 Hey guys, what's up? It's Kinsey and today I am here with hi guys. This is Brooke Okay, we're like really in a mood. We recorded possibly the funniest IGTV videos for the podcast Instagram that you guys should follow. It'll be linked down below Anyways, I wanted to film our podcast recording for YouTube since you guys really like the last one So without further ado, we're gonna get into it subscribe if you guys are new here We both have podcast gals on the go and I love you so much I'll have them both linked down below you guys can listen to this episode or more on I love you so much podcast and then there's more on gals on the go. Hey Brooke. Hi. Oh my gosh I am so unbelievably excited for this podcast episode. I texted her yesterday. I'm so excited and she was like I'm scared Yeah, but I think Brooke I've said this Every say everywhere that I think Brooke is genuinely the funniest person to walk this earth There's no one funnier than you you don't understand I almost feel bad for you because like you don't get the experience of being around you because you just are you You know what I mean? Thank you, but then I think if you overhype it then everyone's gonna make this girl So, you know what I mean? I don't like to serve it like medium be like she's funny Not like she's the funniest person because that it's okay in like a social setting. I'll start with the like, okay Yeah, she's kind of funny, but like here. Okay But you know when you overhype something so Are we gonna be at Coachella for your birthday this year? No What are the days are we when are we at Coachella the weekend before I think it's the like the ninth? Oh Dang it. It's really cute. You guys can't see this unless you're watching the YouTube video recording Which there is one link in the show notes It's really hard being on almost like every single platform at this point I don't know bio whatever because I'm currently wearing a don't text hoodie So icon in icon and we're wearing our matching friendship bracelets panda camera That we got last month in New York for our friendship. It was like for Christmas kind of yeah Yeah, so I'm really excited to have you on I decided that I would like to intro you as the brook that I knew at 15 Broke X beauty Actually known each other I was 15 were you like yeah 16? Yeah. Yes. Yeah, we're 22 now Almost 23 year almost 23. I know that's a scary. I mean, it's not really that scary Like I still feel like under 25. I'm like, well, I'm so young in the scheme of life But 22 is I would I want to be 22 forever. Yeah, it is a good age Do you feel like I remember being 15 and thinking 22 was so And now I don't even think 30 is old. Yeah, it's kind of encouraging Oh, I remember it gets a little bit higher and higher because yeah I feel like you look at people that are like graduating college like that last year college Yeah, no, I'm like I I graduate this year God willing I'm just gonna I'm gonna graduate but I graduate in I'm not even this year like in a few months Yeah, and I've just feel like I've been in school for my entire life So the fact that I'm actually gonna be done and like I'm actually gonna have my bachelors Hasn't really crossed my mind because I've just been in school for so long like the fact like getting it I you know, it doesn't cross it like so I graduated this past May But it doesn't hit it like yeah, I feel that way too that because you just do school from what preschool on word If you go to college, yeah, so you don't really know any different and then it's weird You're like wow, I don't have to like Yeah, I don't have to write a paper Discussion post I don't even I don't care about the exams the thing that I'm most excited to be done with Would be the discussion post. Yeah, I get that. They're so awful Okay, also wanted to give an honorary mention to Adina your mother Would love to have you both on the podcast one day and that'll be that'll might be a goal of mine I had Keen and her mother on as well That was a great episode. Love that. Yeah, we love her Oh my gosh, please or I mean, I'm sure I'll be in New York Okay, also Just something else that I would like to say is that I would fully love to manage a comedy career So if you ever come around it's on record guys in New York, we're on our way to where are we going? I think we're over dinner catch and I was like full-blown Brooke you have to be a stand-up comedian go on this tour not even I'm like, you know Gals on the go tour makes complete sense the comedy thing, but we've now come to the conclusion that she's gonna open for Open for the gals on the go tour, but just a single comedy act. Danielle doesn't know this yet. If Danielle's listening She's gonna be like what? comedy exactly, okay hot seat first question Favorite purchase you've made. I know this is a shocker under a hundred dollars in the past six months Okay, I'm a big fan of the pod. So I actually did know that this was coming I feel like I have to talk about Amazon because I love Amazon. Okay. Okay. I asked Brooke this before Sometimes I do have to ask you for this question before because it stresses them out Yeah, I want to come back on the show and I was gonna make it Amazon edition To be more geared towards you because you're a big Amazon gal as am I but you're huge you make videos I need to do that as well. You should but Yeah, sorry. Okay, so Amazon edition Amazon edition. I brought this with me to this trip to LA I never thought that something this Like this would be such a large piece of me. It is my iPhone tripod. Okay, I Explain why yes, okay So I'm not like one of those people like I'm not even like a huge like Instagram girl But this thing has it's changed my life like all of a sudden I take selfies I've never I've never done this before like I'm not the one to be like So basically it's a tripod that it folds up I'm not gonna say like per size, but like a reasonably small size and On the side is a little removable Bluetooth remote super easy to connect to your phone So you could be taking pictures and like so you clip in your phone It's super if it's any phone size clip in the phone and then you could be taking pictures with this remote Basically in your hand. That's not shown on camera. Oh my gosh, Brooke this entire time I've heard you talk about this so many times. I thought you were doing it on self-timer for some reason. No The remote is what makes it Do you have it on you not right now would have been great for talking much after this Tragic truly, I think I'll see you again tomorrow. So maybe I'll bring it back Yeah, it's great for groups because you know, like you have a friend over and it's like we can take pictures of each other But then you look like do your friends There's only so many solo pictures you could post of yourself Yeah, I get to a point where I'm like, oh my whole feet is just me like yeah And also as opposed to a normal person and by normal person I mean someone who doesn't