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Resting in the rush
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Thanksgiving is almost here! Today, the sister's talk about how they’re trying to rest, reset, and stay present, even when the holiday hustle kicks in.
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Introduction and Podcast Purpose
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Hello and welcome to the Girl I Slept in My Makeup podcast by three sisters who are at three different life stages and have three different perspectives. They're excited to learn and grow alongside of you.
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This is a space full of love and acceptance. No judgment because let's face it, sleeping in your makeup is more than a podcast title. It's a reminder that we all mess up. So give yourself and others lots of grace.
Thanksgiving Excitement
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Please welcome my three little sisters, Lauren, Megan, and Kristen.
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Hey, sisters. Hi. Hey. Hi. We're officially almost to Thanksgiving. It'll be – when this airs, it'll be like a week away. Yeah. It's crazy. That's wild.
Keeping Health Matters Private
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I'm wondering, do y'all think all parents are this way, like the older you get? Because I was talking to a friend telling her like – my frustrations with dad with like his health stuff going on and like I feel like he never tells me about it he'll be like oh yeah I'm having so i had surgery yesterday and I'm like what you're at surgery and my friend was like wait my parents are like that too is that like it was a thing with like older reporter I wonder if they do that though that they don't worry their kids maybe I don't know Yeah, yeah like they don't want to stress you out. Because I know I talked to dad yesterday and eighty eight and he was like, well, I'm going to Mexico, even though Kristen won't stop bugging me about it.
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So I feel like next time he's just not going to tell you he's going to Mexico. Well, I'm just like, I feel like maybe you shouldn't leave the country until you have your stuff figured out. Like until it's like good to go, you know, like Mexico will be there next year or whenever. But yeah, he doesn't listen to me, obviously. yeah.
00:01:41
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Yeah. Oh my goodness. I don't think he listens to anybody. Yeah. it's like dad That's like dad's em MO. my The song My Way is his song. Yeah. Do it his way. I know. But I was laughing because Michael, I guess dad texted Michael his blood test results. And he was like, Michael was like, I guess your dad is sending things through me now.
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but I think he's still like, once you're blessing to go to Mexico. And I was like, what? i was like, I don't think he cares actually. I think it does bother him that you don't want him to go a little bit. Otherwise he
Coping with Depression
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wouldn't have said that to me, you know?
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Yeah. Parents are so funny. It'll be interesting how we are when we get to his age with our kids, you know, so like our, where we be like that. I don't know. So we shall see.
00:02:27
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Yeah. I feel like sometimes you can do that, Kristen, like with maybe not purposely, but withhold information. but if you're going through a stressful time, i feel like sometimes you retreat instead of talking about it. Well, that that's just depressed what depression is, you know, and I do, I struggle with depression. so okay. Yeah.
00:02:46
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If someone doesn't have depression, they probably don't know what that feels like or is like. But yeah, when I'm going through dealing with depression, like you have a hard time even wanting to like take a shower, you know, get out of your bed. So
Unexpected Success in Pickleball
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the thought of talking to someone like, uh, no, know?
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you know That's different though than like if you had a medical procedure. you know Cause I would want people to know like, Hey, this is happening. Just FYI, know? Yeah. You wouldn't be like, Oh, I had surgery yesterday. Yeah. No, it's funny.
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oh Oh my gosh. Well, Kristen, tell us about you and Michael's first pickleball tournament. Yeah. Hilarious because we we've never done a tournament before. We've only been playing pickleball since February. So coming up on a year, but Michael was like, Hey, I'm signing us up for a tournament. And I was like, Oh, okay. And I was thinking like, I've been to one of Lauren's tournaments, you know, and it, I was thinking it was going to be something like that, where it was just like, Oh, you're going to like a community center where they have courts and you're playing against all these amateurs. No, we, he signed us up for like the biggest tournament in pickleball of the year ever.
