Six Seven Moments From 2025: Season One Finale | Finding Clarity in Career Paths and Career Pivots
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This is our last episode of season one.
Instead of an interview, it is just the two of us reflecting on our first year building Vienna Waits and looking back on the moments from 2025 that really stood out.
Since we are clearly very cool parents, we are jumping on the Six Seven trend and sharing six or seven moments from the year. We each came with our own list and did not compare notes ahead of time, so part of the fun was seeing where we overlapped and where we surprised each other.
This conversation is reflective, honest, and very much us. It is a chance to slow down, look back, and close out the season before we turn the page.
We will be taking a short break through the holidays and will be back in early 2026 with season two and some new ideas for the podcast.
Thank you for being part of season one. We’re really grateful you’re here.
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Greg
We're live. Whitney
We are live. Well, it's not really live once people hear it. Yeah. We're not, like, live streaming right now. Greg
Feels live to us. Whitney
Feels live. We are this is our last episode. Greg
It's the last episode of the season. Whitney
Of the season. Yeah. Not ever, but of the season. And this is our eighteenth episode officially. So we have we started we launched the podcast in May. We have been releasing episodes every other week, which was awesome. It's been great. And I say that, but I don't know. Anyway, I'm still the, what what's that saying? Verdict's still out? Greg
The verdict's I mean, I think we in our earlier episodes, we had this whole conversation about how we're gonna do this. You know, I always wanted to do it. And then people are gonna listen to it, and they're just gonna be, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Great. We wanna hear more of Whitney. No. And reluctantly, you're gonna do it, but then people are gonna love hearing you do it. And it's been the case. People love hearing you on here. Whitney
That's nice. Greg
It is. Whitney
Yeah. I Greg
But then when we were talking about doing this today, and I think you were just like, oh, you know, struggling a bit. And then Madison was like, dad, stop being so mean to your girlfriend, which Madison sometimes refers to you Whitney
as that person as I might have been the one actually being mean, though. So she took my side. Greg
Yeah. She does. She does that. Whitney
Yeah. It's like yeah. Anyway, so here we are. And we are wrapping up this, yeah, this season, this year with this episode. And it's just the two of us. We have interviewed, like, incredible people Greg
Yeah. Whitney
Since we started this podcast. And we just thought, let's just come on, the two of us, and let's do a bit of reflection, if you will, on this past year since we started. So we wanted to highlight some top things, that we've both loved. And we we actually haven't compared notes yet. So we've each written down a few things. Greg
Mhmm. Whitney
And we're gonna be comparing notes on, on what those are and see if any match. Greg
So practice what we preach. Right? Just like when we do these episodes on our own, it's it's always like, oh, what we're just talking about ourselves a little bit, which might seem a bit funny, but, yeah, we prepare prepared a reflection guide. So we wanted to do a bit of our own reflection in case it inspires anyone listening to go, yeah, it's a good idea, good way to end the year. Whitney
And for this podcast, we were like, okay, well, we could do, like, the top five, our top five moments of twenty five. Greg
Top twenty five. Top twenty five. Whitney
Top twenty five was a lot. And then we're like, ten is kind of a lot too, but five, maybe not enough. So we landed at Greg
Mhmm. Whitney
Six or seven. Greg
Six seven. Whitney
Six, seven. Greg
There we go. Whitney
I know. Ridiculous, but we are inundated with these two numbers from our children, the younger children in particular. It is wild. It's a six seven thing. Greg
It is a thing. And so if you're listening to this and you're saying, I have no idea what you're talking about, Whitney and Greg, then that probably means you don't have somebody under the age of twenty Whitney
In your life. Greg
Living in your home, because you'd be hearing all about it. Six seven, for those who aren't familiar, is just an expression used to, like, you kind of move your hand up and down, like Whitney
Six seven. Greg
Six seven, you move your one hand and Yeah. Whitney
I I think it gives them, like, a song or, like, a TikTok something. I don't really Greg
know. It's it's used sort of it binds the generation. And actually, I looked it up. Dictionary dot com has made it the twenty twenty five word of the year. Whitney
Word. You know, it's two. That's funny. But, yeah. It's, anyway, so that's where we landed. We're Greg
jumping on the trend. Whitney
We're just we're just so cool. We just are such cool parents. So we're doing a six, seven episode. Greg
This is for you kids. Our our number one fans. Whitney
