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Influencing vs 9 to 5
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I'm back from my road trip so it is time to dish on all the things that I did during it and also talk about some influencer drama that happened while I was away. It made me think it would be interesting to talk about how different being an influencer is versus a regular 9-to-5 job and how it is almost incomparable.
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Transcript
Tour Announcement: Namaste Bitches
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Hey everyone, it's Teresa Giudice, and I'm so excited to announce that Namaste bitches are going on tour. What what? Oh my gosh, Teresa and Melissa Feaster, that's me. We are bringing the party to Fillmore, Silver Springs on Friday, November 11th. So get your tickets now at LiveNation.com. It's the Namaste Bitches Live and in person in D.C. How dope is that? We can't wait to see you.
00:00:29
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Influencer Drama and 9 to 5 Comparison
00:00:50
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Hey, guys, so welcome back to Wild and Basic. So after essentially one week break, you're back.
00:00:58
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I have so much to catch you guys up on and also talk about today's topic So today we're gonna take it a little bit easy and not get into something super deep in today's topic But this was something that was going around for a little bit while I was doing a road trip and that's why I feel like it's interesting topic to talk about and just
00:01:22
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share one of my thoughts about it. Some of my thoughts, there's actually more to it. It's about like, how different influencing is versus nine to five and how it's not necessarily comparable. And I'm going to tell you guys about
00:01:39
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Why I want to even talk about it because there was recently some drama About it from one of the influencers that we can get into it when I talk about the topic I feel like that would make more sense, but that is essentially a topic today influencing versus 95
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And before that, let's talk a little update.
Road Trip Adventures: Virginia to South Carolina
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For this update, I really want to talk about the road trip. So that I told you guys, I think the recording I made was the week before the road trip or I think the week of me going to the road trip because I started road trip on Friday.
00:02:13
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So yeah, it was very, very exciting because first, this road trip was very, very special to me mainly because it was with my own car. I think the last road trip I have taken or many other road trips that I have done, it was always with the rental. So it really felt really nice to have my own car and not having to think about like, oh, like I can put things in here or I have things in here. Like I even recently just posted my car tour
00:02:43
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And it was all about how I organized my car and how it has everything I need potentially on longer trips or just overall. And that just made me so happy. And it was very convenient. Have my facial spray, have my sunscreen, have my, I don't know, chapstick or napkins or hand sanitizer.
00:03:02
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I know these are so basic things but I just feel like you cannot always carry that or maybe forget sometimes but I feel like when it's your car and you can essentially organize in a certain way whenever you're in your car you will always have access to certain things that you might potentially need and
00:03:20
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That was very, very great because during the road trip, I never, for a second, that felt uncomfortable. We took the breaks we wanted and everything, so that's why I'm going to talk about it now. So essentially, this was almost a week road trip.
00:03:37
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So the first stop we did was McLean, Virginia. So this is like, I honestly don't know where the border goes or this is just another word for this city. But that's essentially where also Tyson's is to Tyson's Corner or just Tyson's Virginia.
00:03:55
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So that's essentially like maybe four and a half hours, maybe max five from New York City. So it's not bad drive at all. I would be honest. It was very easy. We took a break maybe once or twice, but again, not necessarily because we need it. We just took a break because we wanted to like be relaxed and everything. And it was my dad as he's older. So, you know, it was just to take a break and chill. Not like my car needed because it's not a long distance.
00:04:24
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That was really great, and the place itself is really nice, but 100% recommended. Not the hotel so much, but I think the location is really nice. I have been to Tysons many times before, but that was probably like 10 years ago, guys, like when I was 17 or 16.
