Drama Queens - A Very Drama Queen Holiday

Episode Date: December 25, 2023

The girls reveal their holiday plans and traditions and discuss what they hope the new year holds in store for them!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. It may look different, but native culture is alive. My name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. Somewhere along the way, it turned into this full-fledged award-winning comic shop. That's Dr. Lee Francis IV, who opened the first Native comic bookshop. Explore his story along with many other native stories on the show, Burn Sage, Burn Bridges. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi. Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why? Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies. From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries, this is Fiasco, Benghazi. What difference at this point does it make? Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi, on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. First of all, you don't know me. We're all about that high school drama girl, drama girl, all about them high school queens.

We'll take you for a ride in our comic girl. Drama, girl. Cheering for the right team. Drama queens, drama queens, drama queen. You could treat a smart girl, rough girl, fashion but you'll tough girl. You could sit with us, girl. Drama queen, drama queens, drama queens, drama, drama queens. Queens. Hey, welcome back, everybody. Happy, happy, happy holidays. We've got a little mini episode for you

today. It's me and Sophia, and we ask you continue to wish Hillary good luck on all of her work and travels right now, but we can't wait to have her back in the new year. So, what are your holiday plans. Hey, happy holidays, everyone. I'm honestly so excited. This is one of those moments where podcasting is perfect because I'm still in my pajamas and a big cashmere sweater and I'm so comfortable and cozy at home. And this is kind of it. I really am looking forward this year to just like that kind of insulated, quiet with family, you know? Yeah. Yeah, we were just talking about that on the last episode, like needing time to just... Yeah, to hibernate in a way.

I think 2023 has been like big and beautiful and incredibly hard and so many people around the world are going through so much. And I don't know, there's something that feels this year particularly light and healing to me about sort of shutting in. Like I've been building a fire every night in the fireplace. And just being really, really cozy with a handful of people that I love. Good. Yeah, it's been very rejuvenating.

What about you? Yeah, the holidays always seem to sneak up. I don't know why. I always feel like I'm behind. And so, yeah, I'm doing something kind of similar. I mean, we are traveling. We're going to go to L.A. for a few days and then down to see some of my family in the San Diego area. and just connect with cousins and siblings and family

that I don't get to see in person very often and get a good dose of that and let the kids all run around and hang out. But yeah, just trying to make sure that I do unplug and reset my brain a bit for the new year. I like taking advantage of January in a really new, it is a time for resetting. And I know it's like the cliche, but whenever.

like, everything's starting up. So I want to make sure that I'm in a good space. I feel like cliches are cliches because they're true, though. Yeah. You know? Yeah, for sure. When people say you can't see the forest for the trees, it's like, well, yeah, absolutely. Everyone knows what that means. Like, you know, resolutions, whether you make resolutions or you want to set intentions, I've definitely learned for my brain that intentions are better for me. Resolutions make me panic because I feel too pressured. Yeah. But really being able to have a mile marker of, you know, this year is coming to a close and what do I want next year to feel like and in what ways have I grown and what lessons have I learned and how am I going to implement those things, you know, moving forward. Do you write goals down? Do you write things down and like try and keep them in your mind in that way?

I do. So you know Kenny, my best friend Kenny. You know, I always joke that he's like the, you know, he's, he's the, he's my brother. And Kenny found this workbook, gosh, I want to say it was four years ago. It's like 50 pages long. And we were on a trip with a bunch of our friends. And we all spent a day on the 30th sitting around a house in the snow doing this workbook together. And it's really become practice for. me and it helps me organize my thoughts and you know celebrate wins and reflect on losses and

I think it's so healthy to have something that can sort of guide you through that because you know my like ADHD brain I'll sit down to journal and then I'm like what's going on out there oh I should go fix the pillows outside like a thousand percent you know yeah and so it's nice to have something that gives me prompts yeah prompts, it's like, it's a little bit of a paint by numbers thing. It's nice to have a guide when you want to do something, but you don't want to mentally tax yourself too much to get it done. Yeah. I like that. Do you do anything written? Yeah, I am trying to do that more. I, for a long time, didn't like to write things down because I didn't, I didn't like the pressure. It felt like

too much pressure to me to have a goal that was set. And I, what if I don't achieve it? I already wake up every morning feeling like I'm so far behind and underwater and I'm never going to get all the things done. I'm letting everybody down. And it's like all the things that as soon as I open my eyes, it's like, oh, great, another day of me being mad at myself for everything. And so to have, but I think actually starting to write things down makes it feel more tangible. And like, oh, I can actually, I can be much more reasonable about what I actually can and cannot accomplish. Whereas if it's all living in my brain, it just rolls around in there. And then, yeah, I feel it contributes to the feeling of being overwhelmed.

