Jan 15, 2025
***Heads up - This was recorded before the LA fires. Pops and I lived in LA longer than anywhere else and we’ve been watching friends evacuate and places we loved destroyed. We’ll be posting where we’re donating soon, and we’ll share if we have anything useful to say other than that this is horrible in ways we truly couldn’t imagine.
We started the episode talking about a bit of our holiday travels. Then we discussed New Year’s Resolutions - how they don’t work, how we still aren’t consistent, and how we might plan better and with a little more wiggle room for the weirdness life can bring. And finally we ran through some things that are on our minds for 2025.
Now the links (we were reasonable for once):
We’ve Got Issues - The Where’s My Village Episode
Care and Feeding - The Making (and Keeping) Parent Friends Episode
Laura Simms - Your Career Homecoming
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