Morgan May Treuil [00:00:00]:
Welcome back to Am I Doing this Right? And when you are listening to this, it will be 9, 10, 11, 12. January 13th.
Leslie Johnston [00:00:11]:
That's right.
Morgan May Treuil [00:00:12]:
Not Friday the 13th, but January 13th.
Leslie Johnston [00:00:15]:
Not to be confused with the popular Friday the 13th. This is actually the first episode where we're phys. Well, never mind. We shot last week's, like, the day before we posted it. But this is the first day I'm back in the studio in, like, probably two months. I feel like.
Morgan May Treuil [00:00:33]:
Yeah. Do you feel like it's been hard to come off of the holiday and get back into the swing of things, or do you feel like it's happened pretty easily for you?
Leslie Johnston [00:00:41]:
Well, I went to Palm Springs after Christmas for a week, and that was so nice. Like, so relaxing. Obviously, for us, Morgan and I, Christmas is like the craziest time of year. Like, there's 14 Christmas Eve services. You're working literally till like 10pm Christmas Eve. So to me, it's like, you do need a little break right after the holidays. So, yeah, I felt like I got a really good break and then I came back up here and I jumped back into work. But it's actually been really fun and really good.
Leslie Johnston [00:01:15]:
Like, I feel like I'm. I was dreading it a little bit. You know, I feel like everyone after the holidays feels like they go. They get kind of a break and they get to go home for Christmas or they get to do whatever, and then they just feel like, man, I could quit my job. I just don't want to go back.
Morgan May Treuil [00:01:30]:
Yes.
Leslie Johnston [00:01:31]:
Well, when I came back out, shockingly, I was like, wait, it feels so good to be back into, like, a routine and to be back with the people I work with and be able to, like. We had some big projects that were due literally this week. So to me, it was like, it just jumped back in at, like, full speed. And honestly, that's easier to me than coming back and work being really slow.
Morgan May Treuil [00:01:54]:
Okay. I was gonna say this might be an unpopular opinion, but I actually think that's the secret to a better re entry into work is coming back to something that's big and time sensitive. That, like, just throws you right back in. Because I feel like my worst post vacation work reentries have been when it was really slow. And so you kind of like you're back in it, but nothing's really motivating you to really get into your work mode. So I feel like maybe that's the secret is doing something like a. And, you know, not everyone can control that. But if you can schedule a really big project to be due in January.
Morgan May Treuil [00:02:32]:
Maybe that would make your holiday get.
Leslie Johnston [00:02:33]:
Your butt back into gear for sure.
Morgan May Treuil [00:02:36]:
But it also gives you less time to think about how sad you are that the holiday's over too.
Leslie Johnston [00:02:39]:
Yeah. No Christmas blues.
Morgan May Treuil [00:02:43]:
Christmas blues. You just get excited. That is my favorite part about working at Bayside is that Christmas is my favorite time of year. But at the end of Christmas is when a lot of our really big stuff starts. Like, the spring is jam packed. Like, every month has something massive.
Leslie Johnston [00:02:58]:
Yes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:02:58]:
And I like that because then I feel less sad about Christmas being over. And then once you get through all of those things, you're at summertime. Once you get through the summer, no better time back at Christmas. So it's perfect. It's just. Perfect cycle. It's a perfect cycle. It's like the calendar was made intentionally.
Morgan May Treuil [00:03:16]:
That's. Yes. Crazy.
Leslie Johnston [00:03:18]:
Have you. Have you had any FOMO in the new year of like. I mean, not fomo, but, like, I know you're not. You're not in the. In your home. You're kind of. You're in Texas, which is awesome. But has it felt weird at all to like, not be like, everyone's jumping.
Leslie Johnston [00:03:34]:
You were at a perfect time, honestly, to go on maternity leave because I feel like Christmas and everybody's schedules are disrupted, so it's not like you feel like you just jumped out of kind of like everybody's life was all thrown upside down a little bit during Christmas. Was that nice, or do you feel.
Morgan May Treuil [00:03:54]:
I kind of feel like if I'm going to start blink fomo, now is the time where I'll start to feel it. Because before this, everyone's been scattered. Like, no one's been home. Everyone's been off their work game. We have a really good community of people that have all kind of been displaced. So I don't. I don't feel like I'm missing anything yet. I also don't have mental bandwidth yet to feel sad over what I'm not missing because there's just not like, there's not really time yet.
Leslie Johnston [00:04:19]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:04:20]:
I will say, though, I was expecting Christmas to feel really slow for me and to feel like I was missing out on Bayside stuff. But Christmas ended up feeling really hectic for us, too, because that's when he came and that's like, when we were figuring everything out. So I feel like I could probably use like a Palm Springs. I could have used like a. I feel like I've gotten that now. But like a Palm Springs week of, like. Okay, Christmas was Crazy. Now we're coming off of that.
Morgan May Treuil [00:04:46]:
And, you know, so I haven't felt FOMO yet, but I can see that coming now that everything's starting to resume normalcy. But at the same time, I have FOMO of you.
Leslie Johnston [00:04:54]:
I want to be on the ranch in Texas. I'm like, that place looks awesome.
Morgan May Treuil [00:04:58]:
I will say it's very different with a baby.
Leslie Johnston [00:05:01]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:05:02]:
Not as many activities.
Leslie Johnston [00:05:03]:
Doesn't quite have the same mom.
Morgan May Treuil [00:05:06]:
Does this scavenger hunt where we go look across the ranch for different characters from the nativity scene, and you put them all together and whatever. It's really fun. We've done it for the past two years. And then this year, I couldn't go because my C section scar was like. It was hurt by the Polaris, which is the thing we ride around in. And then I had to feed the baby, so it was like, everyone else got to go. And then I'm just sitting at home with a baby, and I'm like, wow, this is not that funny. It sucks, but I love him.
Morgan May Treuil [00:05:41]:
You're just, like.
Leslie Johnston [00:05:42]:
You're just walking next to the Polaris, trying to find. It was.
Morgan May Treuil [00:05:46]:
This is actually. This is one of those moments where that makes me cry. If it. If it wasn't me, I would cry, but I was like, maybe I'll go join them to find the last character. And so I got the baby in my little, like, carrier, and I was walking to where they were parked to go join them. And then, like, right when I'm in, like, the distance of. Of getting with them to join them, they, like, don't see me, and I can't yell because he's asleep on me, and they just, like, take off, and I'm just, like, sitting there with them. It was, like, my worst nightmare.
Morgan May Treuil [00:06:17]:
If it had happened to somebody else, I would just sob. But because it happened to me, it was fine.
