Ready, Set, Here I Come Spanish Grand Prix!

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Amanda Paolicelli:

What's up, radiant icons!

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And welcome back to Dare to be

Iconic, the podcast made for

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icons daring to be themselves.

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I'm your host, Amanda Paolicelli,

and I cannot believe I'm about

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to say these words out loud.

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Like it's, actually happening,

but at the end of this week,

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I will be on my way to Spain.

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It's my first international trip,

it's my first ever Grand Prix, and

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it's my first trip without my parents.

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So we're doing a lot of big

girl things in the year of 25.

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But before I spill all the tea on my

pre Spain thoughts, I dare you guys to

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connect with me on socials and if you

haven't already make sure to grab your

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copy of Break Up With The Past, Fall

In Love With The Future, your five step

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guide in turning your pain into power.

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All that information can be

found in the show notes below.

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So, I am going on my first

ever international trip.

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I'm going to the Spanish Grand Prix.

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Those three things I never thought

would actually like come true.

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When I became a fan of the sport in

August of: 2023

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off, so I had a lot of time to binge

DTS, which for those who don't know,

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it's Drive To Survive on Netflix.

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If you haven't watched

it, definitely watch it.

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I solely blame DTS and F1 TikTok

for the reason why I got into F1.

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But, and also probably the combination

of getting laid off and having

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literally nothing to do but contemplate

my whole entire life existence.

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But, anywho, it's such a short amount

of time to think that, Oh my God,

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like I'm actually doing all these

really big things that scare me.

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And that goes back to stepping

outside of your comfort zone, which I

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believe was a couple of episodes back.

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I'll link it in the show notes below.

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If you haven't listened to that one,

it's say goodbye to your comfort zone.

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And it may be one of my favorite episodes

so far because it's so prevalent to

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what is going on in my life right

, or at least in this year of: 2024

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2024 is the year of trust.

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I think with trust comes stepping

outside of your comfort zone and

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doing the things that scare you and

trusting yourself in the process.

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Like, in order to do the things that

scare you, in order to step outside

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of your comfort zone, deep down,

you have to trust yourself and trust

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that everything is going to work

out the way it needs to, even if it

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doesn't seem like it at the time.

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And there have been so many things in this

planning stage leaning up to Spain that I

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thought were going to be smooth sailing.

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They have not been.

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Okay?

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I have been very, very, very stressed,

very stressed, and anxious, and

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excited, and so many, so many emotions.

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I had to deep down trust the

process and trust that everything

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is happening for a reason.

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And doing the things that scare

you and stepping outside of your

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comfort zone are going to be very

uncomfortable at times, and they're

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going to be very stressful, and they're

going to be very anxiety inducing.

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But I think that's the whole

point of growing up and evolving

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and trusting yourself, because

trust isn't an easy process.

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So, When I think of my

journey to Spain, right?

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When I think of the journey to the

Spanish Grand Prix, it all comes down to

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trusting the path that I put in place for

myself to get to this moment right here.

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And I'm not going to lie this whole path

to Spain has been a rollercoaster ride.

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It has been the highest of

highs and the lowest of lows.

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And the highest of highs have been some

of the most magical moments and the

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most exciting moments of my career.

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. And the lowest of lows have been

some of the most stressful and

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anxiety inducing lows of my life.

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In my mind, I thought it was always going

to be like this rainbow of happiness.

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Everything was going

to be like, so perfect.

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And that is just not true when

you are planning a trip of this

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magnitude and it's all your first

like things are going to go wrong.

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things are not going to go according

to plan and you're going to learn

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a lot just in that pre preparation

period to get to your destination.

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I think this also goes back to trusting

the journey and not being so focused on

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the destination because the journey and

the figuring it out is the fun part.

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And I know we talked about this

a little bit in like trying

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to navigate your twenties.

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And I think this applies

to the Spain trip.

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I was so focused on getting to Spain

and making sure everything is right

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to have X, Y, and Z line up perfectly.

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And I wasn't enjoying the journey

as much like I let the lows really

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affect me and overtake the excitement

Of this pre spain trip because for a

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while like in May we were struggling.

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I was not excited to go anymore.

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I was like at this point, maybe I

just shouldn't go like everything just

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wasn't Turning out how I expected it.

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Like I, I guess I expected it to be

so like easy sailing, no stress, no

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anxiety, like that is such a lie.

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Like that is honestly a bold

faced lie that I don't know why.

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When the hard shit hit me, it

hit me like a ton of bricks.

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And it made me not be

excited for this trip.

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And this trip should be something

that I should enjoy because

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I worked so hard to get here.

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Like all the behind the scenes stuff

that I can't talk about yet, but all

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that behind the scenes work that I put

into it to make this trip be what it's

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going to be like, like, that's exciting.

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Like that figuring it

out part is exciting.

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And I think I let the hard shit

overcloud the exciting stuff at times.

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Maybe too much at times.

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But how do I feel now before, this trip?

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Well, I still think of myself as just

a 25 year old girl figuring it out and

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honestly, doing something like this by

myself is really, truly testing me to my

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limits of doing the shit that scares me.

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Because, oh my god, I know I'm gonna

learn so much about myself, but this

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leading up to it is really, really scary.

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And I don't know if that feeling is going

to like Disappear once I like set foot

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in Madrid because we're going to Madrid

first, but man, am I really really testing

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out the doing the things that scare you

and stepping outside of your comfort zone.

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I think one of the biggest takeaways

from this trip will be not having the

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security blanket of having my parents

with me and I saw this tiktok the other

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day of this girl saying that she doesn't

like to go on girls trips anymore because

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she's so used to going on vacations

with her husband, and her husband,

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like, when she's on these vacations,

like, he's the one who's in charge, he

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does all the plans, he allows her to

really just relax and, like, turn her

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brain off and she doesn't have to think.

