I left you a voicemail

voicemails from meg conley

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I left you a voicemail

about weird coping mechanisms

Meg Conley

Dec 07, 2023

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Is there anything more glorious than a gourmet food basket? I mean, I’ve never actually gotten one. But in my head….they are….ideal.

In this voicemail, I talk about my go-to coping mechanisms: shopping for mid-food baskets I never purchase and creating detailed trip itineraries for trips I’ll never take. Also, when things get very, very bad: planning Disneyland weddings. I am not proud.

Also! Not all gourmet food baskets are mid. Some are called “hampers” and cost more (much more, like so much more) than my mortgage. If I were Taylor Swift, or someone of similar means, I’d send a Fortnum and Mason hamper to me. Doesn’t have to be one of their $7.000 hampers! The Windsor hamper, at a mere $1200, would do just fine. Let me know if you need my address, TayTay!

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Maybe you like to make itineraries to cope too. Here’s a little something to help you organize your thoughts.

I made paid subscribers a travel itinerary template for all their fake travel planning needs. Just download the PDF and plan away!

Also….I am kind of dying to know - where do you plan on never going first?

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voicemails from meg conley

You're too busy for another podcast. Me too. So this is just a voicemail, the kind we used to leave one another before texting and social media.

Once or twice a week, I leave you a message about politics, the economy, culture and home. I guess these voicemails are companions to my newsletter, homeculture. But like any message worth leaving, they stand just fine on their own too.

Just imagine I'm calling you from a Vtech Jelly Bean cordless phone, in translucent purple. I'll imagine you're listening to my message on your Vtech Jelly Bean cordless phone in translucent red. Talk soon.

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