Another Way to Think About the New Year: Ripple Effects and Real Talk

Cynthia Zeito [00:00:00]:

Hi, everybody. Happy New Year. Welcome to another way to think about it where real conversations replace right answers. We're Cynthia and Lynn, longtime friends, exploring life's messy questions with heart and humor. Hi. Happy, Happy New Year.

Lynn Kindler [00:00:30]:

Happy New Year, Cynthia.

Cynthia Zeito [00:00:32]:

Happy, Happy New Year.

Lynn Kindler [00:00:33]:

So what we were going to do is we were going to talk about. We were going to talk about another way to think about the Happy New Year.

Cynthia Zeito [00:00:41]:

Yes, yes, indeed.

Lynn Kindler [00:00:42]:

Okay, so because we wanted to be in the moment, in the now. Okay.

Cynthia Zeito [00:00:48]:

I'm celebrating today because I didn't stay.

Lynn Kindler [00:00:50]:

Up and I'm sober, so I'm having.

Cynthia Zeito [00:00:52]:

Water and I'm not.

Lynn Kindler [00:00:54]:

If we were wanting people to have another way to think about going into the new year, what's another way?

Cynthia Zeito [00:01:02]:

Okay, if you're walking down the street and you're going this way, go that way. Just do that. Well, actually, if you don't like that way, just go that way.

Lynn Kindler [00:01:13]:

Well, actually, that is pretty profound, Cynthia. No, really, it is. If you're used to doing. You're not gonna, you're not gonna be. Listen, it is profound because if you're used to just doing things a certain way, you're gonna keep doing them a certain way and you're not gonna want. You just decide to do one little thing differently.

Cynthia Zeito [00:01:34]:

Yes, absolutely. So what's change? Is it rip? It's a ripple thing. Cyber. It is.

Lynn Kindler [00:01:41]:

So what's one little thing you could. No, you, you think about it.

Cynthia Zeito [00:01:49]:

That's right. I will tell you in a little bit. Let me think. Because I take that very sincerely. And why am I so much taller than her? Well, let me tell you, I'm shorter than Lynn, but unless I don't believe I have. I'm so much tired.

Lynn Kindler [00:02:01]:

Don't believe her at all.

Cynthia Zeito [00:02:04]:

Hey, I'm in a different chair than she is and so I can't get it to go down anymore. So there you have it.

Lynn Kindler [00:02:12]:

Okay.

Cynthia Zeito [00:02:12]:

All right, so just giving them. Who said to be specific?

Lynn Kindler [00:02:17]:

So I ill. You know, I have a speech impediment. I can't say specific sometimes without going. It gets stuck. Like if I'm willing. No, if I'm nervous with people and I'm feeling, you know, insecure and I'm talking to them and for some God awful reason I have to say spigot specific.

Cynthia Zeito [00:02:36]:

It's speaking.

Lynn Kindler [00:02:37]:

That's good. It gets stuck, y'. All. That's one thing. If you, if you ever have a speech impediment like I do, they funny yourself. Well, no, really, I do. And it lightens the mood because Then everybody feels like, oh, good, we can laugh. We don't want to laugh at her and make her feel bad.

Lynn Kindler [00:02:55]:

But if I do something funny, then they feel like they can laugh.

Cynthia Zeito [00:02:58]:

That is a thing to.

Lynn Kindler [00:03:00]:

And they feel comfortable.

Cynthia Zeito [00:03:01]:

It is as it is an actionable thing.

Lynn Kindler [00:03:04]:

Okay, so let's talk more about doing one little thing differently. Like what. What could be that one little thing?

Cynthia Zeito [00:03:11]:

Well, let's say you wanted to get more done during the day. Get up an hour earlier.

Lynn Kindler [00:03:21]:

Oh, that's a little bit extreme.

Cynthia Zeito [00:03:23]:

No, no, it's not. No, no, no, no, no, no. Meditate a little bit. Do a little.

Lynn Kindler [00:03:28]:

That's good.

Cynthia Zeito [00:03:28]:

I'm talking about like five, five, ten minutes of that. And I think you'll be walking. What? You need to walk. You're just going to feel a lot more different. I agree. It just does a different wrinkle in your brain.

Lynn Kindler [00:03:43]:

I know. I agree with that. It does clear out your brain to just lay there, you know? You know, I was thinking about that the other day because I do believe in meditation and I want to meditate, but I was thinking when I was little, you know, kids do a lot of things that are very natural. Right. And I used to love to wake up late, like on the weekends, and I would just lay in bed and just think, you know, just lay there and think and have conversations with God. Well, yeah, it was maybe my little version of meditating, maybe.

