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Need a quick pick-me-up? In this bite-sized birthday-eve mini-episode, Kat kicks back on her couch (with cats, squishmallows, and twinkle lights, of course) to share a whirlwind of cozy confessions and hilarious home truths. From competitive furniture rearranging to the joys of ignoring trends and collecting sticks, it’s a fast, fun peek into Kat’s world as she wraps up year 37. Tune in for laughs, cat cameos, and a reminder that embracing your weird is always in style—all in seven minutes!
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Greetings and salutations.
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Welcome to, sorry.
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That's my inside voice.
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Thoughts from the couch.
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And this time I am in fact laying on my couch.
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I have a cat and a half.
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I've got a Lucy and an Nala who apparently decided she does not want to be on the recording.
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So y'all get stuck with me and Lou.
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It is Saturday, September 6th.
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2025 and it's the last day I will ever be 37'cause tomorrow is my birthday.
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And just sitting here as one does in my very quiet, very chill apartment.
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Looking at all my twinkle lights and my plants and my cats and my sticks.
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I know we have not discussed my love of sticks, but we'll get there one day and I'm just laying here on my comfy couch with a fuzzy blanket and a squish melow or two.
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Don't judge.
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You're just jealous and all I can think about.
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Is how amazing this life is that I have built for myself.
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There has been a lot of,, growth, one might say in the last handful of years.
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But I'm sitting in my apartment, which I have lived in for a ridiculous amount of time, and it is so cozy.
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And it is so comfortable and it is so me, and I'm so proud of that.
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I spent so much time trying to make my home something that other people would approve of or something that other people wanted for me.
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That I never really stopped to think about what I really wanted.
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And I think that happens for a lot of people.
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You know, we, we think, oh, this is the, hello ala, I, I think she's gonna try to sit on me while I record.
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Alright.
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So we're safe for now.
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But I think a lot of the time, we look at, oh, what's cool, what's trending?
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What's.
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What's the cool thing to be doing?
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What are they doing in magazines or movies or, I don't know, dumb stuff like that.
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If you can hear a rubbing, that would be ala just, you know, bumping the phone, letting us know she's here.
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But I did that for a long time.
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I let other people's taste and preference and.
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Style and judgment determine the space I lived in and I've worked really hard in the last five years to change that and make my space somewhere I wanna be.
00:03:07.634 --> 00:03:08.354
And it is.
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And I'll, I'll share some pictures so you guys can see.
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And right now, there are definitely some areas where I'm like, oh, I need to change this, or I need to change that.
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But that's just because that's the nature of who I am.
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I love rearranging furniture.
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I love moving things from one wall to another and putting furniture at an angle because it drives certain people in my life, a little bunks.
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But everything currently in my main living space.
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Are things that I picked to be here or they are things that I've had for a long time and I have made them my own and just looking around.
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It's so me in a lot of ways.
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Like I feel like if you were to walk into this room, you would go, oh, yep, this makes sense that this is where Kat lives.
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Like do you know how.
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I don't know if you guys have ever experienced this, but when you, you're like, oh, when you meet my parents, I'll make a lot more sense.
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Like that kind of thing.
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Right.
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And sometimes that is very true.
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And in this case, instead of it being my parents, it's like, oh, you walk into my house and Oh yes, of course this is where Kat lives because it's covered in twinkle lights and a picture wall and there's cat shit everywhere.
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Not actual, not actual poop.
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Just so we're clear, but like fun things that are cat themed.
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So there's fun cat stuff everywhere and there are books and plants and it's a little bit cave-like, but it's cozy and it's comfy and it's mine and, and I'm proud of it.
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I'm proud of my space.
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So that's what I was thinking about tonight.
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The last night of my 37th year I was told today by an 11-year-old that I'm just getting old now, which is fine.
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He's not wrong.
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I combated that with, I'm still taller than you, so I still think I won, and since I win at everything forever, just not all the time, I got my bases covered, but.
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This year has been a lot of growth and I've stopped really thinking about years in terms of like calendar year, right?
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My year doesn't start in January.
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That's silly.
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My year starts tomorrow, September 7th, 2025 is the beginning of my next year.
