STARTING MY FIGURE SKATING CAREER

In tonight’s episode of “Crystal’s Nightcap” should a 10-year-old have an iPhone?, I’m in a beef with my Endoscopy bill, I’m going to be a pro Olympic figure skater, and MORE!

Episode Transcript

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Hello to you, but a fullthroat throttler. It's a Crystal Drosaz back
with another episode of a Crystal's Nightcaptonight. Is it too young for a
ten year old to have an iPhone? I'm having beef with my endosco by
Bill. Plus, I'm gonna bean Olympic pro figure skater, Get Usa.
My name is Crystal role Sas.I'm a twenty something Latina who just

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moved from California to the Big appHappy Sorry that was my cat frappuccino.
They're still getting used to the citylife. Anyways. Where was I am?
Oh yeah, I take over afternoonradio every day on the world famous
Z one hundred. But when nightfalls, I'm looking for all the cloud
I can get and casually searching thesestreets for my prince Charming. Come on

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this sexy single journey where we'll goon a date with a new guy from
the Apps every week, host redcarpets and interviews, and weasel our way
into the secret society of New York'stop social life. Oh yeah, and
someone's always watching. That's my overprotectivemom. This is Carrystal's Nightcap, the
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S T A l R O sAS And now we're going to get into
It's Crystal's Nightcap. Sit back,relax, It's Crystal's Nightcap. How are
you feeling? Though? I amat like seven and a half because I

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feel like when I got back homeafter the holidays, I was just so
tired and exhausted. Recording last weekwas a little tough for me, But
also I was really happy because Ihad so much to catch up with you
about. But I was really tired. I mean, the time changes from
California to New York they do getto me. Like I be falling asleep
at three in the morning here inNew York because I'm used to falling asleep

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around eleven or midnight when I'm homefor like a week at a time.
And then having my family here inNew York City for the holidays, and
then taking care of my boyfriend Zaddiebecause he broke his dang foot. He
broke his toe and he gashed hisleg open with fifteen stitshes. That was
really draining on me because emotionally,I just want to make sure he was

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good, and then physically I waslike the man of the house. So
it was a lot of things.But I'm feeling a lot better. It
was kind of hard for me thepast few weeks when I got back from
the Bay to get out of bed. I think we all go through those
ups and downs. I don't knowabout you, but I was just unmotivated
to get out of bed, LikeI was just dreading getting out to go

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to work or to do anything.But I relaxed a lot this weekend.
I was able to do some thingsthat really made my mind go to ease.
And I'm feeling so much better.And also, like getting up,
I listen to a quick prayer onthis app called Our Daily Bread, so
it really gets me in a goodspirit in the morning now, and then

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I just start my routine and getgoing. And then I'm at work,
and again when I get to work, I need an extra prayer, so
I do that calendar one I'm gonnashare with you at the end, so
that definitely helps me. And thenalso seasonal depression is upon us, the
coldness, the wind of it all. If you don't have your booth than
or a booth inank to snuggle up, cuddle up with, it's hard on
these streets. But as of theweekend and this week, I've been feeling

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a lot better. So that's kindof where I'm at. I'm super happy
to be with you though, like, thank you so much for hanging out
with me and being here for anotherone. We got things to take care
of number one. Let's talk abouthow the little Duck. My nephew,
Alex he at ten years old,has an iPhone which is Craig Crayfish filet

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now my brother he gifted the LittleDuck his busted, crusted iPhone twelve Mini,
but it wasn't connected to service,so he couldn't like, he didn't
have IM I said, you couldn'ttext us. All he could really do
was watch YouTube on that thing,right mind you, His YouTube is connected
to my account, so I canalways see the history of what he's watching.

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That's how he kind of monitor whathe's watching and all that. But
over the weekend, his mom tookhim to the store because he got like
this little smart watch for Christmas.Took him to the cellular store to get
service on it, and she wasalso able to connect the iPhone with service
as well. And I'm sitting athome over the weekend, I'm getting like

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three FaceTime calls from an unknown numberand then two regular calls from the unknown
number. All it says is OaklandPD. I'm like, why are the
Oakland cops coming for me? Ihaven't done crimes in Oakland or in the
Bay In a very, very longtime, which they could find out about
or know of, but not forreal. I'm like, who the heck
is calling me? And eventually Ipick up on the seventh ring and I'll

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just hear ducky and I'm like noway, and he's like yes. So
I'm like, did you hear hiscell phone? And he's like, yup,
and he immediately facetimes me and heface times me with his cute,
old, beautiful, chubby little faceand he's like, I have an iPhone.
My iPhone works now. I'm like, no way, this is crazy.
He goes save my number, savemy number, and I ask,

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what's your number? And he literallyremembered his number already. He's so smart,
you know. He was like literallythree years old remembering my mom and
dad's cell phone number when he wasthree. He's so smart and he was
able to call people from phones alreadyat three years old. But now at
ten, he has his own cellphone, which is crazy because I didn't
get a cell phone until I wasin high school. I don't know about
you and your situation, but it'sjust different for us. Back in the

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day. He doesn't really need acell phone because he's always with one of
us, not me anymore, buthe's always with someone in my family.
But he just really wanted one becauseof his new little watch smart watch that
he got for Christmas. So henow has a cell phone and it's just
so crazy. The thing is whenhe would be at my owool at those
house with Apatomah, he would alwaysuse a ba's phone and text us from

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it, which was really fun.It's really funny seeing him and his voice
come alive and text. But nowhe was just texting me, and honestly,
it is so fun and he's textingme. He was texting me all
weekend and just to hear hearing histext voice, like the voice that he
has now through texting is just sofunny. He's texting me high ducky exclamation

