WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:06.360 All right, here we go with the Minnesota goodbye, and we're gonna have 2 00:00:06.360 --> 00:00:09.039 a bunch of emails, so hey, let's get started. The first thing, 3 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:15.080 I find this one interesting because it is all about Taylor Swift and that 4 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:18.399 is what everybody's on their mind, and so I hesitated, what is it 5 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:19.760 going to read this one or not? But I thought, you know, 6 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:25.359 it's interesting because the station posted, you know, we're all tady able to 7 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:28.199 be this weekend. I think it's really super cool. I'm not a big 8 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:31.960 swifty. I respect Taylor Swift, but it's kind of like, you know, 9 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.039 if they had like a I don't know, Miley Cyrus weekend, some 10 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:38.479 people would be really into it and some people would be like, yeah, 11 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:41.759 not really into it. And it's like if they had a pizza weekend, 12 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:44.920 there would be a few people who would say, you know, I don't 13 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:47.799 like pizza. I like taco. So you know, we get we can't 14 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:51.799 please everybody, but this is somebody who they just want to say it. 15 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:54.000 They said, don't even say my name. I don't need the swifty army 16 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:58.359 attacking me. So here we go. Sorry, Fallon, I know you're 17 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:00.000 a big swifty, but am I the only one that can't wait for this 18 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:03.200 week and to be over. I feel like I'm hearing about the Taylor Swift 19 00:01:03.239 --> 00:01:07.560 concert everywhere and it just seems so overblown to me. People are acting like 20 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:11.239 we've never held a concert in downtown Minneapolis before. I like some of her 21 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:14.920 recent music, but I am just sick of her brand and the overkill on 22 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:17.799 the clues and everything in the easter eggs, etc. That she does all 23 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:22.079 the time. Most people see her as America's sweetheart, but I think everything 24 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:26.239 seems so calculated with her that she's more of a business entity now than a 25 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:29.400 real person. Sorry for the long ranting email, but I just had to 26 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:33.159 vent in You guys seem like the best place for that. Do you have 27 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:37.200 anything anyone like this where you just get sick of hearing about them all the 28 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:45.599 time? Nothing comes to mind, necessarily maybe certain movies, but this is 29 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:49.680 I mean, I've said this before several times. This is the biggest concert 30 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:55.280 event in my lifetime yea, and probably ever, because the biggest concert event 31 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:57.439 before this in Minnesota had to been them when the Beatles came. None of 32 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:00.400 us remember that. I totally under Dan you be like there. We've had 33 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:04.040 other texts that are like, I am so ready for Taylor So to be 34 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:06.799 over because they're sick of hearing about it. So I'm not surprised. I'm 35 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:08.919 not offended. I know, I don't get when people hate her because that 36 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:14.360 always is like weird to me because I just think she has palatable music. 37 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:15.520 So I'm like, if you know, if you're indifferent, I get it, 38 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:20.319 but I don't get hating her. But I also get not being into 39 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:23.560 it. So no, I mean, I get it, and I'm sure 40 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:25.400 a lot of people will be ready, but yeah, there's just for it 41 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:30.159 to be over. There's Dave's right, there's never been anything like this in 42 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:32.280 my like, and we both work in radio, so like we've seen the 43 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:38.560 hype for any possible concert pretty much ever. You know, yeah, absolutely, 44 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:43.520 m I there's somebody brought up and I'm looking for the email right now, 45 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:47.240 and I think here it is, right and here they say hello morning 46 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:51.840 show crew with all the tad wb buzz I had some nosy besign the scenes 47 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:54.319 questions to ask you about your work, perks, and how concert tickets work 48 00:02:54.319 --> 00:03:00.520 in general for Radio Number one, says Hannah, How does the company get 49 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:05.759 the tickets? Does a lowly intern have to sit through Ticketmaster and buy event 50 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:09.319 tickets or less ridiculously, I'm sure you're given a certain allowtment for shows. 