Jenn & Stephanie

what saraphina and I were at a entrepreneurial book club where Stephanie never read the right book and Stephanie was terrible at this book club I really St at book club I did not fabulous I'm what I just had a visual I just had a visual I had a vis proud of it hold on what's going on everybody happy Monday good morning is it a happy Monday it's a Monday RTV sent me a a meme of um what a kid in a fake Tesla truck that was just on fire and he's like going into to work on Monday and I was like I agree so thank you for that I shared it on Lemon Ado if you like to look at it that is fair yes so thank you very much for for taking today picking choosing this day I did choose this day I do this to myself yes I do this to us we yeah and it's okay I I my husband was like what do you have today this is our usual start the day off yeah what do you have today I don't know what do you have today I was like I am busy I am Jen and he's just like oh what are you guys talking about I was like e for all's got deadlines all things we all the things who has a party on a Monday we do we do this is how we start the week who takes two weeks off and then comes back to to throwing a party we do yeah it it is really hard to get the wheels in motion today and um I apologize to you if you're just slowly slowly turning it on today and then you're realizing I have a lot of emails to return oh yeah that's I know that inbox dread is real today 100% I did like tease Myself by looking at my email yesterday and I was like all right almost 300 new emails cool did a really good job of working all weekend in my pajamas which was really nice and new for me I'm just settling into the weekends off before I go Full Throttle into the new year and uh I I worked on all the things I didn't need for today you know but you set yourself up for success in other areas so we will count that as a win I was really really excited when I got a text message from Doo and he's just like hey is this the new thing I'm working on like printing out some other stuff and then I immediately fired off all the stuff that I had been working on that was already listed and posted on Eventbrite and he's like oh that's way better than what I made up was like Yay I did do something that functionally worked and went out we are shifting so if you loved our Monday trivias we're shifting to Fridays and we're going to be at dos on Friday so the heads up today you do not have trivia I'm not calling you into work you've got the day off um yeah so we're going to be shifting and we're going to be starting with the the um MLK weekend the Friday beforehand and we're going to be doing a mtown party and so yeah so we're going to have themed parties once a month but every single Friday it's going to be new games and you'll still be hosting we'll still be hosting it'll be from 8 until 11: so we're shifting a little bit later we're going to add the dance party element to trivia cool I love that so there'll be like every half an hour or so there'll be a new game whether it's music Bingo whether it's trivia whether it's Cape Cod Feud whether it's Last Man Standing smartest man in the room and we'll work it into some other fun Tunes so yeah you're not just like a potted plant playing trivia it is going to be a little bit more interactive and moving your body um which I think we need uh yep I know I need to move my body just a little bit more good morning Dave thanks for joining us on the show and uh who do we got over here oh my God it's Jen Cindy Cindy am I gonna see you tonight you gonna come out to S Diegos we're gonna talk about it I know we've Cindy you and I've got some things that we need to work on too I think that that is the uh conversation of 2025 right yeah here we are it's like the first all right what are we starting today are we starting the diet did we push off not having cookies for breakfast so I was actually just talking about this yesterday with um Tanya our our good friend over at mindful goat yoga uh the goat cracker Queen um and I was talking to her about my goals for 2025 yeah and um I love that our friendship that's what we talk about Y what are your goals what are your what are we doing this year not your resolutions what are your goals right and I told her I said you know I know that the new year has started but I was just taking part in a soft launch yeah and so today starts my hard launch yeah so I started my day at 5:00 A.M on the yoga mat good girl check day one I know I do need to move my body that is definitely one of the goals that I wrote out my husband got me this like boss bitching success calendar whatever it is and I took an hour to myself and actually filled out all these things mindfully which normally I would just ruffle rifle through yep yep and I sat there with myself by myself because my husband took the kids bowling yesterday morning thank you Cliff it was such it was it was weird it's so quiet and Eerie to be in this big house by myself also really nice yes yes 100% I got some moments yesterday good morning from WK kl's 90.7 midday Madness hello and uh definitely GNA be working with a lot more students from wkkl this semester which I'm looking forward to love that well we've got plenty of work yeah there is no shortage of work that I'm making up Stephanie likes to make projects I'm a big fan of Building Systems I haven't been letting them go like I how many hats can I wear I need to let them go better yeah that's the hard part but also finding the right person to do the job is really tough that is 100% And I think I love what you're doing tonight at San Diego's with the accelerator party yep because this is I'm gonna hold your hand and we're g to get through this application together absolutely absolutely so our application process is a bit daunting I'll be honest with you um it is pretty extensive I mean you can go in there and enter in you know um where do you see