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exclamation point. And yesterday morning onMonday, I texted him, I hope
you're having the best day ever atschool. I love you so much,
duckie. And then at one pmhe text me back. He goes,
I don't have school today. It'sMartha lu Her king And I say,
oh, dang, so are youjust relaxing? He's like, yes,
sir, and then he goes,are you at work already and I say
yes, And then I ask himto tell my mom to not forget about

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a little man v although I needher to do a little errand I need
her to run. And he's like, oh yeah, she said to text
her the return coade. So he'sjust like now our little liaison. And
he's like, okay, well,i'll talk to you later. I'm like,
well, we do you want meto send you a prayer? And
I send you. I send hima prayer and he goes, thank you,
I love you, Ducky. Andit's just so crazy that he has
a phone. I cannot. Iam out here conversing with my ten year

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old Sobrino, It's just crazy.So congress to him and his new phone.
My mother is livid. My mom, his grandma is super furious that
he has a phone. My brotherJunior, he's indifferent, like for the
most part, he trusts the littleduck Alex. He's a really smart kid.

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He's not overly grown. He doesn'twatch bad things that I can.
I'm monitor on YouTube and he onlywatches YouTube. He's still watching like Mister
Beast and Ninja Kids and stuff likethat. So he's still very his age
for the things that he watches,but it is really scary giving a child

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access to the internet. So ourfamily was having a quote family meeting on
Saturday night about this when everyone wasat my awa Etho's house and I was
on FaceTime with them. My momjust says that he's too young to have
a phone. He shouldn't be onany of the apps. And it's true,
we don't have I'm connected to Instagramor TikTok or Twitter, which is
good. I have access to hisYouTube, and like I said, so

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when he was defending himself about this, he's just like Grandma, I don't
look at anything bad. I'm notgonna look at anything bad. I know
already, and you guys have mypasswords so you can always check my phone.
I'm just kind of nervous too,because he's gonna get to the age
where he's gonna want to talk tohis friends on Snapchat and his other little
friends have phones and want to beon Snapchat, and he's gonna have fomo.

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When I was thirteen, I didn'thave a phone with internet, but
everybody was on MySpace. I know, I'm a dinosaur. It is what
it is, Okay, I'm agingwith grace. But yeah, when I
was thirteen, I was not allowedto be on internet like that. My
mom was super scared about the internetfor us. But I secretly had a
MySpace. But I wasn't doing nothingbad or crazy on it. I wasn't

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really I guess I kind of wason chat relet talking to stranger and when
my cousins over, I don't rememberus seeing anything bad. Oh we Oh
my god. I do remember whenmy premus and I were little and we
would have sleepovers, we would beon the phone like those those dating calls.
We would be talking to grown men. Oh my god, now even

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more afraid. But I think,like, do little boys do that?
I don't think little boys do that. I don't know, girl, I'm
not a little boy, so Idon't know. My brother, he was
also very innocent when we were young. He wasn't really even on the Internet
like that. He was playing Zeldaand Super Mario bros So and Double seven.

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So I don't know. Junior wasnot about social media. My brother
Junior wasn't about it. My littlebrother is Steven. He never had a
phone. He didn't have an iPhoneuntil later in high school. He was
on snapchat, but he's still veryinnocent. I don't even think he talks
to girls like that or has crutches, even though he's twenty three. Ready,

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we just have to make sure thatwe are on him and know what's
up. And I'm gonna be watchingour YouTube history every single day to make
sure that he's on it, andI know how my mom is. The
thing about my mom, though,is that she is the first to take
a cell phone away, and that'swhat my THEO was telling him. He
was like, Oh, now thatyou have a phone, Grandma's going to
be taking it away from you allthe time. You better make sure that

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you listen to her because now isone more thing for her to hold over
your head, which is totally true. At the end of the day,
Alex is the best ten year oldin the planet. You only need to
tell him to do something once.He's very organized, he's very clean,
he's very understanding. He does nottalk back like he is an angel son
from heaven. I don't know howwe got so lucky with that little kid.
He has the biggest heart too,and it's just so sweet. He

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had his little rough age when hewas seven, eight and nine, but
now since he's turned ten, he'sgone a lot better. He is not
needy, doesn't ask for much.He is a very chill little kid.
So we're blessed with him. Butyeah, that conversation of kids and having
phones, that is a tough one. Do you have kids and when did

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they get cell phones? When didyou get a cell phone? I wasn't
even doing nothing bad with the cellphone in high school, though I got
an iPhone in my senior year,and I wasn't the one. I was
just so afraid to my mother thatI was never sending bad stuff on my
phones. So just talk to yourkids about it. Talk about how there
are groom people out here doing badstuff and you don't want them talking to

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strangers on the phones, and thateverything they see and put on the internet
is there forever, and that anythingthey send or receive we will be checking
on and we will be watching.So kind of tough, a very tough
one. At the end of theday, I'm so happy that he has
a phone because it's just really hardfor me to be away from the duck,
and now that I have access tohim on our own, it makes

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me feel so much better. Justtalk to him. I really just want
to be texting that little boy allday and every day. It just makes
me so happy. So that's asituation going on with my fan fan.
Also, adulting be crazy. Notonly are you having conversations about whether your
nephews or kids should be having cellphones, you are getting crazy medical bills.
Now, let's rewind to May oftwenty twenty three. I was complaining

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to you about heartburn and how Ihave the craziest heartburn ever, and how
I just literally could not eat anythingcoffee, I couldn't eat liter anything.
It would remember I would come inhungover as heck from the night before,
and I was just saying how myesophagus is on fire. And then close
friends and family, Jody, Iknow you're listening. I love you,

