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Christmas Sucksz
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I don't want a lot for Christmas, pero Santa Claus, pwedeng humiling ng financial and mental stability??
Malamig ang simoy ng hangin, pero mas nanlalamig katawan namin sa dami ng gastusin jusq #goldeneraIn this episode, we talk about our childhood experiences during the holidays and how it drastically changed through the years.
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Darryl and Cash's Holiday Chat
00:01:50
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My name is Darryl. And my name is Cash. And you're listening too. Is this thing on? The podcast.
00:02:03
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I'm not going to tell you anything! I'm not going to tell you anything! I'm not going to tell you anything! I'm not going to tell you anything! I'm not going to tell you anything! I'm not going to tell you anything
00:02:24
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I'm going to go to December, guys. I'm going to go to December. I'm going to go to December, guys. I'm going to go to December, guys. I'm going to go to December.
00:02:40
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Oh my god. Oh, oh, oh my god. I lost December last year. Time flies when you're having fever, Charles. And the doubt. And the doubt. I don't plan on my own December.
00:03:10
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Actually, I don't have a topic in this episode. Bill? I don't know about Bill about the holiday season and how it's different now that we are adults.
Reflecting on Childhood Christmases
00:03:29
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00:03:52
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I think the earliest memory of Christmas season is at the church center, but I don't know. My Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time, my Christmas time,
00:04:22
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I'm going to celebrate Christmas. I'm going to celebrate Christmas. I'm going to celebrate Christmas. I'm going to celebrate Christmas. I'm going to celebrate Christmas.
00:04:34
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It's there, but it's not because Jesus was born on that day. That's how I remember it then. It's always clarified in church. Okay guys, Jesus wasn't really born on December. But we're going to take this time to commemorate his birth and celebrate his birth.
Christmas Traditions and Family Obligations
00:05:01
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I don't know, but I don't know if it's Christmas or not. It's Christmas, but I don't know if it's Christmas, but I don't know if it's Christmas, but I don't know if it's Christmas, but I don't know if it's Christmas, but I don't know if it's Christmas, but I don't know if it's Christmas, but I don't know if it's Christmas, but I don't know if it's Christmas, but I don't know if it's Christmas, but I don't know if it's Christmas, but I don't know.
00:05:40
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You hypocrites!
00:05:47
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Oh, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
00:06:16
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I'm not sure if it's worth it or not, but I think it's worth it. I think it's worth it. I think it's worth it. I think it's worth it. I think it's worth it. I think it's worth it. I think it's worth it. I think it's worth it. I think it's worth it. I think it's worth it. It's worth it.
00:06:42
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I don't know, but in general,
Holiday Stress and Financial Pressures
00:06:45
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it's a super special season, like Christmas lights, I don't know if it's lead, it's red, green, or whatever, but I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, but I don't know, I don't know, but I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't
00:07:17
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It wasn't about that. It also wasn't because about giving. It wasn't because about giving. It wasn't because about giving. It wasn't because about giving. It wasn't because about giving. It wasn't because about giving. It wasn't because about giving. It wasn't because about giving.
00:07:35
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I saw you! I was like, I don't know what to say. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
00:08:07
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So besides the church events, I remember if I were to pull a particular memory from my childhood.
00:08:26
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One of the happy memories was like, so shepherded about pork on me again. But we still wanted to give gifts to each other. But we still wanted to give gifts to each other. But we still wanted to give gifts to each other. But we still wanted to give gifts to each other. But we still wanted to give gifts to each other. But we still wanted to give gifts to each other.
00:08:42
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I got a one-gift plan. Oh, one gift each at the end. She would cook like a typical mom would do. She would prepare. But the thing with my mom is she wasn't built for that. She wasn't built for domestic, wife stuff. And apparently I also got that, by the way. She wants to.
00:09:12
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One of the, I guess, bad memories is not bad, but not exactly pleasant memories that I have during the holiday season. So I remember like she would always end up having a breakdown.
