The Benefits of Taking a Gap Year

I guess another part is just making relationships and continuing my friendships with people in other career paths.

But do you actually have any idea what they do in their career? Because I have to say, every time somebody tells me about their job, all I hear is like.

Hi, everybody, and welcome to Generations md. My name is Stephanie and I'm joined here by my colleague Dr. Sarah Davis, who's also my mother. See, I still got it.

You still got it.

I'm not rusty. Hi, everyone. I'm back.

She's back.

I'm back. Don't worry, you don't have to just deal with solo episodes, which were pretty good.

I'm just saying, I hardly even need you. Actually, I'm gonna back up and say, this is so much nicer. I felt all the pressure on me when you weren't here. I was like, it's all up to me. Especially, like navigating the technical things, having the questions, ready to ask the people. It was a lot.

So I'm, Yeah, I'm a big role. Not only am I the star host, but also the producer. Editor.

Yeah.

Organizer.

Yeah. But you know, manager. Well, those are a lot of roles, but I add a lot of color and fun.

You're the personality hire.

The personality hire. That's me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. You're gonna have to tell our listeners, like, where have you been? What have you been doing? What's been going on? Why was Dr. Davis here all by herself?

Okay, yeah, I did a little trip. It was 30 days, I think like seven, eight countries, like 15 cities. I went to France, I went to Paris and then down to Nice.

And.

Then I went to Spain, I went to Barcelona and then to Lisbon, Portugal. Then I went over to Eastern Europe. I did Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Berlin. Then I went back to Spain and went to Sevilla, visited a friend and then went to Madrid. Then I went up to Paris, then did a 24 hour side quest to Lyon and saw Taylor Swift again.

Taylor.

So, yeah, that was. Don't follow my itinerary. Look at a map before, because I kind of went. I was over in Western Europe, then went all the way over to Eastern Europe, then went back to Western Europe.

So for the most efficient. This is not the itinerary of the most efficient way to travel.

Yeah, yeah. But, you know, it's just the way it worked out. It's the way it worked out. And it was great. So, yeah, it was, it was awesome. I did half of that was with my boyfriend Thomas, and then the other half was just solo. And it was awesome. Just solo traveling like, being able to just do whatever I wanted to do, choosing, like, some spontaneous things, because I feel like my. I'm not going to be able to kind of have any spontaneity in my life for a long time.

So. Yeah, the. And what did you. I mean, how did you decide that you wanted to go solo traveling?

Yeah, when I told people that I was going solo traveling, like, in the States, they were like, oh, my God, you're so brave. Like, wow. Like, it's. That's gonna be so hard, but it's gonna be good. And like, that's so scary. And like, when you go over there, I just met. It's so normal for people in Europe and people in Australia and other countries to just solo travel. No one really blinked an eye. I was staying in social hostels where essentially everybody was solo traveling. Lots of female solo travelers. It wasn't weird at all. Last summer, I did a trip with friends and met a bunch of female solo travelers, and I realized, oh, wait, that's really cool. That's a once in a lifetime thing to do. And I feel like this was just a prime opportunity for me to be able to do that.

Nice.

Yeah. I really. The only other person that I know who, like, in that I know from home who's done that is Alexa. But anyone else? Like, I really. No one else from the States?

Yeah. Yeah. But yet people from other countries do that all the time. Yeah. I mean, sounds very liberating.

Yeah, it was so liberating. It was. I mean, it taught me a lot flexibility, just being able to, like, I really like having autonomy of my own life because I really realized that. And I know that once you're in school and kind of you're in that zone of being like, okay, no, I have to study. Like, I have to do this. It kind of made me realize that, like, I mean, maybe I should study in order to, like, do well on the test, but I don't have to do anything, you know? Like, I don't have to sit down and study right now. I don't have to do this. Like, I have complete autonomy of my life. Like, I can do whatever I want to do, you know?

Hmm. That's interesting. That's. I mean, that's kind of what I realized a little doing that trip that I did recently, that I hadn't gone on a trip like that in forever where I could actually decide what I wanted to do. And for a bit, I didn't even know what that was.

Yeah. Yeah. For sure. Yeah.

