Free Birds, Empty Nests & Sexy Sue
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things. I actually kind of sat down nervous and excited. It's been a while since we've sat down together and talked. Because of that, I would just like to check in. First, I want to ask Amanda, how are you? Set the scene.
Okay, we are in my favorite place. We're in Connecticut. This is a place where John grew up coming in the summertime. And we hunker down here for several weeks of the summer. And his mom and his sister are often here. And the kids always reunite with their buddies here. And it's really fun. Actually, one of our listeners... painted when I said that about favorite places. One of the listeners painted this gorgeous painting of the Connecticut coast and I have it hanging here. And yeah, it's the same person who did the thousand islands. That's behind your set of welcome to the party, Abby.
You know, I was thinking about this the other day, Amanda.
Why haven't you ever invited us there? First of all, we have this place here that it's when we got it was like, you've purchased a shed. It's literally like, if you hang something on the wall of the exterior, this is the outside wall. And you like put a nail in the wall, it goes through from the inside of your living room to the outside.
How do the hosts describe their summer retreat and why does Amanda love it?
It is that's awesome. A literal like, Piece of wood. These are like old school sheds on the water, which is why I love it because it's so simple. Like it's so simple. Obviously, it's so weird to have a whole part of my life that y'all have never been to. And obviously, it's open season, please. But it's in the middle of nowhere. So it would like require you to really, my God.
I want to come. I was thinking about this the other day that I feel sad that we've never been there.
It just looks so sweet. It's like the kids just leave on their little bikes and then they spend all day outside and they're smoking cigarettes. Smoking cigarettes. I'm joking. They don't do that.
Well, I don't think they do that. But yeah, they're gone. They'll be like, like Bobby comes home to use the restroom and he runs and he's like, hi, goes to the bathroom, bye. And he's gone again. And it's just like, I'll see you at 1030. So what do you do all day then? I do my research for my podcast. I sit on the porch and do that because people would be embarrassed about how much research I do for my podcast. And then I like to take Seamus on walks and there's always like something going on. Like it'll be like, you know, the sand castle contest on the beach or like the crabbing contest at night. You know, these kind of like big events that the community has to gather for. So it's just a very simple little situation, which I like.
It's slow. Slow, nothing to plan. I think this is why I love it. I realized that I think the whole mental load of planning and logistics is absent because there's nothing to do. And so that I think is the key distinction between a revving engine of logistics all during the year where it's like, okay, practice is at this time and then we're doing this and then we got to pick up from this and then we got to, there's nothing to pick up from or to go to. Yeah. So there isn't logistics. So it is a nice, renewing, very lucky thing to have.
Do you feel closer to your family when you're there?
I mean, I'm literally closer because if someone sneezes in any part of the shed, you're like, God bless you. If someone's taking a shower in our one bathroom, if you feel like it's raining on the house, and sometimes literally water coming through to the rest of the house. But we're like on top of each other, like a little puppy pile. So that's, yes, I do.
That's beautiful. How have you been? We are in an interesting time. If you're in the puppy pile, we are in the puppy leaving time. Over the next 30 days, all three of our children will leave our home. So in a few days, we drop our youngest. at college because she's going early because she is going to play soccer. So we're a few days away from that. The whole family. That's happening next week. Like this coming Sunday. Sunday. Yeah. Oh my God. So including her siblings, everyone's going to drop her.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:07–1:26
2
How do the hosts describe their summer retreat and why does Amanda love it?
1:26–14:38
3
What emotions arise when Glennon prepares to drop her youngest at college?
14:38–27:19
4
How do the hosts reframe 'empty nesting' as opportunity and freedom?
27:19–29:19
5
What practical changes and funny realities do parents notice when kids move out?
29:19–58:04
Speakers
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