yourself in five years you can say thriving business but when our readers read that they're gonna be like okay like give us more give us more yeah um and so what we're doing tonight is we have our spring cohort from 2024 is having their final quarterly oh that's exciting so money is going out so money is going out tonight I love the big check parties yes we've got at least three big checks going out tonight or I should say we're expecting to give out three big checks tonight um and then we will have the alumni on hand who are ready to talk to prospective accelerator um applicants um to give their input on what it's like to go through the accelerator but then also myself Kristen and Tye will be on hand with laptops um so if you have an issue with your application that you want to tweak or talk through or just get extra eyes on I feel like it's always nice to have a collaborative like take a look at that and what do you think yes I I have two or three trusted people mentors humans that I I value their input that I send stuff to before I send to anybody all the almost it's almost debilitating uh yep yep I call it my board of directors yes you have your own personal directors right so you've got Tanya from my goog I've got Sarah I've got Rose those are my three people that Danny Walsh is here he says Hello Steph and Jen good morning um how exciting is it that Brandy just opened up her new store yes I went and saw her grand opening it was so cute so awesome I've got her candle she did a again this e forall World taking over or B patisserie in case you're looking for a new vegan bakery South Yarmouth right on station a in the Stop and Shop plaza um she did a collab with scented Cape Cod and has her her candles are delicious smells so good smells so good she's got that one that smells and like you're when you're huffing it smells like fry Pebbles oh my God Saturday cartoons yes my favorite I blew through it and that I haven't been able to connect with her so I need to maybe you can help me well interestingly Brandy did a collab with her so she has one that smells like cake yes so good so good um misfitz collaborated with scented ccot her own fragrance and T you did A Walk in the woods with Frank so she has that's really cute we need a lemonade o scent yes I wonder what it will smell like I'm just kidding what's up Mary Jane thanks for joining us Dawn on the west coast hello and good morning to you Miss what the hell time is it there 5 AM you crazy thing Denise thanks for joining us saraphina good morning to you Liz and Tammy hello and welcome Lauren doesn't alumni get invited or show up I feel like I miss everything uh to tonight party you're totally invited come on down I actually have a Monday off and uh it might just be nice to go and start the process or see if we can just be around yeah you can come and join the conversation as an alumni and as a mentor well just because I like to be around you guys too I find you know you and Christ and TIY yeah I just feel like I'm at home with family yep yep so that's tonight 5:30 to 7 over at San Diegos and if you want hand on help with your application if you're a former if you're an Alum uh or you just want to come and see what the process is and who's won money from this last one yeah yep and if you just want some free apps right come and eat some apps with us yeah yep yep only you guys party on a Monday yep animals we are today do it to ourselves is National take down your Christmas tree day this is just rude that's rude I feel called out how did I know you were the one because I just love the Ambiance of the lights so the ornaments have been off for a good week or so okay but the tree and the lights are still up in the living room because it just fills my heart with joy and I know once it comes down seasonal depression will start I I think a lot of people have been suffering from that I mean now as it's like so cold outside if you've not been out there I'm like why today we are bracing ourselves for probably the first major winter storm that's coming our way not so much us the Midwest definitely just in case you've got travel plans or work plans I know a lot of our friends in Tech there's a huge Vegas conference going on this week uh so I'm sure that that is going to be a major snafu as you're getting if you've got connections anywhere in the midwest good luck to you on that one Lauren said okay so make it a seasonal treat we're just changing it we'll put some heart Garing on call it today I think cat also does that where she's like here is my Valentine's tree y I'm like girl stretch I don't know Sheamus what's your take as long as it's not living you're fine yeah oh God if you've got a live treat put that thing outside put that thing out of its misery needs to go it just reminds me back to when my husband was a install cable guy and he was like babe you would not realize because I always used to freak out about the house and the the trees and I was just like it's got to get outside I'm like so nervous it's out day after Christmas my birthday like first order of business get this thing out of here before it incinerates yep and also just I always worried about our house being messy I thought you were gonna say that he would come home telling horror stories of dried up Christmas yes he did this is one of the things where he was like babe we're not a mess we're not it's not a big deal he's like you would not believe what happened to me today now years and years of installing cable he would see everything anything and all the craziness that people would just curl down their stairs to their basement and he was at an install where he was like telling these people before he had to walk down their basement don't they were you know doing the prep of don't go to it's not that you know it's it's this it's bad it's not great it's I've seen everything I just came from an install where people were hurling their