Jancee Dunn

So the first one is, if you're feeling lonely, try reaching out to a mentor from your past.

So the first one is, if you're feeling lonely, try reaching out to a mentor from your past.

Yes, like somebody who has helped you in your life and maybe they don't even know how much they helped you. It can be a coach, a teacher, a neighbor. So if they're still around, contact them and tell them how they've helped you. And you may reestablish that connection. You already have that shared past. And I have done this with my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Manley. She's in her 90s.

Yes, like somebody who has helped you in your life and maybe they don't even know how much they helped you. It can be a coach, a teacher, a neighbor. So if they're still around, contact them and tell them how they've helped you. And you may reestablish that connection. You already have that shared past. And I have done this with my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Manley. She's in her 90s.

And my parents had given me a box of crap. You know when they're cleaning out their house and they say to you, like, here's your box of crap. I'm not keeping this anymore. Oh, yes. My fourth grade report card was in there. And Mrs. Manley had said, oh, I think Jancy can write. She may grow up and be a writer someday. She called it.

And my parents had given me a box of crap. You know when they're cleaning out their house and they say to you, like, here's your box of crap. I'm not keeping this anymore. Oh, yes. My fourth grade report card was in there. And Mrs. Manley had said, oh, I think Jancy can write. She may grow up and be a writer someday. She called it.

So I wrote her a letter, and I basically just kind of thanked her for encouraging me, because when you get encouragement like that, it put in my head, oh, wait, could I be a writer? Is that even a job? I didn't know. And so I told her all that, and I said, you really shaped the course of my life. She did. And now I'm a writer and I thank you and you are a wonderful teacher.

So I wrote her a letter, and I basically just kind of thanked her for encouraging me, because when you get encouragement like that, it put in my head, oh, wait, could I be a writer? Is that even a job? I didn't know. And so I told her all that, and I said, you really shaped the course of my life. She did. And now I'm a writer and I thank you and you are a wonderful teacher.

And she wrote back immediately with this stationery with a puppy with a letter in its mouth. And now she's my surrogate grandmother. You just don't know what can happen if you contact somebody. It can be really fulfilling.

And she wrote back immediately with this stationery with a puppy with a letter in its mouth. And now she's my surrogate grandmother. You just don't know what can happen if you contact somebody. It can be really fulfilling.

Yes, precisely. There's a shorthand there. There's a comfort there. And the person that you are now may also connect with the person that they are now. And it's just, especially when you get older, she's in her 90s, I'm in my 50s, we're kind of the same age in a weird way. You're both adults. We're both adults.

Yes, precisely. There's a shorthand there. There's a comfort there. And the person that you are now may also connect with the person that they are now. And it's just, especially when you get older, she's in her 90s, I'm in my 50s, we're kind of the same age in a weird way. You're both adults. We're both adults.

And so we have a lot more in common than we did when I was a fourth grader and she was my teacher.

And so we have a lot more in common than we did when I was a fourth grader and she was my teacher.

Okay, next we have don't chew ice ever.

Okay, next we have don't chew ice ever.

You have a dental background or how did you know that?

You have a dental background or how did you know that?

I interviewed eight dentists and the majority of them, I think six out of eight, first thing out of their mouths. I said, what do you want people to know? And they said, don't chew ice. It was overwhelmingly their number one tip. Chewing ice is notorious for causing, as you mentioned, small chips in your tooth enamel, the outer layer of your tooth.

I interviewed eight dentists and the majority of them, I think six out of eight, first thing out of their mouths. I said, what do you want people to know? And they said, don't chew ice. It was overwhelmingly their number one tip. Chewing ice is notorious for causing, as you mentioned, small chips in your tooth enamel, the outer layer of your tooth.