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So, as we know, I don't make resolutions.
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I don't like setting goals.
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It makes my anxiety go wha wha loudly.
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So instead, my goal is to just embrace the changes that are coming and.
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Be open to what the universe has in store for me because she's been real loud lately.
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One of these days, we'll talk about that, but the universe sometimes, at least for me when she's done trying the subtle hint, she'll just throw things at me, and she's been loud and throwing things.
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So I've been paying attention and I'm ready for this year.
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It's gonna be good and I'm really glad that you're here for it.
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So with that, the cats and I are gonna go ala did not step on the stop button while recording that's happened before.
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So that was nice.
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But thanks for listening.
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Talk to you all when I'm 38.
00:00:01.649 --> 00:00:02.970
Greetings and salutations.
00:00:02.970 --> 00:00:03.779
Welcome to, sorry.
00:00:03.779 --> 00:00:05.099
That's my inside voice.
00:00:05.099 --> 00:00:06.299
Thoughts from the couch.
00:00:06.570 --> 00:00:10.259
And this time I am in fact laying on my couch.
00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:13.480
I have a cat and a half.
00:00:13.689 --> 00:00:19.870
I've got a Lucy and an Nala who apparently decided she does not want to be on the recording.
00:00:19.870 --> 00:00:21.640
So y'all get stuck with me and Lou.
00:00:23.649 --> 00:00:27.910
It is Saturday, September 6th.
00:00:28.614 --> 00:00:36.325
2025 and it's the last day I will ever be 37'cause tomorrow is my birthday.
00:00:37.344 --> 00:00:47.424
And just sitting here as one does in my very quiet, very chill apartment.
00:00:48.625 --> 00:00:53.695
Looking at all my twinkle lights and my plants and my cats and my sticks.
00:00:54.625 --> 00:01:06.355
I know we have not discussed my love of sticks, but we'll get there one day and I'm just laying here on my comfy couch with a fuzzy blanket and a squish melow or two.
00:01:07.944 --> 00:01:08.515
Don't judge.
00:01:08.515 --> 00:01:12.025
You're just jealous and all I can think about.
00:01:14.019 --> 00:01:19.450
Is how amazing this life is that I have built for myself.
00:01:21.099 --> 00:01:29.390
There has been a lot of,, growth, one might say in the last handful of years.
00:01:30.049 --> 00:01:37.819
But I'm sitting in my apartment, which I have lived in for a ridiculous amount of time, and it is so cozy.
00:01:38.180 --> 00:01:46.790
And it is so comfortable and it is so me, and I'm so proud of that.
00:01:48.200 --> 00:02:02.510
I spent so much time trying to make my home something that other people would approve of or something that other people wanted for me.
00:02:04.325 --> 00:02:10.205
That I never really stopped to think about what I really wanted.
00:02:12.094 --> 00:02:13.955
And I think that happens for a lot of people.
00:02:14.794 --> 00:02:23.794
You know, we, we think, oh, this is the, hello ala, I, I think she's gonna try to sit on me while I record.
00:02:23.914 --> 00:02:24.395
Alright.
00:02:24.395 --> 00:02:25.384
So we're safe for now.
00:02:26.074 --> 00:02:30.955
But I think a lot of the time, we look at, oh, what's cool, what's trending?
00:02:30.985 --> 00:02:31.615
What's.
00:02:32.289 --> 00:02:34.120
What's the cool thing to be doing?
00:02:34.169 --> 00:02:37.680
What are they doing in magazines or movies or, I don't know, dumb stuff like that.
00:02:38.789 --> 00:02:46.229
If you can hear a rubbing, that would be ala just, you know, bumping the phone, letting us know she's here.
00:02:47.789 --> 00:02:49.319
But I did that for a long time.
00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:54.030
I let other people's taste and preference and.
00:02:54.884 --> 00:03:07.034
Style and judgment determine the space I lived in and I've worked really hard in the last five years to change that and make my space somewhere I wanna be.
00:03:07.634 --> 00:03:08.354
And it is.
00:03:08.444 --> 00:03:10.754
And I'll, I'll share some pictures so you guys can see.