Leslie Johnston [00:06:22]:
Like, you're okay with it? That is so sad.
Morgan May Treuil [00:06:26]:
It was so sad.
Leslie Johnston [00:06:27]:
So sad.
Morgan May Treuil [00:06:28]:
It was horrible. But that's okay. It's. In the end, you're like, no. Like, it was so sad.
Leslie Johnston [00:06:34]:
Oh, I know that makes you want to cry. That's so sad.
Morgan May Treuil [00:06:37]:
Do you have any. Did you have an unpopular opinion? I didn't want to skip over yours if you have one.
Leslie Johnston [00:06:42]:
Okay. I do. It's not a crazy one, but that's okay. I think I was saying this the other day to somebody, and they're like, that should be an unpopular opinion. I think that's the best thing at chick. I think the best thing at Chick Fil. A is their chicken tortilla soup better than any other entree or item? Their chicken tortilla soup is like the greatest thing that's happened to Chick Fil A.
Morgan May Treuil [00:07:07]:
Really?
Leslie Johnston [00:07:08]:
Have you had the.
Morgan May Treuil [00:07:10]:
I don't think I have. I don't even know if I knew that was on the menu.
Leslie Johnston [00:07:14]:
So I don't know if it's year round now or if it's like just for a season. I hope it's not just for a season because it is so good. It's like the perfect level of, like, spiciness, but it's like a hearty soup. Like, I don't like chicken noodle soup or anything like that because it's just like literal broth. I feel like. Not theirs. There's actually pretty good. But I think this soup is just the best.
Leslie Johnston [00:07:39]:
I tried to recreate it at home. It's not the same. So I will continue buying it from Chick Fil A.
Morgan May Treuil [00:07:45]:
Little chicken pieces in there.
Leslie Johnston [00:07:49]:
It's more shredded chicken. There's like shredded chicken.
Morgan May Treuil [00:07:52]:
I love that you have that.
Leslie Johnston [00:07:55]:
Have you had it?
Morgan May Treuil [00:07:55]:
No, no. I just love shredded chicken. We should always shred chicken.
Leslie Johnston [00:07:59]:
Yeah. Morgan, you. This is your type of chicken. Because there's no. There's no cutting into it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:08:04]:
Weird. I love them.
Leslie Johnston [00:08:06]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:08:07]:
Because okay, I do.
Leslie Johnston [00:08:08]:
I do, like, love if I'm gonna get something else from Chick Fil A. It's the nuggets. But to me, there is nothing that makes me more mad than biting into a nugget like, the wrong way. You know what I'm saying? Like, I. Biting. If you bite against the grain, it's just like I'm throwing that thing out.
Morgan May Treuil [00:08:25]:
This. This should be a clip. This has to be a clip because someone's saying biting against the grain of the Chick Fil A nugget. Everybody in the world knows exactly what you're talking about. And yet no one probably would have said it that way, but that's the perfect way of describing that. That is a day ruiner to bite the wrong way into a Chick Fil a chicken nugget. The grain.
Leslie Johnston [00:08:48]:
Yes. What is that? What is that? Because real chicken, I make chicken at home and it's like I don't feel like I'm biting against the grain.
Morgan May Treuil [00:08:57]:
That is a good point, actually. Yeah. Why is that not the case at home? I would have thought, oh, yeah, this makes it legit. It's real chicken. But I make real chicken at home and there's no grain. There's no wrong way of biting. Oh, gosh, I can't think too much about that.
Leslie Johnston [00:09:12]:
Everybody should go get the chicken tortilla soup.
Morgan May Treuil [00:09:15]:
I love that. Everyone go get it this week and report back.
Leslie Johnston [00:09:19]:
Yeah, report back.
Morgan May Treuil [00:09:20]:
We are in. We are officially into New Year's. It's no longer, like, about to be New Year's. It's into New Year's. So my first question for you is, what was your vibe this year on New Year's resolutions or New Year's habits or anything like that? Did you set any? Have you started any? What's been your thing?
Leslie Johnston [00:09:40]:
So it was. What's funny is last year I had so many resolutions. Like, I have a note in my phone that I pinned, and it was like, 20, 25 New Year's resolutions. And literally I had. I think there's like, 35 on here.
Morgan May Treuil [00:10:00]:
Oh, my gosh.
Leslie Johnston [00:10:01]:
Sorry. I'm getting.
Morgan May Treuil [00:10:01]:
Really setting yourself. Really setting yourself up for success.
Leslie Johnston [00:10:04]:
Yeah, I put. I put little, like, bubbles by them so I could, like, mark them off. And there's, like, so many. It's like, oh, read the Bible in a year. We all. If you listen to this podcast, you know, I didn't do that. There's.
Morgan May Treuil [00:10:17]:
Right.
Leslie Johnston [00:10:18]:
Read these books. Never read any of those. But then I will say a lot of the ones that I had just, like, put on there. I. I am pro making New Year's resolutions because I do feel like it's fun, especially to look back and see, like, oh, I did that. Like, I put on here, like, run a 5K. And I'm like, wait, I actually did run a 5K this last year. Haven't ran since, but I did that.
Leslie Johnston [00:10:41]:
And then a bunch of stuff. I had stuff I wanted to do on my house. So I broke it up by, like, life, health, house, work and podcast.
Morgan May Treuil [00:10:53]:
Oh.
Leslie Johnston [00:10:53]:
Most of the podcast ones we didn't.
Morgan May Treuil [00:10:55]:
Do.
Leslie Johnston [00:10:58]:
But it was cool to be able to be like, oh, I marked them off. Because I honestly barely looked at it during the year. And then I marked them off afterwards, and I was like, oh, this is cool. Actually, a lot of it happened without me even being like, oh, I need to do this, because it's my New Year's resolution. That's cool. So I would say last year I was on it, apparently, with New Year's resolutions. And this year it felt like January 1st came and I was like, oh, I kind of forgot to even think about this. Like, yeah.
Leslie Johnston [00:11:29]:
And we. I. We had a crazy Christmas. Like, we were in the ER with my sister. We were. Then Christmas Day, we were in the ER with my dad all night. Like, we Literally went to the er, stayed overnight. He ended up being fine, but he, like, broke his sternum and all this stuff.
Leslie Johnston [00:11:47]:
And then we thought something else was wrong, and thankfully it wasn't. But it was a really terrifying night. And then we flew to Palm Springs, like, the next day, basically. And so I just.
Morgan May Treuil [00:11:59]:
Your dad is a champ for that, by the way. Only your dad. Only your dad spends all night in the er, and he's like, we gotta get down to the desert the next day.
