Hello, you guys, and welcome back to another episode of Better You. I'm your host,

Fernando Miraz, and I am so happy to have you back. It is now the end of August. We are nearing

the end of summer, and I could not be more low-key sad, but low-key excited. I am so stoked for a new season to come. I feel like

these days I have been over the heat. I've been over the sun. I've been over just like, I don't know,

feeling in a little bit of a lull of summer. As much as I love having all these summer plans and

having so much fun and just enjoying time with my friends and feeling free, I am excited for the lock-in to occur. And I feel like that kind of happens to everybody around this time. I know a lot of people are going back to school. A lot of people are starting new work schedules. And it just kind of feels like a new change. Spring and summer have such a different energy than fall and winter and I'm just so excited to

dive into this next chapter because it does really feel like it's going to be a new one for me and I'm sure it is for you guys as well. In today's episode, I kind of wanted to talk about a number of things. I haven't uploaded an episode in about a month and I feel like so much has happened since then. So for one, I kind of just want to talk to you guys. Just like a chit-chat girls life update. Just like things that have happened, what I've learned. I want to talk about the places I've been to, some experiences I've had, some updates I've had, how I've been feeling. Just a nice little FaceTime call that feels like a reflection. Like I'm talking to my journal. Like I'm screenshoting this moment in time to let you

know what's been new, what's been happening. And then hopefully you guys leave this episode

feeling inspired, feeling like, you know, we just had a little moment, like a little catch-up,

feeling like maybe if you live in Vancouver or you're ever planning to come to Vancouver,

maybe I will give you some recommendations for things I've been doing here as as well as telling you guys my experiences that I've done, because recently I've been trying a lot of new hobbies. And I feel like when you try a lot of new things, you always end up with a lot of reflections and like a lot of new thoughts. And so I feel like it'll be fun to just kind of talk about what I've been learning. And it'll probably apply to you, honestly, honestly in some way or another and maybe this will provide you some inspiration and some fresh new energy because at the end of the day I want these episodes to feel like fresh energy that when you are listening to it you feel excited alive and like ready to move on the day no matter when you're listening to this episode maybe it's in the morning you know you're kind of excited for the day to come Maybe it's at the end of the day. Maybe you're kind of doing a little wind down. Or maybe you're walking in the middle of the day. You've got school. You're on the way somewhere. Wherever you're listening to this, I want this to feel like just, I'm just sending you good vibrations. Okay, that is it. I want to say before we jump into all these things, if you haven't already subscribe to the podcast YouTube channel. Make sure you do. We actually just hit 600K, which I have been

trying to hit for a

while now or i've been like looking forward to hitting so for one thank you guys so much for

watching all the youtube videos i love being able to see you guys in person and if you're currently

watching this podcast on the youtube channel i actually i'm in a different setting right now i I'm actually filming in my bedroom. Usually I film in my living room, but I just recently finished decorating my bedroom and I really like the way it looks. So I thought it would be fun to film in here, although I will say it is so warm in my apartment and I just have so many windows and the sun is directly coming in. So I do feel like I'm in a little bit of a

salarium I'm so hot um I'm just trying to like not overheat throughout this episode because

I've really been struggling with that these days like the no AC in my apartment is really putting

it's putting a damp in my mood is that the word a damp I don't know it's dampening my mood. Is that the word? A damp? I don't know. It's dampening my mood, okay? And my clothes too. Um, but anyways, I hope you enjoyed the setting in the background. I think it's very cute. It's very pretty. It's very femme. It's very cutie, girly, pop. It's just a good vibe. So I'm excited to be filming in here. Let me know what kind of background you guys prefer. But if you're not watching on YouTube and you're listening to this as an auditory experience, make sure that you also are giving the podcast a rating on Spotify or Apple that you turn post notifications on and you can even leave a review or a comment. I'm always reading them and I love to see what you guys have to say in return. As well as that, you all know, I have a YouTube channel, Fernando Amira's on YouTube, it's my main YouTube channel. I've also got TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, literally every social media platform possible. So if you don't see me on here, you see me everywhere, you'll see me daily. But yeah, I guess without further ado, let's jump in to what the past few weeks have been looking like for me. I have my journal here with me, which is my favorite thing to do when I film these episodes because I really get to tell you guys about what actually has been going on. We'll go through my journal just to kind of see what I've been thinking about and I'll tell you guys the tea because this is the truth. For one, let me just kind of zoom out and tell you guys what July and August felt like. I kind of felt like I had two different moods. I don't know. I feel like sometimes, you know, when people get the summertime sadness. I feel like that was me a little bit, but I was also like summertime aliveness. So I was feeling both a little bit somber in this heat and also quite excited and just feeling full of life.

Around like three weeks ago or two weeks ago,

I actually posted a YouTube video that was called Get Ready With Me,

like we're on FaceTime, where I'm giving you guys all the tea and the life updates.

I was debating making it a podcast episode,

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