They do listen. They do. We wanna watch the f bombs. Greg
Yeah. Whitney
Alright. So we decided that, yeah, we're gonna do that. And we've each separately written down, a few things and we're gonna share them and we will stop around six or seven depending on the time. Yeah. And we will stop. So I think I'm up first. Greg
I think you are. And just for clarity, we had talked about the idea when we came into this was I it'd be one of three things. It could be an any of those three, but it would be either a highlight or key moment from the past year. It could be a screw up or something we'd love to forget from the past year or something we've learned and where it came from. Whitney
Okay. I didn't exactly follow those categories. So I'm just shooting from the hip, but I wrote down some things. Perfect. Alright. Greg
We can roll with that. Whitney
This is yeah. Can you tell who's, like, more definitely Greg. He's like, we need three categories. And I'm like, I'm just writing down some things. Greg
But, hey, I did agree that we wouldn't compare notes before. I see. It's pretty good. Whitney
So we didn't do that. Alright. I'm gonna kick things off. Like, this is just, yeah. I thought of like my top favorite moments from the year. So I will kick it off, maybe by saying, so we started Vienna Waits, our company, late last year, and I had always felt like we hadn't done anything yet. And I think it really pissed you off because you'd be like, like, wait. What do you mean? We've built a website. Like, we're talking to all these people. I'm like, yeah. But we haven't actually freaking, like, done anything. Like so I just felt a bit like an imposter as I always typically do, you know, until we actually, like, completed something. And so for me, that moment hit. We had run through our first unblock yourself program, and it was a three month program. It started in January. We had a group of incredible people in it, and, like, we we made it up. I mean, I don't mean that in, like, a negative way, but we we created something from scratch. Greg
Yes. We created it from scratch. You always don't credit us enough. Whitney
That's making something up. That's Yes. It means the same thing. Greg
We created something. Whitney
Yes. We created something, and we put it out there. It's a super vulnerable thing to do. And so we ran the program for three months, and there was the last day. I actually looked up the date. It was April third that we had our last, sort of graduation type, last virtual session. So it's all virtual via Zoom. And we were in our basement. It was seven to nine, I think, what the time slot was. And so we're like, kids, like, fend for yourselves. We're downstairs. We're on this call. And, yeah, the way we closed it, like, it was incredible. I think, like, the feedback we received, like, the emotions were running high. People had actually made so much progress on things that they wanted to. They had a lot of clarity on things that they didn't three months ago, and it was just incredible to get that feedback. And the way we close out the then was, instead of just being like, okay, everybody, like, see you later, and everyone drops off Zoom, we just asked everybody to turn their cameras off and then song Vienna. And then we said, you know, drop whenever you want. You can listen to the whole song or not, but, Vienna, obviously, where is where our company name, Vienna Waits is that's what what's inspired the name. And so we played those song, and everyone was just, like, so emotional. I was so emotional. Yeah. I just cried. I'm like, okay. Greg
We did it. Whitney
We did a thing. Like, now we have actually done it, like, check. And so that was just a moment for me that stood out so much. Like, I had to actually complete something for me to feel like we've we've, you know, made any progress on in our business. Yeah. Greg
That's I think that I think that's good. I think that's a great one. And we we figured that there would be some overlap. The first thing that I wrote down Did Whitney
you have that too? Greg
Well, actually, the first thing on the top of my page, is starting and finishing things. That was my first thing. It was just that stood it for me this year. We started things, and we finished things. Whitney
Okay. Greg
And the two specific points that I had in mind were the first unblocked program that we ran. Just starting it, seeing it through, and then how that closed off. But on also opening Waypoint and close the closing of it. Yeah. Which is this compressed version of what took three months, that took two days. Well, three days, I guess, or two and a bit. Whitney
And Waypoint was our retreat for anyone that might be tuning in. Greg
Yeah. Every Whitney
time we ran our first retreat. Greg
But I think it's something there's something to be said. I I remember that coming into this year that that would be a struggle. You're like, we haven't done anything yet. You don't say that anymore. That's for sure. Whitney
Yeah. We definitely Yeah. No. I don't. Greg
And so Yeah. Yeah. So, I wrote that down as well as starting and finishing things. So, there we go. We already had an overlap. Whitney
