Rookies in the Real World | Advice on Adulting, New York City, and Career Growth

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!
And unfortunately, it's another Wednesday we're stuck in quarantine. We are still living in the midst of a pandemic, and the economic repercussions are so, so heavy. According to the Washington Post, over 100,000 small businesses have closed forever due to COVID-19. This is huge, not just for our economy but for our communities and the people in them. Small businesses help provide communities with a sense of identity and place! Think of your hometown and its main street or downtown area. These businesses matter, so in today's episode, we sit down with a local small business owner to talk all things small business and sustainability.

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Today's guest is Annie Law, founder of ANDWHY. and Line By Moi.
Annie is a native New Yorker who is currently a student at Fashion Institute of Technology, studying Marketing + Communications. She aspires to be someone people can rely on for help in areas regarding life and career. With her love for psychology, philosophy, design, photography, and much more, she wants to be a representative of passionate and creative Asian Americans. The biggest goal of hers is to tell stories that are untold and unwritten. Whether that be through stories of her own, of others, or through simple creativity.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER RESOURCES:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
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Connect with Annie
Instagram: @anniexjl | Podcast IG: @andwhymedia | Listen to her podcast HERE
Shop Line By Moi
Instagram: @linebymoi | Shop HERE
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Connect with host Lauren Lapid
Instagram: @laurenlapid.jpeg | Linkedin: Lauren Catherine Lapid
We love to hear from you! Have any questions, comments, want to be a guest, or know somebody that would be a great guest on the show? Email us at [email protected].

"Alexa, play Empire State of Mind."
Today's episode covers all of the burning questions we wondered before we moved to New York City but were too embarrassed to ask. What are dead giveaways that you're a tourist? Who really has the best slice in town? AND WHERE IS A SOLID, NOT CLICHE PLACE TO TAKE SOMEONE ON A FIRST DATE?!
Find out all that and more by tuning in!
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Today's guest is the amazing Tom Delgado, or as some may know him as, TomDNYC!
Tomas “Tom” Delgado is a comedian, actor, writer, and tour guide who currently lives in Brooklyn, New York and has been seen on season 4 of Billions, season 2 of Joe Pera Talks with You, Comedy Central, Food Network, Travel Channel, and Huffington Post. He produces and co-hosts “Let’s See, What Else?”, a free weekly stand-up show in the East Village of New York that was named one of the best underground shows in the city by Thrillist. He also produced successful versions of the show the Bowery Ballroom and 2018 NY Fashion Week. Check out the article. He has also performed at the Red Clay, Rogue Island, Brooklyn, Harlem, and Dallas Comedy Festivals.
He is also a writer and producer and has produced multiple plays, directed a show in the NY Fringe Festival that sold out every show, was nominated for best director in the 2016 Strawberry Festival for Short Plays, and has produced two short films that he also wrote and starred in. Regulars was run at the New York Short Film Festival and the Coney Island Film Festival.
He’s a New York City tour guide who has been featured on the Travel Channel and Telemundo talking about New York.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER RESOURCES:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
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Connect with Tom
Instagram: @TomDNYC | Book a Tour HERE | YouTube: @tomasd00
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We love to hear from you! Have any questions, comments, want to be a guest, or know somebody that would be a great guest on the show? Email us at [email protected].

BLACK LIVES MATTER RESOURCES:

Petitions to sign:
Text FLOYD to 55-156
Text JUSTICE to 668366
Text ENOUGH to 55156
Podcasts

• Invisibilia: The Confirmation by NPR: HERE
• The Nod HERE
• Therapy For Black Girls - HERE

Books

• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo - HERE
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander - HERE
• The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein - HERE

Articles

• The Atlantic: Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? HERE
• What White People Can Do To Fight Injustice In A Pandemic; Quarantining Is No Excuse Not To Be An Ally HERE
• Dear White Parents of My Black Child's Friends: I Need Your Help HERE