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Jody. You were also like,you need to go get checked by a
gastrop Guestro. You need to goto the gastroin because you told me to
go. Look, because that's justnot normal for me to have so much
heartburn, even just from drinking coffee. So I went, and he suggested

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that I get an endoscopy where theyshove a camera down my esophagus to see
how my esophagus is and the liningof my stomach is. So I have
health insurance here with iHeart, thinkthe Lord, Thank goodness, I was
able to do all that bada beingboughta boom. This week, I check

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my mailbox for the first time probablyin four months, and I get a
bill from the endoscopy doctor that didit for me. And this bill is
six hundred dollars and I'm just like, six hundred dollars, Like I thought
my insurance covered a lot of this. I remember paying about an nhsy geologist,

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you know, mean words. Iremember paying like the deposit, which
was like one hundred and something dollars, Like what is this hundred? This
six hundred dollars for? Right?Like I mean, I know, put
a camera down my throat, butit was an open heart surgery. I
didn't need stitches. What's going on? So then I see the little tiny
teeny red phone number at the bottomthat says, if you have any questions

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about your bill, contact us herecontact billing. So I call billing and
it says a guy, this man, And I'm like, Hi, I
just kind of want to go overmy bill. I just want to make
sure that everything is fine, andhe goes, yeah, So the original
bill was five thousand dollars for yourendoscopy, but because your insurance was cleared

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through US, they brought it downto two thousand dollars, and then your
insurance paid this much from it,and then they ended up charging you again
because they made an air, andthen they gave you back more money because
that air was reversed, and nowyour total for the endoscopy is six hundred
dollars. And I'm like, soeven after my insurance and everything for a

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camera getting shoved down my throat,I have to pay six hundred dollars.
There's aside from the deposit, asidefrom the nestag geologist, and a side
from all those doctors appointments I wentto. They're like, yeah, this
is just for the procedure itself,the facility and the procedure. And I
was like, oh, okay,Like what about my insurance and he's like,
yeah, your insurance already, likeI said, paid the two thousand

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and then the on top of that, so now you owe the six hundred
dollars. And I was like,this is how much an endoscopy is and
he's like yeah, And I waslike, is there like payment plans,
like is there any financial aid?And he's like, yeah, I can
send you the link from financial aidand actually there is a payment plan.

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I can give you the information forthat too. You can pay literally if
you want a dollar a month untilit's paid off and you will get no
interest on it. And I waslike, sounds like a scam, but
let me consult my mother about this. Thank you very much for all the
info you just gave me. Clickimmediately called Sandra, mom, what is
going on here? I had anendoscopy seven months ago and now I'm getting

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a bill and she's like, howmuch you have to pay? I'm like
six hundred dollars. She's like,well, what about the insurance? Did
you call the billion and ask ifthe insurance covered it. I'm like yeah,
they said this and this and this, and she's like, yeah,
mean how that sounds right? AndI was like, Mom, this is
how much I have to pay forthings like this, Like back when I
was twenty four and I split myleg open and you and Poppy took me

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to the er to get eleven staplesand my ankle Like, how much you
do you guys pay? She's like, I think we paid like nine hundred
dollars for that, maybe it's closeto one thousand. I was like,
out of pocket after insurance. She'slike yeah. I was like, oh
my gosh. She's like yeah.I mean the other day, me and

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your dad we went to the doctor's. I got a regular checkup, your
dad had to get X rays andstuff, and your dad had to pay
nine hundred dollars out of pocket.And I had to pay just five hundred
dollars just for blood work and stuffafter all of our insurance and things like
that. And I was like,why did I be a to pay nine
hundred She said, because he gotX rays. I was like, wait,
are you serious right now? She'slike yeah. I was like,

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this is this is adulting. She'slike yeah. I was like, what
about our insurance, mom, Ipay so much a month out of my
SAG after and all these things,and the code pays for insurance. She's
like, yammy, Hi, it'sall a scam. Like it is literally
a joke, Like our health insuranceis a joke. If you go to
the doctor's to get pretty much anythingdone, even blood work, they're gonna
charge you a lot. I waslike, oh, nah, so I'm

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gonna be doing a lot more appearances. I'm gonna make making sure that I
am hustling and bustling with sales,because eight nobody got time, like six
months later, seven months later tobe paying almost one thousand dollars because of
my dang heartburn. I could notbelieve that. I think, goodness,

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knock on wood, pray to God. I haven't had anything seriously wrong with
me since I've had my own insuranceat twenty seven years old. You know
how when you're twenty seven you arejust cut off from my parents' insurance and
you have to do it all yourself. Thank goodness. It was my twenty
fourth birthday that I decided to getway too ratchet and high feet and split
my ankle open. But yeah,since then, I really haven't had anything

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wrong with me, Thank the Lord. I've had pretty much everything though happened
to me. I've gone kidding infections, I've gone appendicitis, I had to
split, I had to get myappendix removed when I was twenty twenty nineteen.
When I was nineteen, I bustedmy meniscus and my acl my senior

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year of high school. So I'vehad so much done with my body.
But all of that was before whenmy parents had my insurance. Now I've
been keeping it calm, cool andcollected. This makes me think twice about
texting while I'm crossing the street,Like this makes me think twice about putting
myself at physical risk. But yes, I even feel so much more bad

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for all the people that have likethese lifelong diseases or disabilities that cannot do
anything about it, like this isjust the cards they were drawn. So
this is a good reminder, agood little PSA memento for us to make
sure we are keeping up with ourhealths because this is so unsustainable. I

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know, with certain medications and thingslike that, you can get coupons and
whatnot, and there is financial aid, thank goodness, but this is just
not sustainable. And if you arein tough times right now because of medical
issues, I understand the gofundmes,I really really do. So let's collectively
give good energy and pray for everyonethat is going through things like this right

