Joy is not always found in big, milestone events. Sometimes, especially during times of chaos, the greatest joys are found in small, everyday moments. 

Today’s episode is a lighthearted take on some of the joys and hustles of this wild and crazy year, but predominantly the joys – things that we would like to celebrate, despite the fact that we’ve spent most of 2020 within the confines of our own homes! 

As we enter fall, we’d like to share with you some recommendations for the things we have been grateful for during lockdown, things that have brought us peace, a sense of freedom, pause to reflect, or simple, unadulterated pleasure. Tune in to find out more!

Key Points From This Episode:

• How the Aarke Sparkling Water Maker has helped Sandy drink more water each day.
• Why Jeni bought herself a pickup truck that, to her, is the definition of freedom.
• How Sandy discovered Planterina on YouTube and the value of Facebook Marketplace.
• Why we all need to understand the impact of social media on our lives and the manipulation.
• Our ability to create new technologies is surpassing our ability to solve ethical problems.
• Sandy talks about her new favorite app, iNaturalist, which helps you identify flora and fauna.
• Jeni’s new favorite app is one that is quite similar, and it’s a plant-identifier called PictureThis.
• Sandy highly recommends Big Friendship and the Call Your Girlfriend Podcast by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman.
• Jeni is reading Deep Creek by Pam Houston, that she relates to because she lives on a farm.

• Aarke

• Planterina on YouTube

• WallyGro

• WallyGro on Instagram

• The Social Dilemma on Netflix

• iNautralist App

• PictureThis App

• Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

• Call Your Girlfriend Podcast

• Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

This week’s Hustle:

While most of the joy’s mentioned in this week’s episode could be a hustle, this week’s hustle is Jeni’s Uplift Desk.

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