00:09:38
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For Christmas? Yes, or if it's not really Christmas, actually for the holidays. She would end up having a breakdown because she's like so tired. She's anxious about having to do a lot of things, having to prepare a lot of things. So I don't want to do a lot of Christmas.
00:10:11
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But yeah, I remember the night would end up with my mom breaking down. Oh my God. So, the most important thing in moving forward was to have a lot of money, to have a lot of money. That's for the benefit of the finances of our household. Because if you don't
Adulthood Challenges During Holidays
00:10:32
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have money, you're going to have a lot of money. So, if you don't have money, you're going to have a lot of money. That's right. And if you don't have money, you're going to have a lot of money.
00:10:33
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all along, all along, all along.
00:10:46
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Remembering that particular memory. Now I kind of understand why my mom had those breakdowns.
00:10:57
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I don't know if it's going to break down or not. Because the holidays are so, so stressful. And that's what we're going to talk about. So now that you're an adult, I mean, you talked about memories. You talked about the good memories.
00:11:20
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Oh, for the love of God, I would like to prepare. Yeah. For the love of God, I would like to wait for the yummy food to come. For the love of God, I would like to say, for the love of God, I would like to go home.
00:11:42
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I don't know if it's a memory or a breakdown, but when I see it, I don't know if it's a breakdown. I don't know if it's a memory or a breakdown. I'm feeling well. I don't know if it's a memory or a breakdown. I don't know if it's a memory or a breakdown. I don't know if it's a memory or a breakdown. I don't know if it's a memory or a breakdown. I don't know if it's a memory or a breakdown.
00:12:08
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I don't know, like, what's your expectation? Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy,
00:12:49
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I had the realization that Ibana on Christmas, ever since I started working, I guess. College levels.
00:13:02
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No college face of my life. We celebrate differently compared to other families. The way we celebrate it is more on spending it with church members and that's okay.
Evolving Holiday Celebrations
00:13:22
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We enjoy this.
00:13:25
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I don't know how to celebrate holidays, either Christmas or New Year. I don't know how to celebrate holidays, either Christmas or New Year. I don't know how to celebrate holidays, either Christmas or New Year. I don't know how to celebrate holidays, either Christmas or New Year. I don't know how to celebrate holidays, either Christmas or New Year. I don't know how to celebrate holidays. I don't know how to celebrate holidays.
00:13:52
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I don't know, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
00:14:21
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Before it was just, you know, the coldness of bad gear that I was missing. But in the end, I'm not sure.
00:14:33
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You mean reality as in like indifference and Christmas or the holiday season now that... It's different because reality slaps you in the face. I first felt that, oh my God, when I started working, when I started working, but it came in slow because I had other privileges before.
00:14:52
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When I started working, I had the capacity to buy gifts for my family, for my friends, which I liked very much. When I started working on Christmas and the New Year, I didn't have any work. I went to the whole center. I had a lot of fun. I had a lot of fun. I had a lot of fun. It was fun.
00:15:14
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And it was sad. You would be spending it with your family.
00:15:30
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And you might plan something, you might go somewhere. This is what I remember.
00:15:50
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And that was it. But it was a tradition that we did for many years. And now I feel sad. Welcome to therapy.
00:16:14
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You see, we didn't have much, but we spent time together. And no more time saying, less responsibilities. It was good. It was...
00:16:34
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It's not a family vacation somewhere or it's not a gallanting feast. It was their only of showing us. We value each other in the family.
00:16:58
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It was a good memory. Those were good memories even though we wished we had something more.
00:17:24
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But yeah, going back, you know, you're an adult. You know, work. You have to work because we know that nothing is free anymore. And as much as you want to, you know, give everyone you love a gift, it all comes with a price. Unfortunately, nothing is freaking free. And you want to give them something, at least something material.
