It's All For The Plot

Let's catch up on what the last month has entailed! Taurus season was good to me - from celebrating my birthday in New York, being surrounded by some of the best people in the world, and reflecting on the THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of The In-Between - there's a lot to yap about and get deep. This episode covers what's been going on in my life, the next big major plot twist in the Movie of Liz, and a few hilarious life choices I've made recently, ahem, Invisalign *face palm*.  

Nothing in my life is the same as it was a year ago. Liz a few years ago wouldn't be able to handle that... but Liz now? She's thriving. If there's anyone I'd bet on it's me because if you can't bet on yourself, who will? And I hope you can find that self belief here at The In-Between too. Now, let's chat!

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Transcript

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Hey, hey, hey, look who's back on the podcast? Yes, I am Elizabeth Cini, host of the InBetween. Happy to have you here if you're new. Welcome. If you are familiar. Well, I'm sorry. I have been MIA, uh, it seems to be a theme in my life the past several months. Uh, full disclosure, I recorded a whole episode prior to this one was editing it, hated it. I was really in a funk when I recorded it this week. Um, just. Heavy, I would say heavy heart, but that's, it wasn't quite heavy heart, but maybe it was, I don't know. Maybe I'm PMSing. I don't know. Either way, I recorded it. I was like, I don't feel it. I don't feel the energy. I don't feel the J. You know what I mean? And then also, for whatever reason, I decided to record it without my little thing, puffer thing. I don't even know if I'm making that word up, but. Anyways, I don't know why I chose to do that, and it literally picked up every noise imaginable. So there was like this weird echo you could hear. I don't know. The bees buzzing outside, the birds chirping, the helicopters flying either way. I was like, you know what? I'm not a fan. I'm not a fan of my content, so I'm just gonna delete that and try again the next day. So that is why this episode is late and I fully intended on putting one out last week, but I decided to yolo and extend my trip in New York. Uh, so there's so much to get into. My birthday was last week. The three year anniversary of the podcast was this past weekend just. Crazy, crazy. And then on top of all of that, I have decided to yet again take on one more major life change. I had to ask myself, am I addicted to chaos? And there might be some truth there, I'm not quite sure. But you know what? If there's anyone that can handle it, it's me. And I'm not just saying that. My friends have also said that. So it's nice to have that reputation, but also I am losing my mind. I might have bit off more than I can chew. But you know what? I've said that before and I've always made it through, pulled through all the things. So we'll see. We'll see. Uh, if you're watching this, then you see I've got a little vest on, so I don't know if this is super millennial of me or whatever of me, but I started wearing a weighted vest. When I walk, and then I was watching this video on TikTok and they were like, I wear my weighted vest when I clean, when I work, when I do all the things around my house, my home. And it helps with posture, it helps just give you like an additional little bit of a workout. Uh, it's the equivalent to wearing like, let's say ankle weights or something like that. And so I was like, you know what? Why don't I do that? I'm gonna have the best posture in the game. And, you know. I think I've talked about all my injuries from that car accident in 2017, but if not, here's a refresher course for you. Long story long on that. My shoulder is still pretty messed up and um, I. Actually, I'm not even, I'm not even gonna get into it'cause this is not a health podcast. All this to say your girl still got some injuries that will probably never go away. So you have to like work around those and building strength is one of them, but my shoulder isn't quite work the way it's supposed to, like how I'm sure yours does. And I was like, oh, this weighted vest is another way to, you know, build strength, build stamina. So. Um, but I'm not gonna lie with this ring light and this vest, I am pretty hot,. Uh, so I'm not quite sure how long it's gonna last. And also I was just thinking about, I. If I post clips of this episode, or should I say when I post clips of this episode, it's gonna look a little weird if I'm just, you know, wearing this random ass vest without context. But then again, who cares? You know, who cares? You're already putting yourself out there on the internet. Someone gonna judge you. I'm sure they