National Quitters Day & Trading TikTok for Talents

Hi friends,
It's Tanya and Jen, and we had so much fun recording this first episode of 2026 with you.

This one started the way most of our best conversations do over chips and salsa… and somehow turned into a full-blown heart-to-heart about quitting, trying again, common sense, and how we're all accidentally wasting our talents on our phones.

We talk about National Quitters Day (the second Friday in January — yes, we Googled it 😂) and why so many of us give up on our goals so quickly. Not because we're lazy… but because we set the bar so high and rely on motivation instead of grace.

In this episode, we laugh, ramble, and tell the truth about:

• Why motivation never stays

• How "all-or-nothing" thinking makes us quit

• The Trim Healthy Mama rule that changed how we see mistakes (you get a reset in three hours!)

• Why tiny choices beat big, dramatic overhauls

• Learning to cook ten meals instead of becoming a gourmet overnight

• Reading more books and scrolling less

• And giving ourselves permission to start again tomorrow

We also went full-soapbox about society in 2026 — because apparently we had some feelings 😅 — including:

• Traffic etiquette (LET ONE CAR IN, PEOPLE)

• Chick-fil-A drive-thru behavior

• Airport pajamas, bare feet, and barbecue on planes

• Bathroom manners (yes, we said boob-water)

• And why using a turn signal is not optional

And then we got serious in the best way:
We talked about trading TikTok for our talents — playing piano, cooking, reading, learning, creating, living — instead of scrolling away our lives.

Jen shared her goal to read more in 2026 after going from 50 books to 12, and Tanya committed (on record!) to learning how to cook real meals instead of surviving on crockpot chaos and restaurant food.

We ended with a simple invitation:
What's one thing you could quit this year?
And what's one thing you should make more room for?

You don't have to be perfect.
You don't have to do it every day.
You just have to keep coming back.

Thank you for being here with us, laughing with us, growing with us, and doing life alongside us. We love you so much, and we can't wait to see what 2026 holds for all of us. 💛

Tanya & Jen