi, it's her birthday, and also, she became a citizen. 69 00:06:47,590 --> 00:06:56,860 So, we are going to celebrate in New York City, and like staying, having like a girls weekend there, and going to like a dream, dream restaurant, Eleven Madison Park, 70 00:06:57,850 --> 00:07:00,540 together right after the promo ends. 71 00:07:00,550 --> 00:07:10,270 So, I tried to like build those kinds of things in, but then even on a micro level, like I look over my schedule and I cancel anything during the promo period that 72 00:07:10,270 --> 00:07:11,560 doesn't need to be there. 73 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:16,810 So, like some meetings or things I have that just can be like, they can wait, I get rid of those. 74 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:21,670 I make sure I block out an hour midday for lunch/free time. 75 00:07:22,210 --> 00:07:31,330 It doesn't take me an hour to eat lunch, so I usually like go take a walk, or call a friend, or just lay around, or like listen to music, or read, so I will do that. 76 00:07:31,510 --> 00:07:33,490 I make sure I end early, right? 77 00:07:33,490 --> 00:07:37,630 And then, this year, I set the boundary of like, hey, two live webinars is good for me. 78 00:07:38,380 --> 00:07:43,150 It's a lot to do it live so many times, and if somebody can't make it live, they can watch the replay. 79 00:07:43,180 --> 00:07:46,330 So, just even those little things. 80 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:56,170 I'm also like signing up for some sort of like meal delivery or like giving yourself some slack in terms of ordering groceries that week and not like going grocery shopping, ordering 81 00:07:56,170 --> 00:08:00,430 things that are like pre-chop, pre-cut, like that stuff just really helps me during a promo. 82 00:08:00,430 --> 00:08:09,520 Like I try to treat myself the best I can during that time period to just make it as easy as possible for me to succeed, and not burn out, and not be so tired, right? 83 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:15,760 And like I'll tell Ryan like, hey, I'm going to need you a little bit more this week or the following week. 84 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,210 I'm going to need this kind of support. 85 00:08:18,210 --> 00:08:28,060 Like I tried to vocalize like what I need from other people, and other people in my life like, hey, I might not be as available by phone or I might not be as quick with texts this week, 86 00:08:28,450 --> 00:08:31,420 that kind of stuff. So, that just like really helps me. 87 00:08:31,420 --> 00:08:35,920 So, that's like the biggest thing, I guess, that's been going on lately. 88 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:45,910 The other big thing is funny enough, is like my own legal and tax stuff, because, oh, man, well, in case you're new here, I moved from the Philadelphia area to New 89 00:08:45,910 --> 00:08:48,220 York. in, when did I move? 90 00:08:48,220 --> 00:08:57,730 In August. And then, I had to like move all the business stuff, and that takes a while, because like I still hadn't—well, first, I had our old house, and then it was 91 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:04,570 like, I didn't switch over like some of my other stuff, and I finally got like my license switched over, and all of these other things that just like take forever. 92 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,390 So then, I moved my business to New York. 93 00:09:07,390 --> 00:09:10,870 And then, because I'm an S-Corp, I also have to move my S-Corp here. 94 00:09:11,020 --> 00:09:14,330 And so, that has just been like, oh, I feel for you. 95 00:09:14,950 --> 00:09:20,560 I just joke with everybody that I'm like, yeah, I'm an attorney, I find it annoying, too, that's why I just try to help you and like make it as easy as possible. 96 00:09:21,070 --> 00:09:24,040 I'm not like here trying to sell you that it's like the most incredible experience. 97 00:09:25,570 --> 00:09:30,160 So, it's been appropriately annoying to get all of that done. 98 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:34,450 I think I'm pretty much done now, hopefully, fingers crossed. 99 00:09:34,540 --> 00:09:38,110 I keep finding out there's like one more thing, but hopefully, that's that. 100 00:09:38,410 --> 00:09:48,130 So, I've been doing a lot of that, and then the other big thing on my end is like as a company, I'm just doing a lot of like legal acquisition, like buying assets of things. 