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Competitive Nature and Upbringing
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it's literally spot. It's, is it PPA tour? Literally. It's like the biggest tournament for the pros that this huge event, like there's concerts, there's food trucks, there's like, it's crazy. And so we show up and i'm like, Michael, what the heck? Like we can't, what are we going to do? We don't know how to do this. Like we're going to, be embarrassed, you know, but you were playing amateurs. You weren't playing. Yeah. Yeah. yeah We weren't playing amateurs, but I didn't feel prepared to do that. Like, i don't know. it was just very intense. the whole yeah
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And we only play indoor pickleball. And so, and it was completely outdoors. And I was like, great. We don't play outside. And it's so different playing outside, especially with pickleball. Cause there's such a, you know, the ball we'll just fly in the wind. And it was extremely windy that day.
00:04:56
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and so we've definitely struggled, but somehow we ended up still getting third place, which is so crazy. But yeah. And listeners, what's funny, Kristen's so competitive. She, we were getting text updates throughout the day and she was so mad about playing for third. She was like, we should totally be playing for first right now.
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and we i was just laughing. Cause I'm like, Oh my gosh, your very first pickleball tournament in You're expecting to win first, but I get it. Y'all were so close. We were. and the team, like, if we would have played the team we lost to indoors, we would have won, you know? Like,
Thoughts on Eternity and Lifelong Learning
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yeah there's no question in my mind. and i'm like But I laugh because I'm like, wait, I feel like our parents raised us to just think we we can do whatever we want or, you know, put our minds to because I'm like, I have in my head, like, I could totally be a professional pickleball player I actually wanted to be, you know? So, like...
00:05:52
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Yeah. I don't know. blessing and I have to share but off of that because shout out to my friend Larissa. She was asking me, she's like, are you really competitive? Cause I was talking about how, remember when I was saying how I was thinking about eternity the other day and how it like started to really overwhelm me.
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And then I was like, Oh my gosh, I'm never going to be done learning and growing. Like I went down like a negative track with it at first. Like, Oh my gosh. She was like, are you really competitive? And I was like, yeah. And i was like, but my siblings are way more competitive than me. I think maybe I'm just competitive in a different way, like with myself. And i was like, I mean, both my sisters are like super intense at adult age about tennis and then pickleball. And then my brother's a CEO of a company. So he's like, obviously very competitive, competitive.
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Like, I don't know. and She was like, oh man. i was like, yeah, I don't know where we get it, but all of us are competitive. It's funny. Yeah, that's a whole well congrats Kristen to yeah, sorry.
Sports as Lifelong Learning
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Congratulations way to go. Yeah, that whole other topic but it just made me I know I was I was about to dive down eternity.
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And then I was like, wait, well, to close that out. Yeah. right Well, to also close that, I'm already competing in another one this weekend. So. Oh, you are? Wait, who's watching? Is it in dollars? Yeah, I'm dragging a girl that I know from pickleball to be my partner. So Michael will have kinder. um But yeah, so we're playing. But I'm laughing because the 3.0 duper, which a lot if you don't play pickleball, you'll will have no idea what that means. But it was full. So i was like, hey, why don't we just play 3.5 to 4?
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4.0. And she was like, what? No, there's no way. And I was like, it'll be fun. You never know. Like, so we're literally playing like way above our level. Um, so it'll be interesting.
00:07:38
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Yeah. but Maybe you are going to go pro. i that You'll either be very humbled and motivated on things that you can work on, or it's going to prove your point that you can be pro. Yeah. Hey, the best girl in the world. I looked up her duper and I think she is like 6.7 something. i was like, okay, we're just working our way up, you know? Yeah. Well, if you're serious about it, i can connect you with Irina, who is a professional pickleballer and she played tennis in college, but and lives in California now, but she makes, well, last time I talked to Jana, our mutual friend, she was making like well over 300,000 year.
