Step into Clover Club with host Erika Audrey and bubbly guest Wendy from The Bubbly Talk. This episode is a tasty mix of food influencing, decoding tipping norms, mastering social media growth, and exploring the liberating world of being childfree. Join the conversation for a delightful rendezvous that'll leave you hungry for more insights and laughs!

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Welcome to Clover club, everybody.

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This is your host, Erica, and I am

delighted to be sitting here with my

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lovely friend, Wendy from the bubbly talk.

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Uh, when do you hire?

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Hi.

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Thank you.

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Wendy's nervous.

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Um, thank you so much for joining us.

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Well, I'm happy to be here,

but yes, a little nervous.

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I it's so surprising.

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So Wendy is, would you describe

yourself like a food influencer?

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Is that an accurate description?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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, I assumed Wendy would have done like a

million podcast and I'm like, oh my gosh.

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She said yes to do my podcast.

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And so I'm like, Wendy, like

you've done this before.

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Right.

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And she's like, Nope.

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And I'm like, oh my

God, this is a big deal.

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So we're getting unfettered

access to Wendy right now.

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And I just, if you're listening, I just

need you to know this is a big deal.

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Only because I love you.

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I, so I so appreciate that.

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The feeling is mutual.

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, so Wendy and I, we met a couple

years ago and then have been

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social media friends ever since.

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And then.

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I think we talked about this

Monday, but you know that my friend

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Brian lives in your neighborhood.

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Yes.

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So if you've listened to our

earlier episodes, Brian was

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on episode a five, I think.

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Adventures with Brian, the clown.

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That's what your neighbor?

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FYI.

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Oh my God.

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That's crazy.

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So I've got two people

from the same neighborhood.

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And so I'm like no big deal.

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I love it.

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I love it.

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David, you should listen to that one.

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It's pretty fun.

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It's all about travel tips

and you love to travel also.

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So yeah.

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So when do you obviously.

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You're into food.

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Just a little bit, just

a teensy, tiny bet.

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How did all of this start?

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So.

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I worked in the food industry

for a long, long time.

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Okay.

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Hostess waitress,

bartender events, manager.

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And so.

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I've been with my husband

for forever and ever.

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But when we, when we met, he owned a

restaurant in town and a nightclub.

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Okay.

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And so.

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We would either be at one of

his two spots all the time.

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And then he got invited to all of the

coolest events, like all the openings.

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He knew everyone.

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And.

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After we got married, he sold everything.

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Okay.

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And I missed.

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Like, I mean, I was like, we were

out seven nights a week till 4:00 AM.

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Yeah.

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And, um, I kinda missed that and

I missed all the new openings and

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everyone used to always ask me, like,

where should we go for date night?

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Where should we go for

girls night, happy hour?

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And I was like, you know what,

I'm starting this Instagram page.

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Just for fun.

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. And, , yeah, I just like slowly took off.

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How long ago did you start your account?

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, 2019.

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Okay.

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So that's like, not that long.

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And I didn't honestly, it

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Really?

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Yeah.

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Oh, they're like the end of 2019.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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So in that time you have really leaned

in and amassed quite a following.

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Did it come naturally?

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Was it really intentional?

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How did you do this?

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I don't know.

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Um, you know, when I first

started it just, I was clueless.

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. And Instagram used to be easy.

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You know, you take a

picture and that was it.

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You.

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Post a picture of a pizza you're done.

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Yeah.

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Now, like video stuff.

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I am not 20 years old and there used

to be like 15 of us influencers.

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Now there are hundreds in Atlanta.

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Yeah.

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It's just it.

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I mean, I can't keep up

and they're all young.

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They're all in their twenties.

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I yeah, no, I can't keep up with that.

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And at first it stressed me out

cause I do this full-time now

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this is what I do for a living.

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Yeah, and it, I mean, and some

days I still get stressed, but.

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I do the best I can.

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And I'm like, you know what?

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I still, get invited to events

like more than I can attend.

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I'm out seven nights a week.

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Pretty much.

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Yeah.

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And I make a good living with it.

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And you know, I'm not trying

to keep up with these kids.

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I'm too old for this.

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Just be yourself.

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Yeah.

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You can do.

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Yeah.

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A hundred percent.

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So yeah.

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, so, okay.

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You started it in 2019.

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How long did it take until you

were like, oh, this has legs.

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, this can be my only income source.

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Oh God.

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A couple of years.

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Okay.

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So , I started doing this full time.

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July of 2022.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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So I had been working for an

it company for almost 10 years.

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Okay.

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After I got out of the restaurant

business, that's what I was doing.

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Worked from home.

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It was easy, whatever, but

boring, boring, boring.

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Yeah.

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And, , yeah, so 20, 22, I was so busy

and making pretty much the same as

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I was making with the it company.

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If not more.

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Okay.

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So my husband was like,

yeah, just give it a try.

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And here we are.

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, yeah, some weeks are better than others.

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Sure.

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Some ways.

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I'm like, why am I doing this to myself?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I mean, I don't know how people do it.

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Like the hiring process, trying to find

people for their places , especially,

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I'm just looking for a very limited

hours, you know, I don't need full time.

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I barely need like a, I don't

even know if you consider it.

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Part-time I need a kid.

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I need a kid in school.

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Yeah, it's just, it's hard

to find what I'm looking for.

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Will you tell us exactly

what you're looking for.

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So if someone's listening and know

someone, we can send them your way.

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Yeah.

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I just need someone with a flexible

schedule that has time at night.

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And likes to go to fun events and I

just really need assistance with videos.

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I really need help with my emails.

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If you send me an email and

you don't hear back for a few

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months, , I'm just flooded out.

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Like, yeah, I can't keep up.

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I'm like , trying to stay

above the water, but I can't.

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And yeah, just, , I send a lot of

pitches to companies like big brands.

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They'll be like, Hey, send us.

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your rape kit and send us

your idea for this project.

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Yeah.

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So you have to come up with a whole.

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Thing for them.

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And it's just, it takes a lot of time.

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, So is that typical?

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I think a lot of people who

aren't in your industry and by

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that, I mean, an influencer.

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, Uh, you know, we see the final

product, but we have no idea

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what happens behind the scenes.

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So it was that typical that you

would approach brands versus brands

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approaching you, or is it both of

like, How does that normally go?

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I would say out of the ones I

work with, I probably approach.

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15% maybe.

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Okay.

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If even that, but a lot of them

I'll get an email and they'll be

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like, we'd love to work with you.

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Especially a lot of travel stuff.

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Hotel groups.

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Tourism boards and things.

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But they want to hear.

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Yeah.

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They want to hear like, so this

is what we're thinking, but

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like, how would you do this?

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We want you to put

together a proposal for us.

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Okay.

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And what your rate would

be for these deliverables?

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Dada.

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And you got to put it together and it's.

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It's just, . I don't have time for that.

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And I'm half blind now, because

all I do is edit videos on my phone.

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Um, the camera and it's just,

it all takes a lot of time.

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It looks easy and fun, especially when

the videos now are like five seconds long.

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Totally.

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You don't know that took

hours to put together.