Christmas trees down there there must have been 20 30 Christmas trees down there in the basement in the basement well what don't you know it at this particular home that he just told the story too this is exactly what they had been doing no no he's like what are the odds he's like I had to go and crawl through Christmas trees fast to go and install and check on their modem and their stuff so before you start judging people and telling horror stories of other people just beware of your environment make sure your tree is out of your house not in your basement Do Not For the Love of All That is Holy throw that downstairs what a fire hazard what a nightmare W just starting my bonfire pit in the basement and to have multiple people do this apparently it's a thing right right it's a thing good morning Chris Lenor oh I'm so sorry to be talking about this right now and poor Lenor just lost everything she had had um all of her Artisan stuff and antiques in the antique mall that um was had a fire over the weekend in weham oh no and um yeah all the stuff that she's been collecting and working on for for years it was you know one of those uh shared space type of places in which this is where you find a lot of entrepreneurs sharing space with people as we're trying to navigate through can we afford our own storefront and business ab and so yeah there was a horrible fire and uh they're just trying to figure it all out at this point Lauren this is not a thing she said also rabbit in heart Garland so there is that I'm so sorry Lenor hearts and love to you anything that we can do once the um actual Smoke Clears please I will be checking on you regularly because I know when people offer that they don't really follow through I'm one of those people that will follow through so and someone that has had a house fire and understands how devastating that is especially during the holiday season to be displaced or lose things it's awful wow awful that's terrible I know so please let's let's check all of the things we had a couple of bad tragedies over the Christmas season with carbon monoxide detectors and just some some crazy stuff please it's January check all your batteries check on the functioning systems do a run through over the weekend and see what the heck you haven't checked on in your house in a while yep change your air filters change your smoke alarm batteries check your CO2 monitors all the little stuff like that car SE mama hat on safety hat on well safety hat is right because now we're getting cold temperatures and we're getting people in their cars and they're doing unsafe things because they're cold they're in a rush this is the time of year when bad things can happen the number one thing is if you can start your car before you have to be in it that's the best option that way it's warm for everybody we recommend that you layer over not under the harness so no big bulky coats on under the harness you want to harness in with just their clothing on and then you can put their coats on with the sleeves going this way um so backwards you can put their coats on that way or just layer a blanket over we have car blankets in our car my kids are six and 11 so you know only one is still in a car seat um but we just we have car blankets and that's just how we do things um but definitely layering over and not under that the the coat when you wear the coat under the harness and you're involved in an AC accident you have that compression and so that body with the big bulky coat is going to meet the harnesses and you actually run the risk of an ejection which is truly scary horrifying and you know I'm the first to admit that when my kids were little we were not the best with all of our safety stuff we were just not we were in a rush I had so many of them there was a lot going on like like the row of car seats I'm just like whatever it's close enough and I know we're all guilty of it when we get busy as parents absolutely um I've been going through my own personal pictures of kids in car seats and I have no usable pictures of my 17-year-old because of all the misuse that I did like know better do better that's what you know my motto is is when you know better you do better um and yeah just just educate yourself don't take it as criticism if another mom says hey I noticed you're doing this you should do this that's a whole another Topic in a can of worms that you can I can sit there uh until the end of time and talk about the Bob shaming that goes on on social media yeah that's just not good no no don't take it as Mom shaming you know especially when it comes to car seat advice um the other thing is when in doubt reach out to a certified child passenger safety technician I myself am one um many police and fire departments have one call your local police or fire department ask them if they have one on staff um get your questions answered by a professional if you're doubting what somebody is offering as just ask for help I love that you had an install over the weekend for a new parent that was just like I don't know how to do with this what what are we doing here and you're like here I am I'll help you yeah and she was like you know I'm familiar with car seats but I'm not familiar with installing my husband installed my niece's car seat so I need you know handson and she did great she did such a good job you know I love watching these 3 four five six seven eight week pregnant moms and they're so invested in their child safety yeah well I mean just it's cool it's really cool I love that Lenor just dropped in the chat um that they do have a GoFundMe that has been set up she said it's going to take months to rebuild but that's the plan and thank you all for your prayers absolutely Lenor um if that is the way we can help you financially then we'll get that GoFundMe going I don't know what I have right now for funds but whatever I got you got the nonprofit will help you out I will