expose themselves to the internet for like a career Um, they don't post a lot of photos of just themselves. But like it's a I'm not I'm not gonna go into it But like you're gonna have to you know, it's fine. It's fine. Okay. Number two. What is your go-to drink at the bar? Oh My god Well, mine is a dirty martini still and I'd get it with Tito's because they usually asked you on it with gin or Vodka and I say like vodka Tito's is fine. That's like usually like the lowest level that they have And I get an extra dirty because if you don't ask for extra dirty I find that it's like really strong like almost unbearably strong taste and if they have it's like if it's a nicer Like rush on her bar. They'll have blue cheese stuffed olives That's great, I don't know why you're laughing Because it's just like bougie that's like a bougie drink and then if it's like a regular bar That's I don't really know what I'm getting. I'll just get like a vodka soda wine. Okay, so here's the thing I Got a martini like a month ago when I was in Texas because here. I'm like, okay Tito's vodka Yeah, definitely. Yeah of choice my choice has been my choice forever Mostly because it's a Texas thing but whatever anyways I tried to get a dirty martini, but I didn't get an extra dirty My exactly of my two-year, I would not say hiatus by any means, but less Definitely a lot less drinking. Yeah, it's compared to life before So I'm back in the swing of things kind of I can't even really like now Alcohol this affects me so much in the sense of like my face blows up So it's really enough to just keep me away But anyways, I was at dinner with my dad and he gets those and I only got a dirty martini So maybe it's because I didn't get an extra dirty But I was like, oh my gosh, this is so bad and keep in mind like I got not normally an issue for me Yeah, you had definitely have to get an extra dirty I would say yeah, but I had a bad experience drinking those a few weekends ago. So now I'm like even the sound of it I'm like, you know, we got that even if you know I'm soda or something like you might get sick of it I'm really like a favorite food or something. So I'm like Yeah, I feel like I feel like martinis with a black coffee of drinks, you know And I'm already a black coffee drinker So I feel like the next step would be like that's my like go-to drink of choice and I drink a drink when I drink So I think I can do it, you know, I think you can I will report back Okay, and I am fully inspired by you and Katie I think I actually posted a photo of it and tagged you and Katie. So yeah, okay. Last but not least What is your favorite dating app? Oh my gosh, Kenzie I only really use hinge. I okay, but why I have never really done the thing because I only apparently date my friend So It's so much easier just doing it that way though the apps I mean, it's it's worked out for me now. Okay. Yeah I like well all these apps are starting to like get on this thing where they do more than just photos because I personally Think that there's way more to someone than just swiping there and being like this person agree more like yeah And that's just not really my situation and I ignore care to date someone That's like only gonna date me because they found me attractive on an app So hinge has these prompts which are more they show your personality So it will say something like you know where you can find me on Sundays like laying in my bed watching Netflix or something And you fill it fill in the blank here. I know bumble is getting on this too and Tinder I just don't I don't even think I have it downloaded. So I primarily use hinge. I want to bumble the other day I just wasn't impressed Just really for that reason alone because I feel like they can be like pretty superficial dating apps Yeah, I get it, but it's I mean I've learned the personality really is where it's at Okay, we'll circle back to this. Um later on in the episode Okay, I just want to say people are really invested in your dating life I know that was the only that was literally like it was that in like quitting a nine-five But what I wanted to talk about with you okay quite a few things The first thing being self-doubt Okay, so I feel like you Even if you would say that you're not a bunch of things because I have found that brook I Wish that brook could see herself from any of her friends because all of us are so obsessed with you We're all like behind your back. We're like brookers like my person the entire road You're literally the funniest person ever. Okay, so Awesome. Oh, thank you. Also. I think as far as character progression of all of us or whatever Like you have only gone up like not that you were ever bad, but that's the point like you were always great And then it's just like really gone up and you know, thank you. You know what I'm saying growth Lots of personal growth for us all Okay, but I wanted to talk about like moving forward past hate Oh, yeah, because you obviously had to make a tough decision To quit your nine to five which I would also like to explain to people very a little back story Actually, do you want to give a little back story of yourself? And then I will say what I would like to add on. Okay. Yeah, so I graduated from college in May of last year. I Just did a marketing degree went to the University of Georgia Very normal. Obviously everybody's doing the job hunt the like spring even fall of your senior year everyone's applying a job So I started doing it and I didn't really have a specific route I wanted to go and I was literally all over the place taking like calls with you know people from Marketing departments people from sales departments like I didn't really know an offer kind of not landed in my lap by any means But it just kind of worked out and it seemed like the most promising thing on the table for me Which was working for a large tech company doing sales And I was like, you know, it's fine for now I've never even going into it like it's sad to admit But I was never like this is gonna be it for me like I'm gonna be there for the rest of my life Like I never knew I mean I think though out of college. That's pretty typical Oh, you know, yeah, and honestly I'd say it now like it was totally a pride thing Like not only for my parents my family because they could care less about like what I do like that, you know They're proud of me no matter what but more for like friends and like what society says or even when people online say everyone's like You got this degree like now you have to go get a job. So whatever did the right thing got the job um moved to Boston for it started working and I hate to even I don't want to place the blame on the job at all But I think it was just doing everything was really really hard on me. I have a podcast too Um, I have my youtube channel and I was passing up on like Honestly monetarily I was passing up on opportunities that would have paid what a month of my job had