51 00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:14.240 Yeah, that's exactly what it is. We get them from usually the record 52 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:17.439 company and if there's another way that I don't know, but basically the record 53 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:24.520 label. It's all above board because we can't. You know, they give 54 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:29.360 us tickets to give away to promote the show. So we play Taylor Swift's 55 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:31.400 music, the record company says, thank you, here are some tickets to 56 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:34.919 give away on your show. Now there might be some other ways, and 57 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:38.439 maybe it's through the power of iHeartRadio, but we have a great relationship with 58 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:42.840 Taylor Swift because iHeartRadio is the biggest radio company in the world that I know 59 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:47.360 of, and we've worked a lot with her back even when she wasn't the 60 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:52.000 phenomenon that she is, and so they appreciate that. So I think that's 61 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:53.960 how we get them. I don't think so, but I think like personal 62 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.400 tickets, like for our boss, he gets them through the record label. 63 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:00.360 Typically because I worked in promotions for you, you get them through the promoter. 64 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:03.639 And what you do as a radio station is like the promotions director at 65 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:10.039 the radio station creates a proposal, like the promoter will email the promotions dirrector 66 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:13.280 and say, you know, many months in advance, like when they're before 67 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:16.000 the on sale even happened, they're coming. The promotion instructor creates a proposal. 68 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:19.920 And what the proposal is is you request a certain number of tickets and 69 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:23.759 then you write out what they're going to get in return, the number of 70 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:28.240 mentions, the number of giveaways. How you So it's a promotion for concert 71 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:31.040 sales basically, yeah, and then you submit it and they may completely agree 72 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:33.959 to all of that, or they may go back and forth a little bit. 73 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:38.800 But I'm going to guess that's kind of how it happened for Taylor as 74 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:40.959 well. I had no idea. I really thought it was like, you 75 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:44.000 know, whatever her record label is is like, oh, here you go, 76 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:46.360 here are some tickets. So and I have ano promotions here at KATWB, 77 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:49.680 So maybe it is different, just but in Indiana. So like I'd 78 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:53.920 get an email from Susan with Live Nation, and that's who I would work 79 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:57.399 with. Okay, gotcha. Next question from the same listener, do you 80 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:01.040 personally have access to any show tickets or for large scale evench like Taylor Swift, 81 00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:05.399 would you have to buy your own? We It depends if it's an 82 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:09.879 artist that we play. For example, let's say Selena Gomez was coming to 83 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:14.639 town just randomly chose somebody and I really wanted to go. I could go 84 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:16.439 in and I could say, hey, can I get some Selena Gomez tickets? 85 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:20.920 And depending on the availability, I mean usually the bigger the act, 86 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:28.319 it's like, uh maybe. And but for Taylor Swift, no we don't. 87 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:32.079 We would not get any because they're way too valuable. Yeah they yeah, 88 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:36.639 I think I paid for my Taylor Swift, but typically I don't know. 89 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:39.759 The other concert I went to was John Maren had to pay for those 90 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:42.839 tickets too, but we don't play John Mayer, so it wasn't. But 91 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:46.879 the boss will ask sometimes yeah, I mean usually yes, but like for 92 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:48.480 instance, I really hard to get into. It was Olivia Rodrigo that's selled 93 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:51.319 out within seconds. I asked her boss. He's like, uh, probably 94 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:54.759 not. And then I think, like a day or two before, he 95 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:57.360 found an extra pair somehow, I don't know how he got I'm at it. 96 00:05:57.480 --> 00:05:59.519 Ask he goes I found an extra pair, and I was like, 97 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:01.720 oh, okay, yeah, I mean, if there's something like jingle Ball, 98 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:04.480 then it's our show or Star Party, it's our show, so we 99 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:08.160 can almost get as many as we want within reason. I think at one 100 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:13.600 time I asked for like fifteen pair for jingle Ball tickets or something like that, 101 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:16.040 and I got them because everybody that I know wanted to go to that 102 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:19.319 jingle Ball. So all right, Being a next question, same listener, 103 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:23.879 being that I've never won tickets from the radio. Are seats desirable or more 104 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:29.040 in the nosebleeds? I think that it can be. They're almost never great 105 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:31.319 seats, unless we say their front row, second row, third row. 106 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:38.519 They're usually good seats. But sometimes I've never had anybody call after a show 107 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:42.399 that they won tickets for on Katie being said those seats were shit. But 108 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:45.160 I'm sure it happens