Q&A: Festive Special

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2:03Welcome to Daily Brightness, the Christmas and end of year Q &A episode. Final one of the year, Millie. We love this one. That is crazy. Let's absolutely bash this one. I bet there's some amazing questions. So we'll dive right into it. I'm excited. And the first one is, what was the highlight of your year? getting through it i think getting through it to be quite honest i think do you know what i've learned so much this year i think for me the highlight is i think finding happiness in the hardest times and i think it's like a lesson that it can always be worse like something someone else can have a bigger problem or i think things put your life into like perspective and yeah i think in in the hardest year literally the hardest year of my life like I think I've I've still found happiness and I think sometimes that's a really really hard thing to do and you know more than anyone but that Jesus Christ this year has completely broke me but yeah still managing to like kick on and and be successful and and yeah just stay strong within yourself when things are completely wearing you down to still find happiness is I mean I think it's been a miracle for me to be quite honest so yeah I would say it's been a very very challenging year very testing but I think again the highlight is I've still got my people around me and I've still got the ones that are going to be there through thick and thin um and I'm very grateful for that so yeah I would say finding happiness in in the darkest times I love that I really like that yours you've been who have had a hard year and you have continuously shown how you have the strength to get for it but I would say the highlight of my year is starting this podcast because you know like I'm always grateful for football and family and friends and things like that but this was new this year this was something that we have wanted to do we like put a dream into reality we work with some amazing people doing it and I get to like I get to have some time with you every single week guaranteed and I love that so I think that's been the highlight of my year hopefully this has been a lot of other people's highlights of their year listening to our podcast too.

4:17I'm sure some people are probably sick of the sound of our voices but we love it and we love you so yeah, that's my answer Good answer Bestie. I think this has become like a little bit of an outlet as well. I think everyone thinks because we live in the same country we're like oh you must see Rachel all the time, like you must see Mil all the time it's like no no no, we barely get a day off to ourselves let alone being able to travel to Birmingham or travel down to London so I am looking forward to 2026 being hopefully a little bit calmer and us being able to have a little bit more time together.

4:47But I'd agree. Shout out to our team on the pod. You guys have been amazing and given us an opportunity where I get to see my bestie every single week. Solid. No interruptions. Hour plus on the pod. Therapy ticked. Good vibes. Good feels. But yeah, I love that answer, Rach. Really, really grateful for it too. Bring on 2026, baby. Let's go. Does your ideal New Year's Eve involve comfy pyjamas or a sparkly outfit? Nice question. 100 % comfy pyjamas because... You'd be lucky if I'm still awake at midnight. I've never actually liked New Year's Eve. No, I agree. But it's my dad's birthday. So even more so now, it's a really hard day.

5:35I used to, like I grew up going to the pub for his birthday. It was like, although it was New Year's Eve and everyone was going for New Year's Eve, like so many people went for his birthday. And that was always so fun. So I have done that before since he's not been with us. I have gone and done the same thing to sort of carry on the tradition, but it's quite hard for me. So I think New Year's Eve is usually a really chilled day for me. I don't want to be really surrounded by people, maybe go for a couple of drinks and a meal or something. But yeah, I'm at home and in bed by like 8 o 'clock. I don't like that day.

6:11So yeah, that's me. No sparkly outfits Yeah PJs Comfy trek suit I think that's me I've been out a couple times On New Year's Eve But I don't really like it I think it's overrated Yeah and too many people Everything's expensive You can't get a taxi No And I'll just wake up And be like Oh happy new year I'll fall asleep Wake up and be like Happy new year And then that's it It's just like It's done and dusted I just think it's Probably the same as well Yeah you start a new year But it's literally yesterday And people say Tomorrow What's the difference Between Christmas And I'm like Well Christmas is the whole of December it's not one night.

6:43Yes, you've got Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but Christmas is a celebration of December, not just... But that leads to the next question, which is, do you have a New Year's resolution? I don't. I think they're nonsense because... Yeah. Everyone says, oh, this year I'm going to go to gym all the time. Oh, I'm going to cut chocolate out. I'm not going to have it. Yeah, and it lasts until January. And then, again, dry January, right? People do that and then just get absolutely fucked up in February. Literally. Because they can. and it's like, what was the point? Yeah. I just think New Year's resolutions are a bit wishy-washy for me.