101 00:09:48,130 --> 00:09:57,850 So, like I was on Instagram the other day talking about how I like buy domain names a lot and I try to protect, like anytime I have an idea for a product, I go and I buy like all the domain 102 00:09:57,850 --> 00:10:04,840 names for it and all that kind of stuff, and like trademarking some things, and copywriting some things, like all of this kind of stuff. 103 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:14,710 So, I walk the walk. I do all the same stuff as I encourage you to do, but I'm taking care of all of that on my end, which is just a heavy lift when the products are like much bigger 104 00:10:14,710 --> 00:10:17,290 or they have been around for a while, like stuff like that. 105 00:10:17,290 --> 00:10:19,450 So, I'm just taking care of all of that. 106 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:29,500 I also have been, if you follow me on Instagram, I share a lot about this on Stories, because I tend to share a lot of like just day-to-day behind the scenes stuff on Stories, but I've been 107 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:33,460 really on a health kick since, I would say, the beginning of December. 108 00:10:34,060 --> 00:10:37,450 I don't even know what's happened. 109 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,550 So, basically, here's the long and short of it. 110 00:10:40,550 --> 00:10:42,280 I was an athlete my entire life. 111 00:10:42,310 --> 00:10:44,340 I played volleyball. That was my main sport. 112 00:10:44,350 --> 00:10:49,260 I played like nationally, internationally, very competitively, like all this kind of stuff in school. 113 00:10:49,270 --> 00:10:51,990 And then, I had brain surgery. 114 00:10:51,990 --> 00:11:01,690 And when I had brain surgery a few years ago, I have not played volleyball since, and it felt like when I had the brain surgery, it was like, oh, now, I kind of have to 115 00:11:01,690 --> 00:11:11,410 figure out how to like—well, not only how to move my body, period, because if you've ever played a sport like very intensely, you know that like, 116 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:21,400 yes, you lift and stuff, so you strength train, but like otherwise, you don't work out, because you're constantly at practice and constantly playing, and my metabolism was that of like a 26-year-old, so I 117 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,610 just was not doing anything else. 118 00:11:24,610 --> 00:11:34,360 And then, I had the brain surgery and it was like not only am I not playing volleyball anymore, because I don't want to jump around and I'm like terrified to move my head like that, but also because 119 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,750 my body is a completely different body than when I had the surgery. 120 00:11:38,380 --> 00:11:42,070 And so, ever since I had the surgery, everything is different. 121 00:11:42,070 --> 00:11:51,400 Like literally, everything in my body is different, I would say, from head to toe, but mostly just my head, but it affects it, because I have a cerebellum issue. 122 00:11:51,820 --> 00:11:55,750 And so, like my cerebellum obviously controls balance, movement, and stuff. 123 00:11:55,780 --> 00:12:05,350 And so, like the way that I like walk, and move around, and do balance, and like strength in my neck, and all of this stuff is just so heavily impacted 124 00:12:05,350 --> 00:12:10,000 from having had the surgery, and I feel still so off-balance. 125 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:16,600 And yes, of course, I still do my exercises, and like my core stuff and my strength, so don't worry, I don't need tips at the moment. 126 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,440 I go to all the pros for this stuff. 127 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,930 But it's just like a fact of having had this surgery. 128 00:12:22,930 --> 00:12:32,020 Like I literally had a brain surgeon cut in from my midpoint of the back of my neck all the way to the top of my head, and insert a device, go into my brain, and put something in, right? 129 00:12:32,020 --> 00:12:41,410 So, like it's never going to be the same as it was, which is fine, but I guess I never—well, I never had brain surgery before, so I didn't know 130 00:12:41,410 --> 00:12:46,570 exactly like how different everything, just like how much it was going to change things. 131 00:12:51,220 --> 00:12:55,850 Have you ever felt lost about where to begin with the legal side of protecting your online business? 132 00:12:55,870 --> 00:12:59,380 Some people say you can just wing it at the beginning and get officially set up later. 