Peach Podcast
Two guys and an occasional guest breaking open topics on: Purpose, Energy, Attitude, Commitment and Health through shared experiences.
Peach Podcast
EP031: Trail Talk, Lessons From Guests and Charting a Course Into 2025!
In our year-end reflection, Doug and Daryl share memorable moments from their snowshoeing adventure and lessons learned throughout 2024. The episode highlights personal growth, insights from various guests, and ambitious goals for the upcoming year.
• Recap of the snowshoeing experience and its significance
• Reflections on the important lessons learned from guests
• Discussion of personal growth and setting intentions for 2025
• Introduction to the concept of Misogi and its relevance
• Call for audience engagement and feedback to shape future content
Hey, hey, hey, welcome to the Peach Podcast. Just a couple of dudes and an occasional guest breaking open topics from everyday life on purpose, energy, attitude, commitment and health. So, if you're ready, listen in as we live, to learn from our losses, gain from our gratitude and laugh as we level up to learn from our losses, gain from our gratitude with Doug and Daryl.
Speaker 2:Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, wow, oh my goodness, oh my goodness, wow, daryl, this is going to be, technically, our last episode, created for 2024, man, we'll talk about that a little later, or we'll use that episode to be our first, because that's going to be a pretty cool episode, man to be our first episode in January, the first Friday in January.
Speaker 2:Man, I'll tell you, daryl, between our last episode and this episode, we talked about snowshoeing, but before we get to snowshoeing, I just want to give just a little overview. This episode we're going to look back, we're going to talk about some of the guests we have, we're going to talk about some of the highlights we experienced, some of the lessons we've learned. We're going to just take a big overview, a broad stroke, of what this whole year has been about, from starting a podcast, what we've learned personally, professionally, and then we're going to wrap this podcast up with what are we going to do in 2025, you know, looking forward, projecting. And there's some things I want to hear from you personally on the back end of this podcast, daryl, because, man, you showed me some stuff earlier in the week and I'm like, damn dude, I just love the way you think.
Speaker 2:But, before we get into the show and all the nitty gritty of all this and looking back and seeing what we've loved and learned along the way, we talked about snowshoeing last week and then we did snowshoeing right after that episode, dude, I got so much to share about that. But I'd love to hear your feedback Because we got you know by the time we were stuck in all kinds of traffic going up and all kinds of traffic coming back. So you know we really it was kind of quiet coming back. Man. We were. We were all pretty beat and we really didn't get to talk much. We had a few text messages fly back and forth between us about soreness and this and that, but I really haven't had a chance to kind of really dive deep with you and say what'd you think about the snowshoeing man?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I'll tell you what. First of all, um, we'll get into it in a second, but my expectations was hey, try something new, pretty cool. Um, you know, kind of guy's day right, kind of morning till night and everything else. I was expecting like a, I don't know, five out of 10, maybe six out of a 10. That's always good hanging with you. Um, and the, the people at Paul, we had, uh, eric, doug, tony, which was awesome. That was like an 11 out of 10. Man, that, that exceeded all of our expectations like by a hundred.
Speaker 3:And on the way back, doug, the thing. You know, I always think about those um old time movies or those cartoons where it looks like you have a tennis racket and you strap them to your foot, yeah, and you go out and you go in the snow. I thought that's what we were doing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, this was way different yeah. This was like High tech snowshoes man. That was a trip.
Speaker 3:Your feet could move, you could adjust the back end when you're going uphill. It was absolutely gorgeous and I'll tell you what I liked the idea when we looked on it. By the way, we got in the car and we hit our Google and we're like there's something wrong with Google. There's something wrong with this. What normally would have taken us an hour and a half took us almost four hours to get there. Took us almost four hours to get there. Yeah, Um, Doug, and it had dumped two to three feet of snow the day before, Right, Um, and it just took us a long time and we talked about are we going to stop somewhere different? But once we got up there and got all of our stuff and Doug, this was brand new, right, Like, yeah, I didn't know how even to put on my shoes. I didn't know how to do my poles we literally learned.
Speaker 3:Paul had done it a few times, Eric, I think, had done it. The night before we rented some. A couple of us bought some. They had a sale on Costco. We had them. We're getting all of our stuff on and it was new and it was awesome, and I remember being at the truck and we're getting all of our stuff on and we're going off. We had no idea we were going over an underpass. We were getting on a place that Eric said was the beginning of the trail, even though it's like four feet of snow. So there was no trail and we just headed off Right. And don't you think? You know? And I remember being in that parking lot, cars and the freeway and we just take off, what do you think? Five minutes Doug, and you didn't hear a peep.
Speaker 3:Yeah, you were in the middle of just absolutely virgin snow, no sound, you and nature, and just pure white. It was absolutely epic.
Speaker 2:It was, daryl man, it was. And I got to tell you, man, the day before, I think, we had wind gusts of 50 miles an hour, we had torrential downpours. It was a mess. It was a mess out here. And for that day, for that Sunday, to just kind of, the skies cracked open, the sun shone bright, it was beautiful, we had fresh powder.
Speaker 2:Yet the four-hour car ride, you know, I think because we were all in good spirits and we were getting a little anxious, or a little impatient, I should say, towards that fourth hour. But when we got there, we couldn't wait to get our snowshoes on and, like you said, walking under the underpass of Highway 80, all these cars and stuff, and then finally getting to the, the trailhead and putting on the snowshoes, and, like you said, I had no idea what to thank. God, paul was there, paul was guiding me, I, if somebody would have handed me those things, I was like, well, what do you do? And uh, so I put them on and I tell you what, man, I think, in the first 10 steps maybe 10, no more than 50 steps maximum, but I think it wasn't the first 10 steps I was like I am hooked, like.
Speaker 3:I want to do this I want to do this.
Speaker 2:You could just feel, because you know, Daryl, we hang out with the boys, who we like some effort, we like a challenge, we like a challenge and we like to explore and adventure and try new things. And I was like, oh man, the the blood was cause. You know, walking in the snow ain't easy man. Your heart rate elevates, you're breathing heavy, especially up at elevation, and I was like, ah, I wanted. I think I yelled out, oh man, I'm, I'm, I'm a lifer, I'm gonna get some. You know, I was borrowing one of Paul's. Uh, he had an extra pair of snowshoes, but I'm already looking into getting my own pair and getting a good pair and checking them all out and getting back up there soon, because there's more snow today. Oh, my goodness, Absolutely. But the trail was. It was beautiful, sparkling, like little diamonds everywhere, the sun was beautiful blue skies, and we picked we probably picked a more difficult trail. Yeah, you know, I got to admit.
Speaker 3:Josephine in a few of the comments we had on our social media was of course, you guys picked the hill to climb, right. You know, I didn't even really think of it. Eric picked it and as we just started going on the trailhead, we looked up and we saw this gorgeous mountain and cliff and we said, oh, that's beautiful. And Eric says I think that's where we're going. And I looked like we're going up there, but so we didn't go snowshoeing, we decided to go climb Castle Peak.