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now, because, thank goodness,I will be able to hopefully just hustle
to make back that clothes that thousanddollars, But that ain't que, that
ain't fund, that ain't fresh Itjust really made me put a whole new
perspective on my health. Now,speaking of putting my health and jeopardy,
I am deciding to bring upon anew hobby into our lives, and I

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am attempting to become a professional figureskater. Now you know me Like,
if I have something in my brain, I'm going to go for zero to
one hundred. So I brought thisto my family. I was like,
guess what. I just ordered myice skates and I have my first general
skating session this weekend. And mydad was like, mean, how you

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are almost thirty and you don't havetime for that, Like your body is
not I was like, what doyou mean, Like it is never too
late to start and pursue your dreams. He said, yes it is,
And this is exactly what it isfor you at thirty. You cannot be
starting a new hobby like this.I'm like, Boppy, I'm going to
prove tune all the naysayers. Iwill be in the Olympics. I will

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be doing a little triple axel inthe Olympics. Whatever the next one is.
You're like, okay, you're reallyout here complaining about uh, the
endoscopy and now you're really going tobe spending a lot of time in the
er, but not for real.Over the winter break, when my family
came out here in New York Cityto visit me, I took us all

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ice skating under the Brooklyn Bridge,and when I got on the ice,
I was just like, I lovethis. And then I saw the real
skaters out here doing little spinneys andstuff, and I was like, what
that. I want to spin likethis, I want to fly and glide
like this. Let me let me, let me mess around and try becoming
a figure skater. So I've beentalking to my boyfriend Zaddi about it for

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a while. I just really hadso much fun on the ice, and
I think I want to do it. So last week, when I was
just here in New York City forthe first time and two weeks by myself,
I was like, you know what, let me just do it.
So I quickly bought some ice skatesbefore I got my bill for my endoscopy,
which is a bad idea, butnot for real. I got some

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cheap ice skates on Amazon. Igot a little ice skates backpack and some
little ice skate blade guards, andI hit up YouTube University and I started
learning everything about your ice skates andwhat you need in ice skating for beginners,
and researching all the ice rinks aroundwhere I live and all things like
that. I was like, Ithink I want to do this. I

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think I want to go. SoI was off this past weekend, which
is really rare, you know,like it's rare for me to have weekends
off in New York City because ifI'm not off, I'm usually with my
family somewhere or working somewhere. SoI was like, you know what,
I'm going to sign up for aSaturday general skating session. Before I decide
to take lessons other than YouTube University, I just want to get back on

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this ice and see if I reallylike it. Right, So I get
up nice and early, a goodold eleven o'clock call time for me.
I put on cute little ice skatingoutfits. I'm like, bright leggings and
a little headband. I pack upmy little ice skates and my little ice
skate bag. I take the Mtwelve down from Eleventh Avenue to the Chelsea

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Piers. I'm gonna make sure i'mearly because I have some things to do.
So I get there and I gostraight to the skate shop and I
start talking to the skate shop guyshout out to Joe. I tell him
these are brand new skates. Iknow I need to blade them. Get
them bladed. You can do thatfor me. He's yeah, it's gonna
take about fwty minutes. Though,when's your session? I was like,
in an hour, so were could. So he starts doing that. I

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start looking around the skate shop,I get a little coffee. I'm like,
I need to stretch before I goon the ice. So I'm sitting
in the corner and I'm stretching,and I'm looking at everybody on this session
of the ice rink right and it'sall the little kids. I'm talking two
to three year olds can barely walkthere on the ice with their helmets,
and all their parents their faces tothe glass, just watching their kids take

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these lessons. As I'm stretching,I'm thinking to myself, like I'm having
an existential moment. I'm like,I am so thankful that at this moment
in my life, I am nota parent taking these kids, taking my
kid to a figure skating class,that I'm the one that really gets to
just do her own thing and beon the ice because trust me, and

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I've said it before, I cannotwait to be a mom and have my
own kids one day. I getbaby fever every other day, like I
get hot and bothered by it.But at that moment, I was like,
yeah, I don't need that rightnow. I don't need that in
the immediate future, and I'm justreally happy that I'm taking this time and
doing hobbies that I want to do. I speak on it that Osmo hitis.

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We constantly have pressure from society,our friends, our families, our
boyfriends, whatever about having kids,and that's definitely the case for me.
I mean, within the past fewyears, my parents were always like,
your clock, my dad especially,your clock is taking you are not getting
any younger. Where's your boyfriend at? And now that I have an amazing
boyfriend, Zaddy, my family's like, oh, what's the plan, what's

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going on? And even Zaddy too, like we do have these conversations,
but I personally just do not feelpressured, like everybody can pressure me as
much as they want. But asI was sitting there watching all the little
mocal sols do their little skating onthe ice, I was just like,

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I'm really happy that I decided towait, and that I decided to put
myself in my career first. Andnow I'm taking these lessons next and just
doing general skating next, and Iget to just have time for myself because
this past weekend I was having alot of inner turmoil about myself. And

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I'll get to into that in alittle bit, but my brain was just
on overload about me and my future. So I just needed something to completely
just get me away from that andbeing there, I really was. So
then here comes my session and Igo get my skates. I'm feeling good,

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I'm feeling fun, I'm feeling fresh. I get on the ice.
I am out here slipping like happyfeet, like a newborn giraffe. I'm
like, dang, I am notgood, Like do I need the rail
right now? Don't need to standnext to the wall, because I feel
like when I was in Brooklyn,just like three weeks ago, I was
flying around like the gazelle. Andnow I feel like there's problems. But