uh throw you some money over there uh we also didn't know what we didn't know you are absolutely correct Lauren yes exactly and now it's just so thrown in our faces um that now we we do know well we're hypercritical on social media that was one of the questions that we had had today what is the one personal Milestone that you're reaching for this year and it doesn't have to be this huge big business goal it could be something as being more positive on online or like if you see something say something but send them a direct message and don't shame them on their wall like people can be a little bit more positive and their interactions with humans 100% I think that that's great and I mean to just reach out to someone and be like I saw that you know this was this did you know that this was this there was the story of uh tar M El Musa who was on a TV show that swapping whatever space is with his wife and a nurse was watching and saw weird mole on him and literally out to the show was like he has cancer and he did and he did it's one of those things where if you see something that directly affects in your business in your life and you're like wait a minute that's something should be look you should look at that or maybe you could do it better this way please don't take that as someone you know shaming you or making you feel bad for something you know it is with with love and care that somebody decides to take a moment to tell you hey you could do it this way it might save your life or change your direction so yep I'm going to get off my soap box now I'm just what is your personal I am working on um well I've got a big one obviously you know what I mean there's always I'm not going you you a three to five year plan with the chamber we were working on something very very big that I'm very very passionate about and excited about you you wrote the question personal Milestone my personal Milestone is to move my body a little bit every day yes just whatever it is I definitely just need to move I've been so focused and behind a keyboard for many many years like last year I had a great goal of getting some of my health systems in check and thank God I did I went to I scheduled all the doctor's appointments and now I'm like right with my health and that's all good sloughed off some weight and now this year I'm like okay now I need to actually move my body we need to get a little little movement here so grease up the joints well all the time you know what I mean it's that small incremental change your Atomic habits if you will uh that will stack on each other what is my small little habit I just need to move a little bit more yeah yep I like it I'm not planning on you changing I'm still me let's be honest I'm forgetful I'm lazy at times I've got ADHD to The Backs I do 101 things all the time and feel like I've got nothing accomplished yes this is I'm I'm My Own wor I know who I am there you go there you go so if I start making just like one thing that I remind myself to do every single day a little bit better then then I'll be good I feel like I'd like to just step on last year's continuance of taking care of this skin sleeve that I have otherwise it's the only one we got oh my brain won't be able to function so this vehicle needs some maintenance yes yes absolutely and I'm fully aware of all of that good morning joh how are you doing today uh Dave thanks for joining us we're talking to Jen Christian she wears a couple of hats first off efor all she is a program director there and uh a whole new season of eforall is embarking we're about to set sail on this new entrepreneurs we're gonna celebrate our spring 24 cohort tonight with their final uh quarterly and then tomorrow night we're going to celebrate our fall 24 cohort with their showcase and celebration I like that you kind of lump the milestones in with each other so that they can all see the success of each other and also it's a built-in support system absolutely absolutely yep so maybe talk about eforall as you are working on applications maybe this is your New Year maybe this is your new goal maybe this is your Milestone that you're going to finally do this with your business absolutely so eforall is a local nonprofit We um specialize on helping local Cape Cod and Southshore um businesses entrepreneurs that have a great business idea have started their business um are pivoting their business so we help them with a business accelerator course it is 12 weeks long and during those 12 weeks we throw everything at you you get a mini MBA in 12 weeks we're going to throw legal at you we're going to throw accounting at you we're going to throw social media at you we're going to throw all the things at you um and we're going to do it with Grace and humor and you're GNA do it with tears and frustration but we are here you have an amazing support system you will have mentors by your side that will help cheer you on the entire time um I the program manager I'm the one that puts on the accelerator so I will be there holding your hand um it is just an amazing invaluable program and it's free that's the other part we haven't even mentioned that at all yet this morning that eforall is a free program um so it is no cost to the entrepreneur to get in here and get all of this information uh it's it's free yes dollar-wise but please let me just explain to you the amount of yourself you need to put into this it only works if you work it right yes 100% like everything else that we do in unless you actually do the work it's not going to happen for you right we do warn that it is like taking on a part-time job we meet Tuesday nights and Thursdays midday um virtually and in person um but where was I going with that um and then you're going to meet with your Mentor team for an hour to an hour and a half every week a lot of guidance you're not alone yeah in in the classwork and the the time with mentors is easily 10 hours