will, but who cares? Again, who cares? So that's that. before I almost said besides, before we get into everything to discuss, I just wanna say I got the Invisalign. Of course, I'm not wearing it right now because if I was, this entire episode would just be ching ching, shing ching. Hi guys. Uh, I can't get over the lisp. I don't know why. I've been wearing it for over three weeks now. And like you change out your retainer trays every two weeks. And thankfully, gosh, thankfully, I don't have to wear these very long. It just goes till September. But I was not thinking about my single girl Summer and Invisalign. Why did I have so much urgency in getting Invisalign when, uh, it's about to be summer and here I am gonna be sh drooling all over myself, kind of thing, kind of number. Uh, but you know what, it's fine. It just adds to the story, it adds to the character. My new catchphrase that I've been saying to anyone that will listen to me is for the plot. So when something bad happens, rather than get down, I'm like, oh, it's for the plot character building. If something ridiculous happens, I'm like, for the plot. If I find myself in a shenanigan, I'm like, ah, for the plot. So everything hints. Fourth is for the plot. Okay. Goes along with the whole, be the main character of your story goes along with the whole, I live my life like a movie, but for the plot. And let me tell you, there's been a lot of that happening. Some of which I absolutely cannot talk about on the podcast So there's that. It's a little, a little scandalous. A little scandalous. It's a little, little, Ooh, oh my gosh. What are you doing, girl? So take that as you will. Uh, just being a little crazy over here, but you know, I can already tell recording this episode. I feel so much more hype, so much more in my, my mojo and my energy. So yeah, screw that episode I already recorded. And it's not that it was like horrible. I'm sure y'all would've loved it, but, I'd rather be in it and feel good about it and then, put that out there because I don't wanna waste my time editing something. That I'm just not in love with. So, boo. Yeah, boo. Yeah. For the plot. For the plot. Am I right? So Invisalign, that's great. I had some birthday shenanigans. Uh, let's see. I was in New York with my mom. And we were leaving Sunday Mother's Day and one of my girlfriends, one of my best friends, Lisa, was like, Hey, I'm coming up for a conference on Sunday. I'll be leaving on your birthday Wednesday, so why don't you just stay, you can work from the hotel. It's a free stay and we can go explore New York in the evening together. And I'm like, don't twist my arms. Sounds like a plan. So I got my mom booked, made sure she was good'cause she was like on a companion ticket. She was all set. I got mine squared away and boo. Yeah, I stayed in New York an extra few days. I was there for a whole week. So loved it. I'm definitely one of those people who's like, blink. Blink, the magic of New York. I love it. And I just stare at the big buildings. And you know what? I don't care. New York is such a vibe. It's such an energy. I know a lot of people get overwhelmed by it, but I thrive in it. I don't know. I just, something about feeling so small in such a big populous city and I'm just like, stars in my eyes. Yes. Sign me up. So I'll just say like me and my mom, we went and saw a Broadway show. I got to see Wicked. On Broadway. So now I can humble brag. Oh, um, I'm seeing Wicked on Broadway. Um, not gonna lie, I boohooed like a baby in Defying Gravity. Lemme just tell you. Defying Gravity, those lyrics hit a lot differently when you've gone through what I've gone through. You know what I mean? Like when you have separated and all that sort of thing and you've chose yourself and you're, you're taking the risk and you're literally defying gravity. time to trust my instincts and leap like, I don't know. I was overcome with emotion. Also, some stuff had happened earlier that day that I don't wanna get into like too much personal business, but long story, long I was taken over by emotion and I just like, whoa. The tears were coming and I'm sure other people were tearing up here and there.'cause it's a very powerful song. It's the end of act one. But my mother looks at me and she's like, are you okay? Get it together, girl. And I'm like, oh, I'm trying to, I'm embarrassed myself right now. So that was cathartic, I'm sure. And healing in a weird way, but pointing wicked on Broadway was incredible. Okay. Um, the first time my mom and I went back in August, I was very calculated in the itinerary. I tried to hit specific places and it was all about the food, and I feel like this time it was more organic. Let's just see where we go. We did get to do the Embassy Studio tour. That was so much