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the difference is number one, Ihad brand new blades and brand new ice
skates, and these aren't the iceskates that are crusty, dusty, busted.
The rentals right and number two,this is a real ice rink.
This is not an ice rink wherelike hundreds of people have done circles previously
before you, because there's only azamboni once a day. So I was

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like, this is real ice,This is a huge rink, and these
are real blade This is not ajoke. So I started going around,
but Bokito, I start getting thehang of it, and I am having
a really good time. They havelike a good hit station going on.
There's not a whole lot of peopleon the ice. It's just people that

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for the most part, I knowwhat they're doing and are going around.
There's a not I hell a littlekids that are flipping and flopping around.
These are people that signed up tojust do general skating, so it wasn't
as cramped and annoying as those holidayskate rinks. This is like a real
skate rink where skaters want to improveand get better and there are some lessons
in the middle. So by theend I was like, dam okay,

(28:40):
I'm doing kind of good here,Like I see potential in myself. I
ended up making a friend her nameis we'll call her See, and she
was really sweet. She had dida little lesson, like a thirty minute
lesson on that session, because mysession was one hundred and twenty minutes,
I think. So her and Istart talking. I started asking her questions.

(29:00):
She's also kind of starting off justlike me, and she was giving
me some pointers with things. SoI was practicing my like left swivel,
my right swivel. I was practicingmy backward in and out. It's like
I was practicing my things right.And I too, was giving her some
tips from the people that I pickedthings up in Brooklyn from some spins and

(29:22):
things like that. So we're havinga good old time and we end up
exchanging information and she says that she'sgonna ask her coach if I can crash
their session this coming weekend for alittle bit. And I kind of made
a little ice skating friend, soI loved it. Now there was like
five minutes left to the session.I was gonna call it quisp, but
I was like, let me justpractice my little spin right one more time.

(29:44):
I start practicing my spin and thenboom, I fall backwards so crazy
on my left booty cheek and mywrists with no gloves on, kind of
like they don't save me, butthey get plowed. The booty cheek splatt

(30:07):
was so harsh that I feel likeI almost broke my butt bone and it
sent a spike all the way upmy spine to my left shoulder, and
I was like, on this note, I am done. I need to
limp off. So I am limpingoff the ice. I'm like, damn,

(30:32):
this is dangerous. Like this,I'm gonna have some pretty hard falls.
But nonetheless, I had a reallygood time. I went back home
and I relaxed. I iced mybutt, watched some TV, catched up
with some good friends. I hada FaceTime day with Dj Yo Yo Lee,

(30:52):
the best DJ in Las Vegas.If you're ever in Vegas and need
a plug, you want to geton the guest list, want to have
the best time ever, make sureyou hit up at Yoli on ig Yo
Yo l I E love you,sis you or my queen. We just
like pretty much gass each other upand kiss each other asses for like three
hours straight on FaceTime whenever we haveher FaceTime dates. So love her to

(31:15):
the moon and back. But yeah, had some talk with her and then
I got on FaceTime with my family. Afterwards, I just relaxed, So
that was Saturday, and then thenext morning I was gonna go wake up
and go to Misab, but Iwas like, you know what, next
week, I have to work,so I'm not going to have as much
time to be on the ice andI kind of just really want to get
back on the ice today. Again, my brain was just having an existential

(31:37):
crisis about my life this whole pastweekend, so I just needed a distraction.
So I ended up just watching areligious ceremony on YouTube as I was
on my way to the ice.And this time when I got to the
ski rink, as soon as Igot on the ice, girl, I
was already like so much better.I was like, dang, I can

(32:00):
already tell the improvement, Like Ican tell the improvement on my right swivels
and my backwards swivels and all thesethings. I was like, she'sh like,
I'm going off. Wow, justone day of practice on the ice,
it made me so much better forthe next day. So I was
going when I was going around andaround and around, and now I need
to practice my left swivel. Nowmy left knee is the knee that I

(32:21):
got and opaascion on back when Iwas a senior in high school, my
acl and my moniscus, So thathas always been my weak knee. I
never properly finished my personal training onit, like that's what it's called,
right, like physical therapy, physicaltherapy on it. So it's always kind
of been my bad knee. Andespecially with skating, I was noticing that

(32:45):
I wasn't balanced when I was tryingto do like a forward swivel. I
was always a little more heavier onthe right because I wasn't giving as much
attention to my left. So I'mout here practicing my left swivel and it's
getting so good, like I'm goingoff to the point where my left is
now outdoing my right swivel, andI'm I dang, but I'm out of
practicing my left swivel. And thislittle kid, poor thing, he just

(33:07):
completely flops leg out, perfectly tripsme as I'm doing my left swivel,
and my left foot now tries to, you know, do a pivot to
try to save myself, and inthat pivot, I obviously fall. I'm
okay, but I'm just like,oh my knee, Oh my knee.

