Rachel’s Room🛋️

Happy Thursday, Cadre crew. I have something to show you. I have two dogs today. We're babysitting. This is Biscuit. And obviously you all know Milo. It's very funny because this is my neighbor's dog. And we try to get them together when we can because it's good for them to play, but they don't play. They just sit on the couch. Like, they don't interact with each other. It's so. I don't understand it. But, like, let's see if I, like, throw this toy. Okay. Milo went, but Biscuit is just not having it.

So. Yeah. So. Hi. I am so grateful to be at the end of this week. As many of you might know, it has been a very stressful work month for me, and I am now nearing the, like, the finish line. Like, I'm literally working right now on, like, sending in these last rounds of edits for this company that I work for. And it's just, I'm so relieved to be here. And I have learned a lot. I have learned a lot about what I need when it comes to working on a project with people, with a team, how to better communicate my needs.

And also, like, it has been a very, very good reflection to me of how much I operate. Like, I have to just do everything by myself. Like, it is very innate for me to just assume that I have to do things alone and that I'm not going to get support or that I don't have it, which is not true. Like, I do have support and I do have help. And I definitely learned by doing this that it's really important that I make sure that I utilize the support I have and that it's okay to ask for help because it's something that I have gotten very used to not doing.

So definitely have learned a lot and have been reflecting on all of the ways that I was not coping well with the stress and dealing with some perfectionism, which I talked about a lot in some previous live streams. But very, very grateful to be at the tail end of the. Of this work month. So, yeah, other than that, I some, you know, still, I'm still sober. It's been now almost four months, which is crazy to me. It's the longest I've ever gone without drinking. You know, keep you all posted. And I know next week might be particularly stressful and the week after.

So please just make sure that you take care of yourself and that you're really, really kind to yourself and take. And take. Take time for you. Like, if you can carve out an hour each day that is just for you. Where you are not thinking about other people, where you're not thinking about holidays, where you're not thinking about, like, reflecting on the year or your New Year's resolutions, where you're just doing something for yourself that you love to do. That can be watching your favor show. That can be moving your body in a way that feels good.

It can be getting a treat you love whatever it is, like giving yourself an hour a day or one day next week where it's just like a you day. It is. That has been such a helpful tool for me during like these stressful times where, like, there's a lot of activity revolved around other people, other people's schedules, other people's lives, and where my routine and my structure is really taken away. Making sure I'm carving out specific time for me is incredibly helpful. Also, I know I keep playing with my bangs just because they're getting so long and I need to like, I.

I need a haircut. But here we are next week. I won't be live on Thursday because it's Christmas, but I'm gonna go live on Monday. So if anyone needs support pre Christmas, I'll a Monday. And yeah, I cannot believe that we are at the end of this year. Just so wild. To me, 2025 was a doozy, but so was 2024 and 2023. I feel like every year I put a doozy for the last like five years, to be honest. So I hope this didn't freeze for other people. If it did, I hope it posts okay and is static on my. Let me know in the comments.

But I love you all very much and I hope you have a beautiful rest of your day and I'll see you on Monday. Dogs. One more time. Look at these guys. Silly little boys.