and then you add in working what you've learned back into your business and you can easily throw another 10 hours in there and for our friends watching and and on LinkedIn or maybe thinking about a career pivot or maybe you've got this side hustle that you're like I don't know I think it could be a thing whatever it is come and explore the option for eall because there are other ways for you to get involved I know that you've got a healthier choices pitch coming up it's not for a little bit and we'll be back to yeah and I definitely think I was thinking about doing it just because I I'm out of practice yeah yeah and also it's just a really good comfortable space for you to throw your idea out to a group of humans and you never know who's watching that can be like you know what if you did this or if this or hey I've got funding for a project like that you'd be really surprised how many people are out there watching all of the people that are doing eforall because these are where where our great ideas come from absolutely these are where our next um businesses come from I know specifically for me H as my new role as executive director of the mash B chamber we are working we did last year an experimental thing with our Farmers Market where we had a mini chamber membership for our Farmers Market entrepreneurs and uh we're going to be doing this again this year but for businesses that don't necessarily have a brick-and mortar yeah um because you know it's it's a little bit of an investment in your business um so this might be a little less costly but also beneficial to get yourself in the door with other businesses that might have a connection to a brick and mortar or a thing that you needed so yeah we're we're definitely working on embracing where we're at in 2025 listen it's expensive to open doors it's expensive to be able to get your business to where you need to have it mainstream and so you need to take a advantage of these options that are out there whether it's with we can or amplify or score or eforall there are so many programs that are tailored to the thing that you need for yourself yourself out there I really wanted to take a moment yes it is the new year new me new Whatever by the way and we're not Larry daving here you can wish someone a happy New Year all month long if you want to yes yes all month long or maybe it's a first interaction you've had with them and it happens to be February wish them a happy New Year if you're working on a project yes we don't have to just close it off this week today is the Monday that we're going to get things done maybe your timeline doesn't look until next season for E forall yep and that's the thing too is that we offer our program in the spring and in the fall and our spring cohort uh the deadline to apply is January 15th but the classes run from March to May and then our fall cohort you probably have like an August deadline and then our classes run from September to December I just don't want people to get stressed out and feel like they're gonna miss it if they're not here today and that's just not the case no nope and also I offer office hours and I do inperson at um Cape space both in mashby and hyanis um where you can have a one-on-one with me um to kind of get your questions answered if you want one-on-one help with your accelerator application I'm happy to do that um so definitely reach out to me jen. Christian efor all.org Jen has two ends cause extra I like that though I think you should be extra the extra end carries my other hats yeah right uh Kathy thanks for joining us Sarah thanks for joining us ccyp friends I'm actually looking forward to a early morning business coffee with them and found and uh I I love everything that ccyp does capod young professionals is just not for young people so speaking of other hats I got accepted into ccp's women of leadership cohort girl because I needed another you were mocking me for working on a new program and you're like well yes so I'm super excited to start that so what does that entail ah it's work yeah yeah yeah it's uh I don't know how many are in the cohort um but I'll be learning all kinds of new leadership skills which I love that which is right we goes with all my hats I listened to a great podcast the other day and it was with a former astronaut and he said the one thing to keep your brain going is to continue to learn move your body and learn I was like okay we'll do this y yep audio books and yoga that's my checklist I I really I I've got to give yoga another shot I've gota just I need to stretch here's what Tanya said even if you just spend 10 minutes on the mat laying flat on the ground you are helping your body okay so even if you're just a starfish for 10 minutes that I can do yeah that my friend I could do thank you very much to Lauren who hosted my birthday party this year and all the eforall girlies that came out and had a little bit of fun with with us and dressed up in their 80s best and we sang some karaoke and had some good fun but I loved our like little business lady round table I'm like all of a sudden we're all talking about our businesses and here we are but it was but it was really good it wasn't like over the top but I was so thankful to have that moment with you with Tanya with with Sharon with Kai with a bunch of great people that I really have a good Dynamic with where we can all be open with each other and talk about it and Cliff saying you're cute little too much well he didn't want to you could tell really I had no idea but I was like it's my birthday you have to sing with me and he lovingly obliged which I was thankful for he did but even Tanya was just in this space where she's like how do you do that and I was like you just do it you just but I love the fact that that's the same advice that she offers for the space that she's in I was like girl this is what we all do yes oh no you did not miss anything I we