(33:34):
The parents behind him are like,oh my gosh, you okay? Are
you finding fine. I'm like,yeah, I just like I need a
breathe. I'm not crying. I'mnot you know, pain does not FaZe
me, but it is a littlepainful. So I'm just saying, I'm
going fine. Fine. They tryto help me up, and they get
me up, and I like kindof wabble to the bench and I do
a little stretches with it. I'mable to do a few lunges with it,

(33:59):
and I'm like, you know what, but I think I'm good.
I think I'm fine. So Iget back on the ice and I keep
going and it is hurting, likeit is bothering me a little bit,
but I think that we're fine.I don't think it was retorn. I
don't think it was like. Ithink it was just kind of shook.
It was shook ith and that's okay. And then that session ended right the

(34:22):
next session was going to start,and I saw the Zimboni going around.
I was like, oh damn,this is about to be some fresh ice.
So I run to the front.I see if there's any coaches available
for me. They're completely maxed outon coaches, so I was like,
you know what, I can't evenremember last time I been on fresh ice.
Let me just pull up for anotherhour and a half. So I
do, and it was amazing.It was incredible. I did not want

(34:44):
to get off the ice. Itwas so much fun. Even though my
knee was still bothering me a littlebit, I toughed it out. I
did the whole thing and it wasso fun. I really feel my entire
body is getting a workout, likemy abs because you have to balance and
stay straight, my knees, becauseI'm constantly working on my knees, in
my thighs, my arms because tostay balanced you have to you're literally keeping

(35:08):
your arms in like a ballet outtea formation. Like my arms out of
everything, hurt the most, whichis crazy. And I feel like because
I've been running on I told youlast Tuesday, I was gonna try to
run a mile every single day.I have been doing that and I feel
like that has really helped me.Stretching a lot has helped me, and

(35:30):
I'm gonna do it, y'all.I'm gonna be in the Olympics. Man.
No, but for real, Like, I am so happy that I
found like a hobby that just getsmy mind off of everything. That I'm
really excited to go and do andthat I just want to be better and
get better at So I scheduled anactual lesson because I was also told that

(35:53):
if I don't do professional lessons withan instructor, then I can pick up
habits that are bad for me.So even though I'm learning right now on
YouTube University, I do know thatit's important for me to get an actual
coach because they will take me toa next level and I really want to
learn those little spins. So we'redoing it, y'all. We are becoming

(36:13):
a professional figure skater in the Olympics. That is our goal. We are
manifesting it for twenty twenty. Whenis the next Olympics? Girl, Like
I know, I think it's thisyear. I'll make time. I'll make
time not but for real, Ijust want you to know that it is
never too late to start your hobbyand passion. When I was younger,
I was just working, working,working, going to school. All my

(36:35):
money was going to school and payinganything I could because I didn't make a
lot of money and I'm still notwhere I want to be when it comes
to money, but I do havesome income on the side to throw at
hobbies, and that's how it shouldbe when you're getting older, like you
should be leveling up and having alittle scrilla to follow any dreams or passions
that you might want to And forme, it's gonna be becoming a professional

(37:01):
Olympics figure skater. So I'm reallyexcited that one day I'm gonna get a
gold medal and I cannot wait toshow you my progress. Whatever it is
that you in the back of yourmind, you are like, maybe I
want to kind of get to dothat, or I've always wanted to do
this, but I don't know how. Go to YouTube university. Literally just
look it up on Google. Itis never too late to do something that

(37:22):
you've always wanted to do. SoI'm just about that and I will obviously
keep you updated. Now real quick, I want to take us into Crystal's
cave. Usually the Crystal's Cave iswhere we would talk about the boys and
dating and what's going on with mycrevices. But because we already have a
boyfriend now, Zaddy, we aregoing to go into the cave of my

(37:44):
mind and talk about what is goingin the cave of my noggin. So
let's take a headfirst, deep diveinto Crystal's cave. Hello, who's in
here? It's so dark? Ew? What's dripping? I can step on
something. You're now inside Crystal's casethe extistential crisis, And I have hit

(38:09):
on this before, but it's definitelyhitting deeper and harder and thicker than it
ever has before, because this isa very pivotal next two years of my
life. And I just want maybeyour advice, maybe your input, maybe

(38:30):
your thoughts and ideas about this,because I'm a little less confused today as
I was yesterday. It's just it'sjust kind of like a really pivotal time
for me. I have now officiallybeen in New York City for three winters
and it's been everything. It's beenbigger than a dream. It's been it

(38:53):
and more. If you've known meall the way back in my intern days
on the J Show, if you'veknown me all the way back from my
night show at Wildeny for nine,I mean, New York City was always
a dream and the goal. Idon't know how God really did what God
had to do for me, butGod made it even bigger and better for

(39:15):
me. I thought that when Iwas going to move to New York City.
I was going to have a crazy, low paying job where I was
going to have to work overnight somewhereand live in a crusty, dusted,
cockroach filled apartment. And God lookedout for me. God said, Sis,
you're moving during the pandemic where allof the rents are low, and
you're going to have dream work hours, like you're literally not gonna have to

(39:36):
wake up until noon every day,and then you're going to get off at
a very reasonable time. It's justamazing the blessings that have been thrown at
me here in New York City,and the off pert Nitise, love love,
my boss is here. They're allso supportive. I told you that
Shelly Rome is when my coworkers here, that's like my best friend and my

(39:58):
rock also David. So I havesome people here that I work with that
are so essential to me and mebreathing every day. And I love my
apartment. I love my cat Frappuccino, who's here with me. I love
where I live. I love livingin Manhattan. I love all the amazing
shows and concerts and events I getto come to and get invited to here

(40:22):
at New York. I love hownow I'm getting flown out to LA and
Miami to cover I heart events likeit is just a dream come true,
and even the end of the yearwith Ryan Seacrest hosting a segment for Dick
Clark's New Year's Rock and Eve atthe ball drop in Times Square, like

(40:44):
who, how? When? Where? Why? Like I just can't believe
this, And I don't feel pressuredreally that much to do more and be
crazy. I mean, I've beenin newspapers and I've had piece is written
about me and all these things,like it's just it's crazy what my job

(41:06):
has led me too, and whatI've led myself to here in New York
City, and I talk about ita lot that the hardest part about living
here is that I don't have myfamily and my loved ones close to me,
and I feel fomo and I getheartbroken that I'm not there for the
day to day for my nephew towatch him and his basketball games and to

(41:27):
be there when he has tough times. And even my close family, you
know, Mike, go Madre,Lisa and Anthony and my godson Josiah.
I'm happy that I got to spendhis first birthday with him, but because
it's just different, like I don'tget to spend a lot of time with
my loved ones. And what Inoticed last year is that I loved these

(41:49):
events, but at the end ofsome of the events, like I'm going
home to an empty hotel room bymyself, and it's kind of sad.
Sometimes it's hard, like you're doingthese amazing, fun things, but then
you go back to the hotel roomor back home and there's no one there
to be excited with you in personwith Sometimes, of course, I have
Frappy, my cat. It's justdifferent. Crappy doesn't like to talk sometimes.