High five. Greg
High five to us. Whitney
Like, a little too far away to actually high five, but The Greg
microphones, then, yeah, we can't. But okay. Whitney
In the way. Greg
I think that means it's my turn though, right? Whitney
There, you're up. Greg
That's my turn. Okay. So I like that one. So the I'll do as I do. I'll do I mean, like this one, I just love so much. So for me, I wrote down a lesson. Big lesson I learned Of course you did. This year. Yeah. Of course I did. A big lesson, big thing for me is what I just wrote about in the the the last blog that we posted. But I think it it came out in that conversation we had with Yoon, Nordstrom on one of our last podcast as well. This idea that before you start something, it feels super scary, and that itself can be enough to keep you from even starting or even trying. And I think I remember us being, like, okay, let's see how this goes, jumping into the air and being a little bit, well, I think we were ready to to step into the risk into the unknown for sure. Mhmm. But now that we're in it, it's just like, well, gosh, we gotta keep going. Once we've created this thing, it just feels there's impact from the people that that we've had the chance to work with and Whitney
It's like how could we stop? Greg
How could we stop? Yeah. Yeah. And so it it it I think that that is true of every entrepreneur I've ever worked with, any founder I've ever worked with is the sort of sense of, well, this thing that now exists, how could I let it Yeah. Just die? Whitney
And it might morph into something. Of course, it's gonna morph. Right? Like but it's like we're we're in action, you could say. Greg
We are our stuff. Whitney
Yeah. Like, you're moving and so it's, yeah, how do you why would you stop? It's not that scary now that we're in it and doing it. Greg
Yeah. I wish I'd I and so I guess I'll I'll leave it at that, that I wish I had learned this years ago. I wish I had started in some form years ago. That I I just I had never started before, and I'd never created, so I was always scared of what the cost might be of starting. And once you start, once you're doing it, key lesson is, well, then it just exists, and then you're just gonna keep going, and I'm just really stuck on that as, man, I wish I'd learned that sooner. Whitney
I know. I think the big question is, like, how do you know when to start? Greg
Yeah. Whitney
Right. And how did, like, if we were to think back, like, I don't, I don't know. Like, I I actually think it was because I turned forty and there was something to that milestone year for me that I was like, like, I, I, I didn't want to be like forty one or forty five or fifty, you know, like living the same life and living like career wise. I mean, and so I, I definitely, I think might've been a catalyst for us last year. I think so. That milestone. Greg
Yeah. Yeah. I think, yeah, I think that, I think that that's right. I think there's something about when you when you get to the place where you're ready, then you just need to begin. Mhmm. And I think only you know when you're ready. Whitney
Yeah. That's true. Greg
But that that's a big one for me. Nice. So it's so scary before you begin, but once you start, it's just not anymore. What Whitney
a great lesson, Greg
guys. Just start. Whitney
Such a champ. Greg
Oh, gosh. I now that I can now that we're sitting beside sitting across from each other, now I can see the sarcasm in your eyes. It was it hit a lot better when we were in different rooms. Whitney
Okay. My next one, again, I don't know what category, whatever category you wanna put this one in. That's fine with me. Okay. One of my favorite moments was, so we talked about Waypoint. We ran our retreat. It was awesome. We had people there that we didn't really know. Well, we didn't know at all. There was, some people we knew, some people we didn't, But this one person in particular, I'm not gonna mention names because I don't know. I'm sure he actually They're sure he told me. Yeah. Yeah. But he had joined, the retreat and came with his wife. And he was just like ten out of ten gem of a human. And we just like clicked right away, with him and he has been in insurance for his whole life. So he's just like an insurance guy, you know, and he's super smart and I think he just never has ever experienced anything quite like Waypoint. Like, I don't I just don't think he was that kind of guy, I'll say, that, and I hope I'm not off base, sharing this. But I don't think he was that type of person to maybe do some of that, like, more like deeper reflection. Like, it just wasn't his personality type. So he came to Waypoint. His wife was actually, running our yoga there, which was awesome. And so he kinda, he came along too, and I think he had like, well, he did, he had like a transformative, time at the retreat. And at the end of it, like, we we've kept in contact, of course, and, we're quite close with them now, actually. But at the end of it, he was saying it was about a month after we got back from Waypoint, and we were chatting with him. And he's like, guys, like, I am a changed man. Like, the way he was talking, he's just like, you know, this guy at work, he said to me he's like, are you microdosing man? Like, ever since you came back to this retreat, like, are you on drugs? He's like, people think I'm on drugs. I think it was like just one of my favorite moments from the year. So I was like, that's so freaking cool. You, like, came to this retreat. You just like, you know, I think tuned into he tuned into himself and, it was just so cool to hear him, like, tell us that story and play that back. And, yeah. Anyway, so there was no drugs. There was no Greg