00:03:11.925 --> 00:03:17.414
And right now, there are definitely some areas where I'm like, oh, I need to change this, or I need to change that.
00:03:17.414 --> 00:03:20.775
But that's just because that's the nature of who I am.
00:03:21.164 --> 00:03:22.905
I love rearranging furniture.
00:03:22.905 --> 00:03:30.224
I love moving things from one wall to another and putting furniture at an angle because it drives certain people in my life, a little bunks.
00:03:30.224 --> 00:03:37.539
But everything currently in my main living space.
00:03:39.150 --> 00:03:52.110
Are things that I picked to be here or they are things that I've had for a long time and I have made them my own and just looking around.
00:03:52.110 --> 00:03:56.280
It's so me in a lot of ways.
00:03:56.280 --> 00:04:04.229
Like I feel like if you were to walk into this room, you would go, oh, yep, this makes sense that this is where Kat lives.
00:04:04.229 --> 00:04:05.115
Like do you know how.
00:04:06.645 --> 00:04:13.064
I don't know if you guys have ever experienced this, but when you, you're like, oh, when you meet my parents, I'll make a lot more sense.
00:04:13.064 --> 00:04:13.965
Like that kind of thing.
00:04:13.965 --> 00:04:14.384
Right.
00:04:14.865 --> 00:04:18.555
And sometimes that is very true.
00:04:18.884 --> 00:04:33.314
And in this case, instead of it being my parents, it's like, oh, you walk into my house and Oh yes, of course this is where Kat lives because it's covered in twinkle lights and a picture wall and there's cat shit everywhere.
00:04:33.314 --> 00:04:34.814
Not actual, not actual poop.
00:04:35.819 --> 00:04:41.009
Just so we're clear, but like fun things that are cat themed.
00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:58.230
So there's fun cat stuff everywhere and there are books and plants and it's a little bit cave-like, but it's cozy and it's comfy and it's mine and, and I'm proud of it.
00:04:58.860 --> 00:04:59.954
I'm proud of my space.
00:05:00.540 --> 00:05:04.259
So that's what I was thinking about tonight.
00:05:05.829 --> 00:05:16.524
The last night of my 37th year I was told today by an 11-year-old that I'm just getting old now, which is fine.
00:05:16.555 --> 00:05:17.545
He's not wrong.
00:05:17.964 --> 00:05:27.834
I combated that with, I'm still taller than you, so I still think I won, and since I win at everything forever, just not all the time, I got my bases covered, but.
00:05:29.875 --> 00:05:36.564
This year has been a lot of growth and I've stopped really thinking about years in terms of like calendar year, right?
00:05:37.615 --> 00:05:39.954
My year doesn't start in January.
00:05:40.584 --> 00:05:41.485
That's silly.
00:05:41.574 --> 00:05:49.254
My year starts tomorrow, September 7th, 2025 is the beginning of my next year.
00:05:50.814 --> 00:05:53.665
So, as we know, I don't make resolutions.
00:05:53.725 --> 00:05:55.105
I don't like setting goals.
00:05:55.314 --> 00:05:59.545
It makes my anxiety go wha wha loudly.
00:06:00.894 --> 00:06:11.995
So instead, my goal is to just embrace the changes that are coming and.
00:06:13.105 --> 00:06:19.555
Be open to what the universe has in store for me because she's been real loud lately.
00:06:20.214 --> 00:06:32.894
One of these days, we'll talk about that, but the universe sometimes, at least for me when she's done trying the subtle hint, she'll just throw things at me, and she's been loud and throwing things.
00:06:32.894 --> 00:06:36.769
So I've been paying attention and I'm ready for this year.
00:06:38.220 --> 00:06:42.689
It's gonna be good and I'm really glad that you're here for it.
00:06:43.769 --> 00:06:52.290
So with that, the cats and I are gonna go ala did not step on the stop button while recording that's happened before.
00:06:52.290 --> 00:06:53.189
So that was nice.
00:06:54.449 --> 00:06:56.399
But thanks for listening.
00:06:58.615 --> 00:07:00.509
Talk to you all when I'm 38.