133 00:13:00,010 --> 00:13:02,030 Not a good idea, by the way. 134 00:13:02,030 --> 00:13:11,740 Whether you're afraid to even start working with clients, because you don't want to do something wrong legally, and then get in trouble, or your business is growing and you sort of forgot to take care of the legal 135 00:13:11,740 --> 00:13:13,520 pieces, I've got you. 136 00:13:13,540 --> 00:13:23,350 I don't want you to live in fear of the internet police coming after you and your business, but you do have to do certain things and get certain things in place in order to legally and safely run your business 137 00:13:23,350 --> 00:13:30,460 online. 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Not because of anybody else, not because of the society, or diet culture, or anything else, I didn't feel comfortable. 173 00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:02,280 And I had low energy. 174 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:04,800 I didn't feel good in my clothes. 175 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,260 Like I didn't feel as strong. 176 00:17:06,260 --> 00:17:09,780 Like I'm so used to being like muscular and strong, and I love that, right? 177 00:17:09,780 --> 00:17:11,640 And I just didn't feel any of those things. 178 00:17:11,850 --> 00:17:21,810 And so, back in November, the very first thing I did was that I instituted a new—my mom would say when I was little, she would just like randomly be walking around the 179 00:17:21,810 --> 00:17:25,500 house, and she'd be like, "New rule", and then she would like say her new rule. 180 00:17:25,500 --> 00:17:30,150 So, I, like one time in November, was like, "New rule, in the morning, we're walking". 181 00:17:30,150 --> 00:17:39,000 First thing in the morning, instead of like sitting and like watching the news or doing something else, I don't even know what we used to do, I was like, "New rule, we're walking every morning at least 30 minutes." All we have to do is 182 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:43,470 walk 30 minutes. It doesn't have to be fast, or intense, or anything, it just has to be 30 minutes. 183 00:17:43,500 --> 00:17:45,840 It's good for us. It's good for the dog, for Hudson. 184 00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:47,520 So, all that kind of stuff. 185 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,490 So, we started with that and I feel like that was like the first thing. 186 00:17:50,490 --> 00:17:57,720 And if you're in the health and wellness field, I'm sure that you see this with clients all the time, where it's like one positive habit then like kicks off all these others. 187 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:07,670 And that's essentially what's happened for me, because it felt like I started doing that, I was walking every day, then it became like, oh, I love walking in the morning, let me walk in the afternoon when I'm done work. 188 00:18:07,670 --> 00:18:09,730 Like it's a great way to wind down. 189 00:18:09,750 --> 00:18:15,830 So, I started doing that, and then I started to feel a little bit stronger, a little bit more like—cardiovascularly, a little bit better. 190 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:25,710 And then, I was like, okay, maybe let me like pay a little bit more attention to what I'm eating and eat a bit more intuitively, but also, eat in a way that's like a bit more nourishing for 191 00:18:25,710 --> 00:18:27,690 my body, and all this kind of stuff. 192 00:18:27,690 --> 00:18:36,900 And so, I got more into that, then that got me to drinking more water, which then got me excited to work out again, which got me to pay more attention to other things. 193 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:39,000 And like it just went on, and on, and on like that. 194 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,310 So, I'm well on my way. 195 00:18:41,310 --> 00:18:43,230 I am doing much better now. 196 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:45,060 I am seeing it. I'm feeling it. 197 00:18:45,060 --> 00:18:47,030 I am very happy about it. 198 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:55,200 I still have some way to go in, for me, like what I want to achieve, but I'm just feeling like much better in that respect. 199 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,540 So, that has been good. 200 00:18:58,170 --> 00:19:05,160 I'm also working on a new project right now for the business, which like I can't tell you anything about, but I can't wait to tell you about it. 201 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:06,960 I think it's going to be huge. 202 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:08,790 It's really, really different. 