Leslie Johnston [00:12:07]:
He's like, if only I can get.
Morgan May Treuil [00:12:09]:
To the desert and then everything will be fine. It's this happy place.
Leslie Johnston [00:12:12]:
I'm like, the desert will heal him.
Morgan May Treuil [00:12:15]:
Yes, it will.
Leslie Johnston [00:12:16]:
Yes. And then I just feel like it was the craziest. And then Michael was with us. He got super sick. And I just felt like we were barely hanging on for New Year's. So I got to New Year's and I was like, I have no brain space or honestly drive to make, like, a bunch of New Year's resolutions. And I was surrounded by other people who were like, I feel like Christy and Joey were big on, like, I want to do this. I've got my list.
Leslie Johnston [00:12:45]:
I've got all this stuff, which that was me last year. So it was funny to get to this New Year's and be like, I don't have all of my things that I want to do, like, I typically do. And at first I felt kind of bad about that. Like, oh, am I in, like, a bad spot where I'm just like, have no desire to make New Year's resolutions? But then I kind of realized, like, no, I think it's okay that some seasons are like, I'm gonna. Like, I'm still gonna live intentionally. I think that's the thing I love about New Year's resolutions is, like, I want to live in such a way that I'm like, I'm not just coasting because I think if you don't make any goals for yourself, you end up kind of sliding downwards. But I think I was like, I think it's okay to not, like, forecast the entire year exactly how I think it's going to go, because there's a chance it won't go that way. And I would rather, I guess, stretch my muscle of, like, trusting God and being like, okay, I'm gonna follow what he's like, what I feel like he's leading me to, but not necessarily make all of these forecasts for, like, everything that I'm gonna do.
Leslie Johnston [00:13:56]:
Now, I did make a couple that were like, oh, I'M gonna try to walk 10, 000 steps a day and I'm going to try to drink more water. And I started this app called like the Movement Club and I'm gonna do that every day. So I've stuck with those which have been really great. Cuz I basically just have like two resolutions. I'm like, do that workout thing every day and try to get 10,000 steps. And I'm like, you know what? That's okay with me for right now is to just like, just do that.
Morgan May Treuil [00:14:24]:
Do you feel like if. If the. You like, take comparison aside? Because I think that's part of why we feel so bad about New Year's too, is like you look around and everyone else is making these resolutions. Do you feel kind of freed up by those, like by that of approaching New Year's a little bit different of a way where you're like, I don't really. I don't have the brain space to create 35 things that I want to do. I've got the brain space to choose two. And I'm just gonna like ease into the new year with. With two things I'm thinking about.
Morgan May Treuil [00:14:53]:
Does that feel like freeing at all?
Leslie Johnston [00:14:55]:
Yes. Yeah, it feels like a little bit less is more. I feel like I did so many things this past year, like with the house stuff and with. It just felt like I had a lot of things to constantly do that to me it feels nice. Like I'm almost kind of like living in some of the things that I worked for really hard last year in a way.
Morgan May Treuil [00:15:17]:
Cool.
Leslie Johnston [00:15:17]:
So it feels a little bit like, oh, I kind of like simplifying it. Like I'm literally just going to do these two things and. And then the rest of the stuff, like obviously I'm not gonna slack on like reading my bi. I mean, I am kind of slacking on that right now, to be honest. But to me it just felt like I don't know if I want to like, set my. I just felt bad last year for all the things that I had written down that I didn't finish. And so it kind of put me in this, like, oh, no. Now I'm trying to play catch up to all of my resolutions where now I'm like, you know what? I've got a few that I want to focus on.
Leslie Johnston [00:15:55]:
And. And yeah, it does feel freeing. What do. What are yours?
Morgan May Treuil [00:16:00]:
Well, one more thing on your. On your end too, because I look at your year last year and I'm like, man, you. You did so much, like accomplished so much. You Said you were living into some of the things that you did last year. I think that's a really cool, that's, that's a really cool way of putting that because I know you, you probably mean some of the physical things too. Like a lot of the housework was done. Now you get to live with housework being done, which is huge. There's probably some spiritual components to that for you too of like some spiritual stuff that was done this past year.
Morgan May Treuil [00:16:28]:
Now you get to live into that being done.
Leslie Johnston [00:16:32]:
Oh, yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:16:32]:
And I feel like, I feel like sometimes I wonder if like the whole. Again, we're not saying that you shouldn't be goal setters or be proactive about making things happen for your year. And I think that the new year is a great time to set up. Like, hey, this is what I want to accomplish this year. But I do wonder sometimes if we go into the new year, we create these lists that maybe are not. They're not possible. Like, it's not setting ourselves up for success. And then you get halfway through the year and you're not enjoying yourself because you feel bad about what you didn't do that you said you were gonna do, but then you miss all the stuff that you did end up doing.
Morgan May Treuil [00:17:09]:
Like, a lot of what you did last year probably wasn't on your New Year's resolution list, but it was still really good stuff and you were able to like, fully enjoy it. I don't know. Like, I, I think there's probably some kind of a balance to be struck there where you're like, yeah, I want to be a goal minded person. I want to move forward, but I don't want my, my like, obsession with which whoever's listening to this, if this is you, then maybe you feel free by this. But like, I don't want my obsession with finishing these goals that I started to take away from the stuff that God does that I wasn't expecting. That's also really good stuff and forward moving stuff.
Leslie Johnston [00:17:46]:
Totally.
Morgan May Treuil [00:17:46]:
I don't know.
Leslie Johnston [00:17:47]:
No, I, I like that because I also think that when you. There might be seasons where if you feel like last, Last New Year's I was so like, I'm going to do this and this and this. And it was like I had the wind behind me of being like, these are all the things that I want to do this year. And it was a packed year and there were a lot of things that I feel like I really, in good and hard ways, like, dove into, like in a physical thing, being the house stuff that. But that took up like, I mean, it felt like another full time job for like most of the year. And it was a lot of like pushing myself and stretching and trusting God financially, like all these things, right?
Morgan May Treuil [00:18:31]:
No, it was a faith thing.
Leslie Johnston [00:18:33]:
It was a faith thing as, you know, like getting into a house and stuff. But there was that. I had started, like counseling for the first time. Like, I did therapy for about like six months. And that was like one of the best things I ever did. And I feel like there were so many things that I really pushed myself to do last year and work on for me, but I had that like, wind behind me to do it. And I feel like maybe every season kind of has like, okay, there's some seasons where you feel. And if, if this is you this year of like, oh, I have so many things that I want to do this year in so many ways that I want to work on myself or work on my relationship with God or whatever it is that it's like, yes, lean into those things.