00:04:41
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so it was very long time and that was still nice but Tyson's Galleria which is like there's two malls there there's Tyson's Corner which is like the I guess basic mall then there's Tyson's Galleria which is like the luxury all these designer items there the brands
00:04:58
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and that one is really really nice it's so clean it's it's just really everything you would like want in a mall and it's like even some malls right like when it's like empty it feels depressing but this didn't even felt like that at all because we we went to cheesecake factory inside the mall and even at night there weren't just that many people but it was still really really nice you had that
00:05:22
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Cozy feeling I would say I don't know I don't have to put in nice words But like it was it was really nice and they even had like electric charging which I was like very very surprised because Like Virginia not so much the most tech state or accepting The new electrification or whatever so I was very very surprised so free charging plus for that
00:05:44
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So the next stop was because this is essentially the part of the trip that we were doing it for to see my older sister. She's she lives right next to but very close to Charlotte, South Carolina. No, Charlotte is North Carolina where she lives in South Carolina, which is
00:06:01
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I know it sounds like it's two different states which it is but she lives in like very close town it's called Fort Mill very close to Charlotte although Charlotte is different in different state but they're like maybe 20 minutes drive so it's very close
00:06:16
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Yeah, that's the reason we actually wanted to do a road trip. It was really fun. And I think South Carolina or North Carolina, they're both really fun places. Comparing to Virginia, I would say. Like, don't get me wrong, Northern Virginia is really nice. But like, after you pass Northern Virginia, the south of the Virginia area is like...
00:06:37
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I mean, there's not much there. They're a bunch of farms, I guess, but even the scenery is like it does get boring. I would say that like after a while, even like because I'm so glad that I put my car on autopilot and was just doing the job for me.
00:06:51
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but it was still like, okay, we are still in Virginia. Are we there yet? We're still in Virginia. Every town that we were passing, I was like, oh, maybe we're almost in North Carolina, we're almost there, and we were not there. Virginia's massive, I knew that, but I feel like sometimes it hits you like that. But then after South Carolina, we went even further,
00:07:17
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to see one of our friends in, uh, Alpharetta. This is also another suburb of Atlanta, but this really, really surprised me, because, don't get me wrong, I don't have hate towards Atlanta, but I also never really visited, like, deep, like, I'm trying to remember if I ever visited, because I have been to the Atlanta airport, that's for sure, but I'm also trying to recall to see if I have actually been to Atlanta,
00:07:43
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I think I've been to Atlanta area but not like Atlanta itself. So it was really nice and Alfreda is a really really cool part of Atlanta and he used to be like very suburb and like
00:07:56
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I don't know, like a nice area, but not like younger people hanging out there, but it's so nice. I'm gonna post about it on my YouTube channel, so if you wanna check it out. But if you're ever planning to move to the south, definitely consider one of these places, because I could not believe my eyes, because I was charging my car in Alfredo, because it became a very low percentage after the road trip.
Return Journey: Maryland Highlights
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and like almost all the stalls were taken like there was only like one left and the guy was just leaving and that's why I took his spot but it's like I was so surprised that there were so many Teslas and like so many luxury buildings really really cool that was essential the first leg of the trip then we have to come back so on the way coming back because I don't want to stay at the same town so we stopped at my sister's first leg then second time we went to college park
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So this is where, if you are familiar with the DC area, this is where the University of Maryland is. Pretty nice town, safe town. It's also becoming very gentrified. Not exactly at the level that I would say Atlanta, but definitely becoming gentrified. I would recommend.
00:09:05
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just checking out and doing stuff, I guess. One thing I would say, and this was the last thing I'm gonna say because this is becoming a long update, then we're coming back because I wanted to just not do the same road or same way that we were coming back.
00:09:22
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I chose a place in Maryland, which is kind of like a, it's like on the peak of Maryland that it's kind of facing Maryland, Delaware, and I think Virginia. It's like kind of in three states. It's called Chesapeake House. It's like a rest stop essentially, but it's like not one of those regular rest stops that like, there's not much in it besides the food, right? This one has food. This one has some monuments. This one has like,
00:09:51
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This one has a lot. It had like Tesla charging, it had the gas station, it had another charging for non Tesla vehicles. It was like, that was one thing. The parking lot is huge, but also the view is so nice. It's like really touristy area for sure.