00:17:58
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Actually, I don't have friends anymore. Actually, I don't have friends anymore. Actually, I don't have work anymore. I don't have a family. I don't know why, because I'm 25, 24 years old. I don't know why I'm 26 years old. I don't know why I'm 26.
00:18:19
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But I don't know the worth, but I don't know how to pay the bills. I don't know how to pay the bills. I don't know how to pay the bills. I don't know how to pay the bills. I don't know how to pay the bills. I don't know how to pay the bills. I don't know how to pay the bills. I don't know how to pay the bills. I don't know how to pay the bills. I don't know how to pay the bills.
00:18:36
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I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to celebrate New Year. I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to say it.
00:18:55
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We would spend the holidays together, usually with family, up until the recent years. Actually, we have a family that celebrates us at church.
00:19:17
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For other people, they value that. They see that as a family time. That had my difference.
00:19:39
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That made a difference. So eventually we got to, not sure for you, but I think I got to navigate through finding happiness in the holiday season.
Finding Personal Joy in Holidays
00:19:53
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It doesn't hit you the same way as before anymore.
00:19:58
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I think it's the same with everybody. Because the change is, it brings this kind of sadness. You know, it's never gonna be the same. There's nothing in the world that's constant except change. I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to say it.
00:20:33
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You were trying to navigate with the changes and through adulthood life.
00:20:44
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doing your own thing because the things that he used to do before no longer brings joy for you now like you mentioned you know the family tradition must go to church celebrate the holiday season with your churchmate all then before that that brought me a lot of joy and I'm not I'm not gonna
00:21:05
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take that credit away from younger Kesh. I really was happy before. But since now that I have grown older, there were certain changes of what brings me joy. And there's this bit of sadness now. Like I will never experience that anymore the same way I experienced it before. So that's sad. But
00:21:27
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Yeah, and no, so that's sad. I think what I was trying to say is the challenging part, or I think it's also a fun part, you know, we get to make our own traditions now. Yeah. That we're adults.
00:21:46
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like we may not be able to spend it with our family for various reasons. Maybe it's distance, maybe it's financial, maybe we had a falling out with our family, if not our immediate family with our other family relatives, then yeah. But it's a great thing about being an adult is we get to choose our family now.
00:22:10
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It doesn't even have to be blood relatives. It's like your friends, your loved ones. Yeah, and I'm happy that since the pandemic, we remember, no, 2020 Christmas, 2021 Christmas, we were together with friends and that was so beautiful. I don't know, but then I think it's a tradition, it's a spoken memory.
00:22:32
Speaker
We are going to have a good time. We are going to have a good New Year. We are going to have a good time. We are going to have a good apartment.
00:22:45
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Yeah, I remember. I had to stay. I couldn't leave because I didn't have homework. So I had to go to work. So I had to go to work. So I had to go to work.
00:23:17
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It didn't sit well with me.
00:23:29
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I'm weird that I would be celebrating the holidays with a different family. Of course, I love your family, but it would still be different. There's this sort of guilt inside me. I'll be fired on my own. But yeah, the holidays bring this... I've heard about this name for some people, for a lot of people. The holiday season is...
00:23:59
Speaker
As much as it's supposed to be a festive time, a happy time, a joyful time. A lot of people are actually finding the holiday season more depressing. And that's
Managing Holiday Stress and Self-Care
00:24:17
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the truth. I kind of want to talk about that.
00:24:21
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Yeah, I've felt this no pandemic. Yeah, very specifically. Because of home-based work, that was the most separating work, most sleep, so personal life, most space in one household. So undamined.
00:24:47
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I remember feeling a lot of stress. I remember seeing a lot of episodes of the previous episodes. I was like, I don't want to manifest physically. I don't want to stress anything. And I was like, I don't want to do anything. Eventually, I felt like an alcoholic. I was like, I don't want to do anything. I was like, I don't want to do anything.
