Ep 45: Resolutions

Monocycle with Leandra Medine

Monocycle

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4.9 • 779 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Hi ppl! We're back together. Again. And because tomorrow is the last day of this year (am I alone in asserting that even though we're all here and alive as evidenced by my writing this and your reading this and therefore truly in no position to complain, some drastic element of the year fucking sucked?), here is an episode about resolutions, not to be confused with goals. Things covered in the episode include: +The fact that this was recorded while I was sitting in the passenger seat of a rental car in Los Angeles +Why following a somewhat tumultuous but overall subservient relationship with resolutions, I don't want to make them anymore +The one time I kept a resolution (hold on to the same Metrocard for one whole year), how it made me feel (fine), and see previous bullet point +My control issues (I'm so vain) +Grief (which is seemingly the only thing I can talk about these days) +Letting go (another theme you might be tired of hearing about) +Abie +How relieving and gratifying it feels to say to yourself, "I think I was an okay human in 2016, so I'm just going to continue on that path in 2017." Take a listen, let me know what you think, and down here by the ~*~girltalk~*~ station that is our comment feed, tell me if you're making a resolution. What is it? If you're not, why not? For what it's worth, you were an okay human in 2016, so if you decide that you're just going to continue to maintain the status quo in 2017, that's completely and utterly fine by me. Self-improvement is great, but being proud of who you are right now -- flaws, hang ups, curious tendencies and all -- that's fucking awesome. Related Stories: We Asked People to Draw Their Goals for 2016 Why Do We Make Resolutions? I Refuse to Feel Bad About My Phone In partnership with TheRealReal; shop today and get a 20% discount with code: ManRepeller. In January only, new and repeat consignors will earn a $100 site credit when they consign 20 or more items across men’s and women’s fashion, fine jewelry and watches, home and art, and kids -- visit The RealReal to learn more. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

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0:00.0	Kaching, Kaching, bling, bling, bling, bling, bling!
0:06.1	This episode of Monocicle is brought to you by The Real Real, a luxury consignment shop that makes life extremely easy.
0:14.7	You can get up to 70% off the sale price for your items, and most stuff sells within three to five days which is so
0:21.5	short in the grand scheme of making a sale whoa shop today and get a 20%
0:29.6	discount with the code man repeller you're welcome
0:33.6	kaching hi welcome back to Monocycle.
0:38.3	I'm Leandro Medine and if you're wondering why it sounds like we're on the phone, it's
0:42.3	because we are.
0:43.3	I abandoned my tiny sound booth because in spite of the previous descriptor, it was too large
0:48.3	to pack and bring to LA, which is where I am right now, and have instead went with special sound effects that make it sound
0:54.9	like I'm driving in a car down Pacific Palisades Parkway. The effect is called sitting in a car
0:59.8	and driving, only I'm not driving. A.B., my husband, is driving. He's right next to me. He says hi.
1:08.3	Right, A.B? You say hi? He says hi. Because it's December 30th, I think it would be insane to not talk about resolutions, particularly because they are practically the only way that gyms and smoothie bars stay open in New York City. I'm just kidding. Can you tell I'm reading?
1:29.8	Seriously, though, have you ever taken stock of how many people show up at the gym or sign up for a workout class in January?
1:36.8	I haven't either, but I would bet it's an insane number.
1:39.9	Yet we don't keep our resolutions, ever.
1:43.0	Actually, I kept one resolution. it was the only one I made
1:46.5	last year, to use the same metro card for the course of an entire year. When I realized I had
1:51.8	kept the resolution at the end of 2016, like last month or whatever, I felt fine. It was just
1:59.4	fine. Was I proud that I didn't lose my metro card yeah did it feel good that I had
2:05.3	actually said I would do something I wanted to yeah but overall my life was exactly the same and I know
2:12.7	that whether I'd kept or lost that metro card I'd have been able to get from point A to point B all the
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