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That took me two hours.

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, I had, , Blake from it's our

Atlanta on a couple episodes ago.

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And he was like, I spent about

nine hours on each post and

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I'm like, that's so much time.

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And his page is not monetized.

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And I'm like, I don't think

anybody would realize that much

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work goes in behind the scenes.

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Yeah.

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, We, I can use myself as a great example.

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social media is not intuitive to me and

I've got personal social media, of course.

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And then, you know, my business

brands also have social media pages.

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None of them are, I

wouldn't say super popular.

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, like the people who follow us are our

real customers and, you know, we've

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got good engagement and all of that.

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But when it comes to growing and

scaling a social media presence,

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oh my God, it's so difficult.

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, and then you realize , a difference

between having a high follower account

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and having a high follower account.

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That's engaged in your stuff.

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And I think that that's, I just, it's so

overwhelming and once reels and Tik TOK

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and all of that came out and I realized

how much of that I would have to be doing

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on top of actually running my business.

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I was like, how do people do this?

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We don't.

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We lose our minds.

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We don't sleep like.

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Yeah.

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It's no, it's, , I mean,

and a lot of it's fun.

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Like I like doing the videos,

but like, this week, the holiday

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seasons really crazy, like sure.

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I mean, you talk about

invites to holiday bars.

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I love holiday bars.

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I love a holiday cocktail.

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But not seven.

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Yeah.

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I've been to 12 in nine days and I have.

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For more this week.

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Oh my God.

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I didn't even realize there

were that many in Atlanta.

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That's not even half of them.

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And I only went to one

that's outside the perimeter.

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Cause I normally, you know, I

don't, I don't go out there.

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It's too far.

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Well, especially when it's like,

come drink, like, I'm sure you have

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to be mindful of like, oh, I want.

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I talked to her yesterday.

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I barely drank anything

just cause I was by myself.

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Like, okay, let me tell you.

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I went to cute little spot, but.

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I was there at three in the afternoon.

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Everyone's just back from the holidays.

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Noah could go with me.

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They sat me in an igloo by myself.

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It was ridiculous.

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I was cute, but can I

sit at the bar please?

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I was sitting in this little

igloo by myself with an eggnog.

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Like for the love of God,

I was just put me inside.

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Hi.

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Yeah.

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You're like, I can take a video

of this igloo, but I don't need

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to be like sitting alone with.

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Oh, my God.

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It was hilarious.

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That's so funny.

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Do you ever get invited to do

things where you're like, fuck no.

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Oh, every day, really?

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We just don't respond

to those, like, okay.

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Is there, , has anybody of course no

name dropping or anything, but like

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have what is the craziest pitch or

request or whatever that you've gotten.

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Oh, God.

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I mean.

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I get, I don't know.

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I get asked all the time to go,

like to Duluth for a smoothie.

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Will you do two videos for us?

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Like what.

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And I don't charge local

restaurants to work with them.

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Yeah.

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So basically an exchange for my time

videos, posted stories posted for you.

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You know, they just provide free meal.

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And drinks.

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Yeah, and it's not unlimited,

you know, there's a cap.

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Sure.

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But like, you know, I'm not

driving two hours for a smoothie.

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And doing, you know, spending

hours of videos, hours of my car.

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Like that's just crazy.

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Yeah.

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You know, they think you're rude.

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So I just don't respond.

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Like if you tell them, oh, that's

too far, like just don't respond.

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Like it's just nicer.

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Uh, I am sure you know who Keithley is.

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Yeah.

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He, I, and I, I like that he does this,

but before he reviews a restaurant,

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he'll be like, this place has been

blowing me up for like two years

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and he'll take a screenshot of the

DMS and you'll see like, Dozens of

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messages from the same restaurant.

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Being like, please come, you know, dah.

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Um, which I think is super interesting,

but I knowing that him and you and

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everybody like this, it's like,

I'm sure your DMS are on fire.

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Like.

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Yeah.

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I'm going to, I'm not Keith Lee.

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But

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I'm like, ah, they're not

bad on fire, but no, I do.

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I do get a lot, but I try

to stay on top of mine.

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Um, And I mean, honestly, like

if I'm not interested, I will,

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you know, I'll politely decline.

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Yeah, or I just won't respond and oh,

and also like, if someone's not following

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me and I'm not, if we're not following

each other, it goes to my junk mail.

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Which I never checked.

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It goes to like a request thing.

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Yeah.

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So I just, otherwise I

was getting too flooded.

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So I'm like you have to follow me

and send me a message properly.

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Email me, like if I don't respond

email because I don't have time.

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Yeah.

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But I try to respond to

everything I can, but sure.

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I just slotted.

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It's a lot.

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We it's kind of similar for the Hawkinson

Kluver, Instagram brands that don't

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follow us, that we don't carry will send

us like, Hey, like, will you consider

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carrying our candles or whatever the thing

is, And, you know, a couple of times a

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year, I'll go through that junk folder

and I'll see all of these messages, but

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I'm like, you got to at least follow me

and just like make a personal connection

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before you're asking me exactly.

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Um, you know, it's just, it's.

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The etiquette, I think behind this

type of stuff is new and some people.

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I don't know if it's even that they don't

get it, but I think we just have different

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expectations of how these interactions

should go and what makes people feel.

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, Interested in connecting, you

know, I think they don't get it.

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And also I get so many emails

that don't even say, hi, Wendy.

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They just say, Hey, hello.

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They're just like, they're sending a mass.

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Yeah, and I just can't stand those.

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I agree.

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I'm like, I mean, you

don't even know my name.

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Just put this much effort into it.

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I agree.

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I couldn't email the other day

that was like, I think our brands

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would be a really good fit, dah.

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And it was a bunch of like kids

clothes made in China and I'm

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like, there's two things about me.

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You need to know.

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I don't sell a bunch of

cheap shit made in China.

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It looks like literally goes

against my brand values.

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Also.

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I am not a kid person.

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I am not about that kid lifestyle.

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I lead with that.

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Everybody who knows me knows

I don't fuck with kids.

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Here here.

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Well, yeah, I was going to say, so

you and your husband, you've been

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together for 14 years, 14 years.

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, , uh, my husband sat me down very early

in the relationship and he's like, Hey.

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So I'm really starting to like

you and I just, I don't want

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this to be a deal breaker,

but , he's like, I don't want kids.

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And I was like, well, good news.

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Maybe because I don't want them either.

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So, okay, Wendy, you like

food, you don't want kids.

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You a.

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Then we should leave that part out.

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Well, you know what?

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This is something that I have

found is really interesting.

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And I'm sure you've noticed this

as a woman who doesn't have kids

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that , that's a topic that comes up

a lot, , whether you like it or not.

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And I have found that by being vocal

about not wanting a kid lifestyle, It's

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allowed a lot of other people to be

like, I feel the same way, but I feel bad

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saying that because especially as women,

there's this expectation to procreate.

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And so you've got to strike a

balance because of course you

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don't want to be annoying about it.

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But , I do think it's important to

be honest about it and to not be.

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Bashful about enjoying your kid-free life?