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Yeah, that's crazy. Yeah, it's hard because I feel like I should have a tennis background because most pickleballers do. But I will say a lot of people, their first question when I play them, they're like, oh, are you a tennis player? And I'm like, no.
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so I don't know why. i don't know. It's interesting. Well, i mean, we did grow up playing tennis. You just didn't play professionally or, you know, as a sport. Yeah. Anyway, so funny. But yeah, Lauren, I think is more competitive than I am. You think?
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but you think Yeah. No way. Lauren, when you talk about tennis, I literally laugh on the inside in a good way, like with both of y'all. I'm just like, oh my gosh, they're so competitive. like worry we're if not If you're not more, we're the same.
00:09:05
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okay and you get going yeah i think i'm come I think I'm competitive when we go to sectionals and stuff and have, I think because it's kind of funny because we went to the top my first year, right? I made it all the way to nationals the first year I started playing, yeah which is pretty hard to do because in Texas, it's such a big, like with sectionals, you have different regions, but Texas is so big. It's its own region for nationals. yeah So anyways, yeah, I feel like because we've experienced that, then it's like, you know what you can achieve. yeah
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But however, for me, I know that there's no way I could become a professional tennis player. i guess I'm going to just start playing golf or something. Yeah. know what I do feel like
Embracing Life's Journey
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I would enjoy, yeah, I would enjoy tennis and to tickle ball, pickle ball.
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Yeah. You can call it Tickleball. Tickleball. Yeah. you funny I'm just at this point, it's all about my kids. So Joe wants to try volleyball finally. And I did get an email this morning that they have a coach.
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So i'm like, okay, great. So i don't have to coach, but I was like, I will help coaching if whoever volunteered needs help. So, oh my gosh, we're going to do a winter league, I guess, but it's going to be interesting because she's never played and she can barely even bump the ball to me. So got a lot of work to do. Yeah. Yeah.
00:10:32
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Well, it's for listening and you grew up playing sports as a kid. This is your sign to sign up for a sport as an adult because it's definitely so much fun. So I think what's what I enjoy most about it is not only learning something new as an adult, you know, somebody in your mid forties, but also with something like tennis. And I would assume that pickleball or golf or really any of it is probably the same. I feel like it's a sport where Like, I don't feel like there's ever going to be a finish line for me. Like there's always something that I can improve on or learn better or whatever. So I think, I just think that's so fun.
00:11:13
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Yeah. You can play for the rest of your life. Like I literally play with 80 or, you know, 80 year olds to 90 year olds sometimes. Yeah. cool Same. So to switch gears, Megan, to kind of go back to what you were saying, Megan called us the other day and was saying how, or on Marco Polo, I guess. And she was saying how have you ever thought about eternity and forever? And just, and I have a lot. So I totally, the feeling you were describing was
00:11:43
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exactly the way that I felt multiple times when I think about it used to it would almost be hard to take a deep breath whenever I would think about it. Yeah. Cause it just felt so incomprehensible my brain. But, I guess as time has gone on, Oh, oh but you were kind of saying like, I'm, I'm never gonna like, what I heard you kind of, that my interpretation of it was like, there really is no finish line in life and in life. And as long as we're, as long as we're living, we are learning and growing um,
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Impact of Social Media on Family
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we're never going to have cross the finish line, you know, while we're here anyways. Yeah. I think it's funny because I actually have, I don't have a good memory. Like I have a horrible memory of our childhood. I don't have like a lot of memories, but what's weird is I have this one distinct memory and I think I've told you about it.
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Remember our old dining room where there was a mirror in the dining room? Yeah. It was like the whole wall, the whole wall. yeah I remember standing in front of that mirror and staring at myself and realizing that one day I was going to die. and I was like eight, like young. And I like went down this like black hole in my mind. And I started to realize like at a young age, like, okay, this isn't my forever home. But I didn't really, i kind of remember being like, oh, I'm never going to think about that again. Like that was weird.
