Episode #4-But We're Only in Our 20's!

The speakers discuss their week, including funny moments with kindergartners and a trivia question about glass made from sand. They then talk about the challenges of navigating life in their 20s, including financial struggles and the difficulty of maintaining a social life. They also discuss their hobbies, such as running and playing guitar, and reflect on the freedom and excitement of life outside of college. One speaker misses the fun she had in college, while the other appreciates the lack of restrictions and the ability to explore different paths. Hey, guys. Welcome back to College Knockoff. It's Brie and Hannah. I'm Brie. This is Hannah. Hi, guys. I'm Hannah. This is Episode 4, and we're going to talk about how we navigate our lives being in our 20s. Kind of not really fresh out of college, but kind of fresh out of college. Two years out. Two years out, yeah. But to start off, let's just talk about our week. Like, how was your week? My week has been pretty good. Nothing crazy. I'm trying to think. Sometimes it's hard for me to remember my week. I know it's Friday, but I've just been working, really. Today I was at the school, and the kindergartners, they are so funny. One little girl, she came over. She's like, my heart burns. And I'm like, what? And she's like, it burns just so bad. I'm just so sad. Oh, my gosh. Another girl said something mean to her, and she kept saying, my heart burns. Oh. The kindergartners are so funny. They are. They're great. How was your week? It wasn't bad. It was just long. It was so long. We didn't have school today. Our spring break started today. So the kids were wound up kind of all week. And we did Dr. Seuss week this week. So we had dress-up days all week, and it was kind of crazy. It was long. It wasn't bad. I do have one story, though, from yesterday. We had some free time. And so I found a video on YouTube that was like 50 trivia questions for kids, and it was like knowledge that they should know. Okay. And one of the questions was, how is glass made? And so fast. They were like, sand, sand. And I was like, how do you know that? I was like, that is so impressive. Great job. And one of the kids goes, don't be too impressed. We only know that from playing Minecraft. And I was like, man, just when I thought you actually paid attention at school. Yeah. For real. I keep that back. I mean, at least they know it. Yeah. I didn't know that. I did, but I knew it from Sweet Home Alabama, the movie. That's how I knew it. But I just thought it was so funny. Don't be impressed. We only know it because of Minecraft. I was like, okay. Kids are so funny. Oh, man. Yeah. That was a funny moment. I was laughing pretty hard. No, that's how it was. Yeah. But not bad. All right. Let's get started on our topic. Navigating life in our 20s. My first one was money and just like not getting paid enough. And I still pay for school because I'm doing a kind of like a master's course. And then I have to pay for some tests to get my teaching license. And that's quite a bit. So it's just like. Yeah, it sucks. I have to pay for like I have to do continuing education for my training certificate. And just paying for like another course. Oh, I've been putting it off. It's expensive. Right. Right. And just everything is expensive. Everything. Housing is expensive. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, I'm lucky. I have a good little situation. But looking at other apartments or places like I don't know how anybody lives on their own. If they don't have like a good job. I know. Yeah. I don't. I don't know either. And like for me, it's there's nowhere to live because somewhere out here you have to have the money to buy like so many acres with the house. And. Yeah. Yeah. Really hard. Yeah. I around me. They're building so many apartment complexes. So, like, there is not that you can't find a place. It's just like, can you afford it? Like, right. Nothing is affordable at all. And yeah, it just sucks. Especially like. I mean, our jobs aren't the most high paying jobs, either. No, no, they're not. No. But honestly, like, I wouldn't change my jobs ever. Like, I love my job. So, I love my job, too. It's just. It sucks. Yeah. It's just rough not getting paid. Sometimes. But. But. Anyways. What about, like, social life? Like having a social life? Like, we're friends and we're good at it. Yeah. We're not being long distance friends. Uh-huh. It's hard as an adult. Because, like, if you don't party or anything like that. Like, how do you meet people? I mean, I have, like, friends at work. But. Right. It's. It's not like. Not a lot of people have friends. Yeah. Yeah. You hang out outside of work. Yeah. I do go to, like, Tuesday nights here. There's a church that has, like, a young adult service. Yeah. Which is great to meet friends. But also, I'm too scared to, like, socialize afterwards. Right. So, I mean, that part's kind of on me. Right. I remember when we would go to, like, CCO. And we would do that, too. We wouldn't stick around. We were just like, all right. It's over. Yeah. We got the message. We're good. Like, I don't want to. Oh, man. Yeah. That's hard. Like, especially during church when they're like, okay, like, say hi to your neighbor. It's like, come on. Like, do I have to? Do I have to? Yeah. No, that's always kind of awkward. It's a good opportunity. But. Yeah. It is kind of awkward. Yeah. For me, my friends here are people I work with. But. Yeah. Like, I do hang out with them outside of