I don't know what do I like, Oh, I can eat at any restaurant. What restaurant do I want to eat at? I don't usually have other people's agendas that are in there. And something that kind of happens when you're a mom is. It's just. It's always easier to just let. You're gonna get pushback from other people if they don't get their way. So you end up just putting your preferences, like, at the bottom. You just say, yeah, what do you. What? Oh, so and so wants this. So and so wants this. So and so wants this. Well, let me find a compromise between all of that and so anyway, I think that's lovely to just be thinking about what you want to do.

Well, I think I'm at a time in my life where, like, this is the most selfish I'm gonna be able to be. You know, I'm 23, and, like, I don't have kids or anyone else that's like. Like, I can make my own decisions. So it was. Yeah, and it was same thing. I had to figure out what I liked and what I wanted to do and, like, really trying to, like, train my brain to be, like, what do, like, in this moment, what do I want to do? Not what I feel like I should do because of, like, something that might happen in the future, because it didn't matter. Like, I was going to be, you know, I was in a place for, like, three days, and then I was going to move on. Like, just like, little things. Like, okay, some. Some of my friends are going in there eating at this restaurant right now. Like, what do I want to do? Do I want to go hang out with people and, like, and, you know, go to that restaurant? Do I want to feel like being social right now, or do I want to go do my own thing right now? Do I feel like I should go hang out with these people? Because, like, I feel like I want to, like, make some friends to be able, like, to do something later. Or. Or do I actually want to hang out with these people? Just small decisions like that. And it was really helpful being like, okay, yeah, I actually do. I feel like being social right now. I feel like surrounding myself with people right now, but sometimes it was like, no, I want to do my own thing right now. There's this other thing that I want to do and, like, you know what I'm saying?

Yeah, I think that's good. It's an interesting exercise. Just so often, there's just so many things that you, you know, a person just has to do now. I guess you don't always have to do it at that exact moment that you're doing it. Yeah, but I feel like life is lots and lots of obligations, so. But.

But not everything, like, not everything is an obligation, especially when it comes to, like, recreation time and stuff like that. I found myself still feeling like I feel like I should do this, or I feel like I have to do this, like, with this free time that I have, when really it's like, no, I can make my own decision about that.

Oh, that's fun.

Yeah.

I mean, that's nice. But it is. It's a good. It's a good mental exercise to do. I mean, probably a lot of us have other times where we should kind of think about that. Is this what I. Okay. Am I really doing what I want to be doing? Are there other options, other ways to do this? Do I have to do this?

Yeah. And, like, what's the purpose? Right? Like, are you. If you have a certain amount of time and you get to make a decision of how you want to spend that time, and somebody else is, like, telling you to do this, like, do you feel obligated because, like, you want to. You want to do something for that person, but is that really what you want to do? Like, trying to be, like, be selfish and think for yourself? Now, I don't think, like, you need to do that in every single. If you. If every single decision that you make is a selfless decision, then you're a selfish person. But I think in general, being able to have a balance between, like, I don't know, choosing what you want to do, rather than choosing the obligation of something that you feel like you should be doing.

Yeah, well, and I think that that definitely happens with traveling, as you know, as we know is you go to these places and you're like, okay, I have to see this. I have to see this. I have to see this. And you don't want to leave a place and regret later that there were some things that you had the chance to do that you didn't do. And then you feel like, oh, man, I really. I regret not seeing that. But at the same time, as you discovered as well. I mean, you can just overload in Europe as far as, okay, there's always a palace, there's always a cathedral. There's always some hill to climb up and look at the view. There's just, you know, all of those different things. And then when you. If you do it for a while, you start to really run through. I mean, they get jumbled up in your head.

Yeah. Yeah. And that's another thing of, like, being, like. When I was looking at places that I was going and kind of doing a little bit of research beforehand, then there might have been something that I was like, okay, yeah, I really want to do that thing. That thing looks really fun or really cool or whatever. And trying to focus on that rather than somebody else telling me, no, you gotta do this thing. You gotta do this thing. It's like, okay, I don't know. I'm not as excited about that thing. Maybe that thing was exciting for that person, but I don't feel like I should do that just to do it. I would rather do the thing that I actually was looking forward to.

Well, that's true. And people always have these things like, oh, this is the best. You've gotta do this. You gotta go to this restaurant. It's the very best. Whatever.

But.