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, yeah, no, it's just not for me.

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Like.

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Plain and simple.

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Yeah.

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Like having your one to five kids.

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That's you.

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That's what makes you happy?

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I'm completely content.

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This is the life that

I've always dreamed of.

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And I'm, you know, I'm happy with it.

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Me and my husband, my dog, like

I'm very, I'm an only child

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I'm very close with my parents.

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Like.

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No, I like, sorry.

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Yeah.

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I love not apologizing for it.

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Like north.

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You know, you be happy doing

you I'll be happy doing me.

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Yes.

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I'm not trying to rub it

in your face, but yeah.

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Oh, it's definitely you notice

though, when you get older and

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everyone does start having children.

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Like all these friendships

you have change.

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Oh yeah.

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Necessarily end, but friends that

I used to see and talk to all the

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time now, it's like, I see you

once every year and you live.

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20 minutes away.

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It's a natural evolution.

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And you're just like

different seasons of life.

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Yup.

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,

Yeah.

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Okay, Wendy, , I I've mentioned earlier

that before I do, uh, some of these

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episodes I'll do a poll or like a

question ask on my Instagram and have

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people send in questions for people.

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So would you like to

answer some questions?

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Sure.

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We're going to start easy.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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What does a typical day look like for you?

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so . It depends on what

my events are for the day.

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And I, I normally only have maybe

one day a week that I have no events.

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Is that intentional, like you try

to keep a day clear or sometimes

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it just happens that way.

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No, I tried it.

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I mean, I wish I had two or three.

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It's getting crazy, but no,

I try to have at least one.

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, and lately I haven't had one.

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, I haven't had a night off.

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About four weeks.

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Oh my God.

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Yeah.

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Not one.

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What's up Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving.

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Yeah.

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But yeah, no nights, no days off.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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Yeah, but normally.

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Normally, if I do an event at night,

like I'll a dinner, had a restaurant.

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I will edit most of the day.

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I'll do one or two videos.

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So I'm probably editing

for five hours or so.

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And then I answer emails.

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Any proposals I need to get together.

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Then I get ready for dinner.

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Go to dinner.

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And get that going.

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And yeah, that's kind of a typical day.

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, some days I have lunch.

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And dinner events.

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, But yeah, that's kinda how my day

is all blurred together right now.

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My husband's like, I

can't even keep track.

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What do we have this week?

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Is he your go-to date

for all of this stuff?

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Do you do some of it alone?

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Like what's your preference?

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, my preference is him because he is.

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You know, he knows how to help

me with my videos and he knows

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all the angles I LA trained.

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He's.

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He's been trained very well

and he's such a big help.

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Oh God.

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Bless him.

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But, , you know, , friends

will go with me sometimes.

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I go by myself.

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Occasionally.

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I don't like going by myself.

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Just one.

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It's not fun to drink by yourself.

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Yeah.

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And eat by yourself.

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It's not my favorite thing.

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, But also , I do need help.

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Like if I need a cheers, you know, I

need someone to do the chairs with.

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If I, if you know, I like being

in the video sometimes like

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doing a noodle pool or whatever.

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So you need help with that.

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So, yeah, I prefer to go with someone.

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My mom occasionally goes with me.

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She lives very close by.

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She loves going.

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Yeah.

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But yeah.

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So yeah, that's kinda how it goes.

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. Some are busier than others.

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If I have certain projects like, oh,

this past week has been a killer.

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Like, I don't know why I agreed to so many

things that were due in the same week.

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So, yeah, and I always I'm really

bad and I'm kinda like, uh, under

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pressure, you know, I do better.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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So I'll have like five projects.

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I've had these projects for months.

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And I don't, I don't start editing or even

recording some of them until like day of.

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I mean, yeah.

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Yeah, my husband loves it.

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Yeah.

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Go go, go.

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He's no, he's like, what's wrong with you?

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He's like, why do you do this every time?

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I got, I don't know, maybe ADHD.

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I tell them that all this.

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Yeah.

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It's just how my brain works.

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I'm the same way.

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Like it, I could have three years to

prepare for something, but it's going

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to be 24 hours before somebody needs to

see it that I'm like, it's good to set.

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I can't summon the intellect or

energy if I don't have that pressure.

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Which I do think is a sign of ADHD.

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Oh, I mean, it's got to be, I

mean, it's something I'll tell you.

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Yeah, I'll be in the shower, like

thinking about my to-do list and

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I'll literally like, get the shakes.

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I'm like, oh, for the love

of God, I did it again.

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That's a very relatable.

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Okay.

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So a typical day for Wendy

is editing, eating and having

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anxiety about what's due.

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Yep.

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Perfect.

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, okay.

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Let's move on to our next question.

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, oh, I like this one.

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What is something that people would be

surprised to learn about what you do?

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There's a lot.

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Well, one that it takes, I mean, you see

the videos cause I mostly post videos and.

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Oh, they look cute.

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They look fun.

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And yet.

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You know, everyone's like, oh, I want

to do this, but it's a lot of work.

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Like it really is like one, five

second video took me two hours

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to do plus the restaurant visit.

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Plus, you know, the stories into it.

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You know, plus just getting

the restaurant visit set up.

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That was 15 emails between the PR agency.

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Like, uh, yeah.

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And then a lot of them will

ask your insights from the

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video and stuff afterwards.

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It's something.

538

It's a whole process and it

just, so one restaurant visit.

539

That's six hours of my time.

540

Yeah.

541

So, and you know, if the food's mediocre

it's like, damn, was that worth it?

542

I don't think so.

543

That's a good point, especially like you

said, you don't charge local restaurants.

544

Cause you're trying to bring attention

to them and help with publicity.

545

But if they're not good and

are not getting paid and it's

546

just a comped, not good meal, I

could see you being like, yeah.

547

Yeah.

548

And that'll, that'll be the

thing there'll be like, okay.

549

I go, I'll go to three in a row.

550

And they were just like, yeah.

551

Whatever.

552

And then, but then also like

lately I've been to some really,

553

really impressive restaurants.

554

Which is, which is nice because

after you go to three, like so-so

555

ones in a row, it's like, all right,

Atlanta, get your act together.

556

What's going on here.

557

No, it doesn't.

558

We have some great places in Atlanta,

but it's just, you know, And N you know,

559

my husband and I have a whole list of

places that we just like to go on our own.

560

Right.

561

But you really, we.

562

We barely have time to go to our

favorite local places anymore

563

because I'm invited out every night.

564

And, , yeah, we just found,

we found a great new bar.

565

We love last week and we're like, damn,

like we gotta come back here more.

566

And he's like, we don't have time.

567

Like they have to go to that mid bar.

568

We got to go to this new bar.

569

But you know, it's just, it's checking

out new spots all the time and you

570

just never know what to expect.

571

Some turn out amazing.

572

Some are mediocre.

573

Some are just, Ooh.

574

I won't go back.

575

It's no secret that I am a food

snob and just a general snob.

576

I have an issue with Atlanta that I have

is there, there's no shortage of new

577

spots, but I think that it's how were we?

578

Cool.