00:25:11
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Dialing up and being able to undergo as a family through like so much financial stress and for yourself, then you have to expect that it's so happy online. It's Christmas, we have a frickin' Christmas tree! You don't have a Christmas tree!
00:25:39
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If we're in the middle, we're in the middle of a pandemic. It's really sad. You're extra sad, no? Yeah, and you miss your friends because you usually go out with them. Or you would have plans to get to be with your family.
00:26:00
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I don't know, but I'm super enlightened now. I don't know about the pandemic, but I don't know. But I don't know about the stress, the gas, the shit. This will be outside of my budget. That's true. I think you know, I think you know, it's not just the budget part. The budget part, yeah. This is $500,000.
00:26:31
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And actually, I'm already privileged enough. Within my family, my husband and my kids. So I don't even have the stress about that part. I really want to give gifts.
00:26:54
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But, voilà, we'll have to get some budget more. They're becoming a world club. They're becoming a world club! They're a world club. They're a world club.
00:27:05
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Oh my, I don't want to picture a friend. No, I don't want to picture a friend. I don't want to picture a friend. I don't want to picture a friend. I don't want to picture a friend. I don't want to picture a friend. I don't want to picture a friend. I don't want to picture a friend. I don't want to picture a friend.
00:27:30
Speaker
Of course, it's capitalism. You want to, but that's what's stressing me out the most. I want to give my children good core memories about the holiday season, but it will be seen as a work.
00:28:07
Speaker
What can I give my children? Like they can remember.
00:28:13
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Especially at their age now. Especially at their age now. I know! A Spanky! Merry Christmas!
00:28:32
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I don't know how to handle it. Sometimes I don't know how to handle it. Sometimes I don't know how to handle it and I'm overwhelmed. I end up doing nothing at all. So I don't know how to handle it.
00:28:54
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How do you feel about it? Pero, I'm glad like talking about it now with you and also us recalling how it was when we were kids.
00:29:11
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We didn't have anything. We didn't have much at all. But I still enjoyed it because we spent it together. And now I am reminded, I guess as long as you are with the important people and you make the most out of it, I think.
00:29:29
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And even if you are not with important people, even if you spend the holidays alone. Yeah. That's also very beautiful. It's actually very nice. You guys should try it. Oh, I see. Yes. Oh, oh. I don't think anything of sadness. But once you get over that, you'll actually see the nice part of like spending time on your own.
00:29:58
Speaker
Yeah, like your happiness should not depend on the presence of other people. A weird experience. It's also beautiful.
00:30:10
Speaker
I think you can realize that Christmas is a new holiday season, but you have to appreciate it. You get to do whatever you want without the expectation from other people. You have to do this, you have to go there, you have to spend this, you have to do these sorts of things. It's giving to yourself.
00:30:31
Speaker
Yeah, actually, I think it's been a long time since the pandemic. I don't know, I don't know what the community is about. I'm from New Year's Eve, on like major cities like NCR. I don't know if it's along the streets, but I don't know if it's a ballad or something, or maybe a concert or something.
00:30:50
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I think I'm going to do some countdowns in New Year's. I'm going to try it. I'm going to try it. Promise. It really sounds fun, right? It does.
00:31:06
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And sometimes it's really sad. Sometimes if you don't have anything, it's okay. Because it's not. It's not okay. It's not okay. It's not always okay.
00:31:23
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Actually, not even Christmas season. It's not okay to have, like, to need to worry every day about the food on your table. But I hope we adults get to find some sort of happiness. Yeah, despite those things. I believe we can. I'm not saying, like, be happy with what, because that's just, like, apologist logic. But no, it's not okay. But yeah, despite of the hardships,
00:31:53
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We hope, nah. We still find... Lower inflation. Yeah, that too. And joy. And the small things. It doesn't have to be material. I know, Sabran cliche, no? Sometimes we forget. Oh, I forget, didn't I? It's not the material things. Sure, they bring joy. They bring some kind of joy, of course. But that's not everything. Because it's the season of giving. We also have to...