fun. Y'all. I got to see the SNL stage pinch me moment. Not everyone who does this tour gets to see it, especially because like if you're on the weekends, they could be preparing for the show. But it was so cool to see Studio eight like. Wow. And they were talking about how it hasn't changed and ugh, it was just, it was so freaking cool. And then at the end of it, you and your, the, the group that you're touring with get to do like a little like. Mock news segment, and everyone voted me as anchor number one. I was like, go figure. Like can I just talk too much? And then my mom ended up being the pop star, which is hilarious. And bless her little heart, her whole bit was improv. And if you don't know what improv means, it means you're like making it up as you go. More or less. And so she killed it. She killed it. I was just a giggling so hard. Part of mine was improv. The two of us had the, the improv parts, but either way it was so much fun, great memories, frigging love New York. I. Gish. I even took the wrong subway. Now I can say I did that. Oopsie. But yeah, I loved it. And then me and Lisa, we gotta go. I was really fixated on rowing a boat in Central Park. And then she was like, I wanna do that too. And I was like, hell yeah, I'll be your date. I'll row your ass around. So we go at sunset. Oh, so dreamy, so romantic for two girlfriends and we just row, row, rode your boat. It was so much fun. Um, it was a little more challenging than I thought. I guess I haven't really rode a boat. I've kayaked, but that's just like one, or this was like two and that was like. A lot going on with that, you know what I mean? So anyways, we survived. We did not tip over and uh, we lived to tell the tale, so that's great. And then we just be bopped around East Village. We ended up getting on standby for the Comedy Cellar one night and we got in and we got great seats. Oh my gosh. It was so much fun, so funny. Uh, we had a wonderful birthday dinner. Uh, Lisa is one of my dear, dear friends, love her so much. And. Yeah, we just lived our best life. It was great on the way home. We were stuck on the tarmac for two hours because of weather delays. So that was not ideal. But you know what, it's okay. It was great. And then what's crazy is like that night, which was my birthday day, it was Wednesday, it. I had all these dinner plans with a bunch of girlfriends. I'm all about cultivating those friendships, you know what I mean? And, uh, I was like, shit, I'm gonna be late. So then bless my mother's heart. Happy birthday to me. God bless. My mom is so incredible. She was like, I'll pick you up and I'll take you straight to dinner, and then I'll even take your luggage, uh, to your house. And I'm like, oh. Cindy, oh my God, I could cry. Thanks so much. All right, let's go. Bust a move, babe. Anyways, of course, I was very thankful and grateful. She drops me off and had so much fun and I'm looking around at all the people, all the, all the ladies, all my lady friends, and I've definitely. Gathered some new friends over the past year and, and I would say even a good, most of them I've only met in the past couple of years myself, and I saw this thing on Instagram the other day that was like the true biohacking, which I don't know the proper term of biohacking, but it's basically like you take, I'm gonna give you like a very, probably not correct version of saying this, but it's like you do things, manipulate things, take vitamins, whatever too. You know, progress your life to live longer. Like you're biohacking your immune system, you're inside, so to speak. Uh, trying to defy time, right? I don't know, but it was talking about the true biohack comes from the environment in which you surround yourself, and most importantly, the people that you keep around you. And, you know, I'm a big people person. I'm all about connection. I'm, I, I do think that's one of my love languages. It's one of my gifts. I mean, I wouldn't have this podcast if I didn't think I could connect with people, and I don't mean that in a braggy way. I'm just saying like that is. Literally my thing, like call me an extrovert. Extrovert for sure. But I love people. I love meeting new people. I love hearing your story. I love getting to know you, and I don't have to ever see you again. I just want to, I don't know, take in your energy and, or maybe it's really just like an exchange of energy. I don't know. Now I'm like going off on a tangent here, but how much I love people. Uh, ask, remind me of this when I'm driving because I can tell you right then and there, I do not love me. Some people then road rage for sure. But anyways, the true biohack is around, is the environment you surround yourself, the people in your corner, the people around you. And I'm looking around at all these