paid And I mean when you just compare the numbers like face-to-face like that and what I had more enjoyment doing like Yeah, I had way more enjoyment making a video than making cold calls. I mean we'll say it as it is Let's just be honest You can't even compare it. It's something that I've and that's another thing I've been working on youtube since I was so young. I never really felt that it would be something I could do full-time just because my channel never grew enough And honestly, I just got to a point where like all of my platforms kind of got to a certain level where I was like Wow, I think I really could do this and I don't regret it I love that you don't regret it That's the decision. What was your question? No, it's not even a question What I was gonna add to this is that I think the side of what people maybe don't understand There's two things so people have a quote-unquote side hustle Yeah, and typically the goal is to make that your main career But for some reason whenever someone does that Especially if it is social media In the realm of social media people are very angry about it. Yep, and the whole thing of like, oh my gosh It's not gonna be there forever. It's like, okay. Also. I think people need to understand that people who do this I'm not gonna speak for everyone But for at least all of my friends that I know who do this are like actually fully running a business And are completely capable of so many other things Also, I honestly think I mean it's gonna be around longer than you think and then From what you're doing there you just branch out and do other things in the same kind of sense like an actor They act. It's like, okay. Where's your next show? You know what I mean? Like you don't have that booked right then like it doesn't make sense second you kind of did touch on this but Financially, yep It just made a lot more sense Like if you were making more money and passing up on more money than you're making doing something that you love Why would you you know, and I don't think it was like it's not you're right Like it wasn't a dig towards your job. It was just like a time thing, you know Yeah, I mean my job definitely obviously if it was perfect I would have stuck it out and been like, you know, I have to make this work or whatever But I also didn't see their career progression there for me It was I wasn't even interested in the next role like I remember telling my parents even like two weeks in I was like, I don't want this next job like they were like, oh, well, that's not good Because obviously you that's the whole point of working I feel like in corporate is that you see the goal and you're like, yes Like I can do it like I want to be that next level I want to be the boss or I want to be making commission. I'm like, I'm Basically making commission myself right now though. So it was very It was it was interesting. Yeah First quitting date just kept slowly but surely moving a little bit and up and up and up If you would have asked me my ideal quitting date was my birthday. So I would have Yeah, we wouldn't be recording this podcast. So you guys are all welcome for your Raven heroic move. Okay, but how did you end up like I can only imagine also, especially knowing you because I you don't like dealing with the stuff. Um, like Moving kind of moving past the hate and also like making the right decision for yourself And not caring what people like to say because this is like a life theme It's not just like in this specific setting, you know, definitely Yeah, I mean, I always try to focus on the positive because for every we always say it, you know For every hundred nice comments, there's gonna be one mad one and for for some reason everybody does it Everyone harps on the mean one. It could be the mean one that keeps you up all night and you could be like, oh my gosh thinking about it and stuff like that I just try it's hard. I sit here and say like I try not let it affect me and it does I don't know how any human could see things about themselves online, especially sometimes they're shockingly accurate and you're like Wow, like this is like low blows, but it's like, wow, this is true But that's the cost of putting your life online, you know, and that's why I try to remind myself I'm like you are so privileged to have an audience that actually cares about you and knows these Significant people in your life. I'll show you like one comment that someone gave me that I had to delete because it included such shockingly explicit details in my life that Like only my close close friends would know though, but then I try to look at it from the stance of like, wow These people are so genuinely invested that They spend so much of their time like I try to channel that more into gratitude Which is incredibly difficult and I'm really learning to focus on that Um, but I just feel like the people who are there for the my content for the right reasons will stick around and like Of course, I've lost some but I've also gained some and I think then it's the balance I tried to you know show a little more of like what my work is like now It's not really working people aren't really into it. So it's fine. We pivot the content another way And I feel like that's the cool thing about our job is that you can pivot in multiple different directions and like You know, sometimes the audience stays sometimes they don't but yeah, you figure it out I think just like transitioning in life, especially career is so important I look at people The common denominator between everyone that I look up to career-wise and they all do such different things Is the fact that they've been able to transition in so many different ways and that's the key because it's like Yeah, I'm not betting on instagram to pay my bills for the rest of my life But like there I will just keep transitioning and keep transitioning and that's what's gonna end up happening Okay, there is also something That you I listened to your podcast with Gretchen shout out Gretchen And you were both talking about the like the whole concept kind of of toning yourself down Which lauren and I actually talked about on mood last week, too but I think we are both girls with like all of us speaking for all of us are like a lot of our friends I would like to say that we're very fun and cool But some people don't think that no, I think we just have louder personalities and so people have constantly It's like a toning yourself down thing People tell us to tone ourselves down the time that has really most like messed with my confidence was last semester And I just felt like I had to make myself smaller and put myself in this box and not I'm like, oh my gosh. If I'm that loud, they're gonna think this of me or whatever And I would say like we're both actually extremely down to earth and like freaking all of us are freaking normal people But like a lot of the time like my humor can come off as like I'm stuck up