00:13:13
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Um, but then throughout my life, I've done that again. And I kind of just basically it's at random, but I had one of those moments again. And that's why I messaged y'all.
00:13:25
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Um, but what was cool about it is i think, Instead of it like scaring me, it more was like, wow, I've really surrendered and that I'm just not going to understand what forever with God looks like completely. But I have peace in that. And then I got and then I had this moment of like, okay, I'm now I'm overwhelmed.
00:13:45
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at the fact that like I'm never going to be learning and growing like gosh that it feels exhausting but then I shifted my perspective and was like oh but actually that's like helps me feel more peaceful because I'm like I can kind of chill out I'm never going to be done so like just be at peace with that I'm never going to be done with it like I just enjoy you know everybody says it's like the standard saying like enjoy the ride enjoy the journey but I feel like it hit me at like a different level if that makes sense more of like okay, I'm never going to be done. Like, I don't have to have it perfect. Like just be, just be, you know?
00:14:22
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I wonder if that comes harder for people like you, who is competitive. You are a striver, an achiever, a perfectionist in some ways and really hard on yourself.
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yeah And so I wonder, cause I think for different personalities, I think what you're describing can come more easily maybe. Yeah. Um, like sure yeah, I think what I'm so glad you got there and to the other perspective, because it is, I feel like it is super freeing and whenever you do kind of get in that rabbit hole,
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you can pull yourself out and be like, Jill, just enjoy the ride, you know? Yeah. And then I listened to another episode of John Mark Comer's podcast. and The new series or the old one? that It was the last episode on the old series and it was on the Sabbath.
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Have you listened to that? Oh yeah. Yeah. I listened to that whole series. He started a new one on community. There's two episodes so far. Okay. But yeah, anyway, so I was listening to the Sabbath after I had that moment and I was like, oh, I want to practice like a true Sabbath. This is really cool. I never even, but he practices a Sabbath from Friday night to Saturday afternoon, which is interesting to me. I thought the Sabbath was on Sunday. i think you can, I think the point of it is just to have that time anytime during the week, you know, it doesn't. Yeah. I think he puts his phone away like on Friday nights and then they,
00:15:51
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just enjoy family time together. And yeah, i want he talks about it a lot. Yeah. I want to do that. And I was like, but I'm going to have to give my family a heads up because if I don't answer my phone, y'all are going think I died.
00:16:03
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That one time. Remember Lauren, when you scared me to death. That's what I'm saying. Like one time I took a bath and y'all like slipped out. wait okay went on laurence It flipped me out. Okay. Lauren, you don't remember this? No.
00:16:18
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was like nine months pregnant. I was? I never got to nine months pregnant. na oh Megan was nine months pregnant and you called me and go, Kristen, I have a really bad feeling. And I was like, what? And you're like, I can't get a hold of Megan. Something's wrong. like And I was like, oh my god it's What?
00:16:38
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like hyperventilating. I'm like, what do you mean? And you were, there was something that happened where like she was supposed to do something and she did it and it was so unlike her or something.
00:16:48
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Yeah. Or why you were so freaked out, but you were very freaked out. And you kept saying, I have a really bad feeling. And I was like, don't say that. Don't say that. Cause y'all called Bobby and then,
00:17:00
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I finally get out of the bath and I had had my phone on the charger. So it wasn't in the bathroom. And I went and checked my phone. I had like 10 missed calls, all these text messages. Bobby had called me a bunch. And so I called Bobby and he was like, are you okay?
00:17:13
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Yeah. He cussed him. He was like, I don't remember what he said, but he was like, so stressed. He was racing home from, cause at the time he was working at an office in Plano. And I was like, what? I was just in the bath. Like, what I kind of I do have a vague memory but there was like very valid reason it wasn't just like you were missing for an hour was something else I think I was supposed to do something yeah yeah and it wasn't like her to not do it but she probably had pregnancy brain I'm sure yeah that's that's actually like a compliment to me like I'm very reliable for the most part Yeah, totally. Well, I, you know, a lot of people are starting to get house phones again and
Nostalgia for Simpler Communication
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we haven't done that yet, but I'm kind of all about it. Cause I, I want one too.