Leslie Johnston [00:19:18]:
Like, don't feel like. Like what we're not saying is don't have New Year's resolutions and don't do whatever. It's like, no, take advantage of that, like, drive. Because then I think there will be a time where maybe after you don't have the time or the energy or the effort to do that and you're more so like living into what you've prepared for. So it's like, I'm glad I really pushed myself last year in some of those ways because I think that I'm going into this year, like, mentally healthier, like physically a little healthier. So spiritually health, like, because of the things that I really worked on last year. Not that it was a perfect year at all, but to me, I just feel like there's times when, if you are in that season of feeling like, oh, I feel so passionate about doing all the things I want to do, lean into it and do it because it's probably preparing you for a season ahead. And if you're not feeling that instead of comparing yourself to other people or feeling like, oh my gosh, I'm so uninspired, what's wrong with me? It's like maybe look back and be like, oh, am I living into some of the things that maybe God has done in the last year or two.
Morgan May Treuil [00:20:27]:
You know, that's so good. I feel like it probably isn't talked about enough how much comparison and watching other people leaks into your New Year's mindset. Cause I think a lot of us Feel pressured. Like I thought about, you know, why do I create a little year end recap post? Because everybody else is doing it. Not because I felt super passionate about it or why do I. The resolutions that I was. We went around the circle as a family and kind of talked about New Year's resolutions this year. And it's funny how nobody really had thought about it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:21:01]:
I don't know if it was just the year for it. There's been years in the past where we've all been like, I'm gonna do this, this and this. It's funny cause my brother in law, he, he did a marathon this past year where he ran 50 miles non stop. Recently.
Leslie Johnston [00:21:19]:
Ultra marathon.
Morgan May Treuil [00:21:20]:
That's crazy. It was an ultra. It was an ultra.
Leslie Johnston [00:21:21]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:21:22]:
He did it, he did it literally while we were having Waylon, he was running 50 miles and it was like the craziest thing he'd ever done. And I asked him during that, like, because he's really into fitness right now. It's a huge part of his job. And I asked him, I'm like, are you. Do you have like a goal this year for like what you want to do? And he's like, honestly, no, I have like, I think I'm exhausted. Yeah, the 50 like took it out of him. He's like, I don't really have anything. Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:21:49]:
And I think we all kind of felt, wow, I'm tired, I'm tired. And you talking about the seasons to things like obviously within the calendar year, farming as an example, you know, you've got the season where you plant and the season where you sow and you've got the season where you harvest and you reap.
Leslie Johnston [00:22:08]:
Right.
Morgan May Treuil [00:22:08]:
So it's like what you put in. Eventually there's a season where you take out and it's not the right season to plant. Again, like the season where it's time to plant is not the right season to reap. And the reason the season where you reap is not the right season to plant. You have to just take the seasons by the seasons. I think we usually think that applies to the calendar year, but maybe there's like a bigger seasonal thing where you're like some years it's about getting excited for what you want to do and what you want to build. And then some, some years, for me, this is one of those years where it's not about, it's not about building new things. Maybe it's about sustaining old things.
Morgan May Treuil [00:22:44]:
Like just Eugene Peterson has a concept called a long obedience in the same direction.
Leslie Johnston [00:22:51]:
Yes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:22:51]:
And I love the way that that's said, because it's not about flashy new fad things. Not that New Year's resolutions are always fads. Sometimes they are, but oftentimes they're not. It's about, no, I'm gonna continue to be the person that God has called me to be this year. I'm not gonna set up a bunch of new stuff. I'm just gonna continue to be obedient to what I was called to last year. And maybe that's my New Year's resolution. But I was just gonna say, like, I wonder how much comparison tends to, like, rob us of the New Year's experience, but because it could be that God has something very specific for you that involves rest or, like, easing into the New year or enjoying something that you built last year, but you're too busy watching everybody else set up new stuff that you don't realize what God's doing for you or with you in mind.
Morgan May Treuil [00:23:44]:
Like, I bet there's a lot of imposter syndrome at the New Year where you're like, I'm doing these things because everybody else says that you're supposed to, but I'm not doing them because God told me to or because I even feel passionate about this. I'm doing this because somebody else was like, this is a good idea, or, you should be doing this.
Leslie Johnston [00:24:00]:
Yes. That's how I feel about this whole, like, fad of rebranding yourself for 2026, which I think that the root, like, the heart in it is good. Like, I. I'm all for if you're in a rut or if you. You have goals for yourself, I think that that's a good thing. Like, you should be going, oh, what can I do to, like, you know, grow, and all that stuff.
Morgan May Treuil [00:24:27]:
It's.
Leslie Johnston [00:24:27]:
The heart is good. But more so. What I've been seeing, like, on Tick Tock or Instagram, is that the rebranding of yourself comes more out of, I want this entirely other person's life. Like, I want this person's body. I want this person's, like, look, I want their style. I want their life, I want their relationship, I want their marital status, I want their job that they're doing. And it's almost like they create this vision board of, like, this semi unrealistic life that is not theirs. Like, right.
Leslie Johnston [00:25:06]:
I'm seeing just people posting where it's like, I want this to be my life. And I'm like, okay. The problem is, is that, like, I mean, that goal might be okay, but and there's maybe things in there that are good to reach for, but I just. I'm seeing a lot of, like, oh, but, like, you're not bad. Like, God actually made you exactly the way that he wants you to be. And there's. There's plans and things for you to do. And if you're trying to be another person entirely, I don't think that is what God has for you.
Leslie Johnston [00:25:41]:
God's never like, hey, you're actually not good enough the way that you are, so you need to actually become, like, this other person I made. I don't think God's doing that. And so that's what I'm saying. A lot of that is actually making me sad where I'm like, dang, like, people that. And whether I know them or not know them, I'm like, man, you're so awesome. And there's, like, so many. So many gifts that you uniquely have. And even the way that you're wired and built, that's like.
Leslie Johnston [00:26:10]:
It makes me sad that you would want to be someone completely different when, like, that's not. That's first of all not possible and will leave you probably feeling a little emptier. And what really matters in life isn't always just like it. Are those things actually at the end of the year gonna actually make you happy? You know what I mean?
Morgan May Treuil [00:26:32]:
Yes. I was looking up. I was trying to figure out, like, is there actually scripture to support a reinventing of yourself? Which. The only thing that comes to mind is the scripture that says that in Christ we are new creations. So the old is gone, the new is here. And let me just pull up the reference just so I'm not speaking. Yeah. Second Corinthians 5:17.
