Bachelor Happy Hour - Joe & Serena’s Holiday Recap

Episode Date: January 9, 2024

Serena and Joe catch us up on all their holiday festivities! From New Year’s intentions to Christmas gifts for each other, we get all the deets on how they spent the holiday season together. Listen now and make sure to follow so you never miss an episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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production in partnership with deep blue sports and entertainment on the iHeart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts brought to you by novartis founding partner of iHeart women's sports network hey everyone welcome back to bachelor happy hour i'm joe and i'm serena and it's twenty 24 our first podcast of the year it's a whole new year how you feeling i feel good i feel like i'm like easing into 2024 you know like i'm not a big like Jan first let's go like I like a good slow easing I ran seven miles this morning you did so I feel good about that I'm going to the gym too this week which has been good because I was super lazy over the holidays which is fine I like to be lazy over the holidays um and later this week we're going to get right

back in the swing of things we have joey's season coming up we got cast miles we're going to break down as many of the women as possible because there's 32 of them it's huge there's so many women it's crazy but it's exciting i know i'm intimidated but we're gonna break down i love i imagine how joey felt if you're intimidated is reading the bios true i do love that though that's one of my favorite my favorite i love the beginning of the season like the first episode yeah the first episode is always just fun because it's just not that serious yet you know it's all just first impressions first meetings yeah it's just fun yeah so what do you want to talk about on this episode what do we do for the Yeah, we're going to do a little holiday recap and some New Year's activities.

Also, this episode is coming out after the Gary and Teresa wedding. Yeah, we missed it. We missed it. Which we sadly were not able to attend. Joe had a work trip, and I also had a trip booked that conflicted with the wedding, but it looked so beautiful. Yeah. And we are actually going to be interviewing Gary and Teresa. We're going to have an exclusive sit down with them coming out for you guys to talk about all the

behind the scenes of the wedding and all the excitement of that day. So be sure to stay tuned for that. Yeah, very happy for Gary and Teresa. They wasted no time. They wasted no time. They made to a wedding in a month. It took us a year to plan a wedding. They are married. So good for them. I can't wait to interview them. Yeah, it's going to be good. I'm excited to hear all about it. I feel like because we weren't there, our questions are going to be very similar to our listeners' questions. So we'll be sure to get all of those answered for you guys. And listeners, if you do have any questions for Gary and Teresa, send them our way because we have some time and we would love to use some of those questions to ask the newly wet couple. Yeah, DM us at our Bachelor Happy Hour

Instagram account and we'll be sure to ask those questions for you guys. So holiday season, what was your favorite? Do you have a standout, standout part of the holidays? Let's not include New Year's even this. This is just strictly Christmas. my favorite part. Honestly, I just feel like the holidays always blur together for me. Like, it's hard to pinpoint like specific days. But we did a lot of going out with friends of mine and family and all those like dinners and activities were super enjoyable. Yeah. But you have, you don't have. Yeah. That's such a weak answer. I know. I know. Can we just go start to finish? No, we can't. No. This year you have to deal with the fact that we may do things not in chronological or. order. That's so hard. Maybe I'll make that my, my new year's, one of my new year's intentions.

And there you're jumping in New Year's already. Both do you have a step? What was, if you look back at this holiday season, what is one moment that you're like, that one's sticking with me? Hmm. Can I list a few? Sure, sure. Okay. Well, on Christmas Eve, my mom made prime rib sandwiches that were fire. They were so good. I was going to say that was one of my. That was honestly, like the best thing I ate the whole holiday season. It was just fun. We were all just chilling at home. It was Christmas Eve.

So like the most Christmassy day of the year other than Christmas. That was a good one. And then, okay, Joe. Yes. Let's chat about our holiday season. Let's do it. I think we would be doing the listeners a disjust, not a disservice. Disservice.

I always say disjustice. Disjust as not a word. It's a word that I've made up that I must never use again in 2024. We're starting off bad. No more disjustice. No more disjustice. So my present from my wife, which is you, was the Kevin McAllister Home Alone 2 experience at the Plaza in New York. If you haven't seen Home Alone 2, I suggest you watch it.