or whatever And it's like I really am not but like, you know what I mean like even now I'm like, I would think we're funny and cool I'm not serious. I mean, I think that we're great But like, you know what I mean self-confidence I get it though Yeah, I mean For me personally like my mom was always super loud now going so I always saw it from that and I was like Oh, like I'm loud now going too. And then I saw like as I got older and life and stuff just how Not I don't want to say that it negatively affected me, but especially I find with Men that lack confidence. It really affects them strongly because I've never Yeah It's not really I I guess like women to women like I've never had another woman be like Unless what the exception is like the haters online or whatever. You know, we have a few of them Yeah, they're like less impacted But I feel like with guys it's actually more of a thing because then you like threaten with their masculinity If you have to be like loud and crazy and I have learned to realize that that's not every guy That's some people and they're just not your person if you have to alter your personality around them Like that's just not that's not it. Yeah, does this make sense? No, that completely makes sense. I think my problem with majority of guys I've ever seen Majorly with the exception of like who I'm dating now like big time Has been the I think honestly even more than personality though. It's kind of like Like we're all we're so young to be like this like kind of far ahead career. Why that too whole separate Oh gosh that that really is what gets those guys the insecure guys like they really don't like it It's so wild. Oh, it's so wild and I've had guys like come to me after and apologize and be like I will one guy The apology but he was like I was so threatened and it's like I'm like dude. I literally make video I film myself. I film myself I edit majority of those videos and I post them to the internet like it's not like I'm like freaking Selena goma You know what I mean? Like I'm like it's just I'm literally what like I'm the weird one like it's you know what I mean But people are so I don't know. I think just the concept of like strong girls Can be a big turnoff to people. Yep, which is unfortunate, but honestly you're right Those just aren't the right people and Now who I'm dating. I mean, I don't like I think that's probably why My like Quentin is dating me now. You know what I mean? Definitely. It's like very switch No, it's you should never have to and if you feel like oh, I have to be like quieter Like I can't talk about my work stuff in front of my significant other like I don't know. I felt myself in those positions recently And I was like, this is so dumb or I would you know say like be so excited. Oh my gosh Like I got my biggest like brand deal ever or something and be want to share this with like the people who I thought Were so significant in my life and it's I don't know you you get a feeling when yeah They aren't it's not not supportive, but it's almost out of envy But it's like you don't even you're not you don't even work in the same field that I do dude So it's it's totally different space and like yes We've worked really really really hard But we kind of actually we both did actually accidentally stumble upon this At the very beginning and we've worked hard sense But even like from working hard since we didn't always know what it would end up becoming You know what I mean and like we are the exception like it happened So young you know what I mean like this is not normal. No one needs to be That's the other thing too. I like I don't I don't know I do feel bad about genuinely because I am the person like I wake up really early I go work out really early like I whatever do well like The whole I don't know. Okay. Well, there's two things the whole feeling like you have to be doing everything And it's like yeah, but I also go to bed at 8 p.m. So people don't realize that and then and comparing yourself to people your age on social media because we all do it And there's newsflash. There's always going to be someone who's doing more than you. So like it doesn't matter and then the comparison just like I think the comparison like 16 year olds are making millions of dollars online now And so you feel like at 20 you've done nothing when it's like dude You're literally 20 years old even at like 25. You know what I mean like exactly so many people don't even So many people don't even actually go into their career until they're like 30 So which is normal actually in europe it's like pushback like people still live at home until they're yeah in their mid 20s Like even 30 like they don't move out of the house for a while like The this is a new thing for us that we're like you have to move out of the house and be successful and like Do all this stuff and grind grind. It's like It's okay. Like we can take a step back Like deep breaths chill relax, you know, I think people just Compare in their heads, but it's like we're not out here comparing ourselves to you like I'm not out I would never intentionally be like well. I'm so much more successful than you so I can't be your friend I would I would never in a million years. I don't even think that like those Also the way that I like view success is so I mean so much different than how I used to So like quote-unquote success to me is not What it seems like I'm doing on my instagram or anything and so I think yeah If you're doing well career wise like that's so awesome But if every other area for livestock sound like you feel so like you don't I don't I mean I don't know Like I just think for me personally success doesn't really always have to just do with my career Like I do feel that in my career and I'm proud of myself right now Yeah, but I don't like the way that I view success is not by that So I wouldn't even be like, oh, I'm six. You know what I mean. Does that make sense? Yeah, there's no like it's relative of the success. Yeah Oh, I have this amount of money in my savings account now. I'm successful like that is not true Exactly and if you go on these websites online, it's oh, I mean Spoiler We've hit it We just filmed a video for the I love you so much podcast instagram Of it'll probably be up by now, but of us reacting to like articles online about us that are just so false It said that my net worth is 60 million dollars. Um, literally couldn't be further from the truth But brooks is 69 million dollars. Yeah So that doesn't show that the internet is false, but I don't know it does, you know, yeah Yeah, it really is. Yeah, um, let's also get over exaggerated online Very over exaggerated for another day. We'll get there. Maybe next episode Okay, a lot of people wanted to talk What did me to talk to you kind of about change in the move a lot of these topics I feel like you share so much of already and that's actually knowing you personally I feel like you