7:17Fair play if people stick to them. Fair play. But the whole year, not just January. Yeah, it's a New Year resolution. It's not just like the first week of January. Right, that's it. Burt myself a night out on town. I've been telling January. No, like, I mean, if you want to do that, do it. Roll with what you want to roll with. But, yeah, I'm not a big fan of that. I just like to think, okay, next year my focus is to be happy. like keep developing the podcast like I'll do things like that but I don't have like oh I'm going to cut out Nutella I'm never going to eat a chocolate again that's a lie I am absolutely going to eat chocolate and sweets I love pick and mix like I'm not going to say things that I'm not going to be able to sustain so yeah me either that's like yeah a little bit bit of a bugbear that actually same it annoys me getting angry getting annoyed moving on oh I like this because I love food.

8:11What's your ultimate New Year's Eve snack platter must have? Cheese board. 100%. That's the whole of Christmas to be honest. Cheese board. Cheese. Oh my God. I just love cheese. We love it. Love cheese. My dad loves it as well. Yeah, my dad used to love cheese and Andy, my brother, just look, he could eat a block of extra sharp I'd rather have a cheese platter than a meal. I'd rather have loads of little like picky bits than a meal. Picky bits, that's the thing. That's like, take away the must haves for me it's all about picky bits over December yeah I'd say we're similar on that so our platter would be like cheeses maybe some like little meats like picky bits some like chutney crisps crackers dips that sort of stuff sweets chocolate obviously probably have some leftover mince pies from Christmas what are you looking at?

8:58is it Louis? staring at me through the window yeah picky bits all the way through December for me lovely stuff right what's a new skill or hobby you accidentally discovered you were good at this year do you know what mine is singing singing at shower mine is breaking on a pool table go on bestie got a pool table at the trading ground in the players lounge and every time I break a pot every time that's sick that you've got a pool table yeah I love it play every day I don't think I've developed a new skill or actually I've figured out that I actually could be quite good at golf yeah because you can absolutely leather it yeah I did actually have good feedback Because I did go to them And I was like Listen you know I'm like A proper beginner innit I'm not like I'm not gonna try and boast That I'm like something When I can absolutely Have never played golf They're like Oh if you actually Practicing get less You could be really good I was like Oh okay So then that's 2026 There we go Come on What's the best piece of advice You received in 2025 And who gave it to you That's gonna get your brain Thinking that While you think I'll go It was my mum That gave it me Shout out to Mama B Love you in To eternally I was gonna say internally then um she obviously again my mom like you knows everything from this year and she always said like mil think about it can it kill you if it can't let it go I can't remember if that was it word for word but I was like oh shit it can't actually like if it can't actually kill you like just let it go it's not worth it's not worth the energy and I've started, I have started like living by that now and just like I'm, you know me, I'm a sensitive person.

10:39I let things sometimes get to me that are like irrelevant or do you know what I mean? It's either an irrelevant person giving an opinion or it's an irrelevant situation. That's, it's not actually important to my life. But yeah, she always reminds me, she's like, did it kill you though, love? That's what she says. Did it kill you, lovey? No, it didn't. Lovey, yeah, she says lovey a lot. I actually don't know. That's a good piece of advice, you know. Well done, Nicola. Shout out to Mumby. I don't know what piece of advice I've been given this year. I can't think. I'll have to come back to you. It'll come back to you midweek.

11:11I know it will. You'll text me and be like, I've thought of it. Yeah, probably. What's the funniest or unexpected moment you shared together in 2025? 100 % tonight, Josephine. Oh, best. That, for me, is the best night of 2025. Yeah, it was unbelievable. Unbelievable. Hands down, it was my favourite moment. And I didn't expect it to be that good. Because it was quite last minute. It wasn't very properly organised. Yeah, well, that's because, let's explain that. It was so funny. It wasn't properly organised, everybody, because Miss Stubborn over there didn't want a hen do, and she didn't, I don't want a hen do, we're not doing it.

11:47And then all of a sudden, we're doing a hen do. Yeah, and it was the best night ever, so shut up. Yeah, and it was, but you shush your mouth, you. yeah best night of my 2025 that yeah it was quality so funny can we go back in 2026 i want to go back i was telling all the girls like i was like we need to go it was so funny but then i think oh it was once i've been now with that group of people i don't you expect the same sort of thing but i don't think it would be anyway but it's always the people it's the people you go if not the places that you go very true believer in that good that is my biggest advice from 2025 25.