00:17:58
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Yeah, I'm kind of, I'm not the great, I wouldn't say I'm the worst, but also i will totally set my phone. Oh my gosh. Y'all talking about pregnancy brain. I'm not pregnant, but I, but I have that brain. So was it this weekend? Uh, I was, we had gone to Costco and I was loading our like second fridge, our drink fridge up with waters or whatever.
00:18:21
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And anyways, hours later, i was looking for my phone because I was going to go take a bath and listen to a podcast. Couldn't find it anywhere, but I had been like doing laundry, all the things. And I even told Chris, I said, i babe, i I said, I think I I'm sure I left it somewhere totally stupid, like in the fridge or something. I went and looked at our kitchen fridge, our main fridge. It wasn't in there. i don't know why it didn't even occur to me to go look in the other fridge. Anyways, hours later, He said, do you think you left it in the other fridge? Because it's kind of weird. You said fridge. And I was like, oh, oh my gosh.
00:18:57
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Oh, my gosh. Yes. I was was floating the waters. Walked in there and it was in the shelf in the fridge. Wait, your phone? My phone. Yeah.
00:19:08
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So anyways, i can't. I'm like not processing straight right now. But what I was saying is I leave my, a lot of times I'll sit down my phone for hours and not even look at it or whatever. i just want, I just want to go back to the old times. I know. I'm like, I just want a house phone. If there's in an emergency, somebody can call it and just get rid of these things right here.
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Desire for Reduced Social Media Influence
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a while, you know? Literally. I agree. i actually, if you have kids listening, maybe don't let them listen because this could be a Christmas present idea, but I'm thinking about getting the girls this, did I send it y'all? It's called the 10 can. So it's like a retro looking phone and it's free if you call other people that have them or you can use, you can pay for a monthly subscription to use it to call other people too. but I thought it was kind of cool that it's free. Like, so if Mikey showed it to me, so if Sienna has one, then her and Rowan could just like call each other on their tin can phone free. I mean, you have to buy the phone, but like the actual service is free. yeah
00:20:09
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I thought that was really cool. That's cool. I think I decided I'm not going to give my kids like a cell phone, cell phone until they're like at least 16. I feel like. Yeah, I think that's smart. I'm already. You're getting, you're getting to learn. Yeah, they're both getting to learn. throughre might Yeah. know Yeah. I'm not giving social media until 16. Yeah.
00:20:29
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I want to give it like her then where they don't have access to the internet. You could do that, right? Like a foot phone. Yeah. Still exist. Yeah. They have, they have a lot of options out there. Okay. Yeah. And I'm sure there will be more by the time Kinder gets there.
00:20:46
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Yeah. I just, i I've seen how it can just affect kids so much. And i mean, obviously to each their own, like do you, but I just feel like, you know, for me, I, I think it just makes the most sense. Like Lauren said, being the youngest, you get to watch your older siblings with their kids and be like, okay, I might not do that. Yeah. Well, and it's kind of,
00:21:08
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There's been enough time. Everything takes time to kind of see what the effects are. um Yeah, the effects. And I think they have enough data now to scientifically prove the downfalls of it. Yeah. Well, and on speaking of that episode, I watched or listened to with the podcast episode. He actually talked about he was like, i feel like our kids.
00:21:28
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are gonna basically in therapy, they're gonna say our mom and dad, like, we're always on their phone. Like, um they cared about their Instagram likes more than hanging out with me, like different things like that, not to like shame us, but just more to like wake up from it. um But i I agreed with what he was saying. He was like, but I do think it'll be interesting. I wonder if some kids, their rebellion will be like, I'm gonna get a flip phone, you know, like,
00:21:56
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I hate phones. I hate the internet, like kind of go like against what their parents did. And I'm like, I'm all for that. I would love for them to hate that. Yeah.