actually share everything that you have to majority of it But just kind of more so on the topic of feeling isolated and missing friends Yeah, especially living alone Like that's so much harder when I lived alone and I loved living on and I'm about to be living alone again And I actually thrived that way But it's really easy especially for you and that's me at the time like in a new city and You just moved away from all of your friends in college and stuff Like what do you do when you're feeling that or how have you looked kind of learned to deal with it? Yeah, um Well, also, I will say that transition also hit harder when I was like working my regular job Like that was it was my favorite thing living alone because I had I went out I socialized for the day And you know, it's like that thing like my social meter meters out like I need to just go home I'm like, you know, sit on the couch and do nothing. She's big on her me time Big she won't sit on a plane next to any of us She will like actually move her seat on a plane so she has her own personal time. I get it. I understand it But yeah, she loves her me time. I respect it. I just don't like to chat on plane. It's like, I don't know That's just I don't feel like anyone really does know that I think about it though. Danielle does Putting my basketball and quints are my fly together. We don't I literally just like sleep on him Yeah, well, I feel like couples it would be weird if you're like you're gonna sit in the I like want him to sit there so I can like sleep. Yeah No, that's why people like sitting next to friends on planes It's like you guaranteed you know who's sitting next to you not like God forbid like someone who smells bad or something and then you're next to them for five hours Yeah So where were we going? Oh living alone now. Yeah, so back when I worked like my regular job It was great because I was like, oh, I can come home and do my thing. But now that I work for myself I yeah, I definitely do feel that sense of loneliness because I feel like I wake up and if I'm like filming a video or something You know, it's all me there are days that go by that. I don't leave my apartment quite frankly So I've been trying to be better about reaching out to people They might not be like my bestest friends on earth and that's cool But we could still get dinner we could still you know watch the bachelor together We could still make plans And I try to really pack up my weekends because I feel like during the week people are Busy or whatever also I don't know. I mean these aren't like super tangible tips I guess but like you do have to push yourself out of your comfort zone Otherwise you will just sit in isolation alone and like there's nothing you could There's no advice I could give you unless you're willing to make a change. Yeah Do you think that This is why you like SoulCycle now because it's kind of human interaction when you're you know what you mean I guess I mean, they're like I'll chat with some people if I like me to subscribe You don't have to talk to them, but you know around people I like that. I also feel more motivated in workout class. So that yeah, yeah, same. Yeah, I feel like you're good about that Yeah, I literally go every single day I Really started to love group workout classes though when I lived alone Because I didn't have to necessarily talk to anyone But I would start off my day or at any time of the day being around people When the rest of the day was just by myself, you know, it could definitely get really Lonely and isolating like you know and then everybody comments and suggests like, you know You should live with a roommate like just because you can financially Afford to live alone doesn't mean that you necessarily like it fits your lifestyle or whatever So like maybe the next place I live I will get a roommate. I don't really it's not completely off the table for me Yeah, um, that was always my thing like moving to Austin though because I was like, oh, I have my own creative space Like I can finally do my and it is nice as a youtuber podcast or whatever I could be as loud as I want of course within reason like I have neighbors and stuff But you know what I mean? Um, so it is nice and I do love having my own space and being able to decorate how I want and Put whatever the heck I want in the fridge the way that I have it in the fridge and like It's nice. It's a luxury. It is the the fridge. Especially I keep going I never go in Pinterest and I'm like fridge organization pantry organization I need to go to the container store immediately. Like I have so many things Okay, so talking about apartments and stuff for people who are moving What is your opinion? Would you rather have like live in the best location? With a really small apartment that you don't love or have the best apartment ever in a bad location. Okay I would say that I probably have the second one and I kind of wish I had the first now Although I still love my apartment like love my space But I was like, oh, I can get more for my money here And I totally can like if I was paying what I would in the middle of Boston Like it would be a shoebox But at the same time I could probably walk downstairs and go get coffee versus having to Take public transportation or walk pretty far or get in my car You know what I mean? So I think it's I would say location is the best But I guess that's this compromise you're willing to make for your space If you're literally like going out and working all day and just coming back to your apartment to sleep, basically Then like who cares, you know, I mean, I know people who live in like small apartments And they don't care because they're like, you know down the street from their favorite restaurant and stuff like that So I think that's gonna be my vibe next place, but Stay tuned She gave me a little wink for those podcast listeners I didn't know we're moving but yeah I'm like you don't even really don't even have a solid decision Okay, well, I actually grew with that. So I love where I live. It's actually a really really great location for anyone Um, I can walk to anything that I would ever want to walk to and I love my freaking house It's like I love where I live But for me everything that I I got that house and then about A few months later Turns out that every single thing that I did like where I work out my podcast studio another office The school I went to everything was was at the time in a two mile radius of each other And I had to drive 30 minutes to get there. Really. It's like 20 I lately I've been working out at like 6 a.m. There and it's a 12 minute drive So it just depends on the time of day. I was does everything in la But I was talking about that and I'm like, honestly It feel I wish that I just had an apartment in west hollywood because it would take It would save me so much time Even though I actually love where I live like if I have things out there I would