It's one of the best Christmas movies there is. And Serena got us a room at the plaza. a stretch limo which that's when I was like really shocked by the entire experience because I like I remember just being like you really got a little

and a large pizza which got some slack because it was a pepperoni pizza Yeah people were like it's supposed to be cheese that's the whole point of the movie I know it's supposed to be cheese but Joe the night before

we did this we were watching Home Alone 1 and he was like I would get pepperoni I just like pepperoni so much better so I was like okay I'm going to get him

It was Joe's pizza. We took the limo. We went to, we went, we had the pizza, but we barely ate it. And then we just, well, I had to schedule the delivery. So it had been sitting for a little while down in the lobby. And I also was just like, I know we're not going to want to eat this pizza in a limo as our dinner. We went for a nice dinner. I actually also really tried hard to get a white stretch limo. I checked like four or five different places. Yeah, they're, I don't think they're in existence. And I actually called the place. What a disjustice. What a disjustice. I called the place that I booked the stretch limo. I was like, do you guys have white limas? She was like, ah, we might. And I was like, can I put in like a request if one's available? She was like, sure. Yeah, I haven't seen it. I haven't seen a black stretch limo showed up.

Yeah. Yeah, that's unfortunate. But otherwise it was. It wasn't so funny if it was a white one. It was. And I really wanted to get the pizza in the limo before you got down there. But there was just no way for me to do that in a sneaky way without being like, meet me downstairs.

Yeah. It was a great, it was a great experience. Like it was a lot of fun. I prefer that for a gift over just like a physical object. Really? Do you? I feel like when you first got together, you were like a physical gift over experience person. I give physical gifts over experience, but I did enjoy the experience more because it's just something that I'll always remember it.

Yeah. And it was very specific to you. you love Home Alone 2, you've always said, like, this would be so awesome to do this. And when I think back, you know, when I think back on Christmas of 2023, that's what I'm going to, that's what I'm going to think of. Oh, I love that. I'm so glad. Honestly, I was really nervous to give it to Joe just because I was like, I've kind of gone off the rails here with like our standard, like, here's a pair of shoes. Here's a sweater. Here's, you know, a new scarf. So I thought you're. going to like it, but it's still nerve-wracking. And I put so much thought and work into it. Like, I'd been like putting it all together for like over a month. So I was like, man, if this doesn't land, it's going to really suck. Yeah. Next, next, next year, I'm going to have to get you

an experience of some sort. You don't have to. You always get me a great gift. Joe got me a pair of black loafers that I really wanted. Yeah. They were gorgeous. They're great. It's honestly exactly what I wanted him to get me. So I was very happy. Yeah, but also that kind of that like, there's no surprised to that you know like I feel like you knew I was going to get you those I mean I didn't know for sure yeah but it's like it was a really nice gift and it's something that I probably wouldn't have gotten for myself sure so that's that's what and I've won them a bunch yeah so then we went um to Toronto because it was uh your turn this year we went by your family in Toronto yeah the way Joe and I split up Christmases because obviously we live in New York but he's from Chicago my family is in Toronto is we alternate so the first year together we did my family last year we did his family and then get it oh okay never mind i'll just shut up then you love talking about the alternating uh i'm just explaining it to people i feel like it's a very common thing of like how people in relationships divide up christmases like people that live in the same place it's like okay who's like we go to christmas eve for my dad and then we go to you know

thanksgiving for his mom and it's the whole thing first thing we did but we got the to Toronto, we went to Eataly. Oh, Joe's done talking about that. First thing we did was we went to Italy. It's very, Italy's very Christmassy. It actually, yeah, it was really. It was more Christmassy than I expected.

And I got a Taramisu latte. You did. We went to lunch with my best friends and her boyfriend and my sister was there. And it was actually, yeah, it was, we drove right downtown and it was super Christmassy. We're in Yorkville for whoever. And I would say the standout of. Toronto was probably Christmas Eve night and your mom's prime rib. Yeah, we don't really have any Christmas Eve traditions because we used to go to my grandparents.

And now we're doing Christmas Eve brunch slash lunch in my grandparents. So my mom was like, what do you want for dinner? And Joe and I were both like, oh, like prime rib dips would be great. No, she offered between two things that we chose the prime rib. Yes, yes. We weren't just like makes a prime rib sandwiches. No, no. That wasn't an idea of our own. She was like, I want to just do something in the crock pot so I can let it sit all day. Do you want like prime rib sandwiches or do you want this like chicken stew that she makes us really delicious? And we're like oh, prime rib sandwiches sound great. But it was so good. Truly, it was delicious. I ate like three of them. They were really, really good. We went to so many restaurants. We went to really good restaurants when we were in Toronto. And honestly, it was my favorite thing that I ate was my mom's crock pot prime rib sandwich. And we can't take the recipe because now, that is a tradition.

