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It's funny. We did an intro outro yesterday. We recorded and you started and it threw me the fuck off. It threw me off. I was like, I don't know who I am. I don't know what I'm doing.

Because we always start with me saying and then you saying that and I really was thrown for a little.

I was like, we need to mix it up. It's talk show host who likes to have the same sign on and sign off thing. Oh, yeah. You know what I mean?

Or it's like be good to each other. Hug each other today. Or whatever. Yes. Or prices right. He said, make sure to stay new to your pets.

I love him. I know love him. King. You know, I think about him a lot because Bob Barker, right?

I just really love his dedication to one mission. Like I really appreciate that. I was like, wow, that was really commendable that he really focused on just having one mission and one thing that he wanted to make an impact on.

And that was making sure that people spayed and neutered their pets to prevent having as many animals and shelters. And I was like, wow, that's just really brilliant because I think we kind of spread ourselves thin.

Or at least I feel like I spread myself in and it's like, I should just go deep with one thing totally. I feel like you do with straight cat alliance. Straight cat alliance. I know I got off the phone with them like an hour ago and they're like, hey, you have cocktails and kittens next week or on Saturday are you coming?

So straight cat alliance is this amazing no kill shelter for cats in Los Angeles. It's where I adopted my two babies in 2020.

And I am like their biggest fan regular doughnator and purchaser from their Amazon shop. And they have these regular bands and they were like, are you coming to cocktails and kittens? I was like, I can't, I'm at VidCon, but I would also I would be scared to go and that's I'm actually trying to in my life trying to get over the

feeling with charity or in service of feeling like too overwhelmed to do anything. And I think a lot of people feel that especially if you're a feeler or you're an impact you're like, I'm scared to go work at a shelter or

a women shelter or a homeless shelter or any other place where you want to make an impact because you're afraid you might be overwhelmed. And I'm really working on that. I'm like, I really want to know that whatever work that I do will make enough of an impact.

And then I don't need to like overwhelm my nervous system by feeling like I need to take everything on. Yeah, yeah, it's an interesting thing where you feel like what if what I can offer right now is not good enough.

And it's like that not good enough thought that's so interesting because so many people don't even have the thought of helping other people, you know, it is what it is, but it's just even just being present can be enough, you know, and it's just

but I feel that too. I remember feeling that when Sean is connected to like this high school, just like uptown and we were volunteering and I was a little like out of my element where I'm like, what do they expected me, what do they expect me to be and what do I need to do in order to make this the most valuable or impactful experience.

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