once in a while, but from what I know, 109 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:50.120 it is free. Lastly, have you ever seen a show with such demand 110 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:54.160 in hype like Taylor Swift maybe Prints back in the day or Madonna no even 111 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:57.399 with Prince back in the day, or Madonna. No. The last one 112 00:06:57.399 --> 00:07:03.439 that I remember being hyped so much was the Michael Jackson Jackson's Victory Tour. 113 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:09.560 Now this was a long time ago, Michael Jackson had just did the Thriller 114 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:15.759 album and so they people wanted a concert, and there they were. They 115 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:18.800 did a tour and I remember tickets were thirty five dollars a piece, which 116 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:24.759 people couldn't believe that anybody would charge thirty five dollars, and you had to 117 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:28.199 buy a block of four. And it was not just Michael Jackson, it 118 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:31.160 was his brothers and maybe LaToya and maybe Janet, I don't remember, but 119 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:38.360 it was because Michael Jackson was so big after Thriller, and it was it 120 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:42.079 was huge, but not even on this level. It was huge in a 121 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:46.160 different way because nobody had ever done a big concert tour like that before. 122 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:49.439 Sorry for asking all the questions. I get so interested with huge events and 123 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:54.439 how behind the scenes works for media people. I hope I rented a Fallon 124 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:59.160 at t Swift on Saturday. Much love for my on demand friend group Hannah. 125 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:05.480 Thank you Hannah. I'm gonna skip past this one and come back to 126 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:07.879 it, but this is kind of funny. My husband and I just pulled 127 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:11.680 into the Woodberry Target only to be greeted by the most beautiful violin music. 128 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:16.480 We see two women playing, and my husband is like, Wow, they're 129 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:18.879 really good, and I said, no, it's a scam. I heard 130 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:24.639 about it from David Fallon, so so thankful I knew better and didn't fall 131 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:28.079 for it. And that is from Sarah. Thank you, Sarah. I'm 132 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:33.360 glad. I hope more people spread the word about that because it's just it's 133 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:37.799 just so annoying that it's just such a scam and that people in their the 134 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:41.720 you know, the goodness of their heart to give money for it to them. 135 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:43.279 This is a good one. I like it a lot. It says, 136 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:46.360 I love your show in the Minnesota. Goodbye. I'm binge listening to 137 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:50.600 the podcast. I heard the show where you asked listeners what they came back 138 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:54.559 from. Yeah, so I want to share my story. You can use 139 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:58.200 my name on the show. It's from Tricia. I came back from losing 140 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.759 my mom to pancreatic cancer her. I was very close to my mom and 141 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:05.519 she was my best friend. So I was devastated when she was diagnosed with 142 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:13.039 stage four pancreatic cancer in twenty seventeen. She passed away just thirteen days after 143 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:18.200 her diagnosis. Thirteen days, not even two weeks, and I was devastated. 144 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:22.000 I really didn't think I would get through it. I had eleven days 145 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:26.480 left in the last courses of my doctorate program before moving on to the comprehensive 146 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:31.559 exam and the dissertation. It was difficult for me, but I could hear 147 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:35.000 my mom telling me, you gotta finish. I finished my last term and 148 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:39.639 passed my comprehensive exam about three months after her passing. I was very motivated 149 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:46.080 to complete the dissertation after all I had been through. I became doctor Tricia 150 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:52.080 in twenty nineteen. After completing my dissertation, I dedicated it to her, 151 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:54.759 as I knew she would have been so proud. Although grief never ends, 152 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:58.480 Oh my god, I'm gonna tear up, Tricia. I am happy that 153 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:05.440 I listened to my mom and finished my degree. Doctor Tricia. That is 154 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:09.120 I mean, I don't even know what kind of doctor you are. Could 155 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.279 be a doctor of sociology or a doctor of engineering, but I'm going to 156 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:16.080 guess probably a medical doctor, because I think she would have probably said different 157 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:20.720 otherwise. But that is so amazing, and I'm so sorry. I mean, 158 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:22.799 it's been a long time since your mom passed, but yeah, it's 159 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:26.840 just I think it's it's a different kind of grief. My mom and dad 160 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:31.159 both lived a long time. They didn't die young or suddenly, but it 161 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:35.600 bet it does. It