Hello, {Real} World!

43. Catching up | The Realities of Moving to NYC

Goodbye, SF 🌉 Hello, NYC 🗽 While moving to New York is top of mind for many, it wasn’t an easy decision for Emily — especially after just getting settled into San Francisco. In this episode, she shares her experience making big life choices and the pressure that can come with having more freedom. Emily opens up about her first few months in NYC, how she’s adjusting, and what it takes to settle into a new city. She also touches on how SF and NYC compare (i.e., how your lifestyle can bring out different parts of ourselves) and what she’s learned about herself through it all. ____________________________________________________  💌Let’s connect! 💌 Ig: @hellorealworldpodcast Email: hellorealworldpodcast@gmail.com [hellorealworldpodcast@gmail.com] ✨Leave feedback or topic requests!✨ https://forms.gle/ekuwLJMiT6htfCqv7 [https://forms.gle/ekuwLJMiT6htfCqv7]

42. Catching up | Recovering from Burnout

Life happens… and sometimes, you burn out. This podcast never had a hard deadline, but it’s been on our minds (for a while) to come back and catch up! In this episode, Carol shares her winter arc in Pittsburgh — how she hit a wall, and more importantly, what it took to find a way out. If you’ve ever felt stuck or are currently in a rut, this one might resonate. If not, feel free to tune in just to catch up 🙂 P.S. Thank you for being patient with us! We're touched by all the supportive DMs and questions on when the next ep is coming while we were gone. We’re glad to be back ❤ ____________________________________________________  💌Let’s connect! 💌 Ig: @hellorealworldpodcast Email: hellorealworldpodcast@gmail.com [hellorealworldpodcast@gmail.com] ✨Leave feedback or topic requests!✨ https://forms.gle/ekuwLJMiT6htfCqv7 [https://forms.gle/ekuwLJMiT6htfCqv7]

41. 36 Questions to Fall (Back) in Love with Tech

Remember the excitement of sending an MSN nudge, uploading your first IG post, or browsing Tumblr? When every interaction on the internet felt so magical, and simple? Now that tech has become so embedded in our livelihoods, our feelings around tech and the industry we work in have become a lot more nuanced and complicated. In this episode, we answer some of the prompts from Figma’s blog “36 Qs to fall (back) in love with tech” to reignite that spark. We share stories behind our first online usernames, the first time we felt like tech opened a world of possibilities, and how we’re thinking about the industry today. ____________________________________________________ Stay updated with us on Instagram⁠ @hellorealworldpodcast⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/hellorealworldpodcast/] Leave us topic suggestions or feedback: ⁠https://forms.gle/MJy2gvFKYBH4nxEh6⁠ [https://forms.gle/MJy2gvFKYBH4nxEh6] Contact us at ⁠hellorealworldpodcast@gmail.com⁠ [hellorealworldpodcast@gmail.com] Music: Tape Star by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

40. Aging Anxiety

For most of lives so far, we’ve looked forward to getting older and becoming an adult. Now that we’re ‘here’, that anticipation seems to be quickly replaced by anxiety and the fear of growing old (aka “FOGO”). In this episode, we chat through some of the pressures of growing up — Feelings of needing to accomplish as much as possible in our 20s, opportunity costs, and biological clocks. We also discuss why FOGO is so common in modern society and in contrast, all that we’re still looking forward to. ____________________________________________________ Stay updated with us on Instagram @hellorealworldpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/hellorealworldpodcast/] Leave us topic suggestions or feedback: https://forms.gle/MJy2gvFKYBH4nxEh6 [https://forms.gle/MJy2gvFKYBH4nxEh6] Contact us at hellorealworldpodcast@gmail.com [hellorealworldpodcast@gmail.com] Music: Tape Star by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

39. Adjusting to Life, One Year Post Grad

Hey, it’s been a minute! 2024 has flown by and we can’t believe it’s already been a year since we graduated. Now that we’re technically no longer ‘new grads’ (*sniffle*), we talk about the process of settling into new cities, developing new hobbies, and how our new environment (and friends) has influenced us. We also chat about mindset shifts around our careers, what we miss about being a student, and what makes this phase of life so special! ____________________________________________________ Stay updated with us on Instagram⁠ @hellorealworldpodcast⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/hellorealworldpodcast/] Leave us topic suggestions or feedback: ⁠https://forms.gle/MJy2gvFKYBH4nxEh6⁠ [https://forms.gle/MJy2gvFKYBH4nxEh6] Contact us at ⁠hellorealworldpodcast@gmail.com⁠ [hellorealworldpodcast@gmail.com] Music: Tape Star by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠hellorealworldpodcast@gmail.com⁠ [hellorealworldpodcast@gmail.com]