00:10:09
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But I feel like if you're just passing by or you're on the way, like definitely check it out because I would recommend like for sure. It's a really good rest stop. And after that, we just made it home because from Delaware to New York, it's like not bad at all. It's like two hours, maybe two hours or something. Not bad at all. And
00:10:27
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That kind of wraps up my update on my road trip. I just want to put a little update here because I think in America, it's like so fun to actually explore the entire state by doing a road trip. I feel like that's like the entire point of road trip. And that's why I want to just give you guys a little feedback on some of the cities that we stayed at or passed by.
00:10:50
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Because I feel like when you do the like flying, which is great when you need it, but you don't get this experience. And I want to share with you guys in case you want to try this yourself.
East vs West Coast Travel Reflections
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But I would say, though, I'm pretty sure this Midwest road trip or south or
00:11:09
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East West Coast road trip would be definitely a lot more fun than this East Coast road trip. I feel like this would be definitely things get more interesting after you pass Virginia. I would say that because I think once you are in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, things get very interesting. There's more stuff. Scenery gets better. That's why I'm excited to see how would be the Florida if I ever do that.
00:11:35
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So I'm just saying, keep that in the back of your head, but I feel like Midwest and West Coast would definitely be more interesting, because West Coast is one of the best views. So yeah, that's the end of the update. Now let's get on to today's episode.
Influencer Work: Michaela Nogira's Perspective
00:11:51
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Okay, so I mentioned that today's topic is going to be about influencing versus nine to five. So the reason I chose this is because while I was doing the road trip, there was this video that resurfaced from I think a while ago, from this influencer named Michaela Nogira. I hope I'm pronouncing her last name right.
00:12:17
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But anyways, if you are not familiar with her, I'll I think the entire reason I know her because she's kind of in the similar industry as I am because she's a makeup artist or she's a I would say makeup artist. Yeah.
00:12:29
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or more like makeup guru, makeup influencer, stuff like that. So she's in that category. And so I think she made one of this video towards one of the comments, hate comments specifically about her. And I think she was kind of having a bad day. Then she just kind of
00:12:51
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She wanted to just get it off her chest, which I sometimes understand. I feel like sometimes you just have it just too much. It's a lot and you're like, screw you. Like I'm going to say what I want to say. So essentially she said this, that like, um, I just like finished working or whatever. It's like five 19 and like, just try being an influencer for a day. Like just try it because it's like, it's not easy. If you think it's easy, you're like out of your mind, something like that.
00:13:19
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Then people started like again, it's not a new video. I think it just resurfaced. I don't know exactly like how that happened. But again, this happens quite a lot on TikTok or Twitter. People just dig up dirt from people's past and just like want to shove it in people's faces. I honestly don't get that because it's like, OK, like what do you what is your purpose? But
00:13:42
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that's another topic to talk about so my point is from what she was she saying at that like if you didn't know the context it definitely sounds tone deaf for sure saying like that because
00:13:58
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I would say it doesn't matter how hard the work of being influenced can be. It's still very different that you cannot just say that like, oh, like it's try being an influencer for a day.
00:14:15
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because of if you don't know the context yes like it just sounds terrible but it is technically a lot of work like you do so much it's like and i have i feel like covered it so much in this podcast that i don't even want to mention it but starting from emails negotiations signing contracts doing videos editing the content stuff like that even if you have editor even if you have
00:14:37
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um manager or agent there's still so much stuff goes behind the scenes because there are so many moving parts that like just it's a lot that's for sure but i think when you hear this and you don't know the context behind it obviously it sounds terrible and i think because she was just having a bad day and on top of it like this this comment was just not really good i feel like hate comments sometimes get you
00:15:05
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And what I would say though, the reason this is happening is more like, influencing can be hard, but it takes a lot of work to get where you are. And because it takes a lot of work, over time you learn how to be, I don't know, better to your audience or how to be just better as an influencer and learn things. But I think TikTok kind of changed that for a lot of people and just some people just overnight turn into celebrities or stars.