Well, she, we've made them before. Do you know that? We've made that recipe. Yeah, but we did it with beef check. Yeah, we didn't use the same. And honestly, it just wasn't as good as how my mom made. I think we, like, rushed it. She let her sit for like eight hours, I feel like.

My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam, maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the okay story time podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy?

That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the O-Vosive.

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Each week, I'm joined by authors, celebs, book talk stars, and more for conversations that will make you laugh, cry, and add way too many books to your TBR pile. Listen to bookmarked by Reese's Book Club on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Books is the official audiobook and ebook home for Reese's Book Club. Visit Apple.co. forward slash Reese Apple Books to find out more. And then another standout was what we got your dad, the dry sauna for two days. Yeah. So there's a company in Toronto that delivers dry saunas to a big dry sauna to your home. And you could rent it for two days. So that's what we did. We rented it for two days. It was in the driveway. You can rent it for a bunch of days. It's just like a per day per day. And it's a wood fire sauna. It was awesome.

It was hilarious. I don't know. My mom had mentioned, like, I think that your dad might like this. He was kind of looking at one. My dad's a big, like, experience guy. He likes to be busy. He likes activities. So we were like, I feel like this would be fun for the holidays. They literally drive it up. They park it. It's like the length of an SUV, maybe like a foot taller than SUV. So it's not that big. We got one that fits like six to eight people. Eight people would have been tight. But you could fit. You could fit eight people in there for sure. You could, but I feel like six would have been. Yeah, I would say, yeah, yeah. And they parked it in our driveway and they give you a bunch of wood and you basically put wood in the back of it and make a fire and it heats up. It got really hot. There was one time I was really struggling in it.

I got that thing up to 200 degrees. That's wild. I feel like that's a little dangerous now. I think next time, though, we do that and a cold plunge. Yeah, Joe, the minute I told him that's what we were getting. My dad was looking for rentable cold plunges. But that was a great, that was a great gift. I love that thing.

Yeah. Yeah. It was a gift for the whole fam, to be honest, which I feel like my dad likes those things. If we move out, if we ever move out of a New York apartment, I definitely want to get a sauna in a house, in our house. I mean, yeah, if we can ever make that happen, there's actually, there's this influencer that I follow in Australian. She has a sauna in her backyard. My friend Joey is building one in his backyard. It's not that, it's not as extravagant and crazy price.

you told me how much it was and like in my mind like an at home sauna is like the height of luxury and I was like oh this is actually kind of no it's it's affordable it's affordable and he's using a really reputable company company so well if we ever have a backyard big enough you'll have your sauna and your culplands if we ever have a backyard if we ever have a backyard yeah we're really dedicated to apartment living yeah I actually yeah apartment living is actually great though it is great if you guys follow us in a stream we saw our like bedroom ceiling was leaking real bad with the only downside, but then the upside is we have, they fix it. They fix it because you're in an apartment. Because if I have to fix it, we have a big problem. You can't fix it. That's the

problem. I know. But yeah. And then, oh, we also, so my aunt gets all my cousins, like, an activity every single year. And we all went paintballing. Yes. And I literally got whacked in the thigh. I still, I still am bruised. Like, I still have a bruise from the paintball. You have a major, well, yeah, I think you shot once. It's huge. I didn't get shot once. That's crazy. She got hit like three times. Yeah. I didn't get shot once.

No, that's so lucky. That was a standout moment just from the anxiety and the pain. But it ended up being kind of fun. Yeah, once you like get comfortable, it's more fun. And then we got back to New York and day before New Year's. Yeah. New Year's Eve, we pretty much chilled. We went by some friends out here in New York, went by their place.

We left by like 11 so we weren't stuck in crazy New York traffic. Yeah, and then we just watched the ball drop from our apartment. Yeah. It's so crazy that like you can say like, oh, we watched the ball drop and everyone knows what that is. Like it's such an iconic symbol, like the ball dropping in Times Square on New Year's. Yeah. And when we do that, last year we were in Chicago for New Year's because we stayed for a few weeks. We watched the ball drop on the couch, finished an episode of Ted Lassau and then went to bed.

You know what's funny is literally in our interview with Danny on this podcast, you talked so much shit about Ted Lasson. and then we got back into it. And you loved it. We binged the last like five episodes of the third season in like two days. It was a great New Year show. It was because it's just like happy and feel good. Yeah. Yeah. Next year for New Year's Eve, I'm just putting it out there in the universe. Joe's been putting this out there since we've met by the way. I think you think I'm going to say something different. Oh, okay. What do you think I'm going to say next year for New Year's Eve, I want to be in London. Yeah, I knew that's what you thought. No. Okay. Next year. For New Year's Eve, I want to be somewhere tropical.

