Be in the Moment, Not Just the Checklist | After Hours With Amanda Ep. 34

After Hours With Amanda

Kids & Family, Parenting

5.0 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m back with a long voicemail between friends about the holiday season, mom guilt, gift giving, social media comparison, and the pressure to do all the things. I love the cozy magic of the holidays, but I also know how quickly it can turn into a checklist. This is me reminding myself that sometimes giving less means giving more, and the memories that stay with us are often made in the being, not just the doing. If the holidays feel heavy, exciting, lonely, or overwhelming, you can sit here with me for a bit.

00:00 Welcome Back, Friend
01:41 A Long Voicemail Between Friends
02:08 The Bathrobe Story
05:00 Heading Into the Holidays
06:02 Gift Giving and Social Media Comparison
07:43 What Tiny People Really Want
08:49 Sometimes Giving Less Means Giving More
10:35 Giving Without Expecting
11:48 The Hickory Farms Christmas Story
15:06 Being, Not Just Doing
16:20 Bedtime Books and Mom Guilt
18:15 Breathe In Good, Breathe Out Night
19:21 The Holiday Checklist Trap
20:45 When the Holidays Feel Lonely
22:20 Giving Your Time and Presence
23:23 Watching for the Small Moments
25:20 Holiday Activities, Money, and Pressure
28:32 Choosing Where You Want to Be
31:31 Avoiding the Holiday Haze
31:56 Grief, Memory, and What Stays
35:28 You Are Not Alone Here

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0:00.0	um oh my gosh okay um do you know what i absolutely just need to confess who knows how many of these
0:10.6	welcome back episodes we're going to have in the course of our relationship together okay because
0:14.7	if anything i have learned when i fill the need oh, you guys, we got to turn those alerts off, okay?
0:24.5	Let's just turn those alerts off.
0:26.6	If anything I have learned, is that the right way to say that?
0:29.8	If I have learned anything, look at me, look at me, you guys.
0:32.8	That's that college edumication paying off.
0:35.1	If I have learned anything, it is that when you fill yourself
0:38.7	needing to step back from something, no matter how pedal to the metal you want to go, no matter
0:43.6	how much you think you're in the sweet spot, no matter how much you think this is your moment,
0:48.0	you just have to step back. And it's hard for me because the podcast is probably my favorite thing that we do.
0:55.1	It's my favorite way to share with you, to talk with you.
0:58.7	But when life hits a big giant fan, it's the first thing that you're like, I have to press pause.
1:06.3	So who knows how long this journey of podcasting will take us before somebody comes along and carries us to some large platform in the sky where we're like nationally syndicated, right?
1:18.3	Because we're going to do that one day.
1:20.5	But for now, I'm happy that it's just me and you.
1:23.9	And welcome back to the After Hours with Amanda podcast, the podcast that's for you,
1:29.9	where I just share with you because a lot of times in life, you just need someone to do life with.
1:37.8	And when you get a little lonely, you need a friend to call.
1:41.5	And I just want you to think of this as a long voicemail. And that's what I've
1:45.0	decided. The After Hours with Amanda podcast is a podcast for you. It's a long voicemail between friends.
1:54.5	And can I just tell you how tickled pink I am in the fuzziest. Okay, I got to tell you this
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