Cynthia Zeito [00:04:15]:

So. That's right. I think so. What about you?

Lynn Kindler [00:04:20]:

What do you.

Cynthia Zeito [00:04:21]:

What do you. I feel like I should go like this or something.

Lynn Kindler [00:04:23]:

Mood. So we could be the same level. You're gonna make me pee my pants. Okay. Okay.

Cynthia Zeito [00:04:36]:

So.

Lynn Kindler [00:04:38]:

Okay. Hey, you guys. What? You know what I think is good to pay attention to some of the beauty and magic out there. That's really. Keep your eyes open for it. Like today we were going for a walk and it's January and the weather's just like gorgeous. Well, it is pretty, but it's different. But there was one little yellow flower.

Lynn Kindler [00:04:58]:

Remember I showed you a little yellow flower? It's probably a little yellow dandelion.

Cynthia Zeito [00:05:02]:

Yes, ma'. Am.

Lynn Kindler [00:05:03]:

And that was pretty. And then tonight, driving back from getting together with family, which was lovely except for the ending, wasn't so much fun because of one of the people.

Cynthia Zeito [00:05:13]:

But there's. They got a little stomach thing going on.

Lynn Kindler [00:05:18]:

But we. It's like it was 6 o' clock and there was nighttime and up in the distance we could see a little slivers of cloud open up and you could see the pretty sunsets Of Scarlet?

Cynthia Zeito [00:05:31]:

Absolutely.

Lynn Kindler [00:05:32]:

Yeah. What do you want more of in your.

Cynthia Zeito [00:05:35]:

This year?

Lynn Kindler [00:05:38]:

I would like for things to go my way.

Cynthia Zeito [00:05:41]:

Oh, good luck. Good luck. You know what God said? God said, oh, tell me your plan.

Lynn Kindler [00:05:46]:

I know, I've heard that, but that's not fair. Okay, let's talk about this. What is that thing about opportunity and action? No, opportunity and preparation. Create luck. Something like that.

Cynthia Zeito [00:06:06]:

Yeah.

Lynn Kindler [00:06:06]:

Maybe ask them what it was. Well, I just realized I need lipstick anyway.

Cynthia Zeito [00:06:12]:

Can you all tell that she needs lipstick?

Lynn Kindler [00:06:14]:

Anyway, I would like, you know, to be able to have things go my way as far as if I prepared myself. And I'm doing good.

Cynthia Zeito [00:06:26]:

You don't have to be very specific.

Lynn Kindler [00:06:29]:

I want this podcast to help a lot of people. I mean, I can speak for myself and I think for you too.

Cynthia Zeito [00:06:36]:

Yes, absolutely.

Lynn Kindler [00:06:38]:

We want people to feel good when they watch us.

Cynthia Zeito [00:06:41]:

Right, Right. Absolutely.

Lynn Kindler [00:06:43]:

We want them to get stuff and then we want them to laugh at us too.

Cynthia Zeito [00:06:45]:

Yeah, you can laugh with us.

Lynn Kindler [00:06:47]:

Yeah. And at us. At us. It's okay. We have no ego. Well, yeah, actually we do. Anyway. But anyway, I would like for this podcast.

Lynn Kindler [00:06:58]:

There it was. I want it to go really well. I wanted to help a lot of people, and I would love it if People subscribed on YouTube, Spot Spotify, Apple on our website when it finally gets finished, so that. And also so we could attract sponsors and advertisers so that we can do this, you know, and I don't have to worry. And. And what that means is.

Cynthia Zeito [00:07:23]:

Okay, you know, she's not altruistic either. Neither am I, so. Yeah. But the hope is that this would, you know, we would. We would what?

Lynn Kindler [00:07:39]:

Okay, I'm just. No, I'm just saying, you guys, if I just. If this was all I had to do and I didn't have to do the work that I do, I would still help people with careers. Absolutely. I mean, I still would, of course, but I would give us time and money to be able to do research so that we could interview some really cool people and, you know, find out. Yeah. And find out what they're about and find out what they have that can help the universe. Like, I would love it if Mark Nepo would come on here.

Lynn Kindler [00:08:11]:

He's one of my favorite authors. Y' all gotta read his latest book, the fifth season, I think it's called.

Cynthia Zeito [00:08:18]:

It looks really awesome.