There there were no. Whitney
And, like, no judgment. That's fine. Then, like, maybe one time we'll run over to Greg
which drugs that we'll make that explicitly clear. Whitney
Yeah. But there wasn't. And, yeah, he just, I think, really had a transformative, transformational even. Greg
You get that word, though. Whitney
I know. I don't like it. Greg
You don't like it. Yeah. You're dropping it dropping it Whitney
on our Greg
season for you. Whitney
This, I think. It fits for it fits for him. So that was for sure one of my favorite moments. I just thought it was so funny. It's like people actually think I'm on drugs. It's so funny. Greg
I do I do like that. Yeah. I yeah. I've appreciated that story. When that came out, I think you and I were beside ourselves. And what a interesting but incredible compliment. I think I think that'll that'll have to be one of the the best. Whitney
I know. Yeah. And, like, we have we need we need to quote that on the website or something. Come to Waypoint. People will Greg
Think you're on drugs. Think you're on drugs when you leave. Oh, dear. Yes. There you go. Whitney
So I love that. Greg
Yep. That's that is a great one. Okay. So then over to me. So Where do you thing okay. So here's the thing that this is not so much a lesson, but it's like a thing that I wish I wish I could just leave this behind or like a mistake or something. It's just a thing to to leave behind. That's the bucket I put that in. Would be We spent hours on words and messaging and what's gonna go on our website and what's gonna go into the email and what's gonna go Whitney
on You say hours? I'm like, honestly Greg
D actually days. Like weeks. It would amount to weeks. And I think all of that was so important. All all of that we needed to do, but my gosh, I would, like, I would love to I'm so happy to leave that behind. Yeah. I'm so happy. I'm so happy to leave that behind. Whitney
We got there. Greg
We got there. We can talk about what we do a little bit more cohesively. But I even thinking back, how many awkward conversations we've had this past year where people will just say, so so what is it you do? And, you know, and just start to describe what we think we do. And Yeah. Whitney
You kinda fumble through it because it's like, well, and we we were still building. Greg
We're still building. Whitney
Right? And it's like, what do we do? And, like, who do we serve? Like, who are we for? It's you you have to get really crisp on that. Greg
Yes. Whitney
It's really freaking hard to do. Well, maybe in some, for some businesses more than others, but ours in particular too, it's like, we wanna help people live intentionally. Like, what the fuck does that mean? You know, what does that mean? Like, what does that look like? What do you do? Greg
It was Whitney
really hard. Yeah. Greg
Yeah. I think there was a lot of that. We love the mission, but what do you do? Yeah. And I think getting clear on we got this retreat program that we run. We run a program called unlock yourself for individuals, and we're running programming for teams and and organizations. Yeah. This is what we do. And, yeah, I'm so glad that we're there. I wish we didn't have to go through all of what we did, but it was a lot. And I'm glad that Yeah. We now And there's, like, a little asterisk to this one too. I it has driven me crazy that you are always right. It's driven me so crazy Ah, you say it again. That I will and I haven't let say it again. Whitney
Not one more time. Greg
I just need to share this. Just need to share this. We're sitting here last night, lovely evening with our feet up after a long day's work, and I just start, oh, I'm gonna send this quick message out or whatever, and I just read it to you, and you said, you can't send that. And I said, I'm Whitney
immediately that to you. So snarky. Greg
You were snarky about it. You said, what are you talking about? Whitney
Tired. And I was like, that's bad email. You can't send that. Greg
And and I'm I'm like, no. This is just a simple thing. You get out your laptop. You start going through. I'm like, don't even bother opening. I just sulked big time. Mhmm. And because I'm just I'm glad Whitney
you could admit that. Greg
I'm so pissed off at how you're always right about the the words. Like, your intuition's just so good, and I think it's been super humbling for me to be wrong so much about things because all my life, it's like, Greg, you have such a way with words and blah blah blah blah, and I've always taken great pride in that, but I don't know. Like, I I can't put one word in front of the other, it seems. Whitney
