Penny for your Shots
Welcome to Penny for your Shots, the podcast that uncorks the stories and insights of exceptional female entrepreneurs and leaders. Hosted by Penny Fitzgerald, this show is your front-row seat to engaging and inspiring discussions served over a glass of your favorite libation.
Each episode, brilliant women from diverse fields and backgrounds will share their journeys, challenges, and experiences with stories that empower, educate, and entertain. And, we'll include memories shared with friends over a glass of wine or favorite cocktail!
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Penny for your Shots
Spring Clean Your Life: Let Go, Reset, and Refocus for the Rest of 2025
Is it time for a mid-year reset?
In this solo episode, I'm sharing what I’ve been up to lately—including some deep spring cleaning that’s gone way beyond closets and cabinets. From dusty old Wine Spectator magazines to a pink Goody comb I’ve had since middle school (yes, really), I’ve been letting go of things that no longer serve me—physically and emotionally.
With Memorial Day weekend around the corner and the halfway point of 2025 approaching, I’m inviting you to take a little time to pause, reflect, and realign with what matters most.
✨ Inside this episode:
- Stories from my own spring cleaning
- Gentle prompts to help you declutter your mind and your space
- Why letting go helps us move forward
- A reminder that it’s never too late to reset
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Penny Fitzgerald: Hello friend, it's Penny. Welcome back to Penny for your shots. I'm popping in solo this week with a little something that's been on my heart and maybe on yours too. We've been doing some deep spring cleaning over here, not just a little dusting or tossing out of old coupons. I'm talking the full what even is this kind of purge and not just physically [00:01:00] either.
It's been emotional too. I'm finally going through the things from mom and dad. I'm also going through mementos, picked up on special trips, awards earned through blood, sweat, and tears, gifts, and even cards received from family and friends. Items left behind by our now adult kids. Parts for crafts. I used to love clothes that were my favorites back in the day, but no longer fit or aren't in style.
Can you relate so much stuff? So I took a break earlier today to sit, meditate, and see what wanted to bubble up. And wouldn't you know it, this is what surfaced. Sometimes the clutter, whether it's in our closets, our calendars, or even our brains is standing between us and the life we actually want. Here's a case in point.
Jeff found a stack of old wine spectator magazines, I mean years worth. One of them was a special edition of the top 100 wines released in 2005. [00:02:00] That's the year we got married. We actually worked our way through a lot of those wines, some of them with friends and family celebrating special moments, others celebrating days that ended in "y".
Every day's a celebration, right? Any who? We still have a bottle of that number one wine released that year. The 2002 Joseph Phelps Insignia. It's tucked away in our cellar, ready to open this year on our 20th anniversary. We're hoping it's not more than ready, and I'll let you know that in October. But back to the magazine, we stood there holding it.
It's full of memories, notes, wine stains, all of it. We had to ask, do we really need this magazine Or do we already have what matters? The memories, the joy, the people, the 23-year-old bottle of insignia. So we let it go because the moments that matter, they're not printed on glossy paper.
They're in the connections, the celebrations, [00:03:00] sometimes even the bottles and the stories we keep telling. We'll make more memories with friends and with each other probably very soon, and probably over wine. Oh, and because life is full of contrasts, I also found my pink goody comb. You know the one here? It is big plastic, probably from middle school if you're counting.
That would be probably 45 or more years ago. What? Yeah, I had it and I still use it. No, I no longer carry it in my back pocket, like I'm at a high school basketball game, but it's hanging in there just like me. Some things are just classics. This weekend is Memorial Day, which for a lot of us means a little extra time.
Time to get outside, time to connect, probably time to go to graduation parties, and maybe time to reflect. Can you [00:04:00] believe we're almost halfway through 2025? Seriously, I blinked and it's the end of May. This is a great weekend though, to recalibrate. Did you have something you wanted to achieve this year?
Did you make a resolution or a promise to yourself in January? How are you coming on that? No judgment, and don't you dare beat yourself up either. Instead, give yourself some grace and look at this as a time to adjust your plan. What is realistic? What do you need to do to make it happen? Who do you need to be?
What can you set aside or say no to? To free up your time and energy for what's truly important? Do you need to do some decluttering in your mental space? This is your loving reminder that you don't have to wait until January to reset or reassess. This long weekend could be the perfect time to gently ask yourself, what am I holding onto that no longer serves me?
What's taking up space? Physically or mentally [00:05:00] that could be cleared. What do I actually want the second half of this year to feel like? It's so easy to let the stuff sneak up on you. Life gets lifey. You're busy doing everything for everyone, and before you know it, you've collected all the things left behind by others and the things you promised yourself get put on the back burner again.
If you are feeling the pull to regroup. To realign or just breathe a little deeper. you're not alone. I'm right there with you comb in hand. I'd be honored to help you know where to start to hold you accountable and to cheer you on as you make your move, and I'd love to hear your decluttering stories.
What you're releasing, what you're making room for,or even what random object from the nineties or eighties or seventies you found in the bottom of a drawer. Come connect with me over on Instagram @penny4yourshots or hop on my insiders list at [00:06:00] pennyforyourshots.com/insider.
That's where I send out weekly encouragement cocktail recipes and some behind the scenes goodies you won't find anywhere else. Take what you need this weekend and leave the rest maybe literally here's to making space not just on the shelf, but in your soul. Talk to you soon friend.