203 00:19:08,790 --> 00:19:11,780 I don't offer anything like it. 204 00:19:11,790 --> 00:19:13,800 I don't think anyone offers anything like it. 205 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,590 So, I will tell you about it when I tell you about it. 206 00:19:16,590 --> 00:19:19,830 It's very soon, actually, after this episode, you will hear, probably about a month. 207 00:19:21,030 --> 00:19:30,660 So, yeah, I'm working on that behind the scenes, and I'm just like really excited, because I don't see anything like it, and I think it's going to help you guys so much, so I'm very excited 208 00:19:30,810 --> 00:19:34,820 about it. I'm also getting the travel bug again. 209 00:19:34,820 --> 00:19:38,760 So, pre-COVID, Ryan and I were actually little like world travelers. 210 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,880 If you followed me any time before that, like we lived in France. 211 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,790 Like Ryan and I, since we've been together, have gone to like 30 countries together. 212 00:19:45,540 --> 00:19:47,010 We love to travel. 213 00:19:47,010 --> 00:19:52,590 And so, it has been really hard for us during COVID, because we really just haven't gone anywhere. 214 00:19:52,590 --> 00:19:54,360 We haven't traveled. We haven't flown. 215 00:19:54,390 --> 00:20:04,290 I'm so protective of my dad and I also feel like I always have to protect, like keep myself a little bit in a bubble, because at any moment, I could have to go home and see him, or 216 00:20:04,290 --> 00:20:12,120 go take him somewhere, or have him come stay with me if he's sick or whatever, or if he's hospitalized, like God forbid, I don't want to be able to not go see him. 217 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:20,820 So, I'd just like really taken COVID very seriously, and I've really kept myself in a bubble, and I really like shout out to any of you who have an immunocompromised, 218 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:28,440 either you are immunocompromised or you know somebody who is, you care about someone who is, it is very, very difficult. 219 00:20:28,950 --> 00:20:34,710 It was already difficult, and then this has just made it impossible, I think, so I really feel for you. 220 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:40,880 But anyway, we traveled a lot and I'm starting to feel the travel bug again. 221 00:20:40,890 --> 00:20:45,690 I mean, to be honest, I always have this thing in the back of my mind, where I'm like, can I travel? 222 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,220 What if something happens with my dad? 223 00:20:47,220 --> 00:23:45,600 But that is just like part of the dance that I have been doing for so long, and I feel like I have to go and/or plan for it, and then if something happens, it happens, and I come back. 224 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:45,610 Like 225 00:23:45,610 --> 00:23:45,620 I just don't know what else to do at this point. 226 00:23:45,620 --> 00:23:45,630 I wouldn't wish this on you. 227 00:23:45,630 --> 00:23:45,640 It is a very, very difficult place to be. 228 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:45,650 Let's just say that. 229 00:23:45,650 --> 00:23:45,660 But I like want to travel, and so hopefully, actually, while you're listening to this, I hope that I'm away. 230 00:23:45,660 --> 00:23:45,670 You can go check my Instagram Stories right now, but I really hope that I am away, because I've been wanting to do a little getaway with Ryan somewhere warm . 231 00:23:45,670 --> 00:23:45,680 And he has spring break, and he's a professor, and so I was like, let's go this week. 232 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:45,690 So, hopefully, while you're listening to this, I am away. 233 00:23:45,690 --> 00:23:45,700 Not too far, but hopefully, I am. 234 00:23:45,700 --> 00:23:45,710 That would be very nice. 235 00:23:45,710 --> 00:23:45,720 To my future self, I hope I'm sitting on a beach somewhere. 236 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:45,730 But also, I'm hoping to go back to Europe this summer, towards the end of the summer before Ryan's classes start again. 