Eat Your Crust

2025 Wrap Up and Reflections

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Dec 3, 2025
The hosts reflect on the year's ups and downs, discussing personal and written reflections. They humorously grade their goals and acknowledge the exhaustion from social expectations during the holiday season. Nostalgia plays a big role as they ponder holiday movies as emotional tools for rest and reflection. They highlight family traditions and favorite treats like gingerbread contests and peppermint bark. Their key takeaways for the new year focus on balance and respecting personal limits, all while cherishing the coziness of the season.
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INSIGHT

Know Your Social Battery Limits

  • Jeesoo learned her travel-heavy year exposed her social battery limits and fatigue.
  • Both hosts note recognizing energy limits helps plan fewer back-to-back social commitments next year.
ANECDOTE

Weddings And Expectation Burnout

  • Crystal recounts feeling drained by many weddings and bachelorette events and realizing high expectations worsened fatigue.
  • She plans to lower perfectionist standards and delegate to reduce burnout next year.
INSIGHT

Rotting Vs. Momentum

  • Crystal re-evaluated "rotting" (long passive rest) and found it breeds inertia rather than recovery.
  • She now favors short rest bursts plus momentum and regained about 20 hours weekly of productive time.
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