Lynn Kindler [00:08:19]:

I didn't read it. Very, very awesome. But other people. Like, we've talked about my friend Kat, who's a well known ghostwriter amongst writers, but not out there. In public. Because that would miss the whole point of being a ghost writer. But I want to have her come in and talk a little bit about that. But also she's got a fascinating life and yes.

Cynthia Zeito [00:08:40]:

And I would like Jennifer Grace. She's a mentor. She's amazing. She's a fantastic teacher and also a writer. She's a friend.

Lynn Kindler [00:08:52]:

Okay. You were talking about a chiropractor too that, you know. I don't know who that was, but I have a chiropractor.

Cynthia Zeito [00:09:00]:

Oh, Jeanette Reed.

Lynn Kindler [00:09:03]:

Yeah.

Cynthia Zeito [00:09:03]:

She's amazing, guys.

Lynn Kindler [00:09:05]:

And how could this help them?

Cynthia Zeito [00:09:07]:

Because her practice and what she does is really to help the body. She's not really in that. Define where you actually pop. You know, you get on there. And so they could mono sonic then.

Lynn Kindler [00:09:18]:

That would help them.

Cynthia Zeito [00:09:19]:

But it's a very energetic. Absolutely. About their bodies.

Lynn Kindler [00:09:24]:

You know what else would be cool is if we could find a scientist. Like I have a friend, Melita Elmore, she's one of my Baha' I friends, but she's a scientist with. That involves the climate and ocean and green. And she's very well spoken and she remembers sewing tilt. But you. But you know what the other thing is, I'm sure both of us have some funny people we could bring on here too.

Cynthia Zeito [00:10:01]:

Yeah, like they're right here. We've got some audience right here.

Lynn Kindler [00:10:08]:

But anyway, that's really what we want to do is be able to have this. Be self supporting.

Cynthia Zeito [00:10:14]:

Absolutely. Yeah. To give, you know, abundantly give what we do. Well, I'm not sure.

Lynn Kindler [00:10:21]:

Well, no, but you know what I know about us.

Cynthia Zeito [00:10:24]:

What?

Lynn Kindler [00:10:24]:

Okay. One of the other fantasies we have. Say we're making enough money so that we can support this and every day if we could travel to different places and interview people live in different places.

Cynthia Zeito [00:10:34]:

Sure.

Lynn Kindler [00:10:34]:

Oh my God. I think that would be so interesting. Yeah.

Cynthia Zeito [00:10:37]:

We offer a lot of perks and different things. Absolutely.

Lynn Kindler [00:10:41]:

And if we ever. If we ever made more than enough money, I know we would give it away. I know us, we would. We would be donating.

Cynthia Zeito [00:10:50]:

Well, I want to take some of it, honey.

Lynn Kindler [00:10:53]:

Well, I know, I know, but it's not like we're going to be walking around with furs or driving Cadillac. I might not.

Cynthia Zeito [00:11:03]:

I might have more. Yeah. Horseshoes and.

Lynn Kindler [00:11:07]:

Because there's never enough. Do you remember Imelda Marcos when they. Let's see. When they.

Cynthia Zeito [00:11:13]:

Who said little sky, she go. Our little one and a half year old grandbaby, she says shoes. She's. Anyway. Okay, go ahead.

Lynn Kindler [00:11:22]:

Okay. Imelda Marcos.

Cynthia Zeito [00:11:23]:

Yes.

Lynn Kindler [00:11:24]:

When her husband got ousted.

Cynthia Zeito [00:11:26]:

Yes.

Lynn Kindler [00:11:27]:

She had thousands of shoes. No. Yeah, she did.

Cynthia Zeito [00:11:31]:

I know that story. Jesus.

Lynn Kindler [00:11:34]:

What was that way back in the 80s?

Cynthia Zeito [00:11:36]:

Was it in the 80s? Like, early 80s, probably. And.

Lynn Kindler [00:11:39]:

And I. And I See, I'm smart. I remember things.

Cynthia Zeito [00:11:45]:

Okay, we're gonna wrap this up.

Lynn Kindler [00:11:47]:

I don't know what the hell you just watched, but thanks for spending time with us today.

Cynthia Zeito [00:11:52]:

Happy New Year.

Lynn Kindler [00:11:53]:

If this episode gave you another way.

Cynthia Zeito [00:11:55]:

To think about life in 2026.

Lynn Kindler [00:11:58]:

Oh, my God. That's science fiction hit. Subscribe and join us now next time for another honest, curious conversation.

Cynthia Zeito [00:12:07]:

Bye, y'. All.