But I don't even really like that type of food. So even if it's the very best of that, I'm probably not gonna really like it, but I don't know. Yeah, there's a lot of those kind of pressures, but when you get to go travel for that long, you get to shed some of that, I think.

Yeah, for sure. That's what was really liberating is. Yeah, I was traveling for so long, and I didn't feel like every single day I needed to get up and check all the boxes and do all of that, because, I don't know, it was just.

Well, it's the difference between the way Americans travel and the way Europeans and.

Other parts of the world travel.

I remember when we were in South Africa, the people from South Africa were saying they loved the Americans because we came and spent lots of money because we were there for, like, 10 days, right? So we were just there doing everything. And then the Dutch would come and stay for a couple months and camp and walk everywhere they went and weren't buying anything.

And.

And the Americans were like, oh, no, yeah, I'll take a cab here. I'll do this. Because, you know, we're in a hurry.

Yeah, yeah. No, the cultural differences. That's what some of my favorite conversations that I had with people is just talking about, like, the cultural differences and stuff like that. And getting out of that hustle culture and that hustle mindset was just very helpful, especially just being in this career path of, you know, always we talk about this all. I mean, this is a theme on our podcast about always, like, getting to the next thing. And, like, when you're a pre med, you're just trying to, like, you know, stack your resume, get to the next thing just to get to med school. Then you're in med school and you're trying to, like, do all this stuff just to get to residency and like, talking about just, like, life passing you by. And the. That sort of hustle culture mindset really is so much less of a thing in Europe and just talking to people from Australia and like, all over the world, it's just. It's a completely. It's a complete shift.

Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, also, the people that I was talking to were travelers and people staying in hostels and, like, so that definitely those are people who. I mean, I talked to a lot of people too, who were stuck in kind of that hustle culture and mindset and then decided they were like, okay, no, I'm gonna go travel. Yeah, I'm gonna travel for four months or whatever.

So that's. Do you. I remember reading this article when I was probably about your age, and it talked about the person saying, like, I've been waiting for my life to start. And I, like, I read that and I said, that's how I feel. I'm always waiting for my life to start. Like, okay, once I get to this, once I get to that, once I get to this thing, my life's going to begin. Do you feel that way or do you think that. Has your life started?

I feel like my life started recently, but I do think I do. That's interesting. I think I thought that way for a while, and I think my mindset has shifted. Did so. Yeah. But no, I get that. And especially just in. In this career path that. That I feel like a lot of people have that, okay, just finish this and then it'll start. Finish this and then it will start.

Yeah. Yeah. All these things, it's like, it's just a. It's a bunch of tasks. Okay, go, go, go. And then all of a sudden, at some point, you look around, you're like, this. This actually is the life.

No.

Yeah, it's here.

Well, that's why. I mean, going into what I kind of want to talk about today was just being in my gap year and, like, things that I've learned and just. I am so, so, so grateful that I took this gap year. And I remember last year around this time, a lot of my friends were starting medical school and they were already kind of like starting the next step, and I felt really behind, and I was like, oh, I should have applied last year. I should have I. I wish I was like, already starting, but this is just to all the people who, like, didn't get in this cycle or are also like, taking a gap year. Like, it is like, that's a blessing in disguise. I, I think because I was just able to slow down, like, again. Yeah, I felt like my life started as you were saying. I don't feel like I'm still waiting for my life to start. I was able to really think about it and be like, oh, this is my life. And I, you know, as I was just talking about, able to, like, make selfish decisions. Be able to travel. Be able to travel and see all my friends who are living all around the United States right now. Spend time with people. Spend time with you guys. Like, spending time with my family, which I know I'll look back on and really be grateful that I did that. Just so many different things that I'm like, beyond grateful that I took this year.

That's good. Yeah. I saw something about how many times you have dinner with your parents and you know, you'll. At this point, you've had like some huge amount of percentage of dinners with us that you'll ever have in your entire life.

Yeah.

I don't know exactly what percent. Like, you can, you can add it up, but it ends up being like, you know, it's like 90% of the dinners that we've had, like, we've already had, which is kind of a. Or I don't know exactly what it is, but it's something like that, which is kind of a strange statistic to think about. So anyway, glad we got. Glad we got a few more dinners in.

