Daddy gang, welcome back to another Sunday session. I am feeling really, really reflective

heading into today's episode because fun fact, tomorrow is Matt and I's two-year wedding

anniversary, which means we will have been together for a total of six years going on seven.

That is like insane to say out loud.

In some ways, I feel like we've been together our whole lives,

but then another part of me is like still shocked that I'm married and I have a husband

and I'm a wife.

But as we're entering into this third year of marriage,

I have been thinking a lot about the time before Matt

and I ever met. Obviously, I feel so grateful and lucky to be in this phase of my life with him,

but I'm also really grateful for the time that I gave myself to just be single and on my own before we ended up together. Because even though

being single can, of course, be extremely stressful and disappointing at times, it can also be one of the

most transformative and empowering phases of your life. And I am so happy now to be building this life with Matt, but I was really happy when I was

single too.

And yes, I know like being singled and being married are two wildly different experiences.

But what I really want to emphasize today is that one phase is not more meaningful or important than the

other. When Matt came into my life, I was really enjoying dating. I was meeting new people. I was

figuring out what I liked, getting to know myself better, was building my career. And because of that, I think Matt and I were able to

take our time and not rush into anything. And I think now looking back, that was such a huge part of

why our relationship works so well. Like I didn't need Matt. Matt didn't need me. We were both so

centered and working on ourselves that it kind of was like,

if this works out, great, but like don't really need you. And like, I'm a very independent person.

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