have stayed there like forever and as long as I'm in la But I actually do agree I think the location matters more than the actual place And it just saves you a lot of time, you know, that's the biggest thing too It's like oh i'm going to work out class got a factor in another 15 minutes there and 15 minutes back That's 30 minutes of your day. It's honestly a big chunk just for a 45 minute workout Got a factor in that time still the prep time to like, you know, get ready. Yeah That's why I work out so early because I just get out of the way I'm done. I did two workouts this morning. I was done by 8 a.m. I was home at 8 20 Like it's so nice, but I'm not I'm really not this crazy Like I wake up at 5 a.m. Every morning person or whatever like at all But now that I've started because I had to with the six a workout. It's actually changed my life So I think I might actually convert but I will be in bed at 8 p.m. Every night So I need no one I need to like turn off my phone and block every single contact for past 8 p.m Okay, so I wanted to talk to you about dating. I know surprise surprise Shocking. Okay. So I've never actually just like gone on a date with someone. Okay, like we've established. I only date my friends Yeah, um, just to be clear. I only date one person at this point not like multiple But in the past the people that I have dated There's only a few Have mostly been from grown from friendships actually every single person I've ever dated. We were friends first Which is good and bad Um, but I've never just like gone on a dating app and like or like just met someone out and about and gone on a first day Or anything I loved your hinge get ready with me because it gave me a lot of like kind of insight to that world because I'm really interested Because I would be so terrified. So I think you guys are all My heroes because it really does take a lot of like courage to just go Meet with someone and talk to them for two hours and like maybe you hate them I don't know the very beginning and that's like a really tough thing So, can you take me on like a step by step of brook mitio's dating life? Like you match with them you from there like how long do you talk? What's the process how long until you go on a date like just take me through it Okay, I've only ever gone and like so I did the hinge get ready with me. I've only ever gone on one date I mean he asked me if I want to go on a second. Oh, what do you say? I'll sit to come guys. We'll see. I did say yes, but it's like planned. I mean up here. I am in LA So Um, so Yeah, with hinge I think the the biggest tip that I have for people and just what I've heard from even guys too is like It has to be like a relatively quick turnaround like if you drag out the conversation and you're good morning. Good night Like, you know just talking like good morning Like over weeks You're never gonna actually meet up and I feel like most people You can't really get a sense of someone over like text at least for me. I can't yeah And so hinge basically like you're messaging on the app. So like, yeah It's fine to chat about what you have in common. So like when I match with this guy Like we chatted about you know, a few things we had a common like oh, you're from XYZ place It's close to like where I grew up, you know things in common and then he was like, hey, do you want to Like get a drink um Sometime next week and I was like perfect. We set a date and then like we met and I think you have to see Each other face to face like pretty quickly I think what you said about going to get a drink is a lot and that being better than dinner That is a lot more. That's a lot less stressful And you can just kind of come and go like there's not a set like you don't have to wait for dessert You know what I mean? You're just kind of in and out Yeah, what if you don't end up liking the person and then I don't know I feel like dinner is like a huge commitment like drinks is more like a very big commitment Yeah, and then I don't know dinner It's like kind of like it could be pricey who pays like it kind of gets a little weird, I would say Uh versus the drink thing is just like way more casual Yeah, it doesn't have to be I hate that it's like even it has to be like oh a drink thing, but Yeah, I don't know it's just way more low key. It's more low key and it's not like you're Like going like crazy wild by any means. It's like if you are go for it But like it's just so it's just a better setting So I think so many people ask me like they commented. They're like, how do you like end it? I was like, I literally called an Uber and said my Uber's here Like there's no I never felt pressure like that you have to continue the hangout or like go back But were you just like mid conversation? Hey my Uber's here Well, I mean it started to get later like we were there for like two and a half hours or something So I was like, yeah, it was really good. Um, so it just Was at that point where I was like, don't you work tomorrow? Yeah, I said something. I'm like, oh, I have like a really morning like workout class Which it wasn't that early, but you know, it's just a good And I was like, oh, I should probably you know, what are we gonna do sick here all night? Yeah, we have to go home Um, I know I've never felt pressure on a date to like have to go home with them I think you just have to be strong like no, I'm calling my Uber like no, I'm going home Yeah, how what happens if you don't like them? Like do you personally ghost people be honest or do you just like say I'm not feeling this or do you just like what do you do? I feel like I'm gonna feel like No, I feel like you could easily just ghost and that's fine on a dating app because you don't have to respond, right? Yeah, oh well if you're just messaging with them or if you met Because I feel like if you okay, it's a little weird. Yeah, that's really ghosting at that point Yeah, but how hard is it though? Like if you go Hypothetical situation if you go on a date with someone you don't want to go another one with them How do you like do you say like hey, dude, like sorry, I just wanted to let you be honest with you Like I'm not really feeling it like I I'm oh my god That's why ghosting almost is easier because it's like you don't want to be so cruel to someone Like what if they're mean to you back? We're actually the generation of ghosting. I saw I know It's just easier sometimes and it's not even out of cruelty, but it's just like sometimes it's like I don't even like feel like we're messaging this person back or I You could do the thing where you just keep making excuses like, you know, I'm traveling or like you should just say I'm not feeling it just be like hey, dude, like I only I really honestly don't see this going anywhere I don't want to waste your time. Yeah, I know that's like the polite thing to do. It's easier said than done though Oh, yeah, no, I'd be terrified. It's really easy for