You're listening to The Beautiful Must Podcast, your cozy comfort listen.

This week we're taking a nostalgic journey.

We're talking about life before and after the internet and our experiences as early influencers.

We're also sharing our book report for Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert.

So, this is one of my favorite subjects.

I feel like we were born in one of the most interesting times in history because we were

the last generation of children who were raised completely off the internet.

We didn't have a home computer until I think I was in high school when we got it, ish.

I think it was maybe like AOL internet was like the sort of thing that used your home's

phone line.

So if you picked up the phone, which there were no cell phones, by the way, if you picked

up the phone and someone was in the internet, I was like, sssss, you know, that type of vibe.

We, you know, had very, very limited access to the internet.

There also wasn't a lot to do on the internet.

I would like go on aim and talk to like two people from my church or whatever, two little

little boys.

And that was about it, you know, and I mean, it's like, how's your day, how's your day,

what are you doing?

It was not a very active space for me.

And we went from that.

I didn't have a phone until I was in, I was an adult.

I was out of college and how old were you when you got your first phone?

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