579

And Instagramable and not is this

legit good food with solid service?

580

Because that to me is so much

more important than that.

581

Like an aesthetic.

582

That's just the icing on the top.

583

Yeah, I agree.

584

Yeah.

585

I say all the time, I'm like, I'd rather

go to Buford highway on like cracked.

586

No Liam.

587

And eat noodles.

588

Some grandma just made.

589

With zero Instagramability.

590

Yeah, that's good.

591

Over a grass wall and our neon signs.

592

I hear ya.

593

If you're listening and you have a

grass wall and a neon sign, it's over.

594

Sometimes I think that

baby, I'm a food snob.

595

But I mean, You know, I'm from Tennessee.

596

I was a little girl.

597

I grew up.

598

I just love to eat.

599

I love food.

600

I just love, I mean, I used

to enter eating competitions.

601

Like I can eat.

602

I can eat and I, you know, not as much

as I used to, but I just love food.

603

I love the art of food.

604

I think it's beautiful.

605

What you can do with food.

606

I agree.

607

You know, I just love watching chefs like.

608

Do their art, like, I just love it.

609

, but sometimes Atlanta, I mean, we do have

some really incredible restaurants, but.

610

I just feel like people

here sometimes just.

611

I don't know, they're

just not impressed by.

612

Like the really, really good

restaurants sometimes like

613

the mediocre ones do better.

614

Which doesn't make sense to me.

615

I just, I don't get it.

616

I, I don't know.

617

I don't know if it's just me or

I don't know what it is, but.

618

I like, how does this place do so well?

619

Is it location?

620

Like, is it, you know,

like my food was cold.

621

Like every time, every time it's called.

622

The fries are limp.

623

What's going on.

624

Yeah, there is a spot that I will

not name that is very popular.

625

And I went and I sat down.

626

I was having dinner with two girlfriends

and, , I was the first person there

627

and they seen me at this table.

628

We had a reservation, , The tablecloth.

629

You know, when you leave clothes in the

dryer and they're like wrinkly as fuck.

630

Yeah, it looks like that

happened like to the 10th degree.

631

Like it was the wrinkly as

tablecloth I've ever seen.

632

The silverware was all jacked up.

633

It literally looks like

Helen Keller's at this table.

634

Like.

635

I was like, is this correct?

636

Like, am I allowed to be sitting here?

637

Like, are you done?

638

Like, is this it?

639

And then I'm there.

640

The food was so boring and I left

and I'm just like, That wasn't cheap.

641

And I don't care about the price

if it's good, but I was just

642

like, how is this so popular?

643

And I think it's just good

marketing, good networking.

644

And , if you can create the vibe that

it's like, oh, people think this is cool.

645

, I think it's like, Some sort of amnesia

happens when the food is actually bad

646

and people are like, that was cool.

647

Right?

648

I think that was cool.

649

Yeah.

650

Yeah.

651

Yeah.

652

That was cool.

653

I'm gonna put on Instagram.

654

Yeah.

655

And that's what you're right though.

656

I think a lot of it is vibes.

657

Cause I mean, Atlanta's got a lot of.

658

We've got a lot of nice looking

Yeah, a hundred percent Instagramable

659

like gorgeous and some of them

just the food doesn't hit the mark.

660

Yeah.

661

Um, or the server, like, they're

just, they're desperate for servers.

662

Uh, yeah, or just any

hosts, like it just workers.

663

Um, and I just, yeah, I mean, you can't.

664

That's the hard thing, especially

like, after COVID everyone

665

else looking for workers.

666

And so it was really hard when you

had to be like, okay, well, you know,

667

can't be hard on them because the

service was bad because they have,

668

you know, they're hiring, right.

669

Like everyone's hiring, but

now I feel like it's coming

670

back, they're still struggling.

671

But yeah, it's just, uh, I don't know.

672

That's kinda how I judge it.

673

When I go to places I'm

like, how was the service?

674

How are the vibes like, oh, I'm

a big, big critic on the drinks.

675

Like sweat.

676

A place recently that batches, their

cocktails on a Tuesday when they're dead.

677

And I about lost my.

678

Not about lost it.

679

I'm like you're batching my margarita.

680

No.

681

At the very least don't let me know.

682

That's what's happening.

683

I was like, this is just

really, this is really sweet.

684

I can't drink it.

685

And she's like, oh, well, there's

nothing we can do about that.

686

I was like, Did the bar tender go home.

687

Yeah.

688

And she's like, well, you

have to be sending Steve.

689

They were dead and she's like, well,

you have to be sitting at the bar.

690

When the bartender to

remake your drink properly.

691

I'm sorry.

692

I about lost it.

693

Yeah.

694

I was just like, what?

695

It's like a personal endeavor

or somebody who had asked you to

696

come to their business personal.

697

Okay, good.

698

Yeah.

699

I yeah.

700

They actually, they tried to make it

better and the manager came over to me and

701

he's like, oh, like, we made it for you.

702

Like, how is this?

703

And it was still sweet to sell.

704

But, you know, I appreciate it.

705

Sour mix.

706

Yes, it was, I appreciated the

effort, like, you know, The place was

707

pretty cool, but, uh, yeah, I don't

know about the drinks next time.

708

I'll just get like a vodka soda, but yeah.

709

But sad.

710

Yeah.

711

But yeah.

712

You know, it's like when I get invited

these places you got to, you know,

713

sometimes the service is a really big

thing for me since I was in the service.

714

Yeah.

715

Part of it for so many years.

716

So, and you know, my husband

owned a restaurant, so it's like,

717

that's really important to me.

718

Absolutely.

719

And that's, that's part of the experience.

720

That's like part of why you go out, that's

part of what makes it just enjoyable.

721

Yes.

722

You know, otherwise you can

make whatever you want at home.

723

That's correct.

724

And.

725

And sometimes better.

726

Oh, yeah.

727

That you can make it

exactly how you want it.

728

And it's just like, all right.

729

Like, I want this to be good.

730

Like put a smile on your face,

like try, like we're paying

731

or, you know, I'm obviously I'm

paying in services like that.

732

I'm.

733

I'm doing videos for you.

734

I'm promoting for you guys, , you

know, at least try, but.

735

Yeah, but sometimes you don't get that.

736

And so, yeah, it's just it, I always

look at like, what's the food?

737

Good.

738

Was the service go like, and if

it's not, you just got to all right.

739

Well, I'll post.

740

I just won't mention this.

741

Like, And I've always mentioned

if the service is good.

742

Good.

743

I want to make a note of that.

744

And I want that to be, you know, We

went to a few places lately and the

745

service has just been phenomenal.

746

So I'm like, all right, Atlanta,

you're stepping up your game.

747

I love it.

748

That's good.

749

Yeah.

750

I've been saying I'm like the good

servers in Atlanta work at like

751

bones and they've been there for 25

years and they're like, Oh, yeah.

752

Yeah.

753

I've got a good thing going here.

754

Yeah.

755

Um, and there's just kind of this.

756

And I'm generalizing, of course,

but this vibe of I'm serving

757

here until my next real thing.