stays with you and it just kind of like evolves 162 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:41.000 into something a little bit different over the years. And let's see, Dave, 163 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:45.440 you mentioned that you were waiting for your bird watching device because of it 164 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:48.480 being back ordered. I got my bird buddy. I ordered it in January 165 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:50.519 or so. It came to mail the other day, and then I was 166 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:52.519 texting Foulon last night about where to hang it on my house because she's gotten 167 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:56.360 a similar one. Well, my vehicle needs new tranny and it's on back 168 00:10:56.480 --> 00:11:00.600 order. I've been waiting since Memorial Day and they say it might take a 169 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:03.919 few months months. The only good thing they gave me a free loaner, 170 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:09.080 and my vehicle is still covered under warrantine that is from Chow Chow. Yep, 171 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:11.519 there's a lot of stuff on back order. I think that's just something 172 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:16.120 that we are all dealing with. Holly says, I love the show so 173 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:20.080 much. You make my morning's bearable. Thank you. I appreciate that one. 174 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.240 Dave. A while ago, you were holding a picture of Evelyn and 175 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:26.399 I think she might have been sick and that was the one. I think 176 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:30.600 she was coughing and she and she just laid on me and just kind of 177 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.600 like snuggled and passed out. And she's like eight months old, and it 178 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:35.840 was very sweet. I took a screenshot of this picture and I sent it 179 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:41.279 to my sister, saying, why can't our dad be like this? And 180 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:45.120 she immediately agreed. Our dad was an amazing dad when we were growing up, 181 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:50.799 coach sports, field trips, etc. But he seems less than interested 182 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:54.279 in the grandkids, and it makes us so sad. We always thought he'd 183 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:56.639 be just as an amazing grandpa as he'd been a dad, and he's just 184 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:00.480 not. I just wanted to tell you that all of your grand kids are 185 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:03.159 so lucky to have you. I love that you went on the field trip 186 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:05.440 with your grandson and that you and Susan take the kids from sleepovers. Our 187 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:11.039 parents would never do that. If you're ever looking for some grandsons that live 188 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:16.440 close, my sister and I have six between the two of us. Kind 189 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:18.519 of joking, kind of serious. I just thought I would let you know 190 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.679 that we think you're amazing. I hope you have a wonderful day and fallon 191 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:26.200 have an amazing time at the concert. Thank you. I don't understand it. 192 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:31.759 I mean, it's like dads that don't pay attention to their kids. 193 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:35.240 I don't understand it. You're missing out on such a gift. And at 194 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:39.559 the distance, the challenge of the distance with the best kids, they do 195 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:43.000 make it hard, they do because I don't get to see them that often 196 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:46.879 and we're not really that close. But there was something when I saw them 197 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:50.720 that it was like we just saw each other yesterday. You know. They 198 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:54.039 weren't like shy around me, and they know what grandpa is and I'm the 199 00:12:54.080 --> 00:13:00.799 only grandpa they have sold their kids are. I wonder if he's the rush 200 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:03.240 grandpa, that will be more like if there are a lot of you know, 201 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:07.720 under seven, Like, will he be a lot better when they're a 202 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:11.080 little bit older because he's better interacting with that age, you know what I 203 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:15.600 mean? It could be. Yeah, you are just not baby people like 204 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:18.080 even me, I'm like a little bit like huh, But I guess I 205 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:20.799 hope that I'm not like that. If Olive and Dillon have kids, yeah, 206 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:22.360 well yeah you never I guess, you know, never know. All 207 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:26.600 right, let's chat mom guilt when sending kids to daycare. If you have 208 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:28.480 the day off to work, listen to this one. I got two kids 209 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:33.120 five months and three years on July third and fourth. That is a Monday 210 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:37.120 and Tuesday next week. I am off work, well not next week, 211 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:39.080 but you have the idea. I'm off work, but I'd like to spend 212 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:43.519 time with my husband on July third and still send the kids to daycare? 