Morgan May Treuil [00:26:54]:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old is gone, the new is here. Romans, Romans 12. 2. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you'll be able to test and approve what God's will is. His good, perfect, and pleasing will. Ephesians 2:10.
Morgan May Treuil [00:27:14]:
We are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Galatians 2:20. I've been crucified with Christ. It's no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. So I feel like the idea of, like, reinvention happens probably one time in our lives. And it's the time where we put our faith in Jesus. This is speaking to Christians.
Morgan May Treuil [00:27:37]:
So if you're not a Christian, then maybe this, this idea hasn't. Hasn't resonated with you yet. But when you put your faith in Jesus, there's this idea of like, I'm putting to death my old self, my old ways. That doesn't mean you're putting to death your personality the way that you. The way that you are. Like, there's a very clear. There's a very clear difference between, like, okay, I put my faith in Jesus. Now I'm gonna.
Morgan May Treuil [00:28:04]:
I'm gonna, like, change my entire self because I need to be a new creation in Christ. That's actually not what's being said here. Right?
Leslie Johnston [00:28:12]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:28:12]:
The new creation and the idea of putting off the old self applies to you and the patterns of sin and worldliness that you once walked in. So if you had addiction, if you had sexual promiscuity or immorality, if you were a big people pleaser or struggle with pride, it's like those kinds of sins and evil things, that's the stuff to put off and to walk away from. Like, that no longer defines you. That's no longer a part of your personhood. Now it's like, in Christ, I'm a brand new creation. And part of the new creation thing is not to put more pressure on you to be the best version of yourself. Part of the new creation, actually is to set you free, meaning you're no longer defined by the stuff that you once did. Now in Christ, your brand new creation, you have the freedom to be exactly who God's called you to be without any guilt, shame, or condemnation from the past.
Morgan May Treuil [00:29:03]:
So I think a lot of people look at those verses and they're like, man, I feel pressure to be a new person. That's actually not that. It's more so freedom that you get to be a new person even with all the stuff that you did in hindsight. Because again, God doesn't just forgive your sin, he forgets your sin. So that's the time in a believer's life when there's like the new creation reinvention part, but then everything else. Like, I was looking at that first verse we talked about in Romans 2:12, 2, do not conform to this pat to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. So there's salvation and there's sanctification. Yeah, sorry for the theology lessons.
Morgan May Treuil [00:29:43]:
This helps me out a little bit. Salvation is like, okay, so, so sorry again. One more thing. Like, okay, in Exodus, the. The Israelites, they're coming out of Egypt and God's leading them into the promised land. The moment of the Israelites coming out of slavery in Egypt and then into the wilderness, that's an instantaneous thing. They went from slaves to free in one moment through the Red Sea. Then it takes them so much time to get to the promised land.
Morgan May Treuil [00:30:09]:
If we would compare the promised land to heaven, then you're saying basically, like, there's a wilderness journey where I'm saved, I'm free, but I'm becoming the person that God wants me to be. I'm getting to the promised land, but I'm not there yet. So I live under the status of someone who's free, but I'm not completely who I want to be yet. So the idea here is sanctification is different than salvation. Sanctification is I'm growing every day into the likeness of God. I'm growing every day into the person that God wants me to be. But that doesn't mean that you, like, completely forget who you are, because it says in Scripture that you were God's handiwork. It says in Scripture that he formed you in your mother's womb.
Morgan May Treuil [00:30:46]:
He knitted you together like your hairs are numbered. The way that you act and live non believers, you look at them and you see beautiful characteristics of how they were made. And you're like, oh, God made that in you. If you would just use that for the kingdom, you'd be set. You know? So it's like, yeah, I think the whole idea of, like, I'm recreating myself, I'm doing something brand new. Not only does that not really work, because you can't just, like, change who you are. I don't actually know if that's what God's after in us, is for us to fully reinvent and change everything about who we are. I think what God's after is that we would take who we are and obey that to Christ and then grow into the likeness of him more and more every single year.
Morgan May Treuil [00:31:30]:
Which is why New Year's resolutions are great things, because you can set them up to help you grow into the likeness of. Of Christ. But a full reinvention of yourself, where you're doing things that aren't you, you're taking on gifts that aren't yours, that belong to somebody else. That's like, I'm rejecting who God's made me to be, and I'm claiming my own new destiny.
Leslie Johnston [00:31:51]:
Yes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:31:51]:
Which is not Going to be fulfilling for you. It's also not the best use of who you were created to be. So I feel like, yeah, I don't know.
Leslie Johnston [00:31:59]:
No, that's so good, Morgan. That's really, really good. And I feel like it made me think I was like, this sounds so dumb, but it's like, imagine how much better everybody would be, how much better I would be if my New Year's resolutions were less about, oh, I want, like, this for my life, or I want to look like this or whatever. And it's more like, okay, what am I throwing off? Like, yeah, what are. What are, like, the sins that I struggle with that I should be getting rid of and going into the new year that way. Because you're like, oh, oh, that would be great, like, if everybody in the world just went, I'm gonna stop doing these things that are actually hurting me or hurting somebody else, and I'm gonna stop doing those. And let's live into that. Because it's like, I don't think God is going, oh, I mean, I.
Leslie Johnston [00:32:49]:
I think it's great. To me, health goals are awesome. Those are my goals this year. It's like, walk more, work out more, whatever. Because I do think that, like, my end game is, oh, I want to be, like, the best, like, health mentally and physically in a good way. Because I think we can. You know, it's not good.
Morgan May Treuil [00:33:08]:
And health goals can be spiritual.
Leslie Johnston [00:33:09]:
Yes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:33:10]:
Goals, too, because you're. You're called to take care of your vessel, too. Like, the health goals are not shallow goals. No. For anybody who's, like, stressed about that.
Leslie Johnston [00:33:18]:
Not at all. But I do think that it's like, oh, but am I thinking of any, like, what am I throwing off this year that, like, I should be throwing off? Where it's like, throw off the sin that so easily entangles like, that verse. And it's like, and then run your race instead of going, oh, I just want to, like, be this influencer that I know. Like, I want to be more like her. I want to change my personality or I want to look more this way. I just, like, think that we've got it wrong. And I bet the enemy is like, this is perfect. Like, I'm going to make them feel like they're not good enough, that God didn't actually make them this way or to have this personality to look this way.