00:15:35
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And not to say like Michaela turned into someone like that, but she doesn't, I think she just became an influencer during the pandemic.
Influencing vs Traditional Jobs: Reality Check
00:15:43
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And it's been maybe two years or something that she wasn't, she's an influencer. So it hasn't been that long for her to, I guess, understand that or whatever.
00:15:53
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and I'm sure maybe like if she I don't know what is her situation with her team if she has a big management or just she's just one person who helps her that would be nice to just like talk to her to your manager or your agent
00:16:08
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But because she doesn't have that much experience of being an influencer, it's like I can give her a pass for that because I feel like when over time, I feel like I remember my first years that I was like being a content creator. I took so many things seriously.
00:16:26
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In a good and also bad way like the times that I lost opportunity or times that like my collaborations just fell through I felt horrible and I started blaming myself and like everything going towards like Internalizing then also like when I got comments I took it way too seriously and I would like try to respond back or just try to be like feisty and like try to
00:16:51
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just get myself worked up. But it just I think over time you just realize it and you try to disassociate yourself from those comments and realize that it's not exactly about you. It's like maybe they're having a bad day. It's just like it's nothing really, really personal. People just sometimes don't think that whatever they say on social media or whatever they say on that side of the screen that like it's like it's not
00:17:17
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Like they're they're thinking like it's not like it's not a person they're thinking oh this I just wanted to say it because the other time I was just thinking about like I think listening to Haley Bieber and she was saying the same thing that like People just leave hey comments and they think that I won't read it and I when I read it and comment today like I thought you wouldn't see it It's like if you think I'm not gonna see it, but then why would you even write it? I?
00:17:38
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I'm just saying so I feel like hate comments is definitely like triggers it provokes you for sure and not all of them but some of them do provoke you even today I feel like after a certain years of experience that becoming in the industry is like I feel like there are still things that can provoke you like I would say I'm not gonna say that like nothing will ever provoke you because it will
00:18:00
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But I think there is also some wrong to it and that's why I think she needs the explanation or whatever. Is that like you cannot necessarily compare it to any 9 to 5. I feel like you can compare it to certain 9 to 5. Like I feel like you can compare it to maybe marketing job, finance job maybe.
00:18:18
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I don't know, like there are different parts to it for sure, not exactly the same, not at the same level, but you cannot compare it to maybe, I don't know, like being a nurse or doctor or being a service industry, being a firefighter, being a police, like those are very, very different. I mean, they're all nine to five, but like they're very different. And I feel like that is, those are something that's super hard and you cannot necessarily compare it.
00:18:46
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But I feel like there are certain 95 jobs that you can definitely compare compared to being an influencer. For that aspect, I get that. But I think people are also just kind of like trashing her, essentially like, oh, this is like so like tone death. And like a lot of people want the lifestyle of being an influencer and everything. And for that also, there is, I feel like two sides of the coin.
00:19:11
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What she was saying, essentially, like, oh, I have so many, I recorded many videos today, and like, this is like, obviously, yeah, it's tiring and that, but like, you don't do that every day. I mean, you could, but you don't need to, because I think one of the best perks of being in this influencing industry or just being a content creator is that you have so much flexibility.
00:19:34
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Yes, that you have deadlines, you have these contracts, you have these things that you have to follow for sure. But you can still also you still have some flexibility. It's not like you have to do today. You have to do it like there are times that if you don't feel well, you can still push it and do it another day.