There you go. Also just like with flexibility and stuff, that was something that I was not good at in college at all. Just like small things of, you know, just that mindset of being like, no, I have to study right now. This is my study time. And if I don't be able to study right now, then, like, my whole plan is going to fall apart and like, I'm not going to be able to like, pass the exam. I'm not going to have. I'm not going to find that time again. And I know once I get start medical school that that time is going to be like, again, crunched a lot and I'm going to feel like that. But I think I was able to practice flexibility a lot this past year and realize that, like, okay, if something comes up, things can shift around and like, it's possible for that to happen rather than just like getting stuck into this, like Rigid mindset of like, no, this is how I planned my day and that's how my day has to go or else, like, everything is gonna fall apart.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, don't you think that some of that came from. Because you do see some people who are really flexible and they're like, I'll get it done, I'll get it done. And then they don't get it done. And so sometimes you kind of have this paranoia of like, I don't want to be those people. And then. But I think you can easily go too far the other way. Yeah, I hope that's. I mean, you know, it's nice to have. It's nice to have some structure to your day or to your week or to your month or whatever. But being overly rigid is. Well, because life happens.

Yeah, exactly. And life happens in again. I. I have noticed that there is so much more to life than just medicine. And I hope to, like, be able.

Don't let those other. Don't let the doctors hear you. Don't let your teachers or your professors hear you say that. Okay, sorry, go on.

I just, like, think and I hope to bring this in to when I'm starting this journey because I think just being surrounded by people in the medical field and then like, being in this, you know, high achieving career path, you can just have this tunnel vision of like, okay, this is the only thing that matters. And like, this is it when, like, there's so much more of the world and there's so much more things to life than like, just this career path. And, like, it's going to be really hard for me to be able to, like, see that and like, not have that tunnel vision when I have all these people surrounded me that kind of have that. But I hope that this past year will help me be able to have some more perspective.

Have you been doing any journaling? Yeah. That's good. That's good. You could maybe go back.

And that's the thing is I do journal, but then I never go back and read it.

Okay, well, maybe, you know, you might want to. The. I don't know if I've said that. Said this before on the podcast. I don't think so. But you heard me talk about the realization that one of my friends had in med school that it's just a little building on the corner. Okay. So this is a shout out to Jim B. Sheila's husband. Now, that's how he's known Sheila's husband. But he was one of my friends at ucla. Then we both ended up at the same medical school. And we did all of our studying in this place called OR Major. And that's where our lectures were. That's where the stage study rooms were. That's where, like, we lived and breathed and thought that the world ended in OR Major. And Jim B. Was getting philosophical one time and was like, standing outside or walking by or something. He looked up and he's like, all these people go in all different places doing different things to them. This is just a little building on the corner. It's true. It's true. And, you know, and it's. It's just such a funny thing to think about. It was like it was our world. And it's in the grand scheme of life and in the grand scheme of all the different places where you can be and everything else to everyone else. It's just a little building on the corner.

Building on the corner.

So remind yourself of that when people are freaking out about this and that. Kind of stand back, look at the building and be like, someday I'll just be driving by and be like, it's nothing true.

And I know that, like, in I'm saying this and people can probably look at me and be like, okay, you know, you're being naive. Like, you don't understand, like, how hard it is and you don't understand and like, all this stuff. But, like, I don't know, I think it still is important going in with some sort of perspective and being able to take a step back and all of that.

Yeah. And I think you do understand. I mean, it's. Yeah. You know, it's gonna be hard. You're gonna have to study. Med school is not any harder than anything you've already done. Done. That's none of the work coursework is any more complex or anything else than any of the classes you've already done. It's just. Yeah, there's a little bit more of it and it's a little more intense also, because you're surrounded by all of that. But no, it's. It's. It's gonna be just fine.

I mean, yeah, like, I hope to be able to bring, like, self care and stuff. And I think that I can now see self care can look different. It doesn't. I don't know. People have this idea of self care and you have to like, take this whole, like a whole night to yourself and do a whole skincare routine and all of that. But I think self care can be a lot more of. Like I was saying before, making a decision for yourself about like, what do I want to do Right. Like, what do I want to do right now? Do I want to do this? Do I want to do this? Do I want to do this? And really trying to, like, check in to make that decision, like, for yourself rather than choosing something due to, like, a quote, unquote obligation.

