I think we can all agree that parenting young kids is just one of the hardest things.

Like it takes all your energy, your patience, your time, and it's so worth it because we love them so much and they're so adorable.

But there's still a lot of work that goes into it.

And that becomes even more whenever you're doing it by yourself.

So whether your partner's just away for a couple days or you're a single parent or a solo parent, I know that there's a lot of different situations all in between there.

But being on your own is a different kind of challenge. So I talked today with Lola from what Lola likes. She's going to hop on here with me in a

second. And we're talking about what it's like to be a parent who is doing it largely by themselves and what that looks like,

what kind of things she's found that are helpful.

And I just appreciate her coming on here and talking with us about something that is hard.

So let me bring her on now.

I want to welcome today's guest.

This is Lola from what Lola likes on

Instagram. And if you follow her, then you already know who she is. But welcome. Thank you.

Will you tell us a little bit about you? Yes. So I am a lifestyle content creator from Arizona. I'm originally

from upstate New York, but I have been doing social media for 2011, 2000, between 2011, 2014 is when I

really like decided, okay, I'm going to go and like really work on it. But 2011 is when I got an

Instagram and just kind of started dabbling with it. I have two amazing girls, Vivian and Alice.

They are going to be four and six this year, which is so crazy. And I do everything. I mean, everything from fashion motherhood,

just pouring my coffee in the morning. I don't know. I just get really tired by like everyday life

and just showcasing every day with music and I'm really into poetry. I'm just very all over

the place with what I like, but it's just

kind of me. I love that, though. That's one of the reasons that I like following you because,

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