00:19:53
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it's like I'm just saying you definitely have some flexibility versus like you cannot just like if you're a nurse or doctor you cannot just be like oh I can't go like or if you're a teacher you cannot just be like oh I can't go to school today like I guess you can call sick I'm just saying like it's just not the same it's very very different so in that aspect I feel like you cannot compare it but there is just a lot of flexibility to it
00:20:18
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And on top of it, I think a lot of people also just fantasize about being an influencer and like how people take trips for free or how people do things. Obviously for sure, right? But it's like, I feel like the reason I resonate with what she said, some of it, I'm not justifying what she said, is that because there are a lot of things goes behind the scenes in that experience that you see, that it's not the same.
00:20:47
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And a lot of the times people essentially blame the influencer saying that we come to social media because we want to escape from the real world and real problems, not to listen to their problems because it just seems so tone deaf, it seems laughable.
00:21:05
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But I just feel like that's just not, that's just so unfair because yeah, you're coming here to entertain yourself, but you're also coming here to just see something real sometimes. That's the reason it's like I feel like there's so much fake things on social media. Sometimes we are like, what am I watching? What am I seeing? It's like you want to read or watch something that is somewhat like you can resonate with or someone relatable.
00:21:33
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and I feel like if it is something about complaining if you're complaining about something and if someone resonated with that I feel like you already did your job as an influencer but the fact that I feel like people are really twisting this around saying that like influencers can have rough days but they should never publicly complain about their problems or whatever because it's so out of touch and insensitive
00:21:57
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That's why I feel like that's not fair because I feel like yes, if you were a doctor or if you were like a nurse or something, you will go to your job, right? But you will still complain to your coworkers or other people around you if there was something going on or something was messed up at your job or in that whatever was going at the hospital.
00:22:26
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And the same thing for like influencing. I feel like just because it's public doesn't mean that we have to hide it, because that's how we do it. We share it on social media, we share a video, we share Twitter, I don't know, stuff like that. So I'm just saying I feel like it's not necessarily I'll say like, oh my god, please, please, please like accept what I'm saying. It's more like, well,
00:22:48
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You can't just see all the, I don't know, like butterflies all the time. You cannot just be like, oh, I'm going to do this trip all the time. It's like you also need to see the truth. And but I feel like sometimes people don't want to get that because people are like, oh, I just want to see fake shit. I want to see that.
00:23:05
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You are making me laugh all the time. You're making me, I don't know, you're showing me some tutorials. You're giving me advice on dating or life or fashion or beauty, that kind of stuff.
00:23:20
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And I feel like that kind of makes it almost being an influencer or that content creation job as almost like Inhumane like this is like a robot thing and that's something I think even Emma Chamberlain mentioned it that like It's like you're on this hamster wheel and you keep going and going and you don't know when to stop
00:23:38
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Which is true to an extent because I feel like whenever you just go to bed, it's like a 24-7 thing, being an influencer. But it's nothing compared to many other jobs that are really hard. That's one reason I say like, it is comparable to certain jobs, but not every job.
00:23:57
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And even like the certain jobs that you can compare it to, again, they're still nine to five. So it's like they shut off after five or six, whatever the time it is. But when you are a creator, you have so much self-control, you have to have so much self-control that you manage your business or people manage it for you at least, that like you do better, if that made any sense. I just think that like
00:24:23
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It's almost like comparing apples to oranges. It's just not the same. There could be some similarities, but not all. But the fact that I feel like people are just trashing her just because she had she said something like this. I just didn't think of it like that way. But people definitely took it out of context and started just.
00:24:43
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just going off on her and i have to be honest like if you guys are not familiar definitely check her out i think she's an amazing talented makeup artist and i have never seen her being in drama and the fact that someone like just went on social media and dig up this and somehow this resurfaced
00:25:02
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that's just absurd and that's why I say that I feel like social media can be such a toxic place that you have to watch everything you say that even maybe it might not come back to you now but it will come back and buy you maybe in a few years which is why I'm like oh well
00:25:21
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And on that note, I'm gonna end this episode and I hope you guys like this episode. If you do, please don't forget to rate us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And I'll see you guys next week with another episode. Bye guys.