Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

There is a book that I read years ago that I love. And this book is really designed for parents.

I'm not a parent. I don't have any children. The book is called 18 summers.

And I think just from the title, you really gather what that's about.

You know, essentially it's that if you are a parent and you're raising kids, you really have

18 summers with them before they fly the coop, right?

They're like off to college or off into adulthood or off into creating

their startup from their friend's garage. Now, this book, although it is designed for parents,

I have to say I think it's applicable. The messages, the morals in it are applicable to all of us.

I loved it. And I wanted to highlight what some of those

messages are that anybody can start thinking about right now in order to really maximize our

lives and to regret-proof them as we're doing it. The book essentially says, you know,

the clock is ticking all the time, but in a good way,

right? This is just the reality. If you only get 18 summers, say that you live till you're 80 years

old, right? Good ripe old age. That's 80 summers, 80 Christmases, 80 springs, 80 New Year's

Eve's. So think about that. It isn't meant to create panic. It creates, or it's meant to

create presents. How are you making this spring count? This year count. This birthday count.

This time with your kids, this time in your business, this time with your friends. How are you

making it count? One big takeaway that I got,

which I really, really, this is fundamentally what I care about the most. Memories or experiences

over anything material. Think about it. Kids or adults, wherever they are, they don't remember

the expensive gadgets. They don't remember the jeans that they got or the cool journal or the

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