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And I kind of can relate that to

going on trips with my parents.

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Like, I'm able to low key turn my brain

off and not have to think and not have

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to worry about going to X, Y, and Z

because I have the security blanket

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and the safety of my parents with me.

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But in this aspect for this

trip, I won't have that.

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I think it's something that I need

to do in order to learn more about

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myself and more about my limits and my

boundaries and what I'm really capable of.

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And I think that's what I'm most

excited about for this trip is the

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independence that I will gain from it

on a different level than I have now.

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I think once I do this trip I'm going to

prove to myself that I can handle it and

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that I can do things of this magnitude

by myself because that was always a

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thing that I was really really scared

of Especially coming out of the breakup.

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I never did shit by myself when I was In

my prior relationship, like I was always

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with him because I had to depend on him

to get me to X, Y, and Z because I didn't

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know how to drive and I didn't have a car.

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And once I got out of the relationship,

the first thing I did was learn how

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to drive and have that independence.

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And once I did that, I was able

to overcome that fear of driving,

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step outside of my comfort zone,

and gain a newfound independence.

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And prove to myself that I can do it.

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And now this is just

another thing like driving.

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I'm traveling abroad for the first

time, and I'm going to learn so

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much about myself, just like I did

when I got my driver's license.

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I'm going to learn so much about my

limits, my boundaries, who I am as a

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person, and that I can prove to myself

that I can do the things that scare

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me and that I am going to be okay.

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I am more than capable in doing it.

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And I think that's what

I'm most excited about.

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I think the hyper independence that I'm

going to get from this trip and unlock

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this Newer version of me is something

that I'm really looking forward too.

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But how do I feel right now?

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It all comes down to this feeling of

I know the spain trip will change my

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life I don't know how I don't know when

in the trip this moment will be but

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I just have this overwhelming feeling

that this trip will be so monumental

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for me and it will change my life.

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I don't know on what type of trajectory

it will change my life but like you know

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that feeling right when you know you're

about to do something that is really

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really scary and you're taking that risk

but you know deep down it's going to pay

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off and that it will change your life.

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I've had that feeling a

couple of times in my life.

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Definitely more recent I've had

them come up a couple of times,

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but for this trip in particular.

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I don't know how and I don't

know when but I do know that

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this trip will change my life.

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And I have a feeling it's going to be

about me learning so much more about

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myself and it's going to unlock this whole

new perspective and outlook on life and

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how I view myself and I'm really excited

for that because right now, at this very

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moment while I'm recording it, I feel

like I know every bit of Amanda, but by

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going on this trip it's going to unlock

all these new lessons and thoughts and

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Emotions that have never been unleashed.

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It's like a little, like, it's

like Pandora's box, right?

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When you unlock it, like

shit comes out of it.

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Like, that's how I feel.

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Like, I feel like this is just another,

like, I guess, like box within me

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that emotions are going to come out.

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Perspectives are going to come

out and I'm going to learn so much

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about life and about myself and

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I just know that this trip will change

my life, and I'm so excited to bring

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you guys along on the journey with me.

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I just feel like it's this really special

moment in my life where so many things

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have come together to line up at the

right exact time, at the right exact

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moment, for this opportunity to happen and

flourish the way that it has and that it

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will, and I'm just really excited for it.

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I'm really anxious, I'm really

scared, and I'm really nervous.

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But I'm really looking forward to what

I'm going to learn about myself, and about

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life, and about a different culture, and

I'm just really excited for my future.

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And I know this episode was a little bit

of everywhere, but I think the biggest

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thing to come out of it is you can do

whatever you set your mind to, and even

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when it's really scary, do it anyway.

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Because it's within the fear that

we learn the most about ourselves.

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It's within stepping outside of our

comfort zone that we know our limits and

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that we know our boundaries and that we

test them and we challenge ourselves.

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And I think that's exactly

what I'm doing on this trip.

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And I'm just really excited to

see what's going to come of it.

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And that is your tea time sesh

for today radiant icons I hope

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you enjoyed today's episode.

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I know it was a little bit everywhere

I know that but you know what?

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That's how my brain is

before this trip to Spain.

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I am feeling every emotion under the

Sun that I didn't even know was humanly

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possible and I used to be an actress,

So, you know that's saying something.

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I am so excited to share this journey

with you guys, this whole entire trip,

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because I truly feel like I'm going to

learn so much about myself, about life,

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and I know it's going to change my life.

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I really, truly, genuinely do.

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And the world is feeling magical

and shiny again, and it hasn't

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felt like that in a while.

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And I am so beyond excited to

update you guys in real time.

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So, make sure to follow me on socials.

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Because you definitely do

not want to miss this trip.

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It's gonna be chaotic, unhinged,

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we truly are living

our iconic girl summer.

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And this is a trip I will never

forget, and you will never forget.

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Because It's going to be

documented on the internet.

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So you definitely won't forget it.

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Neither will I, uh,

digital footprint everyone.

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But anyway, if you liked today's

episode, make sure to leave a review,

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leave a rating, share it on social.

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I will see you guys in two

weeks, so that's right.

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We are taking a two week break while

I am in Spain, so I will see you guys

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The first week of July for the tea

time sesh you guys will be waiting

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for, which is my entire Spain trip

with all the juicy little secrets.

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So, I'll see you guys in two weeks

on this podcast, but if you miss

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me that much, make sure to connect

with me on socials so you can see

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everything happen in real time.

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All right, I'll see you guys soon.

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Remember Radiant icons dare to be iconic.

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Bye!