Speaker 3:It got up to almost 9,000 feet and it was epic. It was epic, but let's give them a little bit of the view of it. When we first started walking, you know it was probably an eight to 10 foot wide kind of path where you know different people, and then probably about I don't know about 15 minutes into it it got down to where the trail, to some degree if there was any trail whatsoever was maybe two to three feet. Yeah, single track, single track, with basically two to three feet of powder on each side. It was pretty cool and the first part was a little flat.
Speaker 3:A little uphill got you little rollers like there's just getting you ready for it and then all of a sudden you got to a point and Paul had done this before he says at some point we're going to go by a meadow and we're going to start climbing. I didn't know exactly what climbing meant in snowshoes, but tell me what your thought was when we started to go vertical.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you just kind of you it's. You look up and you're like, okay, I guess we go. And then, uh, like, like you said, I didn't know snowshoes came with these little traction things to keep you. It's a trip, how you don't slide back. And in the beginning I didn't realize that I was going to have good traction. So I was a little hesitant and anxious and nervous about stepping and sliding back and I'm like, oh man, this is going to be crazy. But I learned quickly that, hey, these things they stick, they grab and you go.
Speaker 2:Once you understand that and you're confident in that and you just trust it, it's just like hiking. You just, you know, head down, go every once in a while, look up, enjoy the beauty, check out the scenery, take a couple of pictures if you want, and then head down and go. But yeah, I really I you know Daryl, you know me man I love hills on my bike, I love hills running, and now I love hills, snowshoeing. It's just there's something about the challenge of a hill. And not that I don't enjoy flatlands and meadows and all that beautiful stuff, I just love to lean into a hill man. There's something about it. So I appreciated the hills and that last pitch, though, climbing up to the rock, we didn't get all the way to the top. I I came to understand, um, there was probably another thousand feet we had to climb, or maybe 300 may 300 yeah, maybe I think 300.
Speaker 3:Yeah, there was a couple peaks and we thought we got to it, but, um, doug, talk a little bit about it we were flat. And then we got to the point where we went straight up, um and uh, it was pretty cool.
Speaker 3:And then we kind of got to a ridge line, remember, and then we're at the ridge line and then you took a right and we went up and it still was steep, but it was cool because you're on the ridge line of this mountain and you can see 360 degrees every which way, and these meadows, and you just I mean like you take one picture, you could take a hundred, but you had to stay focused because, by the way, doug, we got up there late because of the traffic and we had no idea, like, let's make sure we get up and get back, why it's still a light, because we have. We had no concept of how long it would take to get up there, but we were pretty committed to make it to the top, or which we thought was the top.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah, and which was? I was talking to one of the ranger guys who was on his way back down and he was the one explaining to me where the top top was. He said but most people go to where we went, which is it's like a top, it's got a beautiful, as we saw. It's an amazing view. You're literally on a sheer cliff on the others, on one side, and then it's beautiful landscape on the other. So, uh, it was a great place for our first time to go check it out.
Speaker 2:we're definitely going to go back and get to the top top, oh, yeah another day when maybe go during the weekday when there's less traffic, but uh, yeah, that was just amazing. And then on the way back, you know daryl's not competitive but uh, you know he had to be first and he took us first the wrong way for like a quarter mile man. And when you go a quarter mile in the snowshoes you might as well have ran 10 miles man it was. But it was good because we all looked at each other and said, ah, we got him now because now he's last.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it was pretty fun and it was very similar to cycling. Right, you're together, but when you start climbing it's individual, right, you don't. You don't have to be buddy buddy, if you're faster, you're slower, that you do it at your own pace. We all got up there and a big shout out to tony yeah he's on our prior, prior um episode he's, he's crushing it in his running and training for shamrock.
Speaker 3:he went up there and, um, he did it and he crushed it. That was. That was, no, the last part. I remember Eric, I had a video. I was about maybe 30 seconds ahead of Eric and I was taking Eric's video and I said great job, eric, great job, you made it to the top. And he looked at me and he put his hand up and he like breathed for like a minute. He didn't even say anything. I mean, you're pretty out of breath, right, and you were at 9,000 feet, yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean you're up there, so it's it's. You know it's no joke for sure. And you know it was. Getting back to Tony, I was so glad. You know we we've we've both known Tony for a long time and you know he doesn't live as close as we live just the other direction, but he's such a cool dude man and, and it was so cool, I him and I got to share some really uh hard personal stuff with him and, just, you know, unload some things and really connect and it's it's. I'm so grateful that you know he joined us and he he was part of us and that we're expanding the peach crew.
Speaker 2:You know one one beautiful soul at a time man, because it's a, it's a great man. We have a great thing going with guys. Daryl, you know it's like we've got this thing where, like we've talked about in our book clubs and we talk about it and even in team peach and all that stuff. You know a lot of guys don't share, guys don't get vulnerable and transparent a lot. I'm not saying they don't because obviously you hear me and I'm hearing you a lot more now, but it's so cool to have that place where we can be guys and say the stupid shit that we say, but also say, hey, man, I'm struggling, I'm hurting and this is the dumb shit I've done and this is what I'm going through.
Speaker 2:And he was so cool man, just in a nonjudgmental way and in a way of just a brother could be there for a brother. You know it's just what a wonderful addition to the team on an official. You know, Team Peach outing and event to go try out for the first time and I look forward to having him come along on more things. We got to get him hooked up with a bike. I want to try to get him my, maybe my old bike. I don't know if that one's too small for him, but uh, he, it's definitely good for starting to pump up the tires and get them rolling.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it's um, it's uh definitely a day that I didn't quite expect that. I knew we'd have fun, but when we got down to the end, I mean that was accomplishment. Yeah, that was like us doing a big, huge ride that we weren't quite sure about. We got in the truck, we were fired up right. We felt like we had done something and we did we did Well, darrell.
Speaker 2:Let's look at the statistics of it all. It was about a five-mile round-trip route, yep, and how long did that take us, darrell? Do you know the actual time?
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, it was 5.6 miles and it took us four hours and five minutes of moving time, yeah.
Speaker 2:So think about that, man. If you're out for a walk or a hike, it ain't going to take you four hours of moving time. You know what I'm saying. So that just tells you, and we all get after it, man. So we're not just sitting there lollygagging, we're clicking along one foot in front of the next moving, moving man. So you know, we're not just sitting there lollygagging, we're clicking along one foot in front of the next moving, moving, moving.
Speaker 2:And so for something like that to take us that amount of time, that should tell you that that was a pretty aggressive route. Yes, and I'm excited, I'm proud of all of us, man, we saw it, took it on, did it, and. But I'll tell you what, though, Daryl man, that was, that was a whole different. We stopped on the way back at a restaurant in Auburn or Roseville or somewhere, and, uh, we all got out of the truck and we looked like a bunch of penguins man waddling back and forth. We were so sore and all the noise is like oh, uh, you know, it's just hilarious, Um how stiff it was.
Speaker 3:Um, I was reflecting a year ago when I did the half marathon and we were uh and we were good, and it was about a half hour afterward and there was that piece of lawn and we sat down in the lawn and then I tried to get back up and, like poor I think it was, eric videotaped me. It was like it was like a two minute episode for me to get up off the lawn. Um, and we, uh, we talked about it, it wasn't all over workout from head to toe, head to toe. Um, so, yeah, it was uh, it was super cool.
