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Hey Michelle, how you doing today?

Hey Lindsay, I'm good, I'm good, how are you?

Well I'm good, it's January 2nd.

I'm still feeling motivated after our episode yesterday

about setting visions and intentions and

dopamine and standing desks and all that stuff.

Yes, yes, that was fun.

Are you standing or sitting now?

Right now, I'm still sitting.

Clearly, I haven't made the change.

No, no, but after we record today, I will be standing up again.

Okay, good, I'm going to need a picture for proof.

Yeah, yeah, you're tough, you're tough. I'm just working, but holding you accountable. You know what, I wish you, maybe we should be like accountability partners. We should be. You've got to have an accountability partner. It's really effective, you know, it can be really effective. But yeah, I mean, yeah, go ahead.

No, no, no. Oh, I thought you were going to say something. Okay. All right, no worries. Well, I was just thinking when you

mentioned that Michelle accountability partners, I'm thinking that our

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