Documentaries

• The Death & Life of Marsha P Johnson - HERE
• Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am - HERE
• What Happened To Miss Simone - HERE
• America To Me - HERE
• I Am Not Your Negro - HERE

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If it wasn't us, we all know someone who has lost a job or has been affected by COVID-19. With the current unemployment rate at upwards of 15% according to the US Labor Department—regardless of whether or not you are fortunate enough to still have a job—it's important to be educated about what it's like losing your job, how to cope with it, and how to move forward. From mental health and seeking support to knowing the laws and filing for unemployment, today's episode is all about lessons learned from losing your job.
Please share today's episode with someone you think would appreciate this resource!
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Connect with Dana:
Instagram: @slightlythriving | Website + Resources: https://slightlythriving.com/
BOOKS MENTIONED:
Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies by Tara Schuster
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Upside of Being Down by Jen Gotch
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2020 has been a ridiculously rough year, but we are proud of #BLM and are committed to continuing the pursuit of a fairer, more equal world. Beyond the major examples of racism and prejudice in the news, POCs face microaggressions everyday. It's time to do our part, educate ourselves and others, and call that behavior out!
According to Dictionary.com, a microaggression is “a statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority.”
But what does that really mean? Below are helpful resources to learn more about microaggressions.

• What Exactly Is A Microaggression (Vox)
• How to Respond to Microaggressions (NYT)
• Microaggression Explainer Video
• Systemic Racism Explainer Video
• 21 Microaggressions You Hear On A Daily Basis (Buzzfeed)
• How Microaggressions Can Affect Wellbeing In The Workplace (Forbes)
• How to Shut Down Microaggressions at Work

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Connect with Nestle
Instagram: @nestle.mitchell | Podcast IG: @notmyproblempod | Apple Podcast Link
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Instagram: @laurenlapid.jpeg | Linkedin: Lauren Catherine Lapid
We love to hear from you! Have any questions, comments, want to be a guest, or know somebody that would be a great guest on the show? Email us at [email protected].

Has anybody else had an existential crisis—whether it was in college or post college in your early 20s—where you sat back and wondered what the fuck you actually want to do with your life? It’s actually kind of wild to think that after we graduated from high school (and we are babies—just think about all of the dumb decisions you made your senior year of high school and freshman year of college) like, all of a sudden, you’re asked to pick your major—aka decide the general trajectory for the rest of your life. Which is WILD. Who the fuck knows exactly who they are at like 18?

I know way too many people who were coerced into a major they thought was the right choice because their parents told them it was a good idea—it’d set them up for a stable, well paid job out of college. AKA, nursing, PT, kinesiology. But in their heart of hearts, it wasn’t the right fit for them. And then you finish college, or you’re in the middle of a loveless job, and the question hits you like a ton of bricks: “Now what?”

This episode's guest is the crazy talented Brandon Lee. Brandon an action actor, model, and stunt double based out of Los Angeles, CA. He grew up doing Taekwondo his whole life, as his father owns a Taekwondo school. He is a 2019 USA Taekwondo National Gold Medalist for Freestyle Poomsae (forms), a 2019 USA Taekwondo National Team Member, and a Certified Taekwondo Master Instructor from the World Taekwondo Federation. He’s been teaching for 8 years now to all ages. And not too long ago, he moved out to Los Angeles to seriously pursue his career in acting!
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BLACK LIVES MATTER RESOURCES:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
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Connect with Brandon
Instagram: @bardonree | YouTube Link | TikTok: @barndonree
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Check out Brandon's gym, JAM here:
http://joiningallmovement.com/
JAM Podcast Site | Apple Podcast Link
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If you liked this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rookies-in-the-real-world/id1502613463
Connect with host Lauren Lapid
Instagram: @laurenlapid.jpeg | Linkedin: Lauren Catherine Lapid
We love to hear from you! Have any questions, comments, want to be a guest, or know somebody that would be a great guest on the show? Email us at [email protected].