Speaker 3:So, definitely 10 out of 11 for me, and we are, we already calculate in our minds, but wait, wait, you said.
Speaker 2:You said 11 out of 10, not 10 out of 11.
Speaker 3:Yeah, 11 out of 10.
Speaker 2:11 out of 10.
Speaker 3:There we go yeah and Doug. I think you text back to a few of us right after that. This is definitely an activity we're going to put in our playbook, Absolutely.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, I remember coming down at the end and saying this is an activity I will have as part of my just longevity plan, of adding things that create movement, involve movement in my life for overall health and wellness, not just physical, but when you I mean, come on, daryl, seriously, man, we're out there. The physical part was nice, but just the mental and emotional well-being you get from being in nature like that and the silence of that type of nature, because the snow be muffling stuff out, man, and so it was just man, you just like you said, you come back down and there's just this euphoric feeling of not just accomplishment but healing, well-being and a desire to really want to just connect. And I don't know man, I don't want to go too deep on it, I already did, but that's what I'm saying. It's definitely going to be something that I look forward to doing real soon again and for the rest of my life. This is not a one and done.
Speaker 3:Nope, nope, and I know that we've shared a bit, but definitely a little plug go to IG. The Peach Podcast Doug is going to be putting up all our best pictures up on Team Peach Peach Podcast on Instagram. You did a really great reel. It was awesome. I saw the video you did. It was awesome. So if you want to see some pictures of it pictures don't do it justice, but the pictures are pretty cool- yeah, very cool, and you did a great post on Facebook with all the pictures.
Speaker 2:So mine's a reel, so they kind of go fast. But if you want to see the same pictures, one at a time, head on over to Daryl Gannis on Facebook or Instagram, and he's got those on his personal page as well. Great photos, great photos, great time, great experience all around. But let's move into the rest of the episode. Daryl, um, let's start off with um, some, some. Let's look back. Man, how did this all start? Well, we, we talked about it last episode. How it started you and I were out on a run, you know let's, let's, let's be real.
Speaker 3:I've been bugging you for a while, doug. You're awesome at social media. You've been a health coach, now you're a life coach. You do a lot of different things. You're very, I think you know. One of the reasons I think we've been successful we'll talk about that is because of your outgoingness. You speak really well, You're very motivational. So I've been poking and prodding you for a while. I was like, doug, you need to start a podcast. You know, we had Jose Morales on here and Jose really inspired me. Jose started his podcast probably about two, three years ago. When I heard it, first of all I thought of you, so that's kind of where it started. And then it kind of mingled and everything else. And then we were on our 10 mile sack run when we committed. Yes.
Speaker 3:And we've talked about that. And Doug, that wasn't like January, that was March, april, probably May, I don't know when was that. I think it was.
Speaker 2:April. It was April. Then we said let's get it going. It took us a couple months to get started. We got it. It was a little bumpy in the beginning. Matter of fact, it was so bumpy.
Speaker 2:I'm going to throw a big shout out to Megan Murphy man, megan Murphy, man, megan Murphy. Because I was just lost on what to do, how to do technically and all this, and I had gotten the microphone. My son Max showed me some things in GarageBand and I practiced recording but I didn't know how to get it onto a platform and all these other things. So I know my good friend Megan Murphy had launched the podcast maybe a year or so ago. I called her up and she was such an angel man. She got on Zoom with me and step by step and showed me how to edit and how to you know what platform to put it on and set it up and do all these things. I mean she spent hours with me, daryl, just making sure I got my I's dotted and my T's crossed and I think the first few episodes she kind of babysat me. She did one and then she watched me do one and then she let me do one kind of on my own and after three phases I'm like I got it, girl, and it's just here. We are, man, here we are just editing and doing the stuff and posting them up and having a good time. And the truth of the matter is now that I see how easy it is to actually do a podcast man.
Speaker 2:If anybody has, you know, I want to pay it forward. If anybody wants to do a podcast man, please reach out. I'd love to help you. I'd love to show you what goes on behind the scenes, because somebody did that for me and I'll be so forever grateful for that. So I'd love to pay that forward if you feel inspired to have a podcast. But that's how we started out, daryl. And then you know I think we mentioned this on our last episode we committed to three things. Number one just start no-transcript. And so we committed to that as well. And then the third commitment we made was let's commit to doing one a week, one a week, man, and whether we get one listener or 100 listeners, it just took off from there. I think you mentioned the stats last last episode. Uh, daryl, but do you, if you have them in front of you, what? Where are like where? Where's this podcast region right now?
Speaker 3:Yeah, it's been a.
Speaker 3:It's been really exciting. I didn't expect the reach that we would have. We're in a 13 countries, we're in 244 cities. The cool part is, depending on the guests that we have on a weekly basis we go through a buzzsprout. It gives us a little stats thing and says guess what? You've added nine new cities. Right, because we have a variety of different guests or different listeners that might pass it on, and we appreciate when you share with your friends and everything else.
Speaker 3:And all of a sudden I told Josephine, I said hey, we've got two listeners from New York and she says, oh, you know what? I think one of my friends sent the podcast to a friend of theirs and they live in New York. So definitely, it's. It's really cool. Um, it's really cool the reach that we've had and the the feedback right. Um, from the get go, we had some great Europe, uh connection big time with Europe, uh, with Gerlinda and some of the people I worked with and then Gerlinda passing it on to different people and everything else. Jose, definitely the reach Jose gave us to a lot of different places and continues to.
Speaker 3:And the cool part that I like is when we see people that might listen to a podcast, maybe of a guest or a topic or something else. Oftentimes you can definitely see that all of a sudden they don't just listen to that one. Different people go back and listen to a variety of different ones, right, um and everything else. So it's kind of interesting just to see how organically which makes me feel good People aren't just listening to one episode and ticking the box and saying done they? They think that we've got something to talk about or something that they can bring to their lives, and I appreciate the people that go back and listen to the prior episodes.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I love that, daryl, and I'm just going to explain that.
Speaker 2:What you and I see behind the scenes so people can understand what you're talking about, is when we launch an episode, we have an app and it gives us the stats, like how many downloads are coming out when we have a new guest, or it's Daryl and I and what's really fun to see.
Speaker 2:We also see when people it happens a lot when we get a new guest, we get a lot, you know, an elevated downloads, but when we get a new guest, we also see how many people are looking into other and not just looking into actually listening to other episodes that we have, and so to see them going in and listening to other episodes you know multiple episodes, it's it's really cool, man. We don't see who it is or you know what. I don't even think we can tell what city's listening to it or what town. It's just that we just can see that there's another listener listening to another episode. So it's it's growing, uh, I think, faster than you and I ever anticipated it would grow, um, but slower than you, and I want it to grow because you and I were a couple of you know, uh, high achievers. Man, we want to get shit done.
Speaker 3:Um so Doug on that, um tell people what is our most listened to episode.