had a good time there'll be more parties over at Lauren's place so don't worry about that what's up Lily and it is an amazing program over at ccyp we uh we love it and I'm I'm looking forward to learning a little bit more about it because I definitely want to get more involved yeah uh Golden Globes happened yesterday what I loved was that Demi Moore won an award and she's never won an award wow it but this is one of those things that I of course put into an entrepreneur space I was like how many times do you get up every day and work on something with zero accolades and here you are doing this job no one cares no one notices me no one cares this is you're by yourself right you're making up these goals you're making up these things yes let me just pipe back in with the accelerator program you're not alone you have 14 other entrepreneurs in your cohort with you that are going oh my God I'm dealing with the same thing so go back it was but it was just really nice to see her win something and then say guys I've never won anything thank you and then I was like how on Earth for all of the major movie never never an Oscar never a Golden Globe nothing nothing wow and so here she is winning a Golden Globe for a show I've never heard of right right when you said Demi Moore I was like are they giving her like a like a like award like I wrote down some of them I was like I don't know any I know any of these shows as I guess Nikki Glazer was funny I guess it was a really good show um um I do know Abbot Elementary I like Al love that good okay so these are the ones that I did know baby reindeer was I was really excited about that was that was terrifying yeah and don't go into it if you you've ever been stocked because that is it's just terrifying crazy good morning Miss aarin how are you feeling speaking of an entrepreneur that shifted pulled herself out of her full-time dayto day yeah then started uh doing craft shows and making all kinds of other stuff and here she is just had to have back surgery oh so she's definitely once again thrown into a little bit of a scary place but she is up she is functioning I know she was nervous and you and I have some walking dates because I need to move my body and so do exactly so let's get those on the schedule please and thank you I know seriously even if it's just a little bit I saw our friend Ashley walking around the mash B commments and I'm always like hi when I see our friends and business people and I was like oh wait she's walking she's got a walking partner and looks serious so I'm let her do her thing y she said awful but pushing through it and I will be great and I love your positive attitude that was one of the things that I saw on some of the most successful business owners is that positive attitude absolutely you got to stay posit optimism should be the word of 2025 I think that we need to embrace it just a little bit giv the climate of the world given everything that we're jumping into January with yes and you know you're stressed out behind that your bank account's low you not you know things haven't been working way you're recovering from Christmas or a back surgery whatever it is back surgery or a fire of all of your worldly possessions I seriously you know starting optimism optimism should be the word of 2025 I know we were asking the other day about one word to sum up 2024 not very positive oh no oh no and so I really try to shift into 2025 as we're just kind of like okay what what are we gonna do what are we GNA be it's that opportunity to flip the script on whatever negative space that you've been at because people will interact with you if it's a negative experience amplify negative negativity I don't know what it is or why we do these things whether it's excuse me I know whether it's a self-preservation thing or what we do but if it's negative we tend to amplify the negativity to make it bigger we don't do that with positivity and I don't understand why right uh well we're gonna change that this year I know Lauren says POS entrepreneurship is lonely but there's thousands of us she said so the hike that I'm conquering of 48 4,000 footer in New Hampshire I'll be beginning Trail hiking again this week she's going to conquer the 48 4,000 Footers so she's gonna do 48 Mount wow okay Lauren I support you in that I'm not feeling me too moment but no nope I love that Journey for you well I know cliff and I were like apple H and Trail and we're that is our plan after Cody graduates really yeah but after Cody graduates yeah I've got three whole years before I'm wrapping my brain around that oh yeah I always think he's older that's right yeah he's giant but he's a baby yeah he's a tiny baby you leave him alone seriously so I've got a personal like goal for my my my new role three to five years and after that's done like now I've got like physical I'm trying to stagger them cool so I'm not so extra no I like it I like it the only tangible timelined exact goal that I set for myself is I want to take the family to the Canada side of Niagara for um Thanksgiving this year oh that's kind of fun yeah I like your travel goals yeah I'm done with Disney I know it's a surprise for everyone that knows it really is weird it's weird to me um well I did the annual pass last year so I felt like I had to go 500 times um all that said I will be going in two weeks but my middle hasn't had his one-on-one trip with Mom yet so he gets to go on his oneon-one trip but um I think this year is focusing on home and doing small things around the cape that you know we can do as a family um but my one big goal is Niagara love I'll be taking tips from you because I know you just came back oh yeah yeah my family is from the Toronto area too so yeah I can definitely assist you in that space we did Montreal this year which was really really nice uh and few hours away from Niagara but like that's how that conversation started rolling kids