00:32:23
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like I mentioned earlier, we have to remember to give to ourselves too. And that can also mean that it's not just, you know,
00:32:37
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If we break it down, like how do you love yourself? It can be like establishing boundaries. I know of a lot of people who are overwhelmed by the holiday season. They feel like they have to give, give, give, give time. Attend here, attend there. Attend there because you're ridiculous relatives who will body shame you. Sometimes
00:33:02
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even though you don't realize it, you're already exhausted.
The True Meaning of Holidays
00:33:06
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But for the sake of the holiday season, you just keep on giving, giving, giving. You also have to learn how to give to yourself and give yourself some time for yourself to rest. Learn how to say no if you don't want to, because you don't have to. Get all the sleep that you want to have. Yes.
00:33:29
Speaker
Or like, go to the gym, or like a gym where you can jog. But I don't want to go to the gym. I don't want to go to the gym. I don't want to go to the gym. I don't want to go to the gym. I don't want to go to the gym.
00:33:49
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It doesn't even have to be jogging. You know what? Just stay indoors. Binge your, binge if not like a new show. Just binge your comfort show. Something that will bring you joy. Give some time for yourself.
00:34:10
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And if you don't really celebrate the holidays, that's perfectly fine. You can just see this as just a regular day or both.
00:34:35
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So Daljan, actually, I don't know what to say. I don't know what to say, but my parents, my family, my friends, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family, my family,
00:35:10
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So we work towards that. The ideal way I would spend the holiday season is to spend with the people I love. Regardless on how we spend it, it can be just a day indoors or maybe a day outside. It doesn't even have to be in a fancy place. It could be. That would be really nice. But it's important.
00:35:29
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It doesn't have to be that way, but how would you want it? Ideally.
00:35:37
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Part is like spending it with the people that you want to be around with, the people who you know value your presence. Not even the literal presence with a T. Yeah, it doesn't mean that. It doesn't mean that, right?
00:36:06
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Yes, definitely because I guess the holiday season is just a special time that if you I guess it's convenient because it's convenient because say madame like um holiday so madame day off so you get to choose when where and when and who you spend it with I guess that's how I see it now so it's just more opportunity
00:36:30
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for me to get together with the people that matter to me the most. Of course, that's my family, my children. As a parent, I would like to give them good memories so that they can grow up until they grow up. Do you have a good memory for me? I don't have a good memory for you. I don't have a good memory. I don't have a good memory for you.
00:37:06
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I hope you don't see this as something like that. It's not even that. I don't even mind.
00:37:25
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If you really want to give, and if you have the capacity to give, that would be really nice. But our motive got to get the ninos and dinas of my kids. It's like...
00:37:43
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And to help raise. And to help raise. It's not just during the holidays, during Christmas. I don't even say every Christmas.
00:38:07
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00:38:21
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so we had an old friend sorry my friend sha my workmates slash friend sha no no bbm supporters sorry
00:38:42
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00:39:12
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I think that's it for today.
00:39:36
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Thank you for sharing. Okay, that's it for today. It's just going to end no nothing. So, I guess how we want to end this is, you know, just a reminder that holidays are just holidays. These can be special days, these can be regular days for you, and that's why you do you, Han. You do you.
00:39:58
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But yeah, I think it's a good time to remember, you know, what matters the most for us. It may be people, it may be time for ourselves. But just in case that the holiday season may hit you harder than most days, you can't call.
00:40:16
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I'm also a member of a mental health podcast that I post on show notes. I'm also a member of an open page to listen to your stories. And I'm also a member of a social media channel in December. I'm going to rhyme. I'm going to give you a hug. I'm going to give you a hug. I'm going to give you a hug as soon as possible.
00:40:41
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You know, you're in the spirit of giving. We hope you like this episode. And this is... The podcast!