Leslie Johnston [00:33:57]:
But it's like, all of it is so intentional that it's like, if we could lean into. Okay, what are my. What are the gifts that God has given Me. What are the ways that I feel like he's pushing me forward into certain areas and let me just, like, walk into that confidently instead of having a bunch of photos of what I think that I want to be. Because at the end of the day, the most fulfilling thing that I've experienced in life is when I actually walk into something that I feel like God is leading me into and that God has designed me for, because that is the best feeling. Like, and that doesn't have to be something that everybody else likes or everybody else is doing. And maybe that's not being known on Instagram or TikTok or it's not being, like, on a platform, because the things that other people are doing that God has given them to do, and they're crushing it, and they love it. If you.
Leslie Johnston [00:34:51]:
If. If you just want. We talked about this with Christy on an episode a couple weeks ago, but it's like trying to be somebody else and what they're doing is not going to be fulfilling at the end of the day. Like, somebody else.
Morgan May Treuil [00:35:04]:
You don't have the thing that makes that fulfilling.
Leslie Johnston [00:35:07]:
Yes. And you have things, then that are being pushed to the wayside that are the things that are fulfilling for you that would actually bring you so much more joy than pretending to be something else or somebody else. And it's like, no, God actually has things for you that are going to be so fulfilling for you. And almost like a taste of heaven down here that's like. But you don't want to miss it. And I think we can miss it if we want to be somebody else. Like, what's that verse about? Like, comparison is the stealer of joy or something like, that sounds like.
Morgan May Treuil [00:35:43]:
That's it. Comparison thief verse. This is my expert.
Leslie Johnston [00:35:49]:
Thank you, Chachi.
Morgan May Treuil [00:35:50]:
My 15 verses on avoiding. I love that. I love that tool. It's like, hey, can you pull up? It's like 15 verses about comparison.
Leslie Johnston [00:36:01]:
I think it's.
Morgan May Treuil [00:36:02]:
I don't know where it is.
Leslie Johnston [00:36:03]:
Yeah, it's something is like the stick. The. The thief of someone in the podcast is screaming at us. The verse, they're like, it's the something.
Morgan May Treuil [00:36:10]:
It's this, you illiterate idiots. I can't find it. But, yes, I know. I know what you're talking about.
Leslie Johnston [00:36:19]:
Yes. But.
Morgan May Treuil [00:36:21]:
So, yeah, I feel like what you're talking about is kind of blowing my mind a little bit. The idea of getting to the end of a year and the beginning of a new one and looking at it less about what are all the things I'm going to add and more about what are the things that I'm going to leave. And while that might sound less exciting, because adding stuff is the exciting part about the new year, I don't think that subtracting means that you can't also add, you know, like, if maybe in the year, what you're going to leave behind is gossip or what you're going to leave behind is, you know, a casual relationship with your bible or whatever. Those things are all subtractions also equal additions when it comes to God. Right. Like, we always talk about, like, the defeating of the idols. And it's like, you don't defeat an idol by just dethroning the idol and nothing takes its place. You have to dethrone the idol and you have to replace it with something else or else it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:37:23]:
This is so fascinating, by the way. And I. This is so off topic, but I was so. This is so crazy to me. I was listening to a podcast that Janette McCurdy was on. Do you know who Jeanette McCurdy is? Did you ever watch iCarly?
Leslie Johnston [00:37:39]:
Oh, yeah, a little bit.
Morgan May Treuil [00:37:41]:
She's the really curly headed girl, Sam. Like, the. The. Anyways, and she has a book that came out called I'm Glad my mom died. But she had, like, a really abusive relationship with her mom. So it's kind of like a memoir.
Leslie Johnston [00:37:54]:
Okay.
Morgan May Treuil [00:37:55]:
And her mom led her into an eating disorder and, like, used her fame and all this kind of stuff. It's a really sad story, but she was talking about her journey with counseling. And I think the person interviewing her was asking her, what was the hardest part of your counseling journey when it came to your eating disorder? And she said, the hardest part of my counseling journey was that my counselor led me through this exercise of asking me, I want you to tell me the good thing that your eating disorder is giving you. But, like, he wasn't asking it in a way of, like, see, there's nothing good. Like, he wanted her to point out, like, what's one good thing this is giving you and find it. And she was like, I don't wanna find a good thing that my eating disorder. Like, I'm here to defeat the eating disorder. Like, I'm not here to give it, you know, give it praise or accolades.
Morgan May Treuil [00:38:44]:
And he's like, no, no, you have to understand, like, unless you find the good thing that this eating disorder is giving you, you will never be able to replace it with something else that will give you that good thing.
Leslie Johnston [00:38:56]:
Interesting.
Morgan May Treuil [00:38:56]:
And I was like, whoa, that's a crazy way of Looking at things. And obviously I don't think she's. She's not a Christian and she's not talking about this with the kingdom of God perspective. Yeah, but it is really similar how, like, when you throw off something, you often expect to, like, have success by just throwing it off, but actually there's something that you're getting from that thing that you're throwing off. You need to figure out what the thing is that you're getting so you can figure out what is the new healthy, God honoring thing that can give, that can feed that same thing. Right. So if, like, if. If the, you know, if the addiction that you left in 2025 was giving you a sense of, like, calm or peace to cope with anxiety, it's like recognizing that your addiction was giving you peace to get through anxiety means that now you know what you're looking for.
Morgan May Treuil [00:39:45]:
Now you know how to find it in something that's not gonna harm you. Anyway, off topic, but I thought it was so interesting. I was like, wow, that. That's like a really cool counseling tool.
Leslie Johnston [00:39:54]:
That's so funny. I was on TikTok last night and this girl that I. Or this girl I follow had popped up and she was talking about how she was in, like, not a great relationship. Like, I don't know, this was a long time a while ago. And she said she was talking to her counselor and she was like, yeah, I'm in this relationship. He's like, it wasn't a great relationship, but she kind of like, couldn't get out kind of thing. But she found herself towards the end of that relationship. She was like, I kept, like, being attracted to other guys and being like, oh, shoot, I feel so bad though.
Leslie Johnston [00:40:27]:
Even though my relationship isn't great, I find myself being attracted to these other guys and. And she's like, I just would feel so bad. And then she's like, my counselor. Instead of being like, you just need to not think about this or whatever, he was like, okay, write down. Or she. I don't know who the counselor was, but she's like, okay, write down everything that this other person or these other people. I think it was like multiple people. I think it was probably like crushes or something.
Leslie Johnston [00:40:53]:
She's like, write down everything that they have that's like, drawing you towards them. And so she's like, I came to the realization, like, my relationship was not good, but, like, I didn't. She couldn't get out or she didn't want to leave. But she's like, instead of going, oh, my Gosh, I feel so bad about this. I'm just not going to think about it. It was like, oh, write down the list of all those things that those other people have. And then she's like. Her point was.
