Hello, good morning and welcome back or welcome to Morning Ray. I'm your host, Lan. Today's episode

is an Ask Lan advice column. It's been a hot minute since we didn't ask Lan. And so I thought we

were overdue for a catch-up. I thought I'd answer

some of your questions. I do weekly ask lands on my Instagram stories on Mondays. If you ever

want to ask anything, but I always love to do it once a month every five episodes or so on the podcast.

I think it's been more than five episodes. So we are well, well overdue. I'm really

excited. I have a bunch of questions here for you guys. Everything from dating to friendships to wellness.

I would say that's kind of the theme of today's questions just based off of what you guys were

asking me. I'm really excited to get into it, but before we do,

let's have a little life updates, some current faves, and then I'll answer your questions.

I finally ordered my math supplies. You guys, if you were listening a few episodes back,

I mentioned wanting to do more activities or exercises

for my cognitive health, my mental health, and just like really trying to keep things sharp

and to put pen to paper because I've been reading a few things that say that it's good for

mental health and longevity and good with just like

your memory. There's a lot of studies coming out about prevention for Alzheimer's and dementia.

I think that is something that honestly, it kind of terrifies me when I think about those things

and potentially having that diagnosis when I'm older. I think it's really

scary as an individual to experience. And I know it's really hard as a family member to watch.

So I want to be as proactive as possible. But I digress on a lighter note. I finally got my math

supplies. I started doing math. I've done it

two days in a row now. I have my math time. I spoke a bit about it on TikTok. I found this website. I

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