Glad We Met: Recent Episodes
Glad We Met
This show covers topics related to navigating your 20s from relationship advice, to identity crises, and more. We are two young, female-undergraduates at UCSD who hope this podcast leaves it's listeners better off then when they found it! Glad We Met is a candid, captivating, and casual listen.
It takes courage to start a conversation by saying "hello", but once you do, the insights, experiences, and relationships you could build will surprise you. So, Glad We Met is about your hardest hellos, but easiest goodbyes :)
Summer is quickly approaching and we couldn't be more excited to take advantage of all the free-time and sunshine. However, summer time is also the best time to get ahead to make your life a little bit easier later on in your college career. As much as we stress giving yourself the break you deserve, Anabelle & Toby highlight the benefits that summer school has and share their tips on making your experience at least a little bit enjoyable :)
Highlights of Today’s Episode
- Planning Ahead
- UCSD Summer Session
- Community College Classes
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Ranked amongst some of the most stressful times of the year along with midterms and finals, registration season is upon us as we prepare for Fall Quarter. In today’s episode Anabelle & Toby discuss how they prioritize classes they register for while sharing their tips and tricks to make sure you graduate on time :)
Highlights of Today’s Episode
- Prioritize Professors or Prioritize Ideal Schedule
- Resources
- First Pass vs. Second Pass
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We all have interests and hobbies, but who says they can't become something more? In today’s episode Anabelle explores the topic of passion projects. She shared her experience of starting a passion project, and provided tips for people that are considering starting something but are unsure of where to start or who to go to.
Highlights of Today’s Episode
- Organizing a TEDx event
- Where do I start?
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In part two of the series, Anabelle and Toby give their most updated goals for the future! They discuss how they came to choose their current career paths and the steps they plan on taking to make it happen. Whether it be changing your major, adding a minor, or even looking at how your current involvements can turn into something more, it's never too late to redirect :)
Highlights of Today’s Episode
- Exploring other Majors
- UCSD Curriculum
- Why Business?
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"What do you want to do in the future?" Is the question that most college students/young adults hate the most. It's daunting to think about and even more so when pressured to decide what your future is going to look like at the early age of 18. During college it seems as though choosing your career path, most often dependent on your major, can be a great source of stress. Anabelle and Toby discuss their own experiences that have led them to change their career paths and maybe even majors, by discussing what led them to make their decisions!
Highlights of Today’s Episode
- Pandemic
- Expectations
- Pre-Law & Pre-Med
- Confessions
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Over 50% of all marriages end in divorce in the US. It’s more common than not for kids of my generation to grow up in a “unconventional” household, and whether its a blessing or a curse it’s something no kid should have to go through. In today’s episode, Toby digs a little deeper to talk about her experience growing up with divorced parents and how it has influenced/still influences her life today.
Highlights of Today’s Episode
- Process of Grieving
- Two Houses, No Home
- Outlook on Love
- Blended Family
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Taking a quarter off of school is more common than you think despite the negative stereotypes surrounding this decision. In this Episode, Anabelle unpacked her experience of taking some time off school, the process, the experience, and the impacts it had on her.
Highlights of Today’s Episode
- Why gap quarter?
- The impact
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Hello, 你好, Hola, cómo estás, こんにちは, Kamusta ka, 안녕하세요! In today’s episode Anabelle & Toby explore the art of languages and how important/special it is to communicate with the people around you. For anyone who speaks more than one language or anyone who doesn’t, remember it’s never too late to start or pick it back up :)
Highlights of Today’s Episode
- Language Learning
- Language Burnout
- Language Barriers
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As one of the most highly requested topics, this week Anabelle and Toby give you the relationship rundown. We're all about the single life, especially as we head into the summer but we can't deny that sometimes it's nice to have someone ask how your day went or do all the cheesy seasonal activities with like going to the flower fields in Carlsbad :,) However for most, getting to that point with your partner is easier said than done and in this first of many segments on relationships we cover the basics.
Highlights of Today’s Episode
- Dating in College
- Tea Time 🍵
- Dating Rules
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In the first long episode of the show Anabelle & Toby discuss a shared experience that everyone partakes: decision-making. Whether it’s a decision you look forward to or one that you dread is coming, we share our thoughts on the best way to tackle decisions both big and small!
Highlights of Today’s Episode
- College Commitments
- Life During the Pandemic
- Rationalizing & Regret
- Procrastination
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To kickoff our podcast we thought it was only fair to share how us the co-hosts, Anabelle Chen & Toby Dizon, first met and dive into how our relationship has brought us to where we are today but more importantly the start of Glad We Met Podcast!
Highlights of Today’s Episode
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UC Socially Dead Culture
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Approaching people and starting a new conversation
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First Impressions
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Our Vision
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