Well, I think that's a very important lesson to learn because there are always so many obligations on you from other people around. You can be other family members, can be your patients, can be your professors, can be your other residents, your other students. I mean, just thinking about, like, in clinical rotations or during residency, all these other people have these agendas for you, and if you don't carve out a piece for yourself, you're gonna get swallowed up.

Yeah.

So I think that's. And, you know, I do think there's some people maybe are naturally better at that than others. But I remember my friend Jay. He was four years older, and he seemed to have. He seemed to have a lot more of that perspective when, you know, it was like, okay, let's study, study. But then he's like, okay, I know it as well as I'm gonna know it. Going over the information one more time isn't really gonna make a significant difference.

Yeah.

Try to keep that in mind when you're studying for tests and things. So programmed to try to get the a. Try to get the highest grade. And really, now you gotta study things just so you know it. And it helps you become a better doctor.

Yeah. Yeah. And I think. I think if I started medical school a year ago, I wouldn't have that same. I know I would not have that same perspective. And even I was talking to people who went straight into medical school and didn't have that break, and they regretted it. And even someone, like, commented on my TikTok that they also, like, they regretted it just going straight in. And it was just like, a lot. And not being able to kind of take a step back and take a break. I think it's weird that I thought that there was a stigma about taking a break when I genuinely think that that is, like, absolutely 100% the best option.

Yeah. Well. And also, life is not a race.

Yeah. But it feels like it in this field. You know, it feels like you need to go, go, go. You need to continue. And I don't know.

Well, that even happens in other things, like when people start getting married and having babies. There's this kind of thing of like, oh, you know, that person already has two kids, and I'm not Married yet. Like, I'm behind. And when you're just like, no, I'm not. Everybody's on their own individual path for all of those things. But, like. And again, it's. It's not a race.

Yeah.

So I think. I think that's an important thing to remind yourself of, you know, no matter what. No matter what field or whatever life you're in.

Yeah, true. Very true. I guess another part is just making relationships and continuing my friendships with people in other career paths, I think is important.

Yeah.

I have friends who, you know, are in all different phases of life and are in all different career paths. And I think when you surround yourself with just people in the medical field, again, it can feel like that that is the only thing. But just seeing that, like, the world is so big and there's so many other things that people do, I think is. I think that that is kind of helpful, again, in, like, giving yourself some perspective.

But do you actually have any idea what they do in their career? Because I have to say, every time somebody tells me about their job and they start using a bunch of big, fancy words, and I'm just like. All I hear is like.

Yeah, I'm not going to lie. I think being in healthcare, I know doctors, nurse, lawyer, everything else.

Teacher.

Teacher. Yeah. I don't. I don't. I don't really know. I don't really understand.

Yeah.

But people do other things.

That's what I heard. People do other things that aren't in those particular jobs. And that's.

Yeah, yeah.

There's project managers, There's.

I don't know, consulting. So much consulting.

Lots of consulting. What are you consulting?

I guess some travel stories that I have. And what ties back is just that people are. I've realized that majority of people are good. I was just thinking, like, I think in the States, we have this kind of stigma that everyone's out to get you. And, like, people are really like, you know, they're coming for you. And especially when I said I was solo traveling, people were just like, oh.

They'Re out to get you. Don't let your guard down for a second.

Yeah, exactly. I think most people are good people. And I experienced like. Like some very kind people, especially the French people. Multiple things. We. Thomas and I woke up one morning and we couldn't find his wallet anywhere. And we were tearing apart the Airbnb. We were trying to find it and realized he didn't have it. And we were like, okay, he either got pickpocketed or he dropped it. We went Back to, like, the restaurants that we were at the night before. Like, we didn't have it. Didn't have it. He was like, okay, whatever, let's just continue on our day and, you know, like, I'll cancel my cards and whatever. So we go on this hike. And then I was like, well, maybe you should check your Instagram DMS just to see if, like, somebody found it and, like, found you on Instagram. And he was like, oh, okay. He didn't have an Instagram at the time, so he had to, like, we finished our hike. Then he redown a little Instagram. And then I was like, no, you have to go to, like, your requests, like, your message requests. So he went in there, found this message request of this girl who said that she found his wallet on the ground, found him on Instagram, and then messaged him that she found his wallet.

And that is amazing.

Yeah. And then she met up with us, like, later that day and she gave him his wallet, which was like, so nice. Like, she didn't have to do that. And the point that she went out of her way to, like, try to find him, Like, I know, because that's.