Leslie Johnston [00:41:19]:
She's like, it's funny because that doing that led me to my husband. Because she's like, I. She's like, I. I got married like, six months ago, and I. Someone like a co worker of mine had sent me, like, hey, you left this backpack at work, like, a long time ago. She had just moved across the country. So she sent it and it had that notebook and it had. She opened it up and all the list of everything was what her husband is.
Leslie Johnston [00:41:45]:
And she's like, it's just like an interesting thing where sometimes, like, if you feel like. Whether it's an addiction, whether it's like something that you're right, you feel guilty about or things like that, it's like, okay, is there, like, intentional things in that that you can find.
Morgan May Treuil [00:42:03]:
Yeah.
Leslie Johnston [00:42:03]:
To go. Oh, God might even be. Not that God is pushing those things or wanting you to, like, go down that road, but it's like, what are. What are the. What are the ways you can find God in that or find things that you want in that? I saw those. I've never heard that before. I was like, that is crazy.
Morgan May Treuil [00:42:20]:
That's so. That's so interesting. It makes me feel like we have a thing about not wanting to dig into the bad or to the. To the stuff that we should leave behind. Because for her, it's like, I don't want to explore my, like, my propensity towards liking other people because I feel bad about that or like, you know, I think we get to the end of a year and we. We sit around mostly looking forward to what we're going to start doing rather than reflecting on what we should stop doing. Because that doesn't feel as fun or like, as. That makes us feel guilty, that makes us feel shame, that makes us feel whatever.
Morgan May Treuil [00:42:53]:
But, like, what we're talking about, I think is a really cool way to look at the new year. Because, yes, it is maybe a little bit, like, less exciting to add a bunch of stuff. And it's probably, you know, a little bit more serious to take some stuff away. But that's the kind of reflection that we should be doing, right? Evaluating who we currently are and what has to go. You also can't add things effectively if you've got stuff already in your toolbox that's, like, not working. So you have to get rid of the stuff that's not working in order to add the stuff that will work in the future. But I also just think that there's something really freeing about that too. Of, like, I'm not going to put a bunch of new expectations on myself.
Morgan May Treuil [00:43:34]:
Of, like, what I'm gonna do this year. If. If your motivation is driven by success and achievement and, like, wanting to measure up or measure up to somebody. Measuring up always involves you setting yourself up against the standard that somebody else is setting. So that's never going to provide, like, ultimate fulfillment. What if instead you sat around your fire pit at the end of the year and you talked about, okay, like, what didn't work last year? Now this is the stuff that I'm going to leave now with that stuff being left, what is God calling me to add back? Not set up against the standard of somebody else, but instead set up against the standard of, like, who has God called me to be? And what are some things that I can leave and then add? To walk with God, to keep in step with the spirit. Cause that's the whole goal. And that doesn't mean that all of your resolutions or all of your, you know, what you're leaving, what you're keeping, what you're adding.
Morgan May Treuil [00:44:33]:
That doesn't mean that all of that has to be hyper spiritual, because everything is spiritual in the kingdom of God. So your health goals, your wellness goals, your mental goals. Stephanie Cain, who is in the podcast, says that we are biopsychosocial spiritual creatures, which means that everything that you are is one thing, which means there's not a spiritual side of you and then a logical side of you or a social side of you. It's like, no, it's all together.
Leslie Johnston [00:44:59]:
Yes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:45:01]:
We were joking about Benji's alter ego at night. Like, he has an alter ego that comes out when he hasn't gotten enough sleep. And I'm like, no, there's no alter egos. Who you are at night is who you are connected.
Leslie Johnston [00:45:12]:
Yes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:45:13]:
Yes.
Leslie Johnston [00:45:13]:
That's why I think it is good to have goals where you're like, you dabble in a little bit of each spot because they all connect together. You can't have a horrible physical life of, like, oh, I don't take care of my body at all. I don't, you know, drink water. I don't do these things and expect to be, like, mentally strong. And then if you're not mentally strong, can, like, being spiritually strong is more difficult. So it all just goes together. But yeah, I, I like, to me, I feel a Little bit like, oh, wow. I feel inspired by this podcast to like lean in to those things that are hard.
Leslie Johnston [00:45:49]:
Like in the new year, I think we want to be like, I feel so positive about everything, but it's like, are there things that God is trying to reveal to you to actually help you have a better new year than just trying to be somebody else? But no, like lean into the things that maybe you're trying to push off or that feel hard because you might find God really teaching you something in that and actually bringing you to a spot of better, like health at the end of it. So yeah, that's really.
Morgan May Treuil [00:46:20]:
I'll give a practical. I know we probably have to bounce off soon, but one practical example. Maybe this is helpful for people because it's a little different. But I started the new year in kind of a different way because I'm more secluded with maternity leave and we're doing maternity leave in Texas. So it's, it's me, Benji, my parents. So there's not a lot of like, you know, looking and then, and then my, my relationship with social media has felt kind of limited because I just feel like I have less time to scroll. So I don't feel like I've been watching people as much this new year, which has been kind of freeing. And I'm glad that I haven't because with like the birth happening at the end of last year, I just feel like my goals have to be really different from other people's when it comes to like health and like bounce back culture, which is a big thing post birth.
Morgan May Treuil [00:47:09]:
Which is, you know, is funny cause you don't really ever bounce back. You have to kind of grow forward with what you now have. Like it's all gonna be new. So you know, my abs are never gonna be the same as they were before a C section. And that's just a grow through. It's not a bounce back, it's a yeah. So I've been really thankful to be kind of isolated because I think that goals are going to look really differently for me in the new year. But I also haven't had a lot of people to like measure them up against or compare them.
Morgan May Treuil [00:47:40]:
And one goal, it's funny, like we're in January and I've been, I haven't adjusted like diet stuff at all. Like I haven't done the whole like 75 hard. I'm eating clean, I mean, which is usually something I would try to do. I try, try to go grain free, dairy free, sugar free, whatever. And this year I haven't done that. And the reason is because in pregnancy, I was really sick for the first trimester, and then for my second and third trimesters, I think I was. I think I was anxious in ways that are different than how I'm usually anxious. So, like, I wasn't panicky, which is a huge blessing, but my relationship with food changed a little bit, and I was, like, less hungry and was able to eat less than I usually was.
Morgan May Treuil [00:48:22]:
And it wasn't like a weird thing of, like, I'm trying to eat less, it was more. So, like, I think that's just how my anxiety manifested is. Like, I. I just was. I was less hungry, felt hungry, didn't have an appetite. So when I would eat, it was like, the. The victory is just eating enough of whatever it was that I was eating. Postpartum, I felt the same way.