(42:14):
And I'm very thankful that I havea very very supportive boyfriend, Zaddi,
who he's been at a handful ofmy events. He's if he can
make it, He's right there cheeringme on on the sidelines, wants the
best for me, calming me downif I'm nervous, all the things,
like he is everything. But longdistance it is hard. And this year,

(42:35):
as I mentioned, is going tobe a pivotal year because it's a
year where I'm going to be havingthose conversations about what my future and my
career looks like Don dun Don andThat's what I'm kind of struggling with because,
as I've mentioned before, I lovemy job, but I do see
how New York City can be anever ending rat race. I see people

(43:00):
in my career that have been ableto balance living in New York and having
a family, having a husband orwife and kids and doing it all here
right. I've also been around andexperienced people that are caught in that rat
race, and for whatever reason,maybe it's probably not even their fault.
They are older and single, andthey're spending a lot of time traveling for

(43:28):
work, but they're by themselves,and it gives that feeling of like how
I feel when I'm out working andI do an amazing event, but I
don't have anyone to share with theafterwards. It's like what is it that
I'm working for? Like what isthis? Like what is the goal for
me? Like when am I evergoing to feel like it is enough?
Because I think, naturally, justthe kind of person I am, I

(43:49):
just want more and more, andI want to do bigger things and I
want to say yes to everything andwhat else could I do? But one
of those dreams that I have isalso being a mom and being a wife,
and when that time comes, Iknow that I'm going to want to
put them first. And when youthink of like your life, you think
of you, your spirit, yourfamily, your job. You can't always

(44:17):
give one hundred percent to everything likeyou really do have to prioritize those things.
And right now I am my firstGod is my first priority. I
am my second priority, My jobis my third priority, and then it's
like my boyfriend and family. SoI've just been having those conversations internally and

(44:39):
with really close people that I loveabout my priorities because it's gonna come a
time where I have to choose,like do I want to stay in New
York and keep going at this?Like who knows when I'll feel fulfilled?
What? You know, I've donethe Red carpets, I've done this,
not like what is if I sthere longer, those opportunities will just be

(45:00):
more and more and more naturally ifI continue my tenacity and motivation, right
or if like you know, it'stime for me to prioritize family and my
loved ones and my own aspiration isto have my own family. So I
don't really know, because I wastalking to Yoyola about it and She's like
everyone around you see so much potentialin you and sees you doing these crazy

(45:23):
big things. Everyone around you shouldbe supporting that. But especially when it
comes to my family and the onesthat live in the Bay in California,
with them supporting that, it's kindof like a paradox because them supporting that
means that I'm not going to bewith them physically because a lot of those
opportunities are number one for me herein New York City, right, So

(45:45):
I can't really one percent move Ithink if I want to do that in
New York the Bay. I lovethe Bay. It's just not a place
to I don't I don't. Idon't want to say it's like not a
place for entertainment, but there thereis opportunity for entertainment. But if you

(46:07):
really want to, like go off, A lot of people from the Bay
leave to LA or they leave toNew York. That's just kind of how
it is. It's not a hub. It's not a hub for entertainment like
LA or New York City is.That's what I mean by that. So
it's just an interesting place to beand think about. And I really have

(46:27):
to like hone in and think whatdo I want me as Crystal, not
me as Crystal from iHeartRadio or Zone hundred, but like me as Crystal
like her own human because there arepeople that don't prioritize their jobs. Most
people don't prioritize their jobs. ButI'm just in a weird industry and what

(46:49):
I do is that like my Iam my job, like my personality,
and what I do with my timeis my job. Nobody else can really
do that for me. I ofcourse everybody is real, ple I understand
that, but from what people wantfrom me, like me as a as
my personality is what they would wantfrom me. So I need to be
in that place and in that area. Oh no, I I just kind

(47:12):
of need your advice on what youthink about that, if you've dealt with
that struggle when it comes to familyand relationships and work and all that.
Because Zaddy and I have already beenin long distance for a year and we're
going to be in long distance foranother year. It's a lot of sacrifices

(47:34):
that he makes to keep us together, and I'm so grateful and thankful for
that, but I do feel guiltythat he has to make a lot of
sacrifices to come and visit me,and it's hard. It's hard for my
family to come and visit me andfor me to only be there sometimes and
all the times, because three yearscan turn into four, can turn into

(47:58):
five, can turn into a wholedecade, and it's like that circle of
Okay, my job, my job, my job, but my family,
my family and family. So thatis kind of what I've been dealing with
inside of the noggin. That's whythis weekend it was really helpful for me
to get away and just focus onsomething else like skating, and that was
amazing. But I'm gonna have tohave a lot of deep conversations with myself

(48:20):
and with God about what is apriority for me, because easy, like
one hundred percent, if it's myjob, then I Am going to stay
here in New York City. Butif it's my family and starting my own
family, then I definitely to bein proximity with my family. That does
not involve like a nine hour travelday, because that's really how long it

(48:42):
takes. That's how much time isout of my day when I go back
home or when my family comes tovisit me. So just keep me in
your prayers and yeah, give mesome thoughts about all of this. On
Snapchat you can hit me up.I'm at La Crystal Rosas where I see
your message's most easiest, So yeah, hit me there. What do you

(49:04):
think about this? And now Ithink it is time for our daily mo
Tavey Sean. This is just whereI like to give you a little umph,
a little pep in your step.I think they help so much.
If you want to read these everyday, you can go online. It's
called great day dot com. That'sa little where I get them from.