A lot of work. Like, I mean, I guess. Okay. So, yeah, I guess she could find his name.

Yeah. And he had a Texas license. Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's really.

That's really so nice. Yeah.

Was she young like you guys?

Yeah. Yeah, she was young.

So you don't think she pickpocketed him to try to, you know, meet up with him later?

Didn't consider that.

Mom. Okay.

You know, I'm just gonna go with. People are good.

Okay. Okay. Sorry. No, they're out to get you.

And then another time. This has to do medical. I would. I was sick, so I did get sick abroad and I was having this really bad acid reflux from too much red wine. Too much red wine. Don't recommend drinking too much red wine. So, like, we, like went to breakfast. Sitting there at breakfast, and I was in like, so much pain. Like, that was like some of the worst pain I've ever had. Like, it was. It was so bad.

She called me. It was like 4 o' clock in the morning. And. Yeah, that freaks you out when you get one of those phone calls.

Yeah, I felt bad, but I didn't know what to do. It was like. It was so bad. So then we had tickets to go to. This is in Barcelona. We had tickets to go to the La Sangria Familia. And I wasn't going to make the ticket time. It was like it was like at 9:30 or whatever. I don't know. I was like, I'm not gonna make it. And I was like, Thomas, you go. Like go make, like, go make the ticket time. I have to go back to the hotel. So I start walking back to the hotel. It was like a five minute walk, so it wasn't far. But I'm like stumbling along. I was just felt so bad. Then all of a sudden I like projectile vomit on the side of the road. Like, literally, if you've seen Pitch Perfect, that first scene, literally like that, like, it was so bad. And then all these people are walking by. People are just like, you know, kind of looking at me and like, oh, God. Like, yeah, it looked like it was like hungover or something, but I literally wasn't. I, like, I was. Well, it was from alcohol, I guess, from the red wine, but still I was, I, I, it wasn't because you.

Were sick from drinking?

Yes. And then this really kind French woman came up and she like put her arm out and she was like, oh, like companion.

No, companion or something.

And I was like, what? I tried to speak Spanish to her and she didn't speak Spanish. She was like, no, French. I was like, oh, okay. And then she was like, where, like, where are you going? She had me pull up my phone and like, I had, I showed her where my hotel was. It was just right around the corner. And like, she walked with me arm in arm, walked me back to the hotel and then gave me her phone number. And I was just, it was so, so sweet. Also, like, I was like literally vomiting. Like, I don't know. I could have like gotten her sick. Like, you know, she didn't even think about that. But I was like, no, I'm not, I was like, I'm not contagious. But I don't know.

I don't know if your words were correct. Yeah, no, no, I don't know.

I don't know. But it was, it was really kind of. It's like, mercy, mercy, mercy. So, yeah, and.

And he got back. And then, Then you got better.

I did get better, yes. And then I went to the La Sangria Familia later that day because I, and I didn't have my, you know, I was, I didn't go at the right time. And I was like, oh, please. Like, can I make the. Make it. Like, I was, I was like, estaba and ferma estebano?

Si, creo que si. I'm not sure that's what I would.

Have said, but I was like, please, can I go in? And they were like. They asked for a doctor's note.

No, I wasn't that sick. Yeah.

I was like, what? They're like, did you go? And I was like, my mom's a doctor. I was texting her, like, I don't know. And they're like, did you go to the pharmacy? Like, can I ever see? I was like, guys, does it matter?

Right? What difference? Does HIPAA let me in or doctor?

And then they're like, okay, fine. So then they let me in. So I still got do it, but.

So people were very nice. People were nice.

People were not out to get me. The world is good.

I still don't quite understand how Thomas lost his wallet. Like, he.

We were walking home and he dropped it. He had to pee really bad.

Oh, dear.

And he was like, fast walking, which I was. Got so upset about because he was walking so slow the entire European vacation, and then all of a sudden, he's slow speed walking. And I was like, where was this when we were trying to catch that train? But. But he just. But then he was like, well, now I can't speed walk anymore because when that happens, then I lose my wallet, so. Because it flew out of his pants, I guess.

I don't know. Okay, Thomas, practice walking quickly and keeping your wallet in your pocket. I feel like you could work on getting those two things down. That's.

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