what if we did this and then Cody gets angry because he doesn't like to travel he's a non-t traveler oh interesting and then he gets aggravated because he's the sports kid so he's gonna miss practice he's Gonna Miss This is he a non-t traveler after your European Adventure or before he's like why you guys got to be so extra why can't we just go to Florida why you got to be this way why do we have to go to 18 different countries because because like in the car for short I want to see all the things so get in the car get on the train stop complaining he's fine once he's there but he is very much an object in motion stays in motion and he prefers non-motion perfect he's a sedimentary character yes yes he is Ryan Katherine Amy thanks for joining us the Appalachian Trail takes six months to complete are you doing it all in one whack no we are not okay we are going to do a little bit each summer until it's completed I know I know me yes okay good I I'll be honest I was a little worried for you when you said I'm not ever going to be that girl never going to be that girl my Military Days Are Over I'm rested that I'm done I'm done with that portion of my life it was great I abused my body enough I'm going to now listen to it and do what I need to do small incremental goals right yes yes absolutely Amy I'm loving my new BR non bra situation uh Ruby ribbon has changed my life I can't go back so if you want to ditch your bra definitely go talk to our friend Miss Amy uh book A Time on the show so you can explain to everyone what it is exactly that you do yeah where where are we booking time with her uh she can come on on the show here I would love to set her see her in an eforall capacity yeah awesome she is H one of the original work from home on the internet mom's parents humans awesome and uh is still doing her own thing today which I love cool yeah I night I love seeing success stories in entrepreneurialship especially ones that have changed evolved and grown on their own terms which is really nice love that right yeah I this I'm definitely learning how other cultures do better yes yes we are so yeah travel speaking of which if you've got a travel goal or you just want to get away lemon Ado is doing a cruise we're doing a Western Caribbean cruise and we're doing it with an eforall grad unique experiences so I'm pumped to go with Lisa and um I'm doing a try it before you buy it Cru with her this month could takes a January Cruise you do I am disappearing where are you guys going the Eastern Caribbean oh and I'm going without my family or my husband it's just her I love you I really love that for you I work and live with my husband all day yeah every day yeah yep I love the man yeah there's something about getting way on your own he doesn't like this I mean he is very unhappy about this doesn't understand it can't wrap his brain around why I need some time away from him and it's not I need time away from him but I definitely need to work on my autonomy a little bit yeah and not always just have him he's my fixer right absolutely when I need this or this or whatever he's my partner he's my person he's the one that I go to for all of the things I definitely need to learn how to self soothe a little bit as a human oh sure and I need to remind myself of that every once in a while sure it doesn't need to be a quarterly thing or a yearly thing or what it needs to be a thing when the opportunity presents that I say okay that's probably good for me to work on myself a little bit Yeah I will say so with eforall they do a yearly um Retreat and last year we went to Texas and it was summer me yeah I remember yeah that's right that's right it was Texas in the summer right but it was just you but it was just me and it's there's just something about being able to recharge on your own and then you come back as a fuller more together person it's that line of personal and professional development that I think that you need to find in within yourself and how you work and to quiet the noises of more input sometimes um and I'm actually really looking forward to this um yes I'm going on a a cruise with a a person that I've spent very little time with are you sharing a cabin I think so okay and I'm I'm okay with it I'm one of those listen once again military mom of Benny I'm like what what is the situation I can do anything for a week fine do I have somewhere to lay my head yeah sure and I'm fine with that um but also it's just one of those things that I think it's a new challenge it's something that I'm not particularly good at and I feel like it gives you more respect and more love for your current situation when you're away from it and look at what's the good here what's the this here what's that definitely taking stock right putting everything into perspective on how we're going to make all of this work so I'm I'm looking forward to that very much if you're looking forward to hanging out with a bunch of great human beings then definitely come on our lemonade o Cruise all the information is pinned right to the top of our Facebook page if you want to roll with us and uh Lisa has painstakingly put this trip together she's a planner I am not yeah I'm a fly by the seat of my pants human and she is a we need to figure out every detail yeah so I'm letting her figure out every detail and just trusting it which is new for me yeah okay we're doing this thank you all right am I gonna like it I don't know yeah exactly but I'm going to pack my bags and I'm going to go and I'm going to work while I'm there obviously but um I'm doing it on my own so that's going to be interesting Larry Virginia thanks for joining the show we've got Jen Christian here from eforall also car seat Mama we've been talking a little bit about business uh working on your business working on yourself it's January right I think everybody takes that stock um I will say that in my Doom scrolling which I do often