237 00:23:45,730 --> 00:23:45,740 I think that would be really nice. 238 00:23:45,740 --> 00:23:45,750 So, obviously, as always, we'll see what happens with my dad, but that's the plan. 239 00:23:45,750 --> 00:23:45,760 Last but not least, the only other thing I wanted to share with you was that if we were getting coffee, I think what I would like so excitedly share with you is that I signed up for two things recently that were just like 240 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:45,770 personal, this is a commitment I made to myself this year that I wanted to like cultivate space and time for things that I wanted to do on the weekends, or at night, or whatever that like had nothing 241 00:23:45,770 --> 00:23:45,780 to do with work. So, the first thing I did was sign up for cooking classes with Julia Turchin, who's a chef who I love, and on Sundays, she's doing a cooking class called Cooking with Julia. 242 00:23:45,780 --> 00:23:45,790 And they're on Zoom. 243 00:23:45,790 --> 00:23:45,800 And they're lovely. 244 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:45,810 And you make typically three things. 245 00:23:45,810 --> 00:23:45,820 Every other week, you bake something, you make a dessert and like two other food items, and then, the other weeks, you do three like food dishes. 246 00:23:45,820 --> 00:23:45,830 So, that has been so much fun. 247 00:23:45,830 --> 00:23:45,840 I did it for the entire month of January, and then I'm doing it for half of February, because two of the weeks just didn't work for me for something else I had going on. 248 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:45,850 And then, hopefully, I'll just get back into it after that on a weekly basis or whenever the classes work for me. 249 00:23:45,850 --> 00:23:45,860 But that has just been such a little treat. 250 00:23:45,860 --> 00:23:45,870 So, if you like, or if you've been like looking for a cooking class or something, I'll include the link to Julia's class below, but that has been so much fun and she's a really 251 00:23:45,870 --> 00:23:45,880 lovely person. 252 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:45,890 So, that was the one thing I signed up for. 253 00:23:45,890 --> 00:23:45,900 The other thing was I signed up for an investment class, like it's a four-week course, like an actual course, on investments and learning more about investments, 254 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:45,910 because I'm maxing out my retirement as much as I can on my end, but I want to learn more about it. 255 00:23:45,910 --> 00:23:45,920 Like I don't understand how a lot of this stuff works. 256 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:45,930 I don't understand alternative markets, so I am diving into that. 257 00:23:45,930 --> 00:23:45,940 I don't really have anything to report back yet, because it's like the first week, but when I do, I'll share it with you. 258 00:23:45,940 --> 00:23:45,950 I'm happy to tell you, if you want to like send me a DM, happy to like tell you what courses or something, but that's what I have been up to kind of on the personal front over here. 259 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,660 So, I hope that you liked this episode. 260 00:23:48,690 --> 00:23:54,360 You'll have to send me a DM or something, and let me know if you want me to do these like once a quarter, or like once or twice a year. 261 00:23:55,200 --> 00:24:02,190 We just thought that it would be kind of fun to do some episodes that were a little shorter and more personal, following like all the promo stuff. 262 00:24:02,190 --> 00:24:04,530 And so, it was just like fun to sit down and chat with you. 263 00:24:04,530 --> 00:24:07,290 I hope that you enjoyed this. 264 00:24:07,290 --> 00:24:14,100 And if you want me to do it again sometime in the future when I have more personal stuff to share, let me know, send me a DM. 265 00:24:14,460 --> 00:24:22,650 Obviously, subscribe and follow the show if you haven't already, and I just so appreciate you, and I appreciate you listening to On Your Terms. 266 00:24:22,650 --> 00:24:31,890 I hope you're having a good week, and I can't wait to see you next week, because next week, we're talking about what to do if your online business gets sued, which is an important episode. 267 00:24:31,890 --> 00:24:33,430 I know, I know, but it's important. 268 00:24:33,450 --> 00:24:36,480 And the week after that is going to be the debrief episode, so I'm really excited. 269 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:42,980 We're going to break down my recent launch and talk about like what worked, what didn't, what I would do differently, how I go about it. 270 00:24:42,990 --> 00:24:49,920 I'll take all your questions on Instagram ahead of time so that I can answer them live in that episode, but that's basically what you've got coming up for the rest of the month. 271 00:24:50,430 --> 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