So, yes, I'm going to be not just setting intentions, but I will be writing some things down and really keeping those things in mind and trying to set out some specific guideposts and goal markers along the way so that, you know, that sense of accomplishment, we need it. I mean, I know I need it for sure to, you know, feel like I'm making progress. So yes, writing some intentions down, writing some plans down for the year, personal goals, professional goals, things like that. And then just trying to leave room for the unexpected.

That always happens. Yeah, that feels really nice. I think the other thing that I'm really enjoying that is, I think, that I would say is perhaps the opposite of that sort of deep mining of the emotional well and intentionality is I've decided that I'm going to bake a lot this year. Oh, yes. I started the other night I made a friend of mine's grandmother's peanut butter cookies. Like I literally got pictures of the recipe cards from her grandma that they have at her house.

And it's so cute, her perfect little handwriting. And I don't know what it is. In the same way that I've had this craving to build a fire in the fireplace every night, I just want to bake things for people. Yeah, and maybe it's because I, in my last honey harvest was like 50 pounds. from my beehives in the backyard. But I'm like, I've got to do something with all this honey. And so I'm just turning my house into like a little elf workshop.

And I'm baking and I'm building fires. I love that. I've told myself I'm going to make mold wine. I haven't gotten there yet. Baking makes sense for you with your math brain because it's all chemistry and all, you know, making sure that you have a proportions correct. It's terrible for me, but you're so good with numbers. I feel like.

As long as I have it in front of me, I can do it. Like I cook with abandon, but you have to be so precise baking. You're right, because if you don't, like the whole thing just doesn't work. Yeah. I'm seeing a whole new lane of a work for you, just a whole business. Like, can you be the next Martha Stewart, please? Can you just like start baking and interior decorating? I mean, literally, you know interior decorating is all I want to do. I love our job. Don't get me wrong. I love storytelling, but like the hours are so hard. But if you could like bake pies and things and then just decorate an entire box, like pick your own wallpaper for the box and then create a, I don't know, something's doing.

Not no. Not no. I'm so into it. Sophia Bush bakes. Yeah, I just kind of want to like drive around town and drop off peanut butter cookies to everyone. Yeah, maybe that would defeat the purpose of it though. If it turns into a business, now you got all the pressure. It's just me in a little van. That's what you need. Oh my God. Get a Vooder. V-W van and just like paint your name on the side of it and your name of your baking business. You heard it here first, kids. Well, happy holidays, everybody.

I don't think we have anything else. We don't have anything scripted here. We just wanted to make sure we dropped in with you and said, hello, and we hope that your holidays are as warm as we hope ours are. Absolutely. And I think if any of you at home have traditions or intentions or good recipes, Maybe we'll toss a couple of questions about each of these things up on our social channels this week. And you guys can send us your tips, tricks, and cookie plans because we're ready.

We're ready for you. Can't wait. Have a happy holiday, everyone. Happy holidays. Hey, thanks for listening. Don't forget to leave us a review. You can also follow us on Instagram at Drama Queen's O-T-H. Or email us at Drama Queen's.

at iHeartRadio.com. See you next time. We're all about that high school drama girl, drama girl, all about them high school queens. We'll take you for a ride in our comic girl, cheering for the right team. Drama queens, drama queens. Smart girl, rough girl, fashion, but you'll tough girl.

You could sit with us, girl. Drama queen, drama queens, drama queens, drama queens, drama queens. It may look different, but native culture is alive. name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. Somewhere along the way, it turned into this full-fledged award-winning comic shop. That's Dr. Lee Francis IV, who opened the first native comic bookshop. Explore his story along with many other native stories on the show, Burn Sage Burn Bridges. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

podcasts. What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi. Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why? Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies. From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries, this is Fiasco, Benghazi. What difference at this point does it make? Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast.

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