me to say as I'm like seriously dating someone Like oh, I got it. I got this. I can do it. Give me your phone bro. Um, okay, awesome Not even just in dating But how do you describe what you do to people because I would rather jump off a building That I'm an influencer. Oh, it's yeah Like what do you say? I actually thought of a good thing to say earlier. Do you want to hear it? Just for an idea Okay, I would love to hear it I think that saying that you're the host of a podcast, which is true does sound a little bit better I like that. Okay. I like that So yeah, because this guy like I wrote on my hand profile that I do social media So he he was talking about his job and then obviously, you know, it's my turn to talk about my jobs But I never bring it up first I'd never because I never want to seem like like we said like too much or whatever But I guess I should bring it up first So I he was like, oh, what do you do? And I was like, I do social media Like I have a podcast and a youtube channel and I really just said like I do all I never use the word influencer I say like I have I do social media and then I And then as the conversation goes along, you know, then they have how many followers do you have like? I hate that question And then you say the number and they're like Shut up. You're famous. And then you're like, no the whole you're famous thing. I'm like, you don't like it's It's just the opposite of true. Literally the opposite of true Unless you look at the article that said that we're worth 60 I hope that that's the only material that they're reading Oh my gosh, what if people google your name from hinge and that comes up and they think you're worth 69 million dollars I don't know. I mean there's other articles that I would hope that that article There was another article today um that Caught her from dear media set. I'm telling them this And it said that I made 800 it said that I made eight dollars or something today So there's a little bit of a discrepancy between the two posts And it used a wikipedia as a source Which I would kindly like to point out that neither of us have wikipedia pages So, yeah, I say normally I'd be like, yeah, I have a youtube channel or like I have a podcast or something I'll never say influencer and honestly, I don't like that word I don't like the word and when we started off like maybe this is dating us or hauls kramas the word influencer wasn't around That's a relatively new concept about two or three years ago. Yeah, you know, that's what my mom says when she describes what I do Because that's even like does your mom ever say like, what do I use to describe you? I don't think that she would even know the word influencer honestly, but she would definitely be like, oh my god She's a youtube channel and like, you know, my mom used to say like youtuber And then I was like, don't say youtuber and then she's like, what do you want me to say? I was like, I don't know like just don't be weird about it. Yeah, like figure it out But don't be weird about it. Please don't embarrassing me. Yeah It's just like a hard thing because it is like it's not it's not something that we're not proud of it's just like Honestly guys friend a friend listener to me Whatever my name is Like would you want to describe like just say that you're an influencer like not really no, you know It's just like, I don't know what it is. There's just a really I don't know. We've been looped into something that we didn't really sign up for necessarily The influencer actual term directly is what I mean by that. Yeah I'd love to joke around with it though and be like like if I buy something that you should also be like, uh Like I was influenced like it's like a funny joke. Yeah humor Um content creator digital creator I feel like I don't have like the content creator. I could see that for someone I think of like my friend Jeremy from he has this account called brunch boys. I don't know if you Yeah, I saw he produces content. That's what I'm gonna say someone who makes videos like People that we know that are really good. Yeah, our past friends of ours. You know, like that sort of thing Yes, exactly. Yeah, there is actually and not that we aren't producing content, but the these are more curated content Like his content is highly produced. Yeah, I'm gonna show you some of it later Like it's produced videos with a theme with where he's hosting and there's different camera angles And it's like you would show that to a brand and be like this is a commercial You know what I mean? It's more content versus with us. It's like what do you think about digital creator then? I like I think that one's better. Yeah People always say like digital entrepreneur like I guess that one that one works out But what like I haven't started a business or anything. I mean not no technique. Yes. We have actually we have definitely. Yeah But if someone asks me though, what do you do? I'm not gonna say I'm a digital entrepreneur Like those words will never know. I would never also. I would never call myself an entrepreneur like In that sense unless I'm like, I don't know that could be like your LinkedIn bio But like you're not gonna like yeah, I'm like a day-to-day basis Unless you're in a certain setting and like you have kind of more. So maybe you're on the right Okay, I wanted to kind of in this episode, which has been a really great episode. Don't worry. It's not just sending out We have one more segment now guys. Oh, I wanted to Talk about what we would say to our 16 year old selves because that was around the age that we became friends Brooke was brookx beauty at the time wearing lily pelitzer vineyard vines Everything had her monogram on it the monogram necklace is taking me back She also it's so bizarre because youtube was for a few weeks was really pushing your really old videos and alisha's really old videos Yeah, I noticed it was kind of on 16 video This week 16 video was one of my favorites and I remember watching it at the time too And you're so like put together. It was genuinely a very useful video. Look, I hope people are having I remember planning this video. I took like three pages of notes I was like mom, what did we do for this? I wanted to make it like the best video ever. Oh, yeah Well, it was really good. Honestly, like even to this day. Like, oh, that's a good video Like it was helpful. I feel like it's still hopping girls today But like just thinking back to our 16 Yeah, I must watch I would love to know if there's anyone under the age of 16 listening to this podcast Please if I don't think that there would be but dm me or Comment in the facebook group on the instagram and tell me if you're under 16 I would actually love to know Kind of doubt it. Um, it's like cricket cricket, you know, yeah, what do you feel like you wasted the most time on at 16? Oh, that's a really good question actually um I mean, I would say like caring what other people