Well, you get your wife to call out your Greg
Anyway, so thank you for making me better. That's great because I do think that we've gotten a lot better, but it was it was it's been painful. I have swallowed a lot of pride, but I also like credit to you. You just have you have a an intuition and I think a whole set of skills that I don't think we even knew that you had necessarily. Yeah. And it's really come out. I like that. Whitney
I always cared about details, but The details. Greg
But the the details matter, so I think it's a bit of a thing that I'm happy to leave behind. The hours spent on messaging and copy and words, I'm really happy to to be done with that, but I'm also I also know it's gonna continue to evolve, and I'm here for that. Whitney
I'm here for that. So I like, what I took from that is one of your top moments is that I'm always right. Greg
Yeah. There you go. Whitney
That's one of your top lessons. That's, like, a lesson. Greg
For everyone listening, when your when your cofounder is your wife Buckle up. There there's there's wisdom to these words Whitney
That's true. Listeners. Yeah. That's true. Well, thank you. Greg
Thank you Whitney
for that. Greg
And it shouldn't just be your wife. It's your partner. But you don't seem to have quite the same feeling. Whitney
What? Greg
I was just gonna say I was trying to make it neutral that I'm like, if your cofounder's your your wife, then these are wise words to the listener. And then I thought, well, no. That's not true. It's your partner. It's just your partner. And I don't wanna make this about your wife and your husband. I hate that. But in this case, it's Yeah. It doesn't flow both ways. Whitney
It's relevant. Totally. Nice. Okay. I like that. I don't I've kinda lost track of the number, but we will stop around six or seven. Greg
We're we are, this would be number five. So we'll Whitney
get there. Okay. Okay. Another big highlight for me was, we officially submitted our first RFP. So it was for corporate. We had been working with another client for corporate, which was great. So there was some work that was happening there. But there was no like competition, I suppose there was no like RFP process that we went through for that one. But yeah, our second official corporate client, we had submitted an RFP and, we spent a lot of time and, that whole process I think was great to go through and had to just get even again, like the whole messaging really crisp on, like, who we are and what we do for corporate and all of all of, all of those pieces in place. Mhmm. And then we won it. Greg
And then we won. Whitney
We won it. And I just thought, damn. That is sweet. Yeah. That was pretty that was a high for sure. So that was a highlight for me. And we've started working with them. The real work will kick off, more in the new year, but that was really exciting. Greg
Yeah. Whitney
And I think just validated a lot of, like, the work that we're doing, the value we know we can bring, to organizations. And, yeah, that was like another, okay, Greg
we got Whitney
a thing. Hey. There's a theme with all of mine. Greg
Yeah. The Whitney
thing. Completing the things. Yeah. Greg
Yeah. Com yeah. Com yeah. Completing the things. Starting a thing, completing a thing. We we don't really talk about this, but this term that we use, we use it in both of our vows, this idea we've got this. We haven't really said that to each other a whole lot this year. Whitney
W g t. Greg
W g t. We've got this. And I think I think that that I think that felt like coming to the end of the year, that felt like, okay, we've got this. We can make this thing. We can make this work. And I I agree. I think that that that's a huge highlight, and I think the really exciting part about it was for anyone who has described something with their words and you talk about it, that's one thing. But then when you have to put it, like you said, on paper and you actually say, like, articulate it for someone just to read about it Mhmm. That was hard. Mhmm. Whitney
But it Greg
I think that actually ties to what I was saying, two words. Yeah. Interesting. Whitney
Sort of connected a little bit would be, our meeting with our accountant a couple of weeks ago. That was, so we have a financial planner. We also have an accountant and we had met with our financial planner a couple of months ago. And I'm like, well, I'm not gonna say his name, but it's like, hey, please, please let us know when we have to go find real jobs. Like, please let me know when we're in a dire situation financially and should probably go get jobs or things are, like, not going, up into the right, let's say. So let us know. And we haven't we haven't had to do that yet. Yeah. We haven't had that phone call. It's it's going it's going well. And then our accountant meeting, last week we got, we closed our like first financial statements. We closed the books in the past year and she gave us this like binder. Greg
Thick binder. If I could drop it in front of the microphone, I would be a big thud. Whitney