incredible women. And some are little groups of people, but most of them are strangers to each other. And I just had to take a moment and like take it all in and be like, wow. I have cultivated some incredible relationships and then getting to see the sparks fly with other people and them connecting and becoming friends and I hate to sound cheesy, but then again, that is my name. That is my game. But it was magic and I could sense the magic, and not all of my favorite people could join. So for those listening who weren't there, don't worry. I still love you. But afterward, you know, we left dinner, we went to this place called Brew Dog to have some brewski, but really just a tequila, soda, lime. And, uh, it was like a more intimate group.'cause everyone, most of the people had to leave. And when we were all leaving, everyone was like, wow, that, that was something special. That was magic. Right. And it was so, it was so, I was gonna say crazy, but really just, huh. So wonderful. Everyone who was a part of that group messaged me separately, either that night or the next day, talking about how magical and fun it was to be with that group of people. All different kinds of people. No one know each other before this. So am I saying that clearly? I have figured out the biohacking rule. I would say I have. So, you know, hopefully listening to this podcast improves your life and makes you feel seen and valued and better. You know what I mean? cause that's the energy that I'm trying to put out there and the energy I'm trying to bring into my life. Okay. Also, it is so mother effing hot right now with this motherfucking vest on. I gotta take it off. Anywho. Oh. Oh my gosh. Wow. All right. For those listening, I'm very sorry. You know, I, I wore it for the plot. There we go. There's that line again, but oh my God. Oh my gosh. Okay. Woo. It's not as heavy when it's on your back. When you hold it with one hand, it's like, oh my God. All right. So, um, anyways, had a great birthday and then celebrated this whole weekend. I went to this place called MJ Q. It's like a dance club, which it's like, Elizabeth, you're 34. Why are you going to a club? Well. It was Southern Hospitality Night. So basically just like a TL Rappers cool hip hop music. And I wanted to dance. Okay, sue me, like whatever. And I had a frigging blast. Okay. It was hottest shit. And were we the oldest people there? Not quite, but we were up there. I'm just kidding. But we had so much fun. And then Saturday I went to Heather McMahon with my girl, Ashley Anna. Heather McMahon had a whole thing on Invisalign, so that was very uh, cool. Cool, cool, cool. Yeah. I know. It sucks. Yeah. Adult braces. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Imagine being single and doing it. You dumb fuck. Ah. Anyways, we digress. We digress. But it was so much fun. Ended up at a hookah bar after that, having smoked hookah in a freaking hot minute, but had a blast. Turned that place up, met new chicks. It was so much fun. Then we slept until literally noon, 1:00 PM the next day, and I was like, gotta go. She had things to do. I had things to do, and here we are. And with that said, it's now time to drum roll please. I mentioned some crazy life changes, another big life moment. Uh, I debated on even talking about this on the podcast, but then I thought, well, the podcast is all about authenticity and vulnerability and being truthful. Why not? I have nothing to hide, so I've decided to sell the house. I know the house that you just bought and all the money you spent on the house, and you're definitely not going to get anywhere near that money back. You know what? I'm gonna get back. Peace of mind. Big thing is this house is expensive. I'm not even just talking about the extremely high mortgage, but even maintaining a home is expensive. And this is a lot of home. Like this is a lot of home for a little only me. Remember, I'm just a girl. In case you forgot. I have to remind myself that sometimes too. But it's too much home for just me. And I had been thinking about it for a while, but I would always get caught up on, oh, you're gonna be a failure if you sell the house, you're gonna lose so much money. And then I started to embrace this idea of like, but money will come back to you. It always does in some way. And is it my peace of mind more important than drowning in this home? 1000%, especially because I'm clearly removing the shackles of all the things that hold me back. This house being one of them. I wanna move more into the city or get a smaller home, like a bachelorette pad or spoiler alert plot twist for the plot. Let's not forget, I've really been thinking about moving to New York. Even if it's just for three months, six months, I don't know, but why not? I'm in a place