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Today is Tuesday, January sixteenth.That says, do what you envision?
Oh my god, like we're lilytalking about this dream. And then do
envision and work toward ya vision.You have an idea of what would add
value to life, Begin with thatidea and then build upon it on its

(49:44):
own. An idea is nice tocontemplate, but without action it is not
much else. Go ahead, contemplateand if the idea has merit, move
forward with. Move forward with bringingit to life. Allow inspiration to flow
from your vision into the rest ofyou and into the world. Let that
inspiration empower real focused, effective actionand best time and effort and what you

(50:06):
and vision use the experience and wisdomyou gain to refine your vision, to
make it resonate well with reality,and finally, to fully implement that vision
in the real world. Look lovinglyand respectfully at life and envision new goodness
that can be then utilize your skills, your time, your available resources to
make it happen. Oh what doyou envision? Like your dream? Your

(50:30):
wildest dream? I think I needto make a vision board. I think
that's really what this means. Ithink I seriously need to sit down and
make a vision board of like whatmy best dream would be. What about
you? Did you make your visionboard yet? Are you going to do
that? Is that corny? Isthat cornball? But no? For real?

(50:50):
Like, this makes a lot ofsense and obviously without action, it's
not going to happen. But Imean this, this started with dream and
that and do and vision and worktowards your vision. Very cool, very
necessary. I think I need torewrite my dream because all I wanted was
to live here. All I wantedwas to live here, and it was

(51:12):
always so much better than what I'vedreamed. So now let me think of
what else I want to do?That would add value to life. Oh
my god, thealls. It's likescary to think about that because it's just
like change. I think, likeI think. For me, when I'm
thinking about my future, change isthe scariest thing because even though it's really
hard for me to live without myfamily, I love living in New York

(51:36):
City. Like my heart feels likeit's ripped into So let's see. I
hope that helped you. I hopeyou liked it. I hope you enjoyed
tonight's episode of Crystal's Nightcap. Weare going to conclude the episodes now with
a prayer. And I mentioned thisin a lax sweeze a little last week's
episode that I do not want topush religion on you. Whatever you believe,

(51:57):
whatever your lights, love and energyis completely agree and I think that
is amazing and great for me.I am Christian Catholic, and I just
want to share a daily calendar bookthat gives inspiration for that. So if
you're kind of not about that,you don't want to hear none of that,
it's okay. Thank you so somuch for hanging out. Please make
sure that you subscribe, share thepod with your friends. If you're really

(52:20):
liking it, and you can listento me every single afternoon two to six
on Z one hundred, New York'snumber one Hey Music station. If you're
not around the area, on ourfree iHeartRadio app, you can listen there.
I'm on tons of stations on theweekends and every single night with the
new hit list eleven to midnight.Again, check my socials to see which
ones on everything. I'm at LackCrystal Ittle sus. We have our own
Instagram at Crystal's Nightcap and I love, love, love you. Now,

(52:44):
let's go over this prayer for todayagain January sixteenth. This one's short again.
If you're not religious, whenever youhear me or God, we are
talking about whatever, love, light, and energy it is that you believe
in. All right, this isa good one. It's called come to

(53:04):
me. Come to me and restin MY loving presence. You know that
this day will bring difficulties, andyou are trying to think your way through
those trials. As you anticipate whatis ahead of you, you forget that
I am with you now, andalways rehearsing your troubles results in experiencing them
many times. Whereas you are meantto go through them only when they actually

(53:30):
occur. Do not multiply your sufferingin this way. Instead, come to
me and relax in my peace.I will strengthen you and prepare you for
this day, transforming your fear intoconfident trust. Matthew eleven twenty eight through
thirty and Joshua one five nine Anxiety, stress, worrying. That is literally

(54:02):
what a lot of this Daily Calendartalks about in different ways. So when
it says rehearsing your troubles results andexperiencing them many times, whereas you are
meant to go through them only whenthey actually occur, period, do not
multiply your suffering in this way.Basically it's telling us, like stop all
that worrying and troubles and like replayingof all the negativity in your mind,

(54:28):
like you're literally just multiplying your suffering. Instead, just come to me,
relax in my peace. I'm goingto strengthen you and prepare you for this
day, transforming your fear into confidenttrust. I've talked about this in last
week's episode. How a lot ofwhat I learn when I'm reading about God
is that He is always there.They. God is a they. They

(54:51):
are always there and how they wantpeace and joy for us. And the
most important part is just living inthe presence. Of course, you have
to plan for things the future,but if you worry too much about that,
then you cannot enjoy the presence becausethat's the only thing that you have
control over. It's not going tobe easy all the time. But when
you stay close to your God,You're light, your love, your energy,

(55:13):
it will help you in those troublingtimes. So who yes, stop
rehearsing your troubling times and experiencing themin many ways. You are meant to
only go through them as they occur, and do not multiply your suffering in
this way. I like that restin my loving presence. How do you

(55:34):
feel about that? Did that helpyou? Did this help you? Let
me know? I hope it did. Again on Snapchat, I'm at la
Crystal heal SaaS listen. I loveyou, I love, love love you,
and I am just so thankful youdecide to spend an hour of your
day with me. I love youso much and I'll see you on the
next one.