Speaker 2:Oh, our most listened to at oh number. Our first episode is our very most listened to episode, which is interesting because we barely knew what we were doing. But the cool thing about that episode, I think we shared what PEACH stands for the acronym Exactly and we also shared how we got the name PEACH, because in that episode I think I explained, or we explained, that you know a lot of people before they knew what the acronym was. They thought PEACH Team, peach was about looking at booties while we're riding bike, and so it was. It's been fun explaining to people what the acronym means and they kind of sit there a little humbled like oh, I'm sorry.
Speaker 2:And I'm like no don't be sorry, man, there's nothing wrong with the good behind you know, but that's not what Team Peach is about, man. We're purposeful people who are just out trying to be healthy and do it with intention. And, man, we saw an opportunity to use this peach name. That came out of a jar of peaches, really had nothing to do with the acronym, really, it was just. It saved our life and then, but taking that name and finding some intentionality and meaning behind it, and it's just stuck and here we are. We got a podcast now, man. It's pretty cool.
Speaker 3:It is, it is and, by the way, just I want to give all credit to the acronyms did come from Doug on another ride we had and he came up when we were talking about Peach and he literally just threw him out there and I was like, wow, you know purpose and just walk through the whole things and I love how that was a big part of what we did and our first few episodes, doug, we walk through each of the acronyms, I think over the first about two months, curious to you. We look back on that segment of episodes. Which one of those episodes the acronyms was it purpose? Was it commitment? What hit home to you in those first few episodes?
Speaker 2:I think for me, daryl, the biggest acronym, that and I don't know that we hit on it too much, and that's something I'm going to work on. Our last episode with Bob Bullard man, his was led about into purpose and that, for me, my underlying foundation, everything I do has to have purpose. Like I was talking to you earlier and I said you know, when I'm talking about the weather with someone, I'm not talking about the weather for the sake of talking about the weather. I'm talking to weather because I'm about to go snowshoeing. I need to know how many layers of clothes I'm wearing, I need to know what, what I need to prepare it for, if I need to bring extra water and clothes or food in case I get stuck, and so, like, what's the weather like? It ain't just trying to pass the time and fill in the gaps of just having a conversation. So purpose has a lot of meaning to me. But I'll tell you what.
Speaker 2:Man, one of the things I struggle with the most, daryl, or have and I'm starting to build momentum and gaining ground moving in that direction is commitment. Commitment is a tough one, man. Trying new things, it's tough. I can't tell you how many times I've tried new things and hard things and have given up. But I'll tell you what since Team Peach has formed and evolved and gotten more intentional, I tell you, something inside of me has shifted. Working with someone like you, daryl, for your job, has shifted. Working with someone like you, daryl, for your job, your career, what you do, you're a very strategic thinker. I think commitment to you is like breathing air. It just happens, and I see that in you and you might take it for granted, and maybe your standard is so high, maybe you don't think you have a strong commitment foundation, but you do, and so it's been a really awesome blessing and a great challenge to lean into some commitments, see them through and feel accomplished and confident after doing that. And so I'd say that the episodes we've had I think Eric was talking about commitment when he was training for Deathrite, we had him on and he talked about his commitment, and so I remember that story sticking out and other stories of commitment.
Speaker 2:So, and then Bob's recent story, with his sobriety and then eventually moving into working on ministry in the prisons, you know he's found. He came home one day and said I found my purpose, you know, and how cool is that to just share with his wife with such conviction Like I. Now I know what my purpose is. At 60. What'd he say? 64, 65, 66 years old, yeah, yeah. So yeah, you can't, you can't put a time on it, man, you just got to keep showing up as which, which is what he's done. He's done ministry life for years now, and uh, you know, and for him to finally find that purpose. So those, those would be my two men. But what about you, daryl? Uh, what, what episodes which of the, of all the letters, which acronyms, are hitting you?
Speaker 3:I think probably. Um, the good part is, doug, they, they literally each of the acronyms are part of what we talk about all the time. It doesn't matter if it's commitment, it's purpose no-transcript. I think we were also doing one of our book clubs around gap and the gain and you could either be in the gap or the gain, and the difference between gap and a game, the gap and the gain, is so small, doug, remember it's those handful of words, those little things, it's your attitude. You could have the same person and they could look at something and see negative and somebody could see a positive, just by their attitude.
Speaker 3:And as you go through life, you know, I think that's the one, definitely, that I've continued to work on. You know Josephine talked about, we talked about self-talk, we've talked about other things, but that slight difference in the way you approach and you have that attitude and that can do to me is one of the ones that I really like the best. But they all hit very strongly with me and they continue to right. It's not like all of a sudden we did the episodes and we forgot about them. Each one of these acronyms are a big part of our life, but for me, attitude was the best.
Speaker 2:Season one, episode six does attitude matter? It must be in that one. But that was a good episode and, yeah, I love. They're all. You're right, they're all purpose, energy, attitude, commitment and health. I mean you can dive into any one of those and have fun with it. But I think each individual is going to have a special connection, for one reason or another, with one of the letters more than the other one, and you know what It'll probably shift. You know it might be energy for you next year, who knows? But what about guests, daryl? Like what you know, any guests from this last year to stick out to you?
Speaker 3:Well, let's talk about. We were like, okay, are we going to have a guest? We said yes, and then you and I both got really nervous. Okay, questions, what do we tell them? What do we do this? And our first guest was Joe T in the house and it was so awesome Our first guest we had. He talked everything about health and his journey through bodybuilding and being an entrepreneur and community and everything else, and I just want to call it out there that is our second highest rated show that we've had was our first guest.
Speaker 2:Look at Joe bringing the numbers. Come on, Joe.
Speaker 3:Come on, joe, we still have people.
Speaker 2:We got to get him back on for maybe a slightly different viewpoint on what he's doing and how he's doing it and all that. Yes, absolutely, and I'm going to tell you why. Not for the numbers, but mostly because he was our first guest and we didn't know what we were doing. With technology, the audio quality on that particular episode isn't the best, and so, just for the sake of getting him back and giving him the proper sound that he deserves to be heard and shared across the countries and the cities that we have listeners in, let's get him back this year and we'll bring up a topic. We did go back. We actually did a live broadcast from his gym in Healdsburg World Gym in Healdsburg during a powerlifting contest. That was an exciting that was really.
Speaker 2:You did really cool interviewing those people there. That was awesome.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that was awesome. So that one jumped out at me. Every one of the guests I absolutely loved. I remember overall Katie Tenor. When we reflected on her, you know, we said something about what is running do and everything else and she just basically said it just made her mentally tougher. And the people that we've interviewed, man, they're pretty strong and they've developed habits how they're very mentally tough.
Speaker 3:And then the other one, and I still literally have this written down. I was pulled up my notebook of some of the things when we were up at the weightlifting competition and we were interviewing people and Megan, who was the prior year champion, I kind of let the last question out there and said, hey, what, what did uh, what did you learn what? What can you reflect on your time doing this weightlifting? And she said something very simple. She says I just want to do life, I want to do life better, and I just and she said it so genuine I was like, wow, right, you know what? There's a lot of different things out there. We make things very complicated, doug, right, but she says I just want to do life and I want to do it better. And those are two things. And I've got many other ones, doug, but those are two that really stuck in my brain.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, another woman we had on here that was just a powerhouse man, was Leanna Crosby. She, you know, full-time mom, stay at home mom, uh, homeschooling mom, I mean. So she, you know she got a full plate, bro, and she decided to do that marathon and shared, you know, that journey with us on how to level up with all the busyness around her and get her training in.