in my life where I could absolutely do that. I, I, my job is remote. I, that would work. I'd probably come back all the time'cause my family is here and so is my friends. But why not? I also entertain Chicago and so what I think I'm gonna do is I'm gonna sell this house and I'm manifesting, it happens before we go to Greece. And then I'm gonna be a little bit of a nomad for a minute here, um, when I get back. And then I think I'm gonna Airbnb a couple of weeks at a time in Chicago and New York and try different areas in both. See if one speaks to me. See if one makes me go, you know what? It's worth the risk. I'm gonna try it and if not, do my stint have my fun for however long and then come back and get a place in the city Booya. So all this crazy shit. Birthday travel work. Work is crazy, but it's okay.'cause I like when work is crazy'cause it keeps me entertained. Said no one ever. I'm just kidding. But you know what I mean? We're, we're, we're, we're doing some fun projects that really, um, get to use my skills anyway. This is not a job interview. I'll continue on. Um, but my friends are like, wow, uh, you're trying to get this house in the market in how long? Like that's no timeline and you, what happens about your trip? What about this, what about that? I'm like, look. I'm the kind of person that once I make up my mind, I don't hesitate. I do it, I move forward. I do the thing. You might call it impulsive, but you're not thinking about all the times I overthought this very decision and once I reached a place of peace and acceptance that hey, I'm not a failure, you are gonna be so much happier if you do this. Think about the extra income you have. You can do this, you can do that. You can get a smaller home that actually fits your needs and you know, isn't a 1800 bajillion square feet. That's worth it. So I'm not being impulsive. And what's really cool, and I've already said this earlier in the episode, but I had one girlfriend in particular when I was telling them this. She's like, oh my gosh, this is crazy. This is, this is so much, this is chaos. But if there's anyone who can do it, I know it's you. I think you embrace that. I think you manage that really well. And you know, I took a beat and I let that sink in. It's not that I love chaos all the time, like I, let's get that out there. Uh, I am hoping that this selling of the house is going to bring less chaos into my life, and I'm not gonna feel as overwhelmed all the time. But to be known as someone who means what they say, says what they mean, does what they say, acts on that does the dang thing, sees it all the way through, will always bet on themself because if he can't bet on you, who's gonna. Another catchphrase of Liz. Of course it's gonna be me. So that was exciting. I have no idea what to expect with this. My goal is to get it listed in the next week or two. I am fingers crossed, hoping I don't have to repaint the living room. But you know what, we'll just cross that bridge when we get there because one thing that we've been really working on the past several months is not worrying about things that A, we can't control and B, things that have not happened yet. So really trying to embrace that and, you know, honestly. I've talked about intrusive thoughts and things like that. The more you work out, easier, it gets to manage. And it's really freaking true. I adopted that mindset in the beginning, however many months ago, not so much, but now I'm kind of like, all right, you know what? Yeah, outta sight outta mind.'cause it's not like I don't have 15,000 other things to do. So there's that. But on that note, while I have this space,'cause I got these cute little chairs and I got my cute little background and all of this. Cute, cute, cute. I am trying to rack in some guests. So I've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 guests lined up in the next couple of weeks. Gonna come on the pod. We're gonna have fun. We're gonna take care. Oh, actually six. Excuse me, I forgot the other one. That one's virtual though. But that's okay. Wow. I'm rambling on the podcast. Go figure. Um, but I am going to not only pack up this house to sell it. I'm also going to record as many episodes as possible while I have it, because especially if I'm a nomad for a minute and then I go beepboop around Chicago and New York, I don't know when I'm gonna be back in Atlanta to have my podcast space again. So we're gonna take advantage of that. We love it. Way to go, sweetie. So, yeah. Um, I'm excited. Uh, I'm really excited for a lot of the guests coming. I'm also trying to work on this one bigger named guest. I'm not gonna. Obviously say the name.'cause that's like, you know, putting the cart before the horse and probably even mentioning this on the podcast is not the