What's up guys, happy Thursday. I'm Ali and this is relatable. You are either listening to this or you are watching it on CRTV.com.

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This is episode 29 of relatable and I don't know why that seems like such a big number. I kind of can't believe that we've had that many.

I love doing this podcast. I just want to remind you all every time I go speak somewhere you guys come up to me and tell me that you listen to this every week.

I get messages probably every day from people on Instagram who say that they binge listen to all of it in like a week which is pretty impressive.

I was actually in Fort Worth this past weekend with my husband and his family and I had a listener come up to me and tell me how much this podcast means to her.

And that just really warms my heart.

The reviews for this podcast really make me happy. Some of them don't. Some of them are really really personal and mean.

But most of them make me happy because those of you who listen seem to feel exactly how I feel when I sit down in front of this microphone and record.

And how I feel is that you and I are genuinely friends. Like we are having a conversation about the important things in life.

And sometimes we talk about not important things like cats and like lifestyle bloggers because that's what friends do.

We can talk about the deep parts of our heart and we can also talk about stupid stuff that we thought that we only thought about.

So anyway, I just wanted to take the time to tell you guys that I love you.

How much I appreciate you and how you guys make my job really exciting and worthwhile.

Now another thing that friends do is give advice and that is what I am going to do today by popular demand.

I am going to give advice to those of you who are transitioning from college into the quote real world, whatever that even means.

Or maybe you're still in college and or maybe you've been out of college for 10 years in which case you could probably teach me a thing or two.

You definitely could. But I'm going to tell you just from my own personal experience.

What I have learned and what I found to be integral to leading a successful life and I'll define successful soon because it means a lot of different things.

A successful life after college and to be totally transparent at the age of 26. I am still in the process of learning all of this and will be for a really long time.

I certainly don't have all the answers or even close to all the answers.

All I know is what I've experienced in the last four years since college.

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