Speaker 2:Man, I remember seeing some of her runs on Strava. You know she got up before the family got up to get her runs done. And, darrell, you got to understand, man, like, when you're training for a marathon, like a training run could be anywhere from 15 to 18 miles. Man, that's a training run. You know what I'm saying. Like it ain't no joke and that takes time. So you know the way she broke that down and gave a lot of insight to, to moms, you know, stay at home moms, or just moms who have kids, that you can get. Get hard shit done, man, if you, you want to do it, she's, she's an avid runner. Now she's hooked. I think she's going to be doing the uh, the shamrock with us. Oh good, yeah, for sure, um, hey.
Speaker 3:Doug, one thing I want to throw out to you is we invited some of our friends, some of the people you know, business people like Jose, who runs a very successful boxing business man. I couldn't be more impressed and I couldn't believe how open, vulnerable and these people had a lot to say right, yes, yes. And trust me, doug and I weren't doing a whole bunch ahead of time. We gave them a little bit of direction, we told them a little bit of direction, we told him a little bit of questions. Each one of them had a big impact, I think, on definitely you and I, but I think also our audiences. We got a ton of great feedback on every single guest.
Speaker 2:Right, right, right, right. The boxer, Amarina. You know she brought a great story. I still like the F happiness. That's one of my favorites, you know, not just that episode, but where that episode came from, that 10 to 15 minutes of the bike ride. That'll live in my heart forever, man. It was just such a profound conversation that had a lot of meaning and there's still growth coming from that damn conversation. It's just awesome. And then we had Mr Fix it, dave, dave Vigil, on here sharing his story. Just a lot of great guests, man, and I look forward to more guests coming on and finding new people.
Speaker 2:And again, like I said last week and I'm going to say it again this week, is that, um, and I can. And again, like I said last week and I'm gonna say it again this week, is that you know, daryl, daryl and I are just a couple of ordinary dudes, man, there's really nothing special about us. Uh, we have normal lives, families. Uh, we screw up like everyone else. Um, we get scared like everyone else. We, you know's just, we have questions like everyone else. But we show up, you know, we try to show up in the midst of the chaos and try to make some, try to make some meaning out of the mess. And we also see that in people when we are having conversations. We see there's people who have done great things in our family that we get to call upon to come and do interviews for us. We see great things in in friends that are around us that we call upon to come and do interviews for us. We see great things in friends that are around us that we call upon to come and share their wisdoms and I just love that. You know just finding ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You know it's awesome. You know one of the people, right when I said that, you know who came to my mind just now Daryl. Who's that? Josephine. Josephine, you know an ordinary person.
Speaker 2:I remember Josephine when I first moved up here I was doing my fitness thing and working out and doing all the things and you know Josephine was doing her thing. Man, and that's what I love about her man, she, she ain't trying to out there, she ain't trying to impress nobody. You know she was staying in her lane and I remember talking to her about running and she's like nerd right, that's her word that she did. If you haven't listened to Josephine's episode, go and listen to it. It's funny Nerd spelled backwards is run, or run spelled backwards is nerd Nerd. Thank you embarrassing Daryl because you or I I might've, you know, talked to her a little bit or challenged her every once in a while, cause I'm her brother, you know, I have.
Speaker 2:I don't need permission to get in her face and say, come on, but as her, as her husband, I can understand where you're like Doug, I ain't that's. If she wants to do it, she can do it, if she don't, she don't. But uh, you know she committed and we got to thank Kelly Was it Kelly, yep, that was floating down the river with her, who just happened to have that conversation? And Josephine, when Josephine commits, she gets it done. But I'll tell you what, man, the cool thing that happened with Josephine. She didn't just do this for the sake of getting it done, she didn't check a box off Like Daryl. She is literally training right now for her second 10K, you know like. She finished the first one and before that one was done she was already signed up for the second one.
Speaker 2:And man, just to watch an ordinary person shift into an extraordinary mindset like that, that man it you know the negative talk self-talk and switched it over to just like, hey, we're getting stuff done. You know, that's what this is all about, daryl man. We can keep influencing or impacting or helping people move to that, whether we're telling them directly or indirectly. Man, that's what this is all about, brother. Just leveling up. One step at a time, one run at a time, one bicycle at a time, one walk at a time, one healthy nutritional choice at a time, one glass of water at a time, whatever it is, man, one day at a time.
Speaker 3:Yep, yep, and it's funny. As you said, josephine, I kid you not my office door opened and she poked her head in and went like this and gave me a sign where she was basically putting her you guys can't see this but putting her arms up and down and pointing at the door, and I know that's her sign that she's going to go running.
Speaker 2:So literally come on. Are you kidding me? Right now Not kidding you.
Speaker 3:She's walking at the door and going to go running on a Tuesday yeah, she poked her head in the door and she waved and told you she's going for a run.
Speaker 2:That's what I'm talking about, Daryl. Come on, man, that's badass dude. There's something definitely in the water, man. But hey, we could talk about all our guests and spend multiple episodes on each one. But what did you learn, Daryl?
Speaker 3:What did you learn from this year, from our guests and from episodes yeah, I think, first of all, I learned when starting the podcast and doing something that, to be really frank, doug, neither of us had any sort of background in From you literally figuring out how do you do this to us being able to speak together, to organize topics. It was an amazing learning experience for me, right, and I remember being up at the uh Joe's gym and doing some of the interviews, or having a guest on, or you and I having our bike ride with the F every, you know, um, you know F happiness, right, I can tell you right now like my heart like swells up with such pride and such happiness. I remember the day that we got through interviewing people up at the weightlifting there, man, I was so lifted up. So for me, what I learned is, by doing this, man, I have gained so much knowledge, inspiration, so many good people out there doing great things and just putting yourself out there and doing something that might be a little uncomfortable, I got so much out of right, um, and I've told you we've had this conversation I say yes to a lot more things.
Speaker 3:Yeah, right, um and uh, we kind of said, oh, we're really doing this podcast thing and, doug, you and I probably thought we'd be sitting here in you know December, you know 19th, having a conversation with you and I, and the only people will be listening to it is you and I. Two downloads, two downloads, one and two. By the way, if you keep downloading, it doesn't count again, so that doesn't work.
Speaker 2:So we'd be capped out at two.
Speaker 3:Doug, but I just I had no concept of how much I've learned myself and how much I've learned from other people, and how much just this has really improved my life.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's awesome, man, that's all. Thanks for sharing that, daryl. You know I've learned a little bit too. I've learned to. It might sound cliche that you know, the more I'm learning, the more I realize I got a lot more to learn. You know, and it's just, um, it's crazy, but I'm just learning that man, we I think most people and I'm speaking directly to myself our biggest obstacle and I think Josephine said this in her podcast episode is our own mindset man, our own thoughts ourselves. We are our biggest obstacles today.
