Hey, I'm Steph, and this is not today.

Hello and welcome. Halloween is officially over, and to me that means it's Christmas.

I just love the holiday season, and I know there's Thanksgiving in there for my U.S. listeners,

and I love the food, but I just need to see a Christmas tree.

Nothing combats seasonal depression for me like twinkly lights.

And that's important.

And I think that's called self-care.

I know some people don't really like seeing holiday stuff this early,

but that will literally never be me.

Some people like going on runs to make their brain happy.

But my brain needs some warm-scented candles,

some twinkly lights,

and some hot cocoa in a gingerbread mug. And that doesn't make me a bad person.

But you know what else is self-care?

Going over to patreon.com slash not-today podcast and listening to a bunch of bonus episodes.

The story we're going to be talking about this month is the story of Ben Gowens, Jason Cox,

and Clay Craig, who took a trip into the Grand Canyon, but their adventure became a nightmare

when one of them suffered brain damage from a tragic fall.

We also have 32 other full-length episodes

that our patrons vote on,

and we've talked about some really interesting stuff over there,

so go check it out.

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