best idea, but we're manifesting that shit. People we're manifesting it. So I really do believe it's gonna happen. Um, and yeah, we're gonna see this play out. All I have to say is I am. Very excited for the future. And I don't say that to mean I'm not living in the now. I 1000% am Remember for the plot you can't do for the plot in the future, the for the plot is right now and with all of these crazy life changes and thinking about on my birthday, how everything was different a year ago. Everything okay. Liz a couple of years ago would not have been able to handle all this change, would not have been able to handle it. There's no freaking way but me now, I'm like, bring it on. I look to the uncertainty, to the unknown future, whatever you wanna call it, with excitement, with gratitude of what got me here. All the life lessons and confidence and all of the things inside my, my heart, my soul, that bring me to this point. I can't wait to bring that into the next chapter, into the next era. You know, and I say that, but I'm in that next chapter, next era. Just'cause I'm still shedding some shit, does not mean I'm not there. And I have never felt more alive. I've never felt more excited. And I just, again, think back to just not even a few years ago, I'm not saying I wasn't confident or loving myself, self-love all that, but all of this change, especially with how quick, you know, a year, that's really not a long period of time for so much to happen. I'm Bebopping and I'm walking with a little pep in my step. A little sway of the hips. A Sasha, Sasha, a smile on my face. And dare I say, the guts butt in my heart. It's cheesy as that sounds, but that's who I am and that's what this is about. this is a good segue into reflecting on the fact that the three year anniversary of the podcast was this past Saturday, the 17th of May. And I remember a period of time where I had no idea if I was ever even gonna launch a podcast. And I've said this many times before, the podcast isn't necessarily my end game, my end goal, but it is the platform to get me to those goals, to be that public figure that people come to when they want, giggles and self-love and empowerment and believing in themselves and, and reminding themselves that their dreams matter. Their, Zest for life matters and, and if not, like how to take charge and get that zest back. I wanna be known for that. I always say the in-between is one part entertainment, one part empowerment. And that is so freaking true. And here I am, and you know, not discrediting last year, because last year had a lot of great guests, but last year was really hard for me personally. Had to face a lot of shit. I had to finally. take the call from in the back of the room and face myself in the mirror and go, okay, the call is coming from inside the house. I need to face that. Okay. Got it. And I did the hard freaking thing. I did the hard freaking thing. And for anyone who's done the hard thing, it doesn't have to be my hard thing per se, but just a hard thing in their life, you know, that it changes you. Hopefully it changes you for the better. It shows you what you're capable of getting through and overcoming, and still putting a smile on your face. Because remember, it is insane that we exist. It is insane that we get to live on this blue floating rock in the middle of this infinite universe living our little lives. Be bebopping around Magic love struck in New York City, kissing boys. Picking flowers, cultivating incredible friendships, creating families. I don't freaking know creating podcasts. I don't know all the things. It's insane in the most beautiful freaking way. And so I reflect on the past three years and. Kind of similar to reflecting on my birthday. God, so much is different from three years ago when I started this podcast. And not just in my personal life, but like the podcast, I have found my voice. I have found my cadence. I have found my strength. Hell, that's why I was like, hmm, the episode I record this week. Not so great. We still falter. We still have speed bumps and that's okay. do I put out an episode every week? Not quite yet. I'm gonna get back on it though. I guarantee once this house is gone, everything's gonna be different for me. So reflecting on the podcast, I remember when I first started the thing that was my biggest intention was consistency.'cause I'd read everywhere that podcasts are hard to maintain because you burn out, because you don't get instant success. You don't get that clout, you know, it takes you a long time to get there. Says me, three years in and I'm still not quite there. But life has happened. This, and this has happened. I even said last year, I'm gonna focus on growth this year, but nope. Last year was like, we got lots of life challenges