Speaker 2:Daryl man, if we were to have this conversation, if we can go back in time knowing what we know, and said, hey, let's start a podcast, it'd be like, oh yeah, sure, let's do it. It wouldn't be an issue because it's really not that big of a deal. It's really not. I mean, you and I, we care about what we bring across. So we do plan, we do get together, we brainstorm some things. When we meet people we're like, oh, what'd you like about that person, that person, should we have them on the show? And you know, so we do.
Speaker 2:It does matter. There is some effort that goes into it. It's not just, hey, let's get on and do something. You know it's. But all the technical stuff, it's like, yeah, let's, let's do it. And if we mess up, oh well, now we have, now that we know how to use an edit button, it's all good, let's, let's keep on messing up. That's that's where the joy is, man, that's where the fun is, and that's, you know, if we're going to do something, we might. If we're not having a good time, then we ain't doing it right? You know what I'm?
Speaker 3:saying Exactly, exactly.
Speaker 2:Right, you know, before we move off of guests cause I want to next year, darrell, what a great year, what a great reflection we just had. That's awesome. But I want to move into what's Peach Podcast going to be doing in 2025? But before we do that, just say probably my most favorite guest we had on was Ava Jo, because she's young, she's raw and just. There was reckless abandon, man. She wasn't afraid to say what was ever on her heart. And I noticed when we had guests come on, sometimes I'd be like, oh, they'll be fine, they'll be fine, and then all of a sudden they freeze up. As soon as I press record, you know it's like, oh, so we had to get them comfortable. But with Ava Jo, she was ready to go, man. So, ava Jo, if you're listening to this, uncle Doug loves you. Man, you're doing a good job. We'll have you on it. We'll have to get a special spot for you in 2025. But, darrell, let's move into Peach Podcast next year, 2025.
Speaker 2:Let's right, we talked last week. We talked about resolution, setting goals, how to plan all that other stuff. Right, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. But before we jump into that, daryl, you showed me some of your personal goals, man. And when you showed me how you broke it down, I'm just thinking to myself like I got to get this guy to share this on the podcast because you're such a strategic thinker.
Speaker 2:You think maybe linearly or I don't know if that's the correct phrase, but the way you put it down, I can see it and I'm like, oh yeah, I can see exactly what's going on. And I love that you and I have this relationship where you allow me to come in and ask questions about your goals to help expand and get a little more clarity and some detail and all that stuff. And I think it's been fun just watching you, man, because I asked a couple of questions and you shot back something else the next day and I'm like, oh my gosh, that's some, that's some detail right there, and it was. It was pretty cool. So, darrell, breakdown, uh, if you can for the audience, in as much clarity and detail as you can, what? What did you share from? If you're cool with it, it's your personal goals your, your personal goals for 2025.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I think we talked about last episode, um, having a game plan instead of it being a resolution and, like you said, right, if you have a game plan, you actually have to do something. You have to plan, you have to put some action to it and so you know, doug, I really appreciate some of the guidance. A couple of years ago, you would have a word, and I think, Josephine, other people talk about the word, and the word for this year for me was peace, and I definitely I believe that I've been able to really tap in and find that through a lot of different things there. So, after I wrote my goals and I had some goals, and you know I'm big on threes my first major job out of college, it was all about threes right, organize things around three different items. My three things are health, family and financial, and I mentioned those last week. But one of the things I went back to is you got to have your, why you got to have that purpose. So I spent some time and I wrote down a few different things, and last year was peace and this year I really focused on thrive. So that was the first word I wrote down. And, doug, to be honest with you, I thought about it and you know, one of the things about peace last year was for me to kind of take a step back and listen more, right, and so I didn't want to lose that. And the word humility came to me. So my two words were kind of humility and thrive, and so those were the ones I wrote down. And then, Doug, you know, sometimes when you think about stuff or you're having discussions with yourself and your mind and you might do, it feels like something leads you into something.
Speaker 3:So I was listening to a podcast, another podcast, and they talked about the concept of edit, right those together, and said you know what, if I can be more humble next year, if I can find time to edit parts of my life, which it could be it's just how do I make sure that I'm refining my actions? How am I making sure I'm cutting out things that don't serve me? I really think I can thrive more. So I decided to go with three words, and so I wrote those down and I put some definitions on there. And then, you know, from a health perspective, I just kind go with three words, and so I wrote those down and I put some definitions on there and then you know, from a health perspective, I just kind of broke them down.
Speaker 3:I want to, number one make sure I have a really strong mental focus on health and if that is from, you know, self-care, to book clubs, to Musogi's or anything else there. And then the other one was around physical and others, and so I tried to break them down and have some subcateg there. And then the other one was around physical and others, and so I tried to break them down and have some subcategories and I put some measurements on them, right, and it was way, way too detailed, right, and it's like typical me and the thing that you did that I thought was really helpful for me was you said that's great, and you asked me two questions One, how are you going to measure them? And so I put some more measurements on there. And then the other thing I did he says of those things, daryl, what are the things that are going to be the most important to you? And on there in order, I had them, as you know health, financial and family. And you said to me and you sent me a little thing if you're on your deathbed, which one are you going to care about the most? And you basically says, daryl, what's most important to you? And I had them backwards, right, I had family as my third item. It didn't mean to be my third item, it just was in order of there, right, and so I thought it was really good.
Speaker 3:So I tried to be more structured and I have very clear goals in each of those categories in health, in financials and in family. But also I've gone back and really talked about if I could do one thing, what would it be? And so it helped me. And then the one thing I'm going to do, doug and I did this is once a month I'm going to sit down. I've got them all written out. And once a month thing I'm going to do, doug and I did this is once a month I'm going to sit down, I've got them all written out. And once a month I'm going to spend a half hour with myself and I'm going to reflect on the month.
Speaker 3:So at the end of January I'm going to go back to my goals and say how did I do, how did I measure? And some of them are qualitative hey, how many times did I take a bike ride? Or miles on Stra Strava and other ones will be a bit more qualitative and then really have a honest discussion with myself, right, yeah, and the other thing I told you is I'm going to go back to my photos. That's my goal and I'm going to try and pick two to three photos that represent what I did that month. And then, you know what, if I had a good month, I'll go back and say, hey, what did I do good, what I did not.
Speaker 3:So I think, overall, I think what I tried to do is break them down, write them down, have measurements. But one of the things you really told me maybe you could talk about it is you got to prioritize, right? So push comes down to shove and guess what, if I am doing awesome as far as editing my time and managing everything else, but I have a bad relationship with my daughter who cares, do you know what I mean? And so? So those. So I think I think writing them down, getting really kind of detailed and then bringing it back to a very focused items, and the one thing I'm excited about is I will schedule that 30 minute meeting on my calendar and.
Speaker 3:I will have a basically a discussion with myself once a month and then at the end of the year I will have 12 discussions and hopefully 20 to 30 pictures. I can reflect on the year. So that's what I'm doing there.
Speaker 2:I love how you have these things strategically laid out, and I loved when I asked you the question, if you were on your deathbed, which one is going to matter to you the most. The light bulb came on for you and, man, I could just see the wheel spinning and you were already engaged in your mind and like reorganizing and reassessing and reevaluating what you were doing and how you were doing it. And I'll just I'll tell you, daryl, the one with the, you know the thing that I hear again. I hear I read in books, you hear on from stories from people who've gone through I read in books. You hear from stories from people who've gone through near-death or death experiences or they're on their deathbed, and relationships is definitely the number one thing. They have regrets or not, depending on what they chose to do going through their life.