Morgan May Treuil [00:48:43]:
So, like, I haven't really been hungry. So since I've had Waylon, and, like, I haven't felt hunger. And anybody who's in the medical profession is probably trying to diagnose me. Just know, don't message me. Any of your diagnosis, cannot handle it. Yes, but I haven't really felt hunger at all since I've had Waylon. But the amount of, like, calories that breastfeeding takes and like, those kinds of things, it's like the wellness goal that I've set for myself is you have to just. You have to just eat.
Morgan May Treuil [00:49:16]:
Like, you have to eat enough to continue making food for somebody else and to continue to support your recovery.
Leslie Johnston [00:49:23]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:49:23]:
But the headspace that I'm in is like, I can't really afford to be like, okay, this is a balanced meal with veggies and, you know, protein and all this stuff. For me, the victory has been like, eat. Yeah, so like, I'm eating pasta. I'm eating. I made blondies last night at 9 o' clock at night, which is not like a healthy New Year's choice, but I ate one. And that is like. So the goal for me right now is I'm just, like, trying to, like, fuel my body. Not necessarily with the right stuff, but just with stuff.
Leslie Johnston [00:49:52]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:49:53]:
And so it's just kind of a reminder of, you know, if you really get you and God in a room together and there's nobody else there, and there's no comparison via social media. There's no watching everybody else's mood boards or, like, vision boards that they're making for the new year. You might find that your goals look really uncomfortably different from other people's. But if they're you and God goals. That's okay. And that's the goal. And that's what leads to actual, like, recovery and wellness and growth in the new year. And so, yeah, just saying that to free up some people of, like, it doesn't have to be the thing that everybody else is doing.
Morgan May Treuil [00:50:30]:
It doesn't have to be 75 hard. It doesn't have to be no grains, no sugar. It doesn't have to be. I am, you know, reading my Bible, like, ten chapters a day. It can be whatever you and God have decided.
Leslie Johnston [00:50:42]:
Yes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:50:42]:
But it does require for you to get alone with God outside of, like, the view of other people.
Leslie Johnston [00:50:48]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:50:48]:
And decide what that looks like.
Leslie Johnston [00:50:50]:
Yes.
Morgan May Treuil [00:50:50]:
Which can be hard at the new year.
Leslie Johnston [00:50:52]:
I love that. I love it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:50:54]:
Yeah.
Leslie Johnston [00:50:54]:
It's like everyone's in a different spot, but so it's like we can't diagnose everybody's New Year's resolutions and what they should be, because that really is kind of between you and God. And I think, yeah, if you get that time, I think he'll reveal some of that to you. And if it doesn't always make sense, then you go, you know what? I'm gonna trust that this actually, for God knows the reasons why these are the goals and what he can see, what's gonna be your whole entire year. So if you trust him more than just looking side to side, it's so much more helpful.
Morgan May Treuil [00:51:25]:
So it kind of makes me. This is probably a hot take. And this will offend some people who do this. And I don't mean this offensively. Cause I'm. I've done this, and it's not. I. I think if you're doing this in the right way, then great.
Morgan May Treuil [00:51:35]:
But it kind of makes me feel like we should all stop doing the whole vision board thing where, like, you get with some magazines and you, like, cut out what you want your year to look like. A, because you can't always control what your year looks like. Like, you can't manifest things.
Leslie Johnston [00:51:48]:
Yeah.
Morgan May Treuil [00:51:50]:
But then B, it's like all of those goals involve you looking at pictures of other people or other things. And then so it's like, I don't know what the alternative is. Like, the Christian alternative is, but it's like, I feel like we should probably be more in our Bibles to develop whatever our vision board is for 2026 versus going to, like, online or, you know, all the cutouts and stuff.
Leslie Johnston [00:52:13]:
Because most of it is just physical appearance or. I mean, most of what I've seen is like, okay, so you want to have a toned body, you're tan all year long, and you're on a boat in Mexico. That's the vision.
Morgan May Treuil [00:52:29]:
That's a good vision.
Leslie Johnston [00:52:30]:
I don't know if that's God's. I mean, I would love that vision for my life. But don't get me wrong, I would take it.
Morgan May Treuil [00:52:36]:
I love that.
Leslie Johnston [00:52:37]:
But it's not necessarily going to be the most fulfilling and realistic, I think.
Morgan May Treuil [00:52:42]:
I think the thing that we're settling on is just like, it's going to be in your best interest to get alone with God and to decide what is God saying for you and you like, you alone this year, not everybody else. And. Yeah, I don't know. I. I think that's awesome.
Leslie Johnston [00:52:59]:
I love that.
Morgan May Treuil [00:52:59]:
I feel inspired.
Leslie Johnston [00:53:01]:
Me, too. I feel inspired and a little less, like, stressed out about the lack of New Year's resolutions, which is great.
Morgan May Treuil [00:53:08]:
Your iPhone Note does not have to have 35.
Leslie Johnston [00:53:11]:
No, not this year.
Morgan May Treuil [00:53:12]:
Resolutions.
Leslie Johnston [00:53:12]:
I better. I gotta unpin that 20, 23.
Morgan May Treuil [00:53:15]:
You gotta unpin that, pin the new one with two, and then get to next year and be like, man, I crushed last year.
Leslie Johnston [00:53:21]:
Freaking crushed this.
Morgan May Treuil [00:53:22]:
I love it.
Leslie Johnston [00:53:23]:
Oh, well, I miss you, Morgan.
Morgan May Treuil [00:53:25]:
I know, but it's. It's crazy how it's flying. We'll be. We'll be back relatively soon, actually.
Leslie Johnston [00:53:30]:
I know. That's crazy. I was talking to my mom the other day. It was right after I got off the phone with you. And I was like, isn't it funny how someone can be in a different place? And then it's like, you miss them. You're like, oh, my gosh. I feel like I haven't seen them in forever. But it's like one phone call, and it's like, oh, I feel like I just hung out with you.
Leslie Johnston [00:53:47]:
And it's like, we're back.
Morgan May Treuil [00:53:49]:
FaceTime and phone calls and all of the modern stuff. It's like, it makes. Especially with family living away, too. It just makes you so connected. I love it.
Leslie Johnston [00:53:58]:
Yep. Well, love you guys. Happy New Year, and we'll see you next week.
Morgan May Treuil [00:54:03]:
H and Y. H and Y. H.
Leslie Johnston [00:54:05]:
And have a happy New Year. Have a great summer.
Morgan May Treuil [00:54:09]:
Bye. Bye.