Oh, what? Yeah. Literally days ago, you were saying I want to go to London next year. I will also go to London. Like, I would do that. You've been talking about London for three years. We almost went this year. Yeah, I would do that.

But honestly, I'm just like, I want to be on a beach. Yeah. I'm really, really, I don't know. I'm really, I was a big seasons guy. I love the holidays. But right after Christmas, I'm over it. Yeah. I'm over it.

You are like a. Let's go to the Dominican or something. You like the build up to Christmas. Once Christmas is done, it's like it's nice to be somewhere warm. Well, it was a rough time after the 25th, like even the 25th, but that's fine because it is still like the Christmas, you know, feeling. Yeah, so festive. Yeah, it was just gray and rainy every single day. Yeah, we had really bad weather.

I need to see the sun. Yeah. Joe looks at the sun every morning as part of his. No, I don't really I wish I could do that I wish I could But we don't really get the sun All the time out here

Yeah, yeah no I I'm not against that at all To be honest And then the reason we missed Gary and Teresa's wedding I was in Scottsdale Yeah

Which got some sun There you go And I was in Miami slash On a cruise And I also went to Vegas But I was on the West Coast So Vegas for a few days Yeah

Oh the sun The sun's coming in Through apartment actually right now Honestly it's just like Like, getting away for a few days to get a little sun and a little warmth just makes you realize how hard the winters hit when you're on the East Coast. You're just like, wow, I'm a whole different person, a few degrees warmer. And it's, it, what's so crazy is like, I think I said this to you the other day. It's like we almost, I forget what it feels like to walk out of the house with a T-shirt in.

Yeah, because every time I step outside our apartment building, I'm like bracing myself to get whacked by the wind. Yeah. And then we have the, where we live, the wind is just. Palm Springs also would have been a nice warm getaway, too. Yeah. It's a good spot. Yeah. Maybe we got to try to, I don't know, figure out in the winter to be somewhere warm for three months.

I know. We say this every winter. I know. We say this every year. Do you have any New Year's resolutions this year? Not really. I feel like I'm pretty regimen on my gym and exercising. less paper towels

we use a lot I use a lot of paper towels yeah I think the thing with paper towels is like it's so easy you rub a paper towel you wipe down the counter you throw it away if I use a towel I have to immediately throw it in the wash

and I'm going through then like a bunch of towels because we wipe down our counters like every single time we eat or clean or cook so it's like then I'm going through paper towels a day or five like towels a day and then I'm running the wash a bunch I don't know we got to find a better solution if anyone out there has a better solution for having an efficient

cleaning system please DM us not using paper towels because we are using so and I it's not like it's like it is wasteful like we're using them for a purpose but it's like well I'm also so many rolls paper towels I and I'll this is going to be 12 minutes of this podcast and to be about paper towels. But I will clean with the paper towels and then I will wash my hands and then take more paper towels and dry my hands. Oh, really? You dry your hands with paper towels? Joe, we have we have like, yes, we have towels sitting on the, by the stove, on the oven rack. I never use those. Why not? I don't know. Well, that should be, that's step one right there and using less paper towels. How about using the hand towels to dry your hands? Do you have a, some sort of a goal you would

like to accomplish in 2024. A goal. Yeah. That's so hard. I feel like I have like personal. Here's my thing. I'm not really a New Year's goal person. Like I feel like I don't wake up in 2024 or whatever new year it is and say like these

are my big specific goals for the year. I find them like very intimidating. I agree. I'm a mid-season. I honestly like I'm making. like I'm making goals all year around so it's like I'm not starting anything that's brand new of like this is what I want to accomplish this year it's like I've already been thinking about this year halfway through last year yeah does that make sense yeah yeah definitely I'm a I'm a mid year

type of like set goals mid year I did I did see an article though this is kind of it's kind of on top of kind of off but um an article that was like um the depression after the holidays and coming back and being depressed over your finances and everything else. I'm like, yeah, that is so real. Because for that little pocket, the holiday pocket of like buying gifts for people and all that, you tend not to worry about like. No, because it's like the season of giving and it's the holidays and you kind of just like embrace

you're going to be spending more money than usual. Yeah. It's like we get. And then you look back and you're like, oh, damn. Yeah, we get drunk on like holiday spirit. That's what this. It's like, yes, that is a great, was that from the article? Did you just make that up?

