All right, team, as Christmas arrives and the holidays are here, I wanted to send off a quick

little holiday message and a few reminders, but first I want to start off with a massive

thank you. A big thank you to each and every single one of you that tune in to the show that

have subscribed on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or YouTube or wherever you tune in. It's just such an honor. I know that

our lives, your life is probably a flood of people trying to get your attention and wanting

things from you. And it can seem sometimes like the internet is this vast sea of hands trying

to grab at your eyeballs and your ears. And so I do not take it for

granted that you take time to tune in to my show. And I have really tried over the last few years,

because I've been running this podcast for eight years, to hone in on the conversations that I

have, on the content that I produce and make it more

and more and more valuable for you. And so if there's ever a subject or a topic or a question

that you would like me to cover, please do reach out to me. Hit me up on Instagram at Mantalks.

And I would love to dive into whatever it is that you could be served by.

One of the things that I, you know, usually when I do a holiday message, I talk about the

year and what happened to all those types of things, but I actually just want to talk about

a quick holiday reminder.

You know, sometimes for the holidays, they're mixed feelings.

There's nostalgia.

There's longing.

You know, for me this year, it really is a mix of pure bliss and joy and very deep grief.

This is the first year that my three and a half year old son, Code, is really aware of the holidays.

And he's really aware of Christmas.

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