Hey guys, I'm Maddie and welcome or welcome back to the podcast.

I am actually kind of nervous for this week's episode.

And the reason is because I'm recording completely by myself, which is something I've

never done before and never have done a solo episode.

This has always been something that I've been interested in doing because I love solo episode podcasts, like a stream of

consciousness, really chill, sitting at home, chatting, where you feel like you're actually

just listening to someone's thoughts. That type of podcast is my favorite. I feel like the queen of that

in our generation. I feel like, is it, am I in Gen Z?

I don't even know. I think I am. I think I'm like on the cusp of Gen Z so I can say this.

But the queen of solo podcasting right now is Emma Chamberlain, which is really interesting because I was

never a consumer of her content really before her podcast. And I didn't know that she was so well spoken, but she really is.

Like her podcast is amazing.

My mom listens to it.

She's an avid listener and keeps up to date with all the episodes.

So if you haven't checked out her podcast, I definitely recommend it.

But before that, you have to keep listening to this one.

Thank you so much.

So today I'm going to talk about something that I find super interesting.

This is the concept of progress and evolution and self-improvement, which these are all topics

that come up on the podcast, especially when we do Q&As and advice and stuff like that.

People always ask about self-development, self-improvement, goal setting.

And I also love talking to my friends and listening to podcasts and like consuming content

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