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14:11welcome back to daily brightness the second part of our last q a of the year first half a bit of good and let's finish this strong right if you could guarantee one thing for yourself in the coming year, what would it be? Peace and happiness. A freaking holiday. Get me out of this country now. Get me a holiday. Actually, I've got a nice place to look forward to in the summer, so I've got a little trip booked. Maybe we've got a little trip booked. Where are you going? Spain. Nice. Family's going to Spain, so I've got that to look forward to. But yeah, I think a little bit more like self-care. I know what you're saying You know bestie You get what I'm saying?

14:57Yeah I think like Peace and happiness For this year I think Yeah Just calmness Please for the love of God Like I know Good vibes Chaos on my neck Good vibes Can we just Can the world Just calm it down For me in 2026 Please for the love of God Before I go grey That'd be great Oh I love this question If you could borrow One trait from each other To tackle 2026 What would it be? I would say your strength and resilience. Not much left, bestie. Yeah, but you've used, you might have used it all in 2025, but I'll borrow what you did after start 2026. Love that. That's really cute. I'm going to borrow from you.

15:36I think how you like regulate situations and I don't even know if you feel this about yourself, but you're always, you're a little bit more logical than me. I'm very emotional thinker. You're always. But I think I'm logical with everybody else but myself. Like I can regulate everyone else's emotions But mine I'm like Yeah but I think you do it without knowing Maybe I really think you do it without knowing And I don't think anyone You're Well I know you're better than anyone But you're the hardest person to read You keep You're very good at keeping everything internal I'm like a firework Angle, upset Everything's flying out at people I used to be a lot more like that I actually had this conversation with the girls on the team the other day and I was like you're a bit of a mirror for me because when I was your age I was exactly the same way you are but now I'm a lot more like I'm able to like compartmentalise my life life events like teach you a lot don't they but yeah the way you regulate I would definitely take that and your DIY skills like gives some greedy isn't it selfish you're funny guys where is one place in the UK you'd love to explore more next year Scotland we want to go on that trip yeah I'd love to do that I want to get the camper get the dogs off we pop but you know like one place like I've never ever really been is like really like Cornwall and like Devon is gorgeous yeah I've never I've never really spent any time there so that would be nice why don't we have a little week down there with the dogs Take Campervan.

17:19Yeah, shall we? We'll take Polly. Oh, Polly on tour to Devon, here we come. But Polly couldn't fit all of the dogs. Dexie would rip someone's head off if they were all in there. I'll razz down at Beamer. I'll follow you. Actually, I'll meet you there. No, it'll be all right, laugh. We should definitely do that because there are some really beautiful places in the UK. They are, they actually are. Oh, I like this. A little bit light-hearted. If you had to describe your hopes for 2026 using only three emojis, Which would you choose? Smiley face. But which smiley face? One with the little nosy cheeks?

18:00Do you know what? I'm going to think about this and I'm going to text it into the chat. Yeah, we're going to come back to you and we're going to put our emojis in our chat and then we're going to put them up on the Instagram and social so you can see. Because I don't want to be impulsive, which I normally am, and just be like, bang, bang, bang. And I'll be like, well, have I done that? Let's have a little think about it. Yeah. Delete, delete. Do you have any tips for keeping your dogs calm during New Year's Eve fireworks? No, but please, if anyone has, send them my way because my poor little Dexie is just petrified.

18:31I know, it's horrible. Can we just, I just put my TV on super, super loud, make sure they've got loads of chew toys, like stuff like that. I just try and, and honestly, just be present with them. Do not leave them on their own. Like If you're a dog owner Don't leave your dogs Yeah absolutely don't They're so anxious I hate it Where is Your dream holiday For next year? South Africa Safari Oh sick You've topped it Just I'm not even going to answer Just leave it as that I need to get in touch With Kazza about Safaris Yeah you do That's sick That is top That's what I want to do For my honeymoon Go on Last question Oh my God, last question.

19:15Would you rather know what happens in your life in 2026 or be completely surprised? Completely surprised. I want to know. Actually, I want to scrap that. 2025 was shite, so I want to know what's happening in 2026. If I don't like it, I can change it before it happens, please. Or you can prepare. Yeah, you know what I mean? They were some amazing questions. I could change. They were, thank you, guys. I've really enjoyed that. What an incredible episode. Brilliant questions. We're so, so excited for the future. So many good things to come. Thank you. Thank you all for supporting us in 2025. And I wish you the best of luck for 2026 and a happy, happy new year.

19:56Yeah. Happy new year, everybody. Stay safe. Don't do anything I wouldn't.

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