00:22:07
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Yeah. I, I know we've talked about social media so much and I totally get that there's like for businesses, you have to market, you have to be on it, blah, blah, blah. But I will stand on this till the day I die. i just would be totally good if it totally went away. and Like I don't want know.
00:22:25
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I think the down, I don't think the upside outweighs the downside, even not just for kids, like for us, like i just don't. Yeah. I'm like, ugh. I know. I just see so many people like our age, like sit there, the hours that are... Wasted or like like you just watch people and they're just sitting there scrolling at what? Like what? What are you doing? What are you doing? Yeah, I
Sabbath and Quiet Time Importance
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know. But funny is Bobby doesn't even have social media and I feel like he's scrolling on his phone too. I mean, I'm not like shaming him. He doesn't scroll more than I do, but I'm always like, what are you looking at? Cause I'm like, he doesn't have social media and it's news articles. It's always like sports related yeah news articles.
00:23:05
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So I don't know. I feel like it's all. It's the craziest to me when I see Michael and I are trying to be good at if we're out like on a date, like we'll put away our phones and be intentional about that usually. And, but we'll literally look around and people will be like on a date and just, they'll be just looking on their phones and not say a word to each other. That's so crazy. You know, it's just interesting, which is why we try to be intentional about putting away our phones. So we're not doing that. Yeah.
00:23:32
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Yeah. That's why I liked the idea of the Sabbath of truly turning off my phone. Cause I don't ever do that. Putting it in a drawer for a whole, like 24 hours. I was like, oh I think I would need a house phone. just hate make up you Yeah.
00:23:46
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And honestly, if you can implement that now, why the girls are still influential, you know, know like, yeah young girl have yeah, I think that would be amazing to start that practice now because the older they get, it just becomes harder because they, you know, it's just a different stage of life. They're around friends more or yeah they're in a ton of activities. They start driving. so they're not home as much, you know? So I know. Yeah. I want to start it. going to talk to Bobby about it. He'll be all for it. He's like always trying to get us to rest more. I'm the one that's like, let's go. yeah I'm glad you said that. I think that's something I'm going to talk to Michael about. Like, I feel like That'd be a good thing to do for us too. love Well, if anybody, if anybody wants to understand the Sabbath and really what the Bible says about it and just some ideas, I would, John Mark Comer is,
00:24:36
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I feel like a really great resource. He just breaks it down very simply and explains it. Well, I feel like, yes, I love his teaching. I really learn well from him. that means Okay. Lauren, do you want to read the revive book to close? Yeah. Or I guess, okay, well, this is funny because I just have bookmarked where we left off. This always happens. It's like God speaks. that The title is called fight for the quiet.
00:25:02
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No way. The house. Yeah. That is so weird. Right. yeah I mean, it's not, it's totally God, but yeah. so Okay. The house is quiet. My favorite hot beverage is warm in my grip and the blanket wrapped around me is offering the perfect amount of coziness for the time. For the first time in a while, I get to experience the power of silence. Soon though, my mind begins to wander. I reach for my phone. hu No way. That's so funny. Recognizing my unhealthy
Reflection on Solitude and Peace
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attachment to it. I purpose to embrace stillness, quiet, deep breaths.
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As I choose to be with Jesus, I feel him meet me. My heart is expectant because I know I've made space to actually hear him. God continually reminded us in his word about the importance of solitude.
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When we have prioritized quiet time in our schedule, we often notice a difference in how we operate in our relationships or respond to change. The truth is, solitude isn't something that just happens to us. It doesn't just slip into the rhythm of our routine. It's a choice we must make in every season, despite the countless distractions that come our way.