It's like a bit a binder. I'm like, okay. That's like your company name on it. I'm like, Jesus, what is happening? Like it was a bit of like a pinch me moment. I think it's like, okay, this is real. I don't know. I, I hope other people on that are listening to this can relate to that. I was like, you know, I was thinking about this too, sorry. This is a bit of a tangent, but when do you go from an entrepreneur to like a business owner? Isn't that like an interesting thing? Like your business owners, I guess, are entrepreneurs, but I think when I think of entrepreneurs, it's like you're in this like struggling phase as entrepreneur. Greg
Yeah. I hear that. Whitney
Yeah. And then you're like a business owner and you just like, you meet with your accountant, you close your books and you just like own a business and you run a business and you're maybe less considered like an entrepreneur. I was thinking about that yesterday. Greg
I think that's it. Well, there's there's something that's happened over the course of the past few few months that when you describe it, I hear you describe it as, oh, we've got this company that we started. It's very different than this idea that we have or this thing that we do or it's this company that we have. I think it there's a a switch that flips for sure. Yeah. Where It's Whitney
wet. Greg
Yeah. It's it's true. Whitney
Yeah. Because I yeah. I still put us in the entrepreneur category for sure. Greg
We're still in build mode very much. Whitney
But business and, you know, it's legit. Greg
I hadn't heard you articulate it that way, though. That idea that something about seeing the accountant close the books makes it feel a little bit more like, okay. Yeah. We we got somewhere. Whitney
Yeah. Anyway, Greg
That's cool. Whitney
Yeah. That's all sort of connected. So that's good, guys. We're gonna keep doing this. Greg
We're season two coming soon. But before we get to talking about season two, I gotta go. This is number six. Whitney
Yeah. I think we're we're and this is the last one. Greg
Well, if you're okay with it, like, I'm gonna add just a little one to the end so then we can get to seven. Or Yeah. But then the number six for me is, you if we've really tapped into an incredible skill set that you have over the course of the year. Whitney
Tell me more. Greg
Tell me more. Like, any well, please, w w w dot vienna slash weights dot com. Greg Boyd didn't build that. That was definitely a Whitney project. Whitney
Slash. It's not the website, Greg. It's viennas dash. Greg
I said dash. It is a slash. Oh, gosh. See? There we are. Yeah. And you're hearing it real time. Details matter. Anyhow, yeah. I think, for me, this this year, I've always felt I don't think that I've felt outside of my comfort zone a lot of times over the course of the year, and I think that I had an opportunity to get outside my comfort zone when it came to facilitating. Whitney
Nice. Yeah. Greg
And standing even even at Waypoint and and how that was scripted and how we had to be organized for that. That's not typically how I do it. It's a lot of hand waving and words come into the brain and you just say the things, but we needed to be prepared. And facilitating that experience and then facilitating with our corporate client in Toronto for two days with their executive team, which I'm excited to do more of in the new year with this client and with others, is was not in my comfort zone. I've done a lot of that work with my own executive teams, but not somebody else's. So it felt like a lot of responsibility. Mhmm. And we weren't able to be there together. So I had to I had to do it on my own. Yeah. That felt that felt uncomfortable, and it went really well. And it really energized me. I'm really excited for more of that. Whitney
Yeah. The highlight. I wasn't there, but I can imagine you would have crushed it. Greg
Well, it was great. Yeah. Yeah. It was great. We got to what was needed, and we're seeing the company get a lot of value from the work. Whitney
That's great. You're very good at what you do too. I feel like you give me more compliments than I give you. Greg
That's true. It's like a four to one, but it's okay. Ouch. It works. Whitney
Sorry. It might be a bad wife. I'm not Greg
you're definitely not. You're definitely I wouldn't I wouldn't say that. And I really quickly came with that. The four to one thing. Oh, yeah. I do not keep track. That was an estimate. But my estimates are usually pretty pretty close. Okay. So that's six Okay. And seven. So if we're gonna do this six seven k. Whitney
Yep. Greg
I think you can relate to this one. A win for me is that we're still we're still married. For the end of the Whitney
year Yeah. Greg
Yeah. And we're still married. Whitney
I think that's, like, a real thing. It's hard. And we, like, we have to really concentrate on okay. Are we having this conversation right now as co founders, or are we married? It's like, we like, who are we right now in this moment? And, yeah, I definitely think there's been some highs, some lows, but way more highs. Greg
Way more highs. Whitney
Way more highs. Greg