think and stuff which is always like the generic answer But at the same time I always kind of like did me and I always kind of like did my own thing Like everybody else did sports and whatever and I did like when I was in freshman year or sophomore year I did theater And then I got like heavily into youtube and I was like I talked about her like pretty openly Like there was a period of time where I was bullied for it So I feel like I always kind of did me but in the back of my mind I still like always did care a little bit of what other people thought Um, I would tell my younger self like that I know this is like so sad But like it gets so much better. Yeah, same because I feel like 16 year old me would look at me now and be like Oh my gosh, like she's really living, you know, it's like sad. Is that sad? No, no, I completely agree. That's what I would probably say Chill out Which I think that that will always be my answer even as I get older I think I'll be at 80 and I will still be telling myself to chill out for the record I have but I think one can always chill out a little bit more And I agree like it just gets better, especially like growing up. I don't know. I loved growing I loved where I grew up so much. I love my family love all that but like it's hard sometimes Yeah, and there's just like I mean I had some rough things happen before like that age So I just feel like I don't know like I was actually thinking about that today And I'm like if you told my 16 year old self my life now, especially just like literally in the last week alone Oh my god, I feel more myself than ever Especially in the past two years Yeah Brooke has twitter fingers, which she has recently since unfortunately Quote unquote retired Um, and I'm looking forward to the return. I think brook also has the best twitter of all time anyways No, actually now every time I tweet something since I tweeted that I retired I get like called out by my friends like mariah will like be like brook. I thought you were gonna stop Sometimes I just think stuff that's so good, but I had someone like tell me or something They're like, why do you do it? I was like, I don't really know. He was like, you should probably like get some help I was like, oh my god I really don't think it's that bad. Like I don't think it's like the worst thing ever I'm also not out here like saying explicit names. I'm not like so and so the worst human ever like I like how instead of sub tweeting it's twitter fingers But honestly not even all of your stuff is a direct sub tweet. It's it's really just general stuff Like I actually think it's hilarious, but thank you. Yeah. Anyways, I think I would just tell myself to kind of relax because I've always been like a little bit high strong and um Okay, part of me thinks I'm really I'm really type A and part of me thinks I'm like really not I think where I lack is the administrative side of that I think I'm really organized and like a planner and really on my game But I'm not administrative like I hate excel stuff. I'm literally my my degree ironically is business administration I'm really hate the administration part. I love the business part I think I would just tell myself to chill out and oh, you know what? Actually, no, this is the main thing I want to tell myself I've said this on the podcast So I'm trying to think of a way to phrase it but another way But it's the whole idea of like don't be married to your first idea because I was so tunnel vision Like this is what I'm going to do I'm going to do this kind of a youtube video and this is what's going to happen And this is how my career is going to go and blah blah blah blah blah saturation. Oh my god So bad book anyways, yeah, we went through a well Yeah, you did it too, right not as much as us Dan yell and I fell into it a lot more than you guys did Yeah, but I would still do the like whole like five ways to be stress-free or something like Meanwhile, you're like so stressed out. Yeah, I was like, I've never like and it was like one of them was like sit in the grass I was like I've never sat in the grass But if you just sit in the grass, it's like something so stupid I'll show you because I remember the like the thumbnail that I made I was like, this is epic It's getting so many views. I got like 2000 views. I was like, it made it like The whole record I'm literally crying I know I think though I was so Tunneled and like I think that is my best quality and my worst quality because I'm very set if I want something to happen I'm like it will happen But it's also my worst quality because sometimes One I think there's two things sometimes something else this is supposed to happen and that just means it's better Even if it wasn't like your original idea and then two Sometimes things happen the thing that you want is going to happen But it's never going to happen the way that you think it's going to happen Oh, I like so then just so tunnel vision you like miss it, right? So I think I would say don't be tunnel vision and think bigger and wider I like that in the way in the exact way that you're thinking like I oh my gosh I like that because I feel like everyone sets out these goals for themselves and like these are the steps I'm going to take sometimes it's like, you know the plan kind of falls apart But you still get to the end. Yeah, just might take you a little more extra time Yeah, and I think you're better off for it like everything that didn't go the way I went like the school for example The school I ended up at Couldn't have been further from what I ended up come what I originally like wanted to come to la for like part I mean most of you was school, but not the kind of school that I went to best decision I've ever made even over career stuff So and it was the most fulfilling thing I've ever done as far as like the rest of my life You know what I mean? So it's just things like that. You have to just be open But we're gonna end this episode But don't be too worried guys because Brookcastle has a podcast which I will have a share. We also filmed a few videos for The I Love You So Much Instagram, which will be in the show notes and linked below on the youtube video But those are really freaking funny like one of them is we're reading the article and then another one is like How to break up with someone in a story time kind of and like the nicest possible But Brooke, where can they find you? So on youtube and instagram, it's just my name Brooke Michio. Everyone's like what the heck is this girl's last name When we made this age of switching from like the username to the name It was like a blessing and it occurs Yeah, my last name is mi cc i o apric Michio on literally everything twitter i think i'll let me go Oh, yeah, and then I have a podcast with daniel carolin the best ever It's a lot of fun. We post um twice a week. So I love that. Yay. Thanks for having me. Thanks for coming on This is so fun. I loved it