758

And there's not, I maybe it's a pride

thing because to me, no matter what job

759

I'm in, and maybe this is because I'm also

in an extension of the service industry.

760

Like no matter what my job is, I'm

showing up and I'm giving 110%.

761

And I guess not everyone feels

that way, but yeah, it can make

762

or break an otherwise good meatal.

763

Oh, yeah, a hundred percent.

764

That's always one of my biggest

pet peeves when I go to a place.

765

That's the number one thing

I look for, to be honest.

766

Yeah.

767

I'm completely with you.

768

I you'll get a kick out of this.

769

I went out for drinks with a

friend a couple of weeks ago,

770

and I ordered an Americano.

771

That's my go-to cocktail

Campari for Muth soda.

772

Very simple.

773

Classic cocktail.

774

Yeah.

775

And the guy was like, what?

776

And I was like, uh, An Americano,

like, you know, and I explained

777

to him the ingredients and he

was like, oh, we can't make that.

778

And I was like, okay.

779

And I've heard this before.

780

And so I know a little hack.

781

And so I said, okay, can

you make an a groany.

782

And he's like, oh yeah, for sure.

783

And I was like, perfect.

784

So here's the deal?

785

And Americano is a fucking Negroni

with no gin add soda on the rocks.

786

And he was like, I don't

know if we can do that.

787

And I was like, oh my God,

please just ask your bartender.

788

If not I'll order, you know, something.

789

I guess I.

790

Or whatever, but like, I just want my

drink goddamn, like this shouldn't be.

791

It was the craziest conversation though.

792

Cause like his brain was still

not connecting the fact that the

793

ingredients are under this roof.

794

Like just confirmed that.

795

This, isn't a wild request.

796

Um, uh, so I don't know.

797

Alright, let's see what our next question.

798

Yes.

799

Okay.

800

What happens if you

don't like a restaurant?

801

So if I go and everything is a fail, like

services, bad foods, bad drinks, bad.

802

I've had this happen.

803

Four or five times in the

entire time I've been doing it.

804

Oh, wow.

805

I refuse to post.

806

And I sent a very polite,

but very detailed.

807

Reason why.

808

You know, like, I'm sorry.

809

Like if I post about this place,

people will go and I will get

810

blamed because I recommended it.

811

Yeah.

812

And that's the thing, because I

have recommended places in the

813

beginning when I first started

doing it and I, I shouldn't have.

814

You know, like I did have

a bad experience and.

815

People come back either.

816

They unfollow you they're.

817

You're like, I can't trust you.

818

Yeah.

819

They're like, We don't.

820

You don't know what you're talking about.

821

Or they'll comment.

822

I mean, God, I, one of my biggest

posts ever last year of a taco place.

823

Oh my God.

824

Some of the comments I got

rude, rude comments about these

825

people don't even know me.

826

And they're like this, this

little Southern hick girl doesn't

827

know anything about tacos.

828

The only place you can get

tacos is Buford highway.

829

And I was just like, I'm

not saying this is the.

830

Best tacos.

831

The food of my people either.

832

Yeah.

833

I'm just, I'm just naming a place that

you can get some pretty good tacos.

834

Whoa.

835

In my opinion.

836

I mean, I am not a taco expert.

837

I don't eat tacos daily.

838

But I do appreciate a good taco.

839

Yeah.

840

Don't we.

841

This is my page, my opinion, but,

oh, I got some really mean comments.

842

So people like that have hundreds

of thousands of followers or

843

Millie, like celebrities got out.

844

I don't know how they do it.

845

Yeah.

846

Oh God, I couldn't do it.

847

Like if you get mean comments

like that all the time.

848

Be able to handle it.

849

Luckily I don't get that

many, but that's good.

850

Wow.

851

I was just like, man,

these people are brutal.

852

Oh, I did a post about

downtown Atlanta this year.

853

Oh God.

854

I think I oh.

855

I got some really main comments on that.

856

Do you reply to the mean comments?

857

Do you delete them?

858

Do you leave them up?

859

Like how do you handle that?

860

It depends.

861

There was one.

862

There was one really main one about

the downtown one calling me like

863

a dumb bitch or something that

doesn't know anything about the

864

city saying I didn't even live here.

865

What.

866

I was like, son,

867

I've been on this earth longer than you.

868

I've lived here longer than you.

869

And I was like, I live

five minutes from downtown.

870

Yeah.

871

And I was like, I'm literally saying,

yeah, I was like, and I actually

872

mentioned no one reads the captions

of videos and they just don't.

873

And I S I actually say in

the caption that parking.

874

Because it was about like

cheap things to do in the city.

875

I actually mentioned that

parking was not included in this.

876

Okay.

877

This is just the things that

I, you know, once you're there.

878

Yeah.

879

And I mean, and they were logo.

880

Parking's 50 bucks like

this dumb marriage.

881

I was like, oh my God.

882

I was like, you guys

are so mean, but yeah.

883

Oh no.

884

I deleted his main comment and I

didn't even see it for like two weeks.

885

It was on there.

886

I got like a hundred likes.

887

I was like, oh my God.

888

Yeah.

889

So that was a main one,

but I did delete that.

890

But.

891

Did you cry?

892

Um, I'm man.

893

I got teary-eyed.

894

I can dish it, but I can not take it.

895

It was really, yeah, that was a

main one, but I just kind of, but

896

no, for most of them, most of them

made comments about the parking.

897

Okay.

898

And I did comment because I

actually parked downtown at the

899

most expensive place down there

at one of the big tourist sites.

900

And I was there for seven

hours and I only paid 20 bucks.

901

I was going to say 50 bucks.

902

And there's way cheaper parking

around there and there street parking.

903

If you.

904

Skill.

905

If you're a skilled driver.

906

Right.

907

But I'm like, I mean,

yeah, people are people.

908

Uh, they can be brutal, but yeah.

909

So if it's, if it's all bad, I don't post,

but my, thing is I'm not a food critic.

910

Like I'm not, you know, I don't

have my pages to bash places.

911

I do this to help promote places

to post about places I love to

912

give you recommendations about.

913

Places I've been invited to that.

914

I love like places, you know, my favorite

spots in the city that I go to over

915

and over just because I love them.

916

Yeah.

917

Not invited in.

918

And that's why I do it.

919

I mean, that's why I started this page.

920

, so if I go to a place that's having

an off night or it's a new spot

921

and the service was great, like

absolutely blown away by the service.

922

Love the look of it, the, feel, the

music, the light everything's good,

923

the whole vibe, but, , let's say,

, you know, two appetizers were good.

924

Pizza was good.

925

Pasta.

926

No.

927

Like barely edible dessert.

928

Yeah.

929

So-so.

930

Drinks we're on point.

931

I'll do my post, but I

will leave out the pasta.

932

I will say these were my

favorite things of the night.

933

Okay.

934

You know, service was good.

935

Vibes were good.

936

Pizza was good.

937

Burrata was good.

938

Leave out the pasta completely.

939

Yeah.

940

That way I have some, I mean,

I had someone today write

941

something on an old post.

942

They were like, yeah, this

place is subpar at best.

943

I was like, listen, douche.