work, too. Like. Yeah. And I told you before that it's just kind of funny to me that my other friends that are here that aren't you are, like, older than me and have kids. Yeah. Yeah. But I love them. They're awesome. Uh-huh. But it is hard to, like, where I live, you know, I switched schools. And so I'm not really friends with any of the people here anymore. Yeah. Because I switched schools in high school. And so, like, never. So, I don't know. My friends are you and Jake and. Yeah. My two people. Yeah. At work. Yeah. I agree. But. Yeah. I also don't, like, complain about that. I'm not saying it's a bad thing that I don't have other friends. It's just, it's hard when all you do is work. Uh-huh. Yeah. And with me, I feel like at, like, my job, I am, when I'm training, I'm talking all day long and I'm talking to everybody. So, like, when I come home, like, I don't want to talk to anybody. I agree. So, like, that doesn't help either. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe it's just a me problem. Like, I should just be more social. Right. Yeah. I mean, I don't know. Sometimes it is, like, just exhausting. Like, you get home from work and you're just exhausted. I know I'm mentally exhausted a lot. Oh. And so I don't want to, I say I don't want to talk to anybody. I do talk Jake's ear off pretty good, but. Yeah. It's all right. But anyways, what about, like, doing fun things, like hobbies? Oh, yeah. I've gotten into running. Okay. So, that's, like, my recent hobby. And I think once it gets a little more warmer, I'm going to get into that pickleball. Oh, yeah. Like, I'm going to do it. There's some courts by my house. I'm going to do it. But my hobby right now has been running. Like, that's what I, like, I crave to do after work. Right. Well, good for you. I do not crave to run ever, but. Well, I think I've just gotten into, like, this, oh, I saw this other day. This, I don't know, this post this girl had. And it was, like, oh, I have to find it. It was, like, me running my 13, 14-minute mile pace. And, like, the voice on it was, like, I'm so fast. I'm so speedy fast. And I was, like, that's me, literally. I feel like I'm so fast, but I'm not. That's funny. Let's see. What have my hobbies been? Well, I mean, I always love to read. I go, like, off and on, though. Like, I'll be super into it. And then, like, I'll drift for a little bit. But I started, like, learning to play guitar again. I was just using Jake's guitar. And I was, I mean, I was trying. Because I haven't played since, like, eighth grade. Yeah. So it's been a long time. But so I've been, like, getting back into that a little bit. And now that it's getting warmer, like, fishing. Yeah. I get to fish again. Like, that's something I always enjoy. So I don't know. It's, like, it's easier for me to do fun things when it's warmer. Yeah, I agree. When it's cold, I don't want to do anything. I just want to, like, chill. And that's normally, like, in the winter is when I'm super into reading. Because I just want to be, like, cozied up with my book. But then it, like, gets warmer outside, and I want to be outside. Yeah, I agree. Yeah. Good. Let's see. What else? How else do we navigate our lives in our 20s? Oh, you were talking about, like, it being better after school. Oh, yeah. So I think life outside of school and college is so much better. Like, yeah, it's hard. You have more responsibility. But I think I never liked school, and I hated being restricted. Right. And just the thought of, like, figuring out, like, what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Like, I just want to do one thing. And, like, now realizing I don't have to do one thing the rest of my life. Right. Like, I have a purpose now, and it, like, may change later on. And, like, I can change it. And I just love, like, realizing, like, I'm pretty free outside of school. I can go anywhere I want. I can do whatever I want. So, yeah, I love life outside of college. Even though it's hard, it's really hard. But it's great. It's 100 times better for me. Yeah. See, I mean, it's not that I don't love life outside of college. Yeah. I just, like, I had a very simple degree that did not require a lot of studying or hard work. Yeah. So I got to do a lot of fun things in college. Oh. And I had a big FOMO in college. And so, like, I was always doing something with somebody. Yeah. And just that group of friends that I had there was so fun. And we always hung out, and we always did something, basically, like, every night. And it was just so fun. And maybe I'm more, maybe I'm reminiscing on it more than I am, like, you know. Because it's not like life outside of college isn't fun. Because it still is. Yeah. But I just miss all the fun that I had in college, too. Yeah. I didn't have that much fun in college. Senior year, we lived it up. I mean, senior year was fun. Yeah. But there are some parts I was like, oh, gosh. Yeah. The tests, the studying. Right. I don't miss it. Right. Even the job I had at college, like, working in the intramural office. Right. Yeah. Like, I got to be around sports the whole time, and that's something I've always loved. So that was super fun. We flip-flopped. Like, that's me now. Yeah. Like, this is so fun. I know. It is. Yeah. And I don't know. So sometimes I just miss it. But it's still – life's still good. The kids are in Little League Baseball. And so, like, we were playing catch and practicing, hitting and stuff. So that's fun. Yeah. Getting to do that with them is super fun. That is fun. And