I think I was talking to, somebody just last night who is you know, she's coming into this bit of an advisory role for us, in in what we're building, and she she talked about cofounders, people working together. You've and and especially when it's a relationship. Mhmm. She talked about if you've got a relationship with somebody, you've got this one bucket is the the family and the parenting bucket, and then the other bucket is your relationship Mhmm. With the with the other person. When you add another bucket, which is a business, now you've got three buckets that you need to manage and maintain and make sure all the buckets stay full. But it's really hard to do that without being thoughtful and intentional. And I think if I reflect back on it, I'm I think that adding the third bucket for us has actually made everything better. It's been harder in some ways, but it's Whitney
Yeah. Greg
I've I've really loved working with you on the third bucket. Thanks. It's actually made it's actually made a it's made it way more complicated if we ever do wanna split up. So what the unraveling will be will be trickier. Whitney
I don't have the best track record. Greg
Easy. Whitney
Okay. Greg
So that's good. But, on the other hand, I think it's made it's made for a lot of interesting conversations and made me feel super I like, I'm grateful for that, and that's a win. We're still married. And Whitney
High five. Greg
And you high five. Whitney
High five. Greg
And there's been a lot of like, we got a lot of really hard conversations, like and by hard, I mean Yeah. Harsh. Like, this isn't good enough. Hard to handle it. This isn't good. This was not and we seem to be able to take that really really good. Whitney
Yeah. That is we've yeah. I think we've gotten a lot better at that for sure throughout the year. Greg
So Okay. That's it. And there it is. I think that was, like, a good six seven. Right? Whitney
That was six, seven. Greg
Seven. Okay. I like Whitney
that list. Greg
That was a good list. I Whitney
don't know. I hope people took things from that, but it's, I mean, a lot of people that listen to this, I think are entrepreneurs or maybe want to be, or, maybe just kinda like the two of us. I don't know. But I hope that you, yeah, took something from that. But those are big are kinda cool top moments from this past year Yeah. With the work we're doing. Greg
We would encourage you whether you are yeah. If you are an entrepreneur, if you're somebody who's thinking about building something, taking that minute, I think, for us just to do this is nice. Like, it gives you a second to go, okay. And I think have a bit of a reset for what the new year will bring. So we encourage that for everybody we talk to. This is us taking a bit of our own advice. Yeah. And so we appreciate you being along for the ride with us. Whitney
Totally. I will put the reflection guide that we built. So we built a reflection guide. Anyone subscribed to our newsletter has received it, but I will put it in the show notes in case anyone, wants to download it. It's just great. Kinda think about this past year, do your own reflections, and kinda get yourself set up for twenty twenty six. Crush your big goals. Greg
So that's it. That is close us closing out the first season of the Unblock Yourself podcast. In these one to one conversations, we've talked a bit about some of our values. I think we've Mhmm. We've appreciated sharing some of those with you. But when we come back for our next season, we have some exciting new ideas that we're gonna share. Whitney
Yeah. We're gonna take Greg
a bit of a break, but then come back in early twenty twenty six, with some new ideas. And we're gonna continue on this theme of what our work is, which is helping people and teams translate intention into action. Mhmm. That's what twenty twenty six is gonna be all about. So we're really grateful for everyone who's tuned in over the course of the year. Whitney
Yeah. Greg
Thank you for supporting us. Whitney
Thank you for listening. Greg
Thank you for listening. Whitney
We are going to Costa Rica. I'm just gonna throw that out there. Greg
Yes. Whitney
Because we're super pumped. We have a busy next couple weeks as everybody does, but we are leaving on the twenty seventh, and we're just gonna unplug because as new entrepreneurs this year, we haven't had a ton of unplugged time, we'll say. So we are unplugging for two weeks, with the kids, and we're we're going to Costa Rica. So that's what we're up to the next little while, but we will be back in January. We are running our next unblocked program in January, and, yeah, we'll have season two of the podcast coming out. We'll have more information on some of the corporate work we're doing on our website come the new year. It's not quite there yet, but we will. We're moving. Greg
We're moving and shaking. Whitney
Moving and shaking. Greg
Wishing everybody a really successful finish to twenty twenty five. It's been a hell of a year. Whitney
Sure has. Greg
And we look forward to seeing you all Whitney
in twenty twenty. Holidays, y'all. Greg
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