944

Let me go to your page

and write something now.

945

I can share that with your

84 followers can be alone.

946

People, you know, they just,

you know, they like writing

947

their opinions on things.

948

I mean, I get it, but.

949

You know, I don't don't

like bash my thing.

950

Like, I'm trying to be honest with you

guys and tell you, like, all right.

951

I thought their pizza

was all right, but yeah.

952

I think there's ways you can say things

that aren't super mean and rude, you know?

953

Why would you even write that?

954

Like, I will comment.

955

Sometimes if something like

I'm like, oh yeah, I love that.

956

I've been there.

957

I love that.

958

But like if I've been to a

place and hated it, and I see

959

someone post a good video, I.

960

I didn't have no desire to comment on it.

961

Of course.

962

I may think in my head, those idiots.

963

Or like, I totally disagree.

964

Yeah, I just.

965

It doesn't even enter my head to comment.

966

Correct.

967

I mean, unless that restaurant,

like someone that worked there,

968

went out and slashed my tire.

969

Sure.

970

No, those people are terrible.

971

Are, you know, You know, they actually

did something personally to me.

972

Yes.

973

I just don't think to go to people's

page and write like that place sucks.

974

And doing it publicly is rude.

975

Like, yeah, Wendy and I overlapped

at a restaurant semi-recently

976

and privately, I messaged her.

977

It was like, I hope your

feed was better than mine.

978

And we had a little chat about

it, but it's like, there's no need

979

for public discourse over that.

980

You're talking about people's

businesses and their livelihoods and.

981

And opinions.

982

And like you said, I'm

not a literal food critic.

983

I'm a human, just sharing my opinion

about stuff like Keith Lee always

984

says, this is just my opinion.

985

You don't have to agree.

986

You can love this thing that

I hate and I don't care.

987

Yeah.

988

Yeah.

989

I don't know how he does it.

990

Getting all these threats and

the restaurants are getting.

991

I'm like my God, I should get

Keith Lee on this podcast.

992

You shouldn't imagine.

993

Yes, I can.

994

This room would implode.

995

My God.

996

Seriously, I would implode.

997

Wild.

998

That'd be awesome.

999

I agree.

00:35:42,047 --> 00:35:44,207

All right, Keith, if you're

listening, you're always

00:35:44,207 --> 00:35:45,407

welcome to the taco bell table.

00:35:46,847 --> 00:35:47,777

Okay, next question.

00:35:47,777 --> 00:35:52,337

What is the worst or craziest

experience you've had working

00:35:52,337 --> 00:35:54,437

with businesses and or brands.

00:35:54,437 --> 00:35:55,157

Oh, God.

00:35:56,567 --> 00:35:56,957

Mm.

00:35:57,407 --> 00:35:59,417

There's been, there's been a lot.

00:35:59,747 --> 00:36:02,057

Yeah, there's been, yeah,

there's been quite a few.

00:36:02,057 --> 00:36:03,377

I mean, most of the time.

00:36:03,377 --> 00:36:08,267

It's like deliverables that they're asking

me, you know, for trying to come to.

00:36:09,317 --> 00:36:11,177

An agreement for a project.

00:36:11,987 --> 00:36:14,567

, so there was one that I

did a big one this year.

00:36:14,597 --> 00:36:16,307

One of the biggest ones I've taken on.

00:36:16,757 --> 00:36:18,037

And, it just.

00:36:18,637 --> 00:36:21,697

I mean, it really took

10 years off my life.

00:36:21,757 --> 00:36:21,877

Oh God.

00:36:22,207 --> 00:36:24,277

It was a span over several months.

00:36:24,517 --> 00:36:27,081

And I mean, I, love this brand.

00:36:27,081 --> 00:36:28,521

I really, really do.

00:36:28,854 --> 00:36:30,474

I had to like that this year, but anyways.

00:36:30,504 --> 00:36:30,684

Yeah.

00:36:30,684 --> 00:36:30,954

So.

00:36:30,954 --> 00:36:32,784

I'm talking 20 years down in life.

00:36:32,934 --> 00:36:33,174

But.

00:36:34,404 --> 00:36:37,864

I don't know, you do these months

long projects, I mean, first of all,

00:36:37,864 --> 00:36:40,234

there's like a 50 page contract.

00:36:40,264 --> 00:36:40,714

You sign.

00:36:40,804 --> 00:36:41,344

Okay.

00:36:41,584 --> 00:36:44,224

, but then when you get down

to like actually doing.

00:36:44,224 --> 00:36:46,324

The project like month by month.

00:36:46,324 --> 00:36:49,984

You have to turn everything in

for editing before it's posted.

00:36:50,014 --> 00:36:52,294

And it goes through a slew of people.

00:36:52,414 --> 00:36:55,684

So you make your version of a final

video and then you send it to this

00:36:55,684 --> 00:36:57,574

brand and then they continue editing.

00:36:57,784 --> 00:37:01,324

Well, no, they, they sit down at

a table like, cause this was a big

00:37:01,354 --> 00:37:03,304

brand and they sit down at a table.

00:37:03,694 --> 00:37:06,874

With a group of people and

they go over that, oh my God.

00:37:06,994 --> 00:37:10,264

And it would be like, it

would be due on like Friday.

00:37:11,314 --> 00:37:14,704

And I was supposed to post it,

get feedback from them, make

00:37:14,704 --> 00:37:16,984

any edits, post it by Tuesday.

00:37:17,374 --> 00:37:19,504

I wouldn't hear back from

them for like two weeks.

00:37:19,594 --> 00:37:20,134

Oh, what?

00:37:20,224 --> 00:37:20,584

Yeah.

00:37:20,884 --> 00:37:24,964

And then they'd come back

and they would have 57 edits.

00:37:25,444 --> 00:37:27,604

And this is like a 32nd video.

00:37:27,634 --> 00:37:28,474

How is that possible?

00:37:28,474 --> 00:37:31,204

I basically have to go

refilm the whole thing again.

00:37:31,234 --> 00:37:32,734

Do the voiceover again.

00:37:32,884 --> 00:37:34,774

Do the text overlay again?

00:37:34,804 --> 00:37:36,304

I mean, just do everything again.

00:37:37,144 --> 00:37:39,964

And this, this went on

for like eight months.

00:37:40,204 --> 00:37:40,924

Oh my God.

00:37:40,954 --> 00:37:41,644

Every month.

00:37:41,724 --> 00:37:42,504

Is it out yet?

00:37:42,564 --> 00:37:44,394

Like as the budget it's it's finished.

00:37:44,454 --> 00:37:44,604

Oh.

00:37:44,604 --> 00:37:46,404

And so actually this project.

00:37:46,704 --> 00:37:49,014

They contacted me last October.

00:37:49,164 --> 00:37:50,004

I was in Vermont.

00:37:50,034 --> 00:37:52,374

I remember on a trip and

I was like, wow, holy cow.

00:37:52,374 --> 00:37:54,924

This is a huge brand

like, oh, this is awesome.

00:37:55,314 --> 00:37:56,904

And I really wanted the project.