for you, baby girl. Uh, hold your beer and just wait. But now, in 2025, think about the people I've met. Even the, the interviews I've lined up, the ones that I'm nurturing, the bigger ones that I really do believe are gonna pan out. I feel that momentum. Part of me thinks it's because I'm free. I don't mean that disrespectfully. I just mean that like I'm truly untethered. I finally feel my true self, my anxiety. I don't wanna say it's non-existent'cause that would be a total lie, but it is so much less than it ever was. I literally walk outside and I just smile at the sunshine and the birds chirping and the leaves and blowing in the wind. All that silly shit because I feel so alive, I feel so hopeful of the future and you know, remind me of this conversation the week before my period when I'm like depressed as fuck. But right now, no, we're good. Even if we do have fricking Invisalign ish, ish. I reflect on three years and I think about everything that I've overcome, everything that I've taught myself, sound issues, production issues, trying to come up with different content ideas, meeting new people, and I'm doing the damn thing. I put myself out there. I was gonna say every week, but we all know that's a lie right now. But I put myself out there consistently, and it's hard. Anyone who's a creator, entrepreneur, doing anything that sets your soul on fire, it is nerve wracking because it's so vulnerable, because it's so close to you, close to your heart, right? And I'd like to think that I have always been authentic and vulnerable. And vulnerable doesn't necessarily mean crying the blues and things like that. I talked about this a few weeks ago. Vulnerability is authenticity, and you are always gonna get that here. It's always gonna be a safe space, even if you can't identify with the actual life experience I'm discussing or laughing about or whatever about this connectedness. The human experience is what brings us all together. I think being authentic'cause there's just not that much. Okay, that's a lie. I don't wanna say there's not that much authenticity out there, but there really isn't, everyone's searching for something. Everyone's alone in some way, lonely in some way, in some regard their life. And I think we feel that by being authentic and being comfortable with that. And finding our people and finding our hobbies, and finding the things that bring us joy and not being afraid to actually go forward in the thing that sets our soul on fire. So in this reflection of the in-between three years, I wanna leave that message with you on what my intentions are with this, what will never change and will always carry me through no matter where we go with this podcast. Speaking on stages. Gosh, I was gonna say making a cookbook, but that would be such a lie. If I ever make a cookbook, y'all do not buy it.'cause there's no way I should ever make a cookbook. Not that I can't cook, but I am not a cookbook gal. Like, lemme just whip up a recipe. Wow. I digress. A DHD. But I want you to feel seen. I want you to feel. Loved. I want you to feel special because you deserve to feel that, and I can't thank you enough for being with me, especially if you've been here since the beginning and if you're new here, well baby, we're just getting started three years in and we are just getting started. I feel like I'm in a renaissance for my life, and that is absolutely beautiful. I don't know what the next six months hold, next 10 months, a year even. Gosh, five years. But I know my dreams are gonna come true. cause what I say, I'm someone who says what they mean and mean what they say and watch it happen.'cause if there's anyone I'm gonna bet on, it's gonna be me, because I hope you can feel the same way about yourself.'cause you're worth betting on. You gotta believe in yourself. And if you gotta fake it till you make it, then so be it. But try. It's worth it.'cause you never know. You never know what crazy life things will happen. So I appreciate you being patient with me as I get this episode out. I appreciate you listening, and if you're not doing so already, I'd love for you to support me. Uh, you can follow me on Instagram at In Between Pod and my personal e bii underscore TikTok and YouTube at the in-Between podcast. And if you're enjoying the show, I would love for you to share it with a friend, share it with a colleague, family member, whomever, and leave me a five star rating. Yes, I did say a five star.'cause your girl knows what she's about. Uh, but I, I appreciate you, I love you. And, uh, we'll see, we'll see where the adventure takes us. Remember, for the plot that makes life exciting. So, until I talk to you next time, have a fantastic Memorial Day weekend and I will see you on the next in between. I'm Elizabeth. Bye.