213 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:48.639 Are we horrible for not doing family things on that day? We are already 214 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:52.919 paying for daycare even if we don't send them. Mom guilt is so real. 215 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:56.960 Do dad's ever feel like that? Thanks, besties, I'm gonna say, 216 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:58.320 go ahead and do it and don't feel guilty. They won't know. 217 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:01.679 They're not gonna understand. They're three and five months. If you want to 218 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:05.919 go spend time with your partner, then obviously you need that time. And 219 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:07.360 I think if you've got a chance to take a break from your kids, 220 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:11.440 I say go ahead and do it. Yeah, one hundred percent. And 221 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:15.440 the mom guilt is real. I can't speak on dad guilt, but I 222 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:18.159 you do you feel guilty, You feel like and especially if you aren't doing 223 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:20.200 anything, like if you stayed at home and lay it on your couch and 224 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.879 just watch TV. Like you used to be able to do. You feel 225 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:26.200 so guilty, like you should be at least cleaning the house. And I've 226 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:28.360 had Jake before and be like, fallon, no, you have one day 227 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:33.039 off without olive. Stop feeling like you clean the house, like just actually 228 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:37.279 lay there like a lazy slug and relax. And I'm like, okay, 229 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:41.519 but it's uh, I think, yeah, I think do it and you'll 230 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:45.879 be happy. Yeah. I wouldn't even worry that much about it. You 231 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:48.399 know, they're kids, they're little. I would say, they're not going 232 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:52.000 to know. They'll be fine. This is just kind of a different one. 233 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:54.919 Hey, besties, I have a friend who has a terminal genetic illness. 234 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:00.639 She has about ten or so years left to live. She is truly 235 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:03.440 living her life to the fullest, traveling a ton and planning to hopefully have 236 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:07.080 a baby with her spouse. It got me thinking, if you had ten 237 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:11.639 years left to live, what would you do differently? Thanks always love listening 238 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:18.000 to you wall from Jamie. I would stop working, for sure, and 239 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:20.519 then I would do all the things that you know that I think that I've 240 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:24.240 wanted to do. I would take long motorcycle rides. I'd buy an RV. 241 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:26.759 I'd go, you know, camping. I would go to all the 242 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:35.120 national parks. I would I'm not a traveler necessarily, but I do enjoy 243 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:39.039 traveling RV camping, So I'd be at every KOA in town or everyr K 244 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:43.720 away in the country and doing that whole thing. And I think that's what 245 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:46.519 I would do. And then I would spend as much time as I could 246 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:48.960 with Alison, Carson, Beth Chase and family. Yeah. I mean that's 247 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:54.519 pretty dead on with me, aside from the camping bugs. No, I 248 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:58.039 mean I feel like I feel that would be you know, the weird thing 249 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:03.480 about that what Jake do, because we couldn't just neither of us couldn't just 250 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:07.080 not work for ten years. We wouldn't have money. Yeah, So then 251 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:08.840 it's like, but I wouldn't want to work if I only had ten years. 252 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:11.559 But luckily, Jake, I think can work remotely, so maybe we 253 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:15.519 could still do things and work remotely. And I don't know. I admire 254 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:18.360 your friend though, I mean good for her. I'm glad that she's got 255 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:22.360 a supportive partner, and it sounds like she's still in a condition healthy enough 256 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:26.559 to have children. And you know, the first thing that my mind went 257 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:30.279 to was if she has a child, the child won't be able to see 258 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:33.000 mom, you know, like grow all the way up. You know what 259 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:36.679 I'm saying. Yeah, And that kind of struck me as sad. But 260 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:40.600 if that is going to be rewarding to her to give another human life, 261 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:42.559 even if she's only going to be here for a short time, I think 262 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:47.320 that is still a great gift to give that other human life. I'm going 263 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:49.840 to give you one more. It's a little bit long, but it's somebody 264 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:56.519 who says, call me Stacy. I'm writing to feel better about my decision, 265 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:59.240 and I want to get your thoughts. I quit my teaching job and 266 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:03.519 got a new job. Very excited we do something new. Mental health was 267 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:06.319 a problem. I dreaded going to work. I didn't want to be happy. 268 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:08.240 Then I came home to my own kids and I had no energy left 269 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:11.839 to my kids. It just felt wrong because my kids need to be my 270 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:15.599 priority. Here's the hard part. The new job is actually a paycut, 271 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:18.039 and I'm very stressed out about childcare. My husband and I are planners. 