I just made that up because that's, I feel like that's what like kind of happens when people, like, if you, if you go off for drinks because you're like stressed out or something, you know, it usually subsides the stress and then you get back into it. You're like, ah, the next day, you're like, ah, that's what I'm still upset about that. Yeah. No, you do get, you do get drunk on holiday spirit. And it's just like, it's the holidays. it's like calories don't count glass of wine don't count credit card dollars don't count

nothing counts it's just magic all around and then New Year's ends and you're like oh wow back to reality my boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious oh wait a minute Sam maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit well Dakota it's back to school week

on the okay story time podcast so we'll find out soon this person writes my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate.

Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? Not. To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. So in the last month, the Midas Touch Network beat Rogan, Tucker Carlson, Candice Owens, Charlie Kirk, and Ben Shapiro all combined.

Conservative podcasts can have a major political impact, but the Myceles Brothers, three siblings with a serious media strategy, are building an alternative to that. On the latest episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, I sat down with the brothers behind the Midas Touch Network to talk about how they built a progressive media powerhouse from the ground up, why audience interaction is the key to political influence and what it takes to fight disinformation at scale, one download at a time. We should be focusing on the issues that actually occupy a lot of the mental space in Americans' minds but are filled with conspiracies, and we should fill it with. the truth and solutions. Listen to next question with me, Katie Couric on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Just like great shoes, great books take you places.

Through unforgettable love stories and into conversations with characters you'll never forget. I think any good romance, it gives me this feeling of like butterflies. I'm Danielle Robeye, and this is bookmarked by Reese's Book Club. The new podcast from Hello Sunshine and IHeart Podcast. where we dive into the stories that shape us on the page and off. Each week, I'm joined by authors, celebs, book talk stars, and more for conversations that

will make you laugh, cry, and add way too many books to your TVR pile. Listen to bookmarked by Reese's Book Club on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Books is the official audiobook and ebook home for Reese's Book Club. Visit apple.c.c.O. forward slash Reese Apple Books to find out more. I really enjoy the way we did it this year. We did the whole like holiday Christmas movie, but yeah, that was fun.

That was a little too long. I think we were stuck in the, we were, we were, we got really drunk on the holiday spirit because we're watching a month full of our Christmas movie schedule. Yeah. I liked that though. I think we could, I think it was just hard because in my mind, I was like, oh, we could throw a movie on like during the day but we had a really really busy like September honestly like it was a really busy year but I feel like the second half of this year was just really busy

with work and it ended up being like we're watching a movie every night that was the only thing we were watching any TV we were we were like half watching most of these movies it was just like overboard on Christmas content that was all I was putting into my my body in my mind was Christmas content yeah this year If we could go one place in the world for vacation, where would you like that one place to be? Only one, because we've talked about multiple. I know. That's so hard because, yeah, for listeners, Joe and I, the last two years are third, like, full year together.

We've gone on one big trip. So our first year together, we went to Spain. We did three places in Spain. Last year, we had our honeymoon. We went to Italy, three places in Italy. And this year, we're kind of trying to decide what we want our trip. to be. Because as much as we travel a lot, a lot of the time we're traveling to like Toronto or Chicago or traveling for work. So we usually do like one like vacation trip together

a year. And I think as much as I've been talking forever about wanting to go to Hawaii and I'm still into that idea if it happens, I do think I want to do like Japan. Okay. I think I do. And honestly, after talking to some friends of mine who we went for dinner with who have like been there I talked about how amazing it was, and you've been to Japan, and I've never been, I don't think I've been anywhere. To me, to this day, it's still my favorite place I've ever been. Yeah. And I love sushi.

Yeah. It's the best sushi. You really love Japanese culture. I think it would be really fun. The thing that intimidates me about it is the time change and the flight and the language barrier. Yeah. They were in a different country.

In Tokyo, they were so helpful when you didn't, when you couldn't speak the language. They were so. That's amazing. It was actually, it was easy. And the subway system over there, you know, it's obviously all in a different language. But it's still, it's still pretty easy to get around. Yeah. I really, I agree.

Is that where you would want to go? If you could do one place? Yeah, I say Asia. I would just maybe. Where were the other places we're talking about Seoul? Seoul, South Korea. I've never been to Thailand So like that would also be cool

Yeah I just It's then then the debate It's like how long do you want to be away for Because It's just so hard to be away for more than 10 days Yeah Like 10 days

We did our last two trips for 10 days We did Spain and Italy for 10 days And I just think that's Well Asia it is a longer flight I think we would need to do it for at least 13 13 days Two weeks I think two weeks is good

But yeah I'm with you on that. Do you want to hear my New Year's resolution intentions? Oh, yeah. Okay. Well, I thought you weren't a New Year's resolution. I'm not, but I did set some like intentions for the year, like small things that I want to try to work on. But not like specific where I'm like, I'm going to work out six days a week for the rest of the year.