Speaker 2:I think I shared with you. For people out there who are going to work on their relationships and this is something I'm going to be working on myself is man. It's okay to measure. That's something you can measure like am I putting enough dates together, am I having enough outings together, am I taking my kids or am I writing them letters? And measure that so that you can achieve the standard that you feel that you want to achieve, but also be careful that you're not just doing that to check off a box, because then it's just you checking off a box to ensure that you are, as you are, trying to create a stronger relationship, a more intimate, closer relationship. You're using a lot of your time being a detective, really finding out what they like, what they love, where they want to go, what they want to do.
Speaker 2:Um, and then you know uh selflessly giving yourself to them for that moment to, and when you make that date or when you make that commitment to go do something with them or read something with them or see a movie or whatever, and I think that, man, that would just really create a strong bond in that relationship. I mean, think about it, darrell, when we connect with someone, it's just awesome when you feel heard right, when you feel heard like, man, this person gets me, they want to do what I want to do, and sometimes they might even realize, hey, that's not his favorite thing, but he's doing it and he's not complaining about it and he's just, he's in the moment and he's making it a good time. That's awesome. So I just, you know, as you continue to measure that specific piece, you know, keep that in mind I always like to enter in with whatever we measure, make sure it has meaning. Yep.
Speaker 3:Right. I also think you know what we've learned together. Trust me, doug and I are friends. We're also relatives, Like Doug was said, I love what you did. You should think about this. And I was like wow, and I think having a relationship with someone where they can be open to give you feedback is awesome, and being open where you accept that feedback. And you gave me the example. We won't go through the example of where maybe somebody was spending time with somebody based on what they wanted to do, right, right, rather than you meeting them where they're at, and, man, that really impacted me and I was like wow. So I just want to thank you for that example and kind of doing that and kind of continuing to kind of add to there. So that was awesome.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, no. And right back at you too, brother. I mean the way you strategy. That's why we're talking about this, because I think I learned from you. Every time I see one of your strategy plans and your little goal emails, I'm just like dang man, how does he do that? You have this ability to get very clear very quickly, and I love that you're open to a question, because then I see something else unfold. I'm like, oh wow, I didn't know it can go to that level, and he just showed me how just by asking a question, because some of us don't have that gift, daryl, and it's hard to really put things our strategic thinking down on paper, and you're certainly gifted at doing that. So thank you for sharing your example with me. I'm still working on my stuff. I know a couple of things I'm going to be working on, but they're not as detailed as yours yet. So I'm going to be looking at yours as an example to kind of drill down into mine a little bit more.
Speaker 3:Hey, thanks, doug, and you know the one word here edit. I thought how do I you know they talk about? If you take on all these goals, right, what is? How are you going to find the time to do that? Right? And so one you probably got to edit your life a little that could be activities of good people. And I sent you the text and you were like what is that? And I said podcast today and I heard this concept of the battery in the vacuum.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, you were going to explain that to me. Break it down, boy, come on.
Speaker 3:And the battery is when you're with somebody or something and it gives you energy, it makes you feel good. It makes you energy, it makes you feel good, it makes you feel energized After they leave, after that activity. They could be gone for an hour and you still feel good, okay. Then the other thing is some people are vacuum dug. Oh yeah, it's that sucking sound. They're taking away from you, they're basically taking from you. And that could be people, could be actions.
Speaker 3:And somebody said there's only two types of people or things in the world batteries and vacuums. Wow, and I was like wow, and so I'm not saying that the discussion went on was how do you know? It's like, let's say, you have maybe a family member. That's a vacuum. It's like you're probably going to eliminate them from your life. But how do you cut down and how do you decide that?
Speaker 3:And there was this discussion about the Olympics. What happens when somebody wins the Olympics and they cross that finish line? What is the first thing that they do? Look up in the stands to somebody that they care and want to share that experience with them. And they said sometimes in life you should do the Olympic example, right, hey, when something goes well in your life, who are the people that you're going to look up in the stands to share that with? So I think I'm going to use a couple of those concepts as I look at editing my life, and that could be people and all that, but I love it. Batteries and vacuums, doug. That's all there is. Life's pretty simple. That's awesome brother.
Speaker 2:That's awesome. Well, I love that, daryl. Thanks for bringing that little piece in that. That's huge man. Batteries and vacuums. I'm going to remember that one now.
Speaker 2:But let's move into the podcast and we'll keep this part short, daryl, because it's just a couple of little pieces of where we've been and where we're going in 2025 as far as Peach Podcast. And when we started in 2024, halfway through the year, we didn't have big goals. We didn't know about the numbers and how many listeners and downloads in countries and cities. But now we have a taste of it and so we were. You know, Peach Podcast was in the top 50% of Buzzsprout podcasts and I don't know if that's a good thing, a bad thing, but I mean to be in a top anything without knowing what you're doing, and they send you this notice saying, hey, you're in a top 50%, blah, blah, blah, blah. That's pretty cool, brother, for two dudes that were just running out of breath and talking dreams and stories and challenges. Congratulations, daryl. I mean, you know, top 50% in six months because we haven't even done this for a full year and I'm excited about what 2025 brings us.
Speaker 2:But I tell you what, daryl, because I know you and I know me, man, I think for 2025, I'd like to shift that top 50% into the top 25% in 2025, right, it just all fits. So that's going to put us, if you're in agreement and if you want to do this, daryl, together, because I can't do it alone I say let's see what it takes. And again, this could be a Misogi for us, man and we'll talk about Misogis a little deeper in a second here but a Misogi for us, man, and we'll talk about Masogis a little deeper in a second here, but a Masogi. Basically, there's a 50% chance that you make it or don't. It's not something you know for certain is going to happen. So there's going to be a lot for us to move 25% up, daryl. That's a lot, man. Think about it In your job to get 25% better, or in your relationships to get 25% better, or in your relationships to get 25% in your finances.
Speaker 3:Those are big numbers over a year. It is, it is, it is so uh.
Speaker 2:I think it's a, it's a lofty goal, but hey, let's, let's.
Speaker 3:let's shoot for it and see where we land and what we learn, what do you think, uh, I'm all in Um and uh, the way we're going to do that. We've got some ideas and some plans, doug. We're going to have a strategy session. We've already got some good ideas. He's got some great ideas on season two and some kind of the groupings of those.
Speaker 3:And you know, doug, I think you and I are both super committed to continue to focus on the quality of this podcast, looking at a wide variety of guests and different topics. I'm super some of the feedback we do get. In fact, we had some feedback and it literally was I love the different types of people. You have right, um, we're not super niche Now. We want some like-minded people and people that will bring different points of view and different things on what Peach stands for and everything else. And, um, doug, also we got a great opportunity. You can thank Josephine and a few other people. Like, we have an interactive event coming up so we might do more interactive things If it's events and runs and social media involve more people. So we're definitely going to work, you know, doug, on the how we're going to achieve the 25% of the top podcasts in 2025.