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God suggested solitude for a multitude of reasons, but first and foremost, he knows our souls desperately need it. He sees our exhaustion and hears our pleas for rest.
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Life feels like a balancing act and we just want to experience some stability beneath our feet. The good news is he offers that. When you create space for quiet, you can draw near to him.
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You learn to let go of the past, rest in the present, and trust God with what you need for the future. This week, let your mind dwell on the ways God has blessed you. In the past, how frequently did you pray for the exact situation you find yourself in now?
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The same God who has blessed you before is sure to bless you again. So as your circumstances stir stress, frustration, and impatience in your soul, return to the Lord in solitude.
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Silence your phone and lean into the greatest communicator of all time. What does he have to say about your circumstances? What does your spirit need from the great supplier?
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You will never outrun his patience, outkick his provision, or outlast his ability to restore even the most broken situations. In solitude, you will not be reminded of your strength. You will be reminded of his. Your God is sure about you.
00:27:20
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Maybe it's been some time since you've quieted your heart and let yourself be still with the father. Don't let the enemy steal another moment trying to convince you that shame or guilt is what the father wants in your life for your life. Come back to God. He longs to spend time with you. This week, he wants you to sit under the shadow of his wings so he can restore your strength, remind you of your assignment and revive your passion and purpose.
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Create space for solitude and watch as God meets you right where you are. The five declarations
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over our week are number one, i will make room for quiet and allow my soul to breathe.
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Two, i will put down my phone and recognize the blessings right in front of me. Three, I will draw near to God, abiding in him. I find comfort, joy, and rest restore restorative strength.
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Four, my mood will not fluctuate with my circumstances. Rather, my spirit will remain consistent and sure. And five, I will be generous with my knowledge, gifts, and resources, knowing that God has an endless supply.
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How fitting. Yeah. That's truly wild. That is so wild. i feel like everyone's going to be like, oh, they what a great plan for the day. like cream Yeah.
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It's almost like we planned it. Thank you, God. I wish we could say that we did and wrapped it up in a pretty bow, but that was all him. And I do feel like that was fitting for the holidays coming up, too. Yes, I do, too.
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Be present with your families. Yay. Yes. I feel like I struggle the most with it out of everyone, so. Michael and I do. Yeah. Michael and I both struggle with it pretty hard. We have to be very intentional. Otherwise we will just be lost in our phones. You would think i get I get lost in my phone, but once, like, I feel like because I'm so sick of it, like, I just, like, at this point, I almost, I feel like I've gotten to the point where I'm, like, annoyed with my phone because I have to be on it so much for work, and I'm on Zoom all day.
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Like, I literally want to throw my phone at the wall by the end of the day. That's where it it got really bad for is work. Cause my work is literally my phone, you know, yeah that's where the addiction, cause I was always having to check social media to be like, okay, what's the buyer needs? What's this? So yeah, I mean, I totally can relate. Um, but yeah, that was really good. Thanks Lauren. Yeah. Okay. Cut this out, Megan, but going to before going to go down.
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Okay. Okay. Love y'all. Love you. okay I'll say a quick prayer. father God, thank you so much for my sisters and our family. Thank you for childhood that we got to have with our mom and our dad and our brother.
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just have been reflecting on just how grateful I am for every single person, every blessing that you've given us throughout our life. And i just pray for every single person in our family and anybody else listening that as they walk into the holidays, walk into Thanksgiving, they're that they choose to take some time to step aside, get in private with you, and really just experience your peace. They're so much fun to enjoy. So I just pray whether people are hurting, grieving, or excited, all of the emotions of the holidays that...
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They seek you first in all of it and that they find those pockets of joy, even if there's sadness along the way. Help us to really just honor you and steward what you've given us in the best way we can. In Jesus name. Amen.
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ami Amen. Awesome. Well, everyone have an amazing week and happy thanks. Almost Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving. I love you. bye Thank you for listening to another week of Girl I Slept In My Makeup.
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God bless.