00:37:56,904 --> 00:37:58,284

So I like underquoted them.

00:37:58,284 --> 00:37:59,184

What I normally would.

00:37:59,694 --> 00:38:00,804

I should have trimmed ever do that shit.

00:38:01,044 --> 00:38:01,524

Tripled it.

00:38:02,424 --> 00:38:04,884

But so this project was

supposed to be four months.

00:38:05,004 --> 00:38:05,724

Oh my God.

00:38:05,754 --> 00:38:06,024

Yeah.

00:38:06,054 --> 00:38:09,804

So it was supposed to be November,

December, January, February.

00:38:10,044 --> 00:38:10,914

Well, there was a.

00:38:11,454 --> 00:38:13,044

I don't know what happened in there.

00:38:13,314 --> 00:38:18,594

Internally, but, um, They changed how

they wanted the, the re the last two

00:38:18,594 --> 00:38:20,754

videos to be like the theme of it.

00:38:21,294 --> 00:38:22,194

And so.

00:38:22,794 --> 00:38:26,334

The project didn't end up getting

finished until August this year.

00:38:26,964 --> 00:38:27,984

Oh, my God.

00:38:28,134 --> 00:38:29,274

Yeah, that's wild.

00:38:29,514 --> 00:38:30,534

Oh, yeah.

00:38:31,224 --> 00:38:32,904

It's just stuff like that, that happens.

00:38:32,904 --> 00:38:35,244

And it's just, and I had a

couple of those this year and

00:38:35,244 --> 00:38:36,474

they were both really big ones.

00:38:36,474 --> 00:38:37,824

Like they both.

00:38:37,824 --> 00:38:38,484

We're very.

00:38:38,484 --> 00:38:42,224

Good money wise for me

and, very good on my resume.

00:38:42,734 --> 00:38:46,424

You know, but, oh God, they were a

lot, like I should've charged more.

00:38:46,964 --> 00:38:48,074

And I'm going to think about that.

00:38:48,434 --> 00:38:51,014

Next year, it just, I

mean, I put so many hours.

00:38:51,044 --> 00:38:52,424

Yeah, it's got to be worth your time.

00:38:52,694 --> 00:38:55,784

I mean the one, the one I was just

talking about like, oh, I don't

00:38:55,784 --> 00:38:58,634

know how many hundreds of hours I

put into that editing and stuff.

00:38:58,664 --> 00:39:00,194

I mean just, oh God.

00:39:00,824 --> 00:39:01,814

Work with them again?

00:39:01,844 --> 00:39:02,114

No.

00:39:02,174 --> 00:39:02,474

Okay.

00:39:02,474 --> 00:39:05,564

So there's no amount of publicity

that's worth the just abuse.

00:39:05,954 --> 00:39:07,514

Uh, no, I just, I couldn't do it again.

00:39:07,514 --> 00:39:08,174

It was too much.

00:39:08,624 --> 00:39:11,474

And I didn't charge enough, but

honestly, even if I charged them like

00:39:11,924 --> 00:39:13,814

double, like, no, it's not enough.

00:39:13,844 --> 00:39:14,024

Like.

00:39:14,234 --> 00:39:15,614

No, not 10 years of life now.

00:39:15,644 --> 00:39:15,824

Yeah.

00:39:16,424 --> 00:39:17,774

I've got standards and boundaries.

00:39:18,914 --> 00:39:19,604

That's fair.

00:39:19,964 --> 00:39:20,174

Yeah.

00:39:20,504 --> 00:39:21,374

It was a learning per se.

00:39:21,374 --> 00:39:21,584

Yeah.

00:39:21,614 --> 00:39:23,144

It was a whole learning process.

00:39:23,384 --> 00:39:23,744

Yeah.

00:39:23,804 --> 00:39:24,164

Yeah.

00:39:24,254 --> 00:39:24,884

But that's good.

00:39:24,944 --> 00:39:25,694

And again, yeah.

00:39:27,044 --> 00:39:28,544

, Okay, next question.

00:39:28,604 --> 00:39:28,904

Okay.

00:39:29,204 --> 00:39:30,104

Oh, there was a lot.

00:39:30,134 --> 00:39:34,514

Um, people really like, I, again, I, I

say that I'm not good at social media and

00:39:34,514 --> 00:39:37,844

our numbers are so small, but the people

that do follow us are really engaged.

00:39:37,844 --> 00:39:40,004

So when I post these questions,

like people are all about

00:39:40,004 --> 00:39:42,224

it, so that I find enjoyable.

00:39:42,484 --> 00:39:43,954

, you say you don't have a

lot of followers though.

00:39:44,044 --> 00:39:45,094

I mean, this is the same thing.

00:39:45,094 --> 00:39:47,134

What you've heard like your

entire life about friends.

00:39:47,314 --> 00:39:49,864

Like it really is like

quality over quantity.

00:39:49,924 --> 00:39:51,064

Yeah, I agree with that.

00:39:51,094 --> 00:39:54,154

Like a hundred percent, I

want more engaged followers.

00:39:54,184 --> 00:39:54,604

Yeah.

00:39:54,694 --> 00:39:56,674

Then number wise, yes.

00:39:57,244 --> 00:40:00,334

Yeah, I thought, I thought for a longest

time, I was like, oh, I want to hit this

00:40:00,334 --> 00:40:04,774

many followers, but I just, I love it

when people are engaged and like, your

00:40:04,774 --> 00:40:08,944

story is like, they, they comment and

they can answer if you do polls and stuff.

00:40:08,974 --> 00:40:09,664

I love that.

00:40:09,664 --> 00:40:10,924

So that's really important.

00:40:11,074 --> 00:40:11,764

I totally agree.

00:40:11,764 --> 00:40:14,554

And we'll have brands reach out to

us and I'll go to their Instagram

00:40:14,554 --> 00:40:16,054

and I'm like, Ooh, 85,000 followers.

00:40:16,054 --> 00:40:16,414

Like, fuck.

00:40:16,414 --> 00:40:16,624

Yeah.

00:40:16,934 --> 00:40:20,144

And then I go look at their posts

and it's like one comment, 12 likes.

00:40:20,324 --> 00:40:22,874

One comment and I'm like, are these

bots, did you pay for these followers?

00:40:22,964 --> 00:40:24,074

Like, it's not just no.

00:40:24,974 --> 00:40:26,114

, so next question.

00:40:26,114 --> 00:40:26,564

Okay.

00:40:26,684 --> 00:40:29,324

Do you ever turn down

working with anybody?

00:40:29,624 --> 00:40:30,404

Oh, yes.

00:40:31,184 --> 00:40:34,274

I think we also, the time

it depends on deliverables.

00:40:34,274 --> 00:40:35,474

It depends on.

00:40:36,104 --> 00:40:37,244

A lot of times.

00:40:37,874 --> 00:40:38,714

How much they'll pay.

00:40:38,714 --> 00:40:39,524

If it's a big brand.

00:40:39,824 --> 00:40:43,814

Or if it's a food place, like I just,

I don't do much outside the perimeter.

00:40:44,294 --> 00:40:46,034

I know there's some

great restaurants there.