I'm glad that Lenny's finally, like, old enough to play because she's super into it. And now I wish Evie would have played because she didn't sign up, but she was out there and she was doing it, and she was pretty good. And I was like, girl, why didn't you sign up because you're good. Yeah, for real. That's funny. But, anyways, do you have anything else on that again? No, I really don't. We're just winging it. Yeah, we're winging it. We're winging our 20. So, like, maybe we don't have the best advice. Well, we're kidding. We didn't say this was going to be advice. Yeah. We're just winging it. We're living day by day, okay? Really? Yeah, that's true. Yeah. Maybe, like, every other day by day. I have, like, two days planned out. Yeah. But, you know, it's hard, but it's supposed to be fun. See, this is my thing is that, like, I want to save money so that I can have a good, like, future, but I also know that we're young, so I want to have fun when I'm young and I want to be able to do things and, like, go places. But it's all kind of, you know, it's hard and it's contradictive. Yeah, I agree. But we can do it. You guys can do it. We got it. You must hear my dad, who's not in his 20s. He's navigating a different age, but it's okay. Yeah. Let's see. Another thing we were going to talk about, I'm kind of going out of order, but it's okay, was, like, our current obsessions that we have right now. What's yours? Mine is True Fruit. Me, too. I like the strawberry ones. I also got these ones, and it was bananas with peanut butter and then the chocolate. I don't like bananas. I haven't tried them yet, but I do have them. I keep forgetting that they're in the freezer. I keep forgetting about them. So I need to try them, and I'll let you know how they are. But True Fruit and Hoppy, I like the... Hoppy? Yeah. Oh, yeah. I like the watermelon flavor a lot. Yeah. And the orange flavor is really good, too. Really? Mm-hmm. I love Ollipops. I like Poppy, but I like Ollipop. See, I don't like Ollipop. Oh, man. Oh, well. Yeah. I don't know. I'm not that big on it. Because, like, really the only flavor of Ollipop I like is lemon lime, and I'm not even big on it. Like, I feel... Oh. I don't know. They're just... Yeah. They don't taste like what they say they're supposed to taste like to me. Yeah, I can see that. But the strawberries and cream, that's my jam. See, that's what my mom likes. My mom likes that one a lot. Yeah. That one's good. What else you got? What else do I... What else am I obsessed with? Well, you see, I did it wrong, and I started watching Gilmore Girls in the spring instead of in the fall. But I'm super into it again. I started it over. Mm-hmm. And now I'm just thinking about Gilmore Girls all the time. Oh, okay. There's a Gilmore Girls podcast called Gilmore to Say. Oh, yeah. And I love it. I listen to it a lot on my way to work or on my way home from work. So I think those are my three current obsessions, or four, I guess, kind of. Yeah. But I think that's the reason that I started re-watching Gilmore Girls is because I started listening to that podcast, and then they would talk about stuff, and I was like, okay, now I want to watch it. Now I want to watch these seeds that they're talking about. So anyways, what are your current obsessions? So my current obsession, this one might be like an old lady obsession, but I got this handheld vacuum, okay? And I'm obsessed with it. I could clean the couch. I could clean the dog hair out of my car. Like that thing is a miracle worker. Mm-hmm. And I'm obsessed with it. Like I'll use it every day just for fun. Oh, my gosh. That's my one. My TV show is Fuller House. Oh, okay, okay. It's so funny. The little kid is so funny. Michelle? Oh, no, wait. That's Fuller House. Yeah, Fuller. I've not watched Fuller House, so. Oh, my gosh. I think it's hilarious. I love it. And then my other like true fruit, obviously, but the raspberry ones and the milk chocolate. Oh, also, Trevor and I have been making chocolate-covered strawberries. Oh, okay. Like all the time. Okay. I eat those every day. Yeah. Another food one. I'm just going off food right now. That's fine. Another one is almond croissants. Let me tell you, those are my jam. I got these like frozen ones at Trader Joe's that you just like pop in the oven. Oh, it's so good. It's so good. Like I've been obsessed with them. And like just going to bakeries in general. Like I've never been to a bakery before like this year. Right. Okay. You should have taken me to a bakery when I was up there because. Yeah. I don't know that I've ever really been. You know what got me hooked was the little croissants at Messenger. I was about to ask you if that's what did it because I remember you had that. That did it. And then there's been like other ones we've been to that's like just bakeries. And, man, they're good. Like I never thought a croissant could taste like that. Like I think when I think of them, I think of like the kind you get at Walmart. That's like. Yeah. Yeah. Or like just the ones that's already made. They put a sandwich on. But let me tell you, you have not lived until you had an almond croissant. Okay. All right. Yeah. My other obsessions. Well, I already said running. Yeah. I got Strava. Know what that is? No. It's like a running app. You can like track your runs. Okay. Yeah. So I'm going to get into that. Okay. And I don't know if I have any other other ones. Okay. All right. I okay. I was looking through. I take pictures of everything. Yeah. Literally everything. And so I went to Walmart the other day. And there was a snapping turtle in the back of this truck. What? He was like standing up on the side. And it was a pretty good sized snapping turtle. Like he was pretty big. Oh. And I was just like, what in the world? Why? What is that in there? And he was just looking and he was watching. And then he just fell over. He fell over? Fell over. And I was trying so hard not to laugh. No, I did laugh. Stupid turtle. I was just like, but I was just like, who? First of all, how do you catch a snapping turtle that size without him getting you? And second of all, why do you have him in the back of your truck at Walmart? It was just so funny. People at Walmart. I was just like, wow. Okay. Interesting. But okay. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Okay. Are we going into the Bible next? Yeah. You go. Okay. So I read slow, okay? I'm still in Matthew 27 again. Okay. Okay. So there are some things I'm like just picking out. And I think this is just wild. So Jesus dies. We all know that. Okay. Well, he cries out in Matthew. It says, he said, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? And I'm just like, I've always read that. I'm just like, come on, Jesus. I think we're supposed to believe in God. But then I looked at the little note, and it said it's from Psalm 22. And I read the psalm. And it starts out like that. But then after it's saying, what does it say? It's just saying, for you, I love my life, and basically turning it towards God. So I thought that was pretty cool. That, like, when you read it, it's like, come on, Jesus, like, have some faith. But then you, like, you have to look into it. Right. And then another one is that later on when Jesus, like, he's dead. Here, I'm going to read it. It says, at the moment, the curtain of the temple was torn into from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks spilt, and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life, and they came out of the tombs after Jesus' resurrection, and went into the holy city and appeared to many people. Like, could you imagine, like, good old Johnny that was dead just shows up. Like, what? Why don't we know more about this? Right. Like, also, was he, were they just showing up for the day, or were they just, like, living life after that? Did they get a second life? Mm-hmm. I want to know more. Right, yeah. Like, it's just wild. And then people, not only, like, Jesus lived, died, all that, then after they saw the people that were resurrected, people said, they were like, surely that was the Son of God. Well, no, duh. Like, you had other dead people come and tell you that? Like, I don't know. It's just kind of interesting. I don't know. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh, that's funny. I failed and did not read this week. Yes. That's okay. I'm going to. I just haven't done it yet. But I did go ahead and just, like, pull up, pull it up, and kind of skim through it a little bit. So Ephesians 5, 1 through 21 is talking about walking in love. And 1 through 2 says, So I always, if I'm in a situation where I don't necessarily like somebody, I'm always like, you know what, I don't have to like them, but I have to love them, and I have to still be kind to them. Yeah. And then I have to remember, like, when I'm talking to my siblings about it or the kids I babysit about it, I'm always like, okay, I can't. I don't know how to give them that advice without, like, them taking it the wrong way. Yeah. And then saying to somebody's face, I don't have to like you. I don't want them to do that. Yeah. So I always just, you know, I'm like, we have to love them, though. We have to be kind back. If they're rude to us, you know. Yeah. And, I mean, it's just that's what he does. Yeah. We're sinners and we sin, but he's just like, well, I still love you. It's like it was wrong, but I still love you anyways. Yeah. And I just, it's really hard sometimes to do that, I feel like. Yeah. To just be kind back when someone's really getting on your nerves. But you have to do it. You have to do what's right. You have to do what's right. But anyway, so I'm going to dig deeper into that this weekend and then I will have one more chapter and then I'll be done with Ephesians. Sad. Sad. But I think you've kind of inspired me. I think I'm going to try to read Matthew. Yay. So I think I'll read Matthew when I'm done with Ephesians. Nice. So I don't know. I thought about reading Matthew or trying to find an Old Testament book to read because I always read New Testament and I never, I've never like dove deep into an Old Testament book. I love Old Testament. I'm deciding. I'm deciding. Yeah. I think I'm going to do Numbers next. Oh, okay. I think I'm going to hit up that one. Yeah. But yeah. Nice. Nice. Woo-hoo. Guys, I think we're done. But thank you so much. Thanks for sticking around. For next week, you know, we normally know what we're going to talk about and we haven't talked about that yet. No. We'll figure it out. It'll be a surprise. Yeah, it'll be a surprise. Or I'll give you like a sneak peek on Instagram or something, but we're going to figure it out and we'll get back to you on that. So we hope you had a good week. Make sure that you comment, like, send it to a friend. Yeah. Send it to your mom, your grandma, your aunts, your uncles, everybody. Send it to people. Share it. And yeah, just give us some feedback. We'd love to know what you guys like. So have a good week, guys. Thank you so much. Peace out. Deuces. Bye.