because that's life um I encountered a Tik Tok um and this woman has changed my life she is now my life coach really I told her she is she's uh so we've had personal interactions with this human you found on Tik Tok love not personal interactions but I've messaged I've replied to her Com or commented on her vide and she has yes um but she is establishing all of her 2025 goals and her um schedules she's doing them through chat GPT okay and it has changed my life uh it has I really feel like it has given me the Kickstart to 2025 that I needed you just start with a simple um I want to come up with goals I want to come up with five goals for the new year um in the areas of and then you filled them in I did um life family business blah blah blah blah blah blah um and and then you say ask me 10 questions one at a time to better understand what my goals should be and then it asks you all of these questions one at a time and you really put thought behind them and then it prints off your dream life you're training your AI bot look at you embracing your AI life this is going to be the conversation at the Tech conference that is happening in Las Vegas this week this is going to be the conversation that everybody's having how are you harnessing that AI to go into 2025 to make your life reluctant and I have embraced it this past week of you know getting getting the year off to a start um and let's revisit it at the end of the year concern for many on that is yes it's great it's it's such a good road map it's a good prompt but uh don't blindly follow it right right right remember you're the human in charge you are the human in charge 100% but I do love the fact that it definitely helps people streamline the things that they want to do and it's it's the conversation that is happening this year so embrace it try it out and you feel like it's definitely made a difference for you and your confidence anyway setting those goals yeah yeah yep yep absolutely it's it's given me like uh you know it's helped me better outline a schedule for my day so that I don't feel so lost and you know willing to just sit in Doom scroll a lot of people are like that I was like that for the last two weeks am I coming am I going where am I what's happening and every I was thankful that there is that social Community online that everyone was kind of in that same bat of I don't even know what's happening right now how much cheese have you eaten did I eat too much I just all of the things though I cookies for breakfast needs to end that train needs to go away and thankfully my son ate the rest of them yesterday so no more Girl Scout cookies no more homemade cookies all of the Christmas cookies are gone I made a pie yesterday that that's gone like it's all just gone and we're just starting I need a smoothie today in my life I need some vegetabl uh I'll be in Disney in two weeks so can we start this in three weeks girl I'm about a cruise I got to start thinking oh God but even then I was like there's a mindful smoothie M and there's this and maybe I'll take a class just because I'm in a different environment and I'm more willing to try things yeah yeah there you go there you go do it however it is the method to your Madness we accept it we are here to embrace it optimism 2025 how do you get things done exactly just by being Optimist optimistic and giving it a whirl once again there is a party tonight there 5:30 a handholding event yes if you want help with your application if you want to see who just won if you want to see businesses that are doing things and making things happen in their space I definitely suggest that you get to San Diego today from 5:30 to 7 and check it out y absolutely how do people get a hold of you they can email me at jen. Christian J NN efor all.org um you can find me on Facebook on car seat Mama m m ma um you can find me out and about I'm I'm pretty accessible she's around I'm around I'll see you tonight over at San Diegos and I'm looking forward to celebrating the winners and the people that are working on some cool stuff yeah always a good time thank you for having me always are you kidding me uh if you definitely need to book an appointment if you know somebody that's expecting or if you know a group of humans that you know might need a little assistance and speaking of free car seat mama is a nonprofit so our services are free so and you got a goal you got a financial goal with car SE Mama this year that's exciting car seat mama I would like to hit $220,000 in Grants and donations this year you said it out loud in front of everyone so now you got to make it happen now we're gonna make it happen so now I have to actually write grants now you have to write grants and do that I know right speaking of which I just got a text message from other Grant sources so I got to deal with that one starting the day off in a good foot today I'll be back on the show tomorrow with Hank we're gonna be talking all things probably football because Geron May is out and we got a couple of bowls Super Bowls and all the bows that are happening um if you would like to host the show with me please in 2025 if that's your goal to get out your messaging and have a conversation super easy to do just shoot me an email Stephanie Stephan via.com and I will send you the link and you can book a show with me whether it's here whether it's at Mash P TV our good friends at Mash PTV we're going to be moving more towards their office more often once I get the microphone situation in order I just don't like those lapel mics no right no this is where it's at Studio I agree mic right there's something about it you know what it is you know what it is okay what is it it's sweaty balls oh my God Gotta Have It from Saturday Night Live thank you so much I never asked you Jen we got to go have you ever tried never mind have a great day bye everyone uh be optimistic it's our word right yes optimism and the