Like, I'm only going to use my phone for 10 minutes a day. Like I just have overall things. So one thing is I want to, I think I totally said that I want to work on not scrolling in bed before we go to sleep. Because, look, scrolling. And when you say these things, then are you inviting me to criticize? Yeah. No, I'm not inviting you to do that. Well, like, you could, yeah, like, if I'm, like, sitting in bed actually scrolling and you could be like, are you going to read, like, the other night you're like, hey, are you going to read?

Like, why don't you read your book? And I was like, oh, yeah, you're right. Because sometimes I get, like, caught up and it's just habit. You know what I mean? Yeah. And I enjoy it when I'm, like, reading or if we just, like, watch a sitcom or something in bed. because I feel like I do so much scrolling during the day and so much time on social media because of our jobs that at nighttime I don't need to be doing it.

And then I had another one, but I can't remember what it was. I'm being honest. I wrote it down somewhere. But, oh, and I feel like I really worked on time management this year when I'm at home in Toronto. I've gotten like much better with my time management. So I want to be better about time management here as well. I feel like I'm always kind of rushing out the door here.

Yeah. And I can be better about that. So those are my intentions for these. year just general things to work on nice i think i would like uh for me uh yeah less paper towel use and probably more time for just like breathing exercises a little more like edit meditation every day yeah um just like even earlier today i was really stressed out and did some breathing techniques and i i feel like that that helps um you know what something else i think we could work on this year.

What? It's hard because we live in like a city. We live in a freaking concrete jungle, but creating time to like be in nature. That's hard. Yeah, but that's difficult. I know,

but like even just like going to Central Park and like chilling there for like an hour in the summer. Yeah. I know it's like still in the city or like it's just yeah, it's so hard when we're here. But I do feel better when I spend more time. In nature. In nature.

Like not just outdoors. Like in nature. Like I took a deep breath in the other. other day walking outside in New York and like choked on smoke. Yeah. I mean, that's not giving like fresh air. It's truly honestly in the thing, it's it's like, I'm from Chicago, you're from Toronto and it's the same.

Yeah, there's no nature when we go home either. But we, I guess we've never really had it our entire life. That would be the cool thing if we did a Hawaii trip is I feel like you can go hiking and you can be by the water. Sure. I'm so much happier by the water. Yeah. Yeah.

Well, we can make him, hopefully maybe we're lucky enough. we could do both maybe we'll see we'll see what 2024 has in starfress 2023 was a crazier because we got married yeah it was our wedding and it was just like a exceptionally busy year it felt like I guess just like bridal shower bachelor party bachelor party if I were to rate 2023 if I were to rate 2023 on a scale of 1 to 10 10 being good 10 being the best yeah um um Obviously, one being the absolute worst. I've been pretty lucky in my life. I would never say I had a year that was a one.

Like there's always been some highlights within my year. But let's just say like, yeah, like a really rough year, like a 2020 is, let's call it, you know, whatever, a four or a five. Yeah. I would rate, I would rate 2023 being one of my better years I've lived. I agree. I think so too. Yeah. Like it's a high one. It's a great year. It's in the, it's in the upper eights, low nines. Yeah. I agree. We had a really exciting positive year career-wise. We got to the Mabling commercial, which was amazing. We got to work on this podcast. We worked with some great brands. And then also personally, we got married. We traveled a little bit. I feel like I will say by the end of 2023, the last few months I was struggling. with some burnout for sure.

Yeah. So that was a little bit difficult. But I feel really good after the holiday break. And I'm going to try to not burn out in 2024. But it was a lot of positive things. No, it was hard to feel like it was a great year. I want to do anything differently. The only thing that makes me worried is that it was such a great year.

I hope that 2024 is just as good. It will be. It'll just be different. You know, like we're not planning a wedding this year. Yeah. So that's, we can take that off the plate. Yeah, we won't be in Lake Como this year. We won't.

No. We could be if you want to skip out in Japan. We'd just go to Lake Como over here. Instead, we just have a reoccurring trip to Lake Como. That would be, honestly, I would be down for that. Okay, I think that kind of wraps up this episode. Yeah, that was kind of our holiday highlights, New Year recap. And we're excited to be heading into 20.

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