00:40:46,394 --> 00:40:48,074

I don't have the time and I'm not.

00:40:48,254 --> 00:40:49,994

I have, I get road rage.

00:40:50,564 --> 00:40:52,184

So like driving.

00:40:52,514 --> 00:40:53,894

To the burbs.

00:40:53,924 --> 00:40:55,484

I mean, it's just not for me.

00:40:55,994 --> 00:40:57,614

I mean, I did it yesterday and.

00:40:57,914 --> 00:40:58,454

It was okay.

00:40:58,454 --> 00:40:58,934

Yesterday.

00:40:58,964 --> 00:41:02,204

I did it at three o'clock and then

I had another stop on the way back,

00:41:02,234 --> 00:41:05,564

But no, for the most part, I just,

I don't like being in the car.

00:41:05,594 --> 00:41:07,184

I don't like Atlanta drivers.

00:41:07,184 --> 00:41:08,414

Like I don't.

00:41:09,644 --> 00:41:11,654

That's a whole another

thing, but yeah, no, no, no.

00:41:11,774 --> 00:41:12,974

So I say no all the time.

00:41:13,484 --> 00:41:18,014

It depends on what it is, how much, you

know, It really depends a lot of stuff.

00:41:18,074 --> 00:41:18,404

Yeah.

00:41:18,494 --> 00:41:19,334

That makes perfect sense.

00:41:20,444 --> 00:41:22,124

Okay, last question.

00:41:22,574 --> 00:41:25,634

What are your tips on growing

a social media account?

00:41:26,204 --> 00:41:31,244

Oh, um, I'll say that's not my question,

but that's also, I'm dying for the answer.

00:41:31,424 --> 00:41:31,724

Yeah.

00:41:31,724 --> 00:41:35,144

So one, I mean, It's true consistency.

00:41:35,474 --> 00:41:36,644

It really, really is.

00:41:36,644 --> 00:41:41,874

And then also like nowadays, The reels

like, and you can't., you, I mean,

00:41:42,174 --> 00:41:46,254

how they have these templates you can

use and it's, so it's not as hard.

00:41:46,254 --> 00:41:49,014

And I, you know, some of

these influencers, they just

00:41:49,014 --> 00:41:50,394

use templates every time.

00:41:50,634 --> 00:41:51,864

And if you use one.

00:41:52,314 --> 00:41:54,384

That's trending with a trending audio.

00:41:54,864 --> 00:41:55,704

And your contents.

00:41:55,704 --> 00:41:55,974

Good.

00:41:55,974 --> 00:41:58,584

I mean, that can be the short

videos or what does best now?

00:41:58,584 --> 00:41:59,094

Like, okay.

00:41:59,154 --> 00:42:00,564

Under 10 seconds or less.

00:42:00,894 --> 00:42:03,354

And if you just do something,

especially like beauty wise,

00:42:03,684 --> 00:42:05,844

like, oh my God, people tick talk.

00:42:05,874 --> 00:42:06,354

Oh my God.

00:42:06,414 --> 00:42:06,924

I love it.

00:42:06,954 --> 00:42:08,244

I just, they love that.

00:42:09,024 --> 00:42:12,264

Just make it something and you have to

catch the eye within the first frame.

00:42:12,684 --> 00:42:16,734

Like it's got to say, or be something

like very appealing to catch the eye.

00:42:17,094 --> 00:42:19,284

And yeah, I would just

say like consistency.

00:42:19,284 --> 00:42:21,204

Like I used to post seven days a week.

00:42:21,864 --> 00:42:25,944

Now I post I don't post on the

weekends, unless I'm way, way behind.

00:42:26,334 --> 00:42:27,234

I want to take a break.

00:42:27,264 --> 00:42:27,744

Yeah.

00:42:27,984 --> 00:42:31,434

And I still do my visits on the

weekends because that's, when is best.

00:42:31,884 --> 00:42:35,094

Most of the time for friends and my

husband to go places when they sure.

00:42:35,094 --> 00:42:38,574

So I still do visits, but oh God, I

just had to take one or two days off.

00:42:38,814 --> 00:42:39,594

It just needed a day.

00:42:41,034 --> 00:42:41,514

That's fair.

00:42:41,574 --> 00:42:41,934

Yeah.

00:42:41,994 --> 00:42:43,824

Just like, oh God, I don't

want to have to post.

00:42:43,824 --> 00:42:47,874

And oh, a lot of people use like,

, the apps that'll auto post for ya.

00:42:47,904 --> 00:42:49,104

I got to like schedulers and stuff.

00:42:49,104 --> 00:42:49,644

I don't do that.

00:42:49,734 --> 00:42:51,864

Yeah, I do it live.

00:42:52,314 --> 00:42:54,474

I've I did the schedulers

when I first started.

00:42:54,534 --> 00:42:55,074

I don't like it.

00:42:55,344 --> 00:42:56,994

I had just another thing to do, right?

00:42:56,994 --> 00:42:57,294

Yeah.

00:42:57,384 --> 00:42:58,014

It's yeah.

00:42:58,074 --> 00:42:59,664

We've played with some of that stuff too.

00:42:59,664 --> 00:43:00,504

And I'm like, I'm overwhelmed.

00:43:00,504 --> 00:43:01,764

I don't want to learn a whole new app.

00:43:01,794 --> 00:43:02,964

I had to just like, yeah.

00:43:02,964 --> 00:43:04,494

I had issues with it when I did it.

00:43:04,524 --> 00:43:05,904

And , I mean, I'm sure

it's gotten better, but.

00:43:06,564 --> 00:43:08,454

It's just, yeah, it's not

for me if I don't have time

00:43:08,454 --> 00:43:09,534

to post and I'm not posting.

00:43:09,594 --> 00:43:10,014

Yeah.

00:43:10,074 --> 00:43:10,554

That's fair.

00:43:10,584 --> 00:43:11,244

That's authentic.

00:43:11,274 --> 00:43:11,544

Yeah.

00:43:11,574 --> 00:43:14,004

But yeah, I would just say like

consistency and your, I mean,

00:43:14,064 --> 00:43:15,384

your shit just needs to be good.

00:43:18,084 --> 00:43:18,534

It's got it.

00:43:18,564 --> 00:43:19,344

It's got to be here.

00:43:19,524 --> 00:43:20,904

You heard it here first, everybody.

00:43:21,684 --> 00:43:24,594

Honestly, like you've got to have

something to like catch the eye and

00:43:24,594 --> 00:43:26,064

like, sometimes I'll post a video.

00:43:26,064 --> 00:43:28,554

Like, I mean, honestly,

like I get burnt out.

00:43:28,584 --> 00:43:30,384

I mean, burnout is a real thing.

00:43:30,474 --> 00:43:32,004

I get it like once a month.

00:43:32,154 --> 00:43:36,264

Yeah, I mean, and it hits bad and

I'm just like, I am done with it.

00:43:36,264 --> 00:43:36,324

I'm.

00:43:36,324 --> 00:43:37,614

I'm done with the visits.

00:43:37,614 --> 00:43:38,664

Like I need a break.