272 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:22.200 We had our whole lives mapped out. I was continuing my education, so 273 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:25.119 I was making a pretty good salary as a teacher for being thirty. My 274 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:27.680 husband makes good money, so I was able to pull at least of my 275 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:32.519 paycheck into our savings at least half of my paycheck in our savings. Not 276 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:34.440 to mention, I took care of the pickup and drop offs, and I'm 277 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:37.599 always the one that can stay home at the kids are sick, etc. 278 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:44.400 I'm scared. The new job has perks, great retirement contributions, and I 279 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:48.480 won't have to pay for any premiums for my whole family's healthcare. It is 280 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:52.559 almost fully remote too. The hours are trickier for picking up my kids from 281 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:56.119 daycare in school. I'm not sure how much time I'll really be able to 282 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:59.519 take off if my kids get sick, and I'm very worried about my income 283 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:03.079 effect in our future plans. My husband is supportive, but I can sense 284 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:07.160 he is worried about the income as well. Uugh make me feel like I'm 285 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:10.720 making an okay decision. Now. I'm really glad she put this part in, 286 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:15.880 because this part, I believe is the answer for reference. Together, 287 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:19.119 my husband and I make about one hundred seventy thousand dollars a year. It 288 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:25.079 will go to about one hundred fifty thousand dollars a year before taxes. Two 289 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:30.920 thoughts. Obviously, you had planned out your financial future with an income of 290 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:33.960 one hundred seventy thousand dollars a year, you'd plan that. So a deficit 291 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:37.720 of twenty thousand dollars a year when you're a careful planner is a big dent. 292 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:42.240 Twenty thousand dollars a year before taxes is that's going to make a big 293 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:47.519 dent. However, I want you to put it in perspective. One hundred 294 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:49.559 fifty thousand dollars a year between the two between the two of you is a 295 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:53.359 great income. It is a great income. There are people who wore listen 296 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:56.759 to the show right now going between me and my partner, we make ninety 297 00:18:56.720 --> 00:19:00.559 yea and we're doing okay. I'm not going to name anybody in my family, 298 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:06.279 but I know that most people in my family make way less than that 299 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:10.319 as a part of a couple, and they are around your age. So 300 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:15.759 I would say, put it in perspective, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars 301 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:21.240 a year is a really good salary. I would also say, you're thirty, 302 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:25.079 so it's not like you have to stay at this job forever. It's 303 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:27.039 not like there is no chance. I guess, I don't know. Does 304 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:33.119 this chance have opportunity for growth where you could get promotions and raises? Yeah? 305 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:36.279 If not, then maybe that's somewhere you go just for now for your 306 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:40.880 mental health, until you find something that is higher paying. Again, I 307 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:42.359 mean, you don't have to stay at this job for the rest of your 308 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:45.559 life, so exactly. Yeah, I think that you're making the right decision 309 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:52.160 for your mental health. You'll make better, not better, additional good decisions 310 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:55.799 moving forward to maybe get you, guys back where you were before. It's 311 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:57.359 always Dave. I think Dave said this. I think everyone says it's easier 312 00:19:57.400 --> 00:20:00.599 to get a job when you have a job. So if you have that 313 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:06.759 job, you'll find another job. Yeah, And I think I think it'll 314 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:08.200 be fine. I think that if you are planners, you will be able 315 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:11.599 to I will say this, twenty thousand dollars a year when you're a superplanner 316 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:15.720 is a big amount. But also if you're such a superplanner, you'll be 317 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:21.799 able to plan around that. I know two adult women in their forties and 318 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:26.359 fifties right now who are so financially strapped they give plasma as often as they 319 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:29.839 can because they need to give plasma. And they're doing okay. You know 320 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:32.640 that they're a little bit paycheck to paycheck, but they're doing okay. All 321 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:34.960 right. That is it. I'm not saying go donate plasma, but have 322 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:38.559 your husband do it. All right. 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