Speaker 2:Right, right, and I think, in addition to the how I think that's going to come through being really focused on who, who we're going to invite, and I want to invite our listeners, our audience. I don't care where you're at in the world because you know it's a podcast, so we can do it from anywhere in the world. Man, All you need is a Zoom Wants to join us. So we can do it from anywhere in the world. Man, All you need is a Zoom Wants to join us.
Speaker 2:Who do you know in your life? You know, I'm asking all the listeners right now who do you know in your life that is an ordinary person doing extraordinary things? And what, if you? Maybe you know an extraordinary person doing extraordinary? We don't care if you think they would fit our format and what we're all about and want to be a part of giving back. You know, just creating momentum in this community we're trying to build. Man, just please send us a text message or reach out to us personally. We'd love to have them on the show. We'd love to consider whoever you have in mind for us, for sure.
Speaker 3:So well, I know one way we can get to the top 25% in 2025, if we officially make Ava our marketing director. Yeah, this morning, as I'm preparing my shake and you know the shakers and I'm doing that she says to me Dad, you and Doug should create a shaker with Peach Podcast on it. Oh, yeah. I said that's a good idea. And she says and if you were really good, you can make your own protein shake for team peach. And I'm like whoa Ava, take a step back.
Speaker 2:No, Ava, you step on in, Ava. I like your ideas, ava.
Speaker 3:So this is my conversation at 645 in the morning, so she's pushing me already, Doug.
Speaker 2:She's 10 years old. And look at that conversation, daryl, that I'm telling you, man, people, there's a lot of parents who beg for their kids to have that type of interaction with their kids. Man, that's very cool, brother, very cool. Proud of you, ava. Keep on, keep on going, keep pushing them, hey, darrell. So, uh, misogi, you got a Misogi coming up on December 29th, I believe December 29th. It'll be on the island of Maui. That's the Hawaiian island chains out there, the Maui Island, and you're going to be climbing a mountain on your bike and what's the name of that mountain?
Speaker 3:Hakelea and it's a volcano and it's considered to be, and we'll put some posts up on Strava. I'll actually send you the YouTube video. It's a good one out there and basically you dip your tire in the ocean, um, and then you ride all the way up this and it's supposed to be the longest paved climb in the U? S or in, I guess, uh, the greater uh continental U S with um, uh, with, uh, with Hawaii and everything else, and it's uh only 36 miles, but over 10,000 feet. So you basically uh climb up, um, up to the top where the road ends, the top of the volcano, and it's a really cool thing, you know it'll be fun and uh, doing it solo, um.
Speaker 3:So I got all the logistics worked out on the bike and everything else there and I'm going to start, uh, about five, 30 in the morning. You start generally when it just right before it gets light, um to maximize, uh, you know, the daylight and uh, like you said, 50, 50,. But it'll be fun, it'll be exciting. I'll document some of it. Doug and I are going to. I don't know, I've been trying to find out if there's any wifi at the top. I'll definitely take some videos on my phone, but Dele and I will definitely talk about it on the next episode.
Speaker 2:Make sure you get a video of yourself touching your back tire into the ocean. I will, I will, you know, because that'll be a great beginning of the reel we make with that. Yeah, and then a video, you know, just a little five, 10 second video at the top of whatever you see or whatever you see appropriate. I don't know what they do at the top, but and then, you know, catch some pictures in between. But, yeah, that's, that's cool. So let me ask you, dara, how are you feeling about that man? Because I'm gonna tell, I'm gonna keep it honest and transparent here with everybody. You have not been on your bike.
Speaker 3:I have not.
Speaker 2:I've not been on my bike too much lately, so you're literally making this a real misogi right now.
Speaker 3:I am. I am, but you know what. You got to also have some priorities, but we've been running a lot. We've been running a lot and so I was like, uh, so it's kind of like I have some pressure off me because it's like, hey, listen, I'm going to try this right, I'm going to try it. I feel pretty comfortable with some things. I've done some research you don't go into these misogis not doing. I've done some research about nutrition and about stops and different ideas, and I have a pretty good idea. I've I've watched the route many, many times. I'm getting the picking up the bike, um, uh, on the 26th, so I'll have two to three days. I'm going to get out there and uh ride a little this weekend. But it's Misogi, it's a, it's a real deal. And um, you know, um, I have a shirt being made, um, uh and uh, on the back it's got uh, you know, hashtag Y a Y, which is you against you, um, which is uh, which cause? It could be just me, you know. So.
Speaker 3:I'm going to wear that under my team peach Jersey and see where we make it, so I'm really excited about it.
Speaker 2:I'm excited too, brother, and that's that's going to be our.
Speaker 2:Either our, like I said, it'll either be our bonus episode to close out 2024, or it'll be our first episode in January, the first Friday of January in 2025. So it'll depend on, you know, when we, when we can record it and editing and all that other stuff, so, but we'll definitely have the opportunity to hear how that ride went, man. I'm excited for you, man, and I wish I was going on that ride with you. But part of me is like you know what Sometimes doing a Masogi on your own is. You know, I'm actually excited for you to do that on your own, as much as I'd love to be there right by you. You know, I'm excited for you as a brother from another mother, just to see what you're going to gain, what perspectives you're going to get out of life and what's just going to run through your head when you're out there on your own man, climbing that big old volcano. Can't wait to hear from you after you get it done and can't wait to record an episode of the whole experience as well.
Speaker 3:Cool, Doug, so it's been an amazing year. I'm not sure we're going to title this. Doug's been getting really really good at editing and all sorts of AIs. But the concept of we're kind of reflected and did a review of this year, man Doug, it feels like we've been doing it for a lot longer, but it really literally has been six, seven months and it's just been an amazing time. So can't thank the audience and can't thank you enough for uh, for just being a part of this.
Speaker 2:Yeah, right back at you, daryl. It's uh, I'm so glad that you said yes when I said let's you, you want to do this with me, and uh, it's been an awesome journey, a journey of learning, a journey of growth, a journey of adventure, exploration, scheduling, all kinds of stuff. And I just want to remind everybody, you know, please share. You know, go back and listen to some of your favorite episodes and share them. Man, help us out. We'd love to, man, if we can go from the 50% to the top 40% before the year's out. And you guys helping us out, man, that would be awesome, just to share a show. If every listener shared this show to one person, man, we could really elevate our audience and have a broader reach and impact more people, and that's what we really want to do.
Speaker 2:By the way, you can text us, all right, if you have somebody in mind you want us to interview or if you have a topic for the show. There's a little text message segment, a little piece of you. Just click the link. It's in the show notes right there. Send a text, send a comment, send what we could do better, what you like and, like I said, if there's someone that you'd like us to contact and possibly interview for us to consider. Send that in. We'd love to hear that. We want to have you guys elevate that messaging us in 2025 as well, because we want to keep our finger on the pulse with what's on your mind as well.
Speaker 2:If we don't know what you're thinking or what you want, it's hard for us to deliver quality, quality that's relevant to you. So keep sharing. For those of you who are sharing and reaching out and giving us information, thank you, thank you so much. And those of you who haven't, there's still time. Send us a message. In the meantime, merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and God bless you. Peace out, peace out. We're out. Outro Music.