Chapters
Shownotes Transcript
If you guys haven't noticed, I haven't had a new merch drop in a minute, but that is all about to change very, very soon. What you guys don't see is the madness behind the scenes and what shipping merch out really looks like.
Making sure you guys are receiving your items on time is beyond important to me and those that run businesses know exactly how stressful it can be. There's a reason why everybody uses ShipStation. ShipStation has made my life so much easier. I love being able to automate shipping tasks and manage orders in one simple dashboard and even print shipping labels with just the click of a button.
I am able to save thousands of shipping costs with discounts of up to 89%, you guys. And that's off DHL, UPS, and USPS rates.
So work less and ship more with ShipStation, the innovative tool that helps turn your shipping challenges into opportunities for growth. Go to ShipStation.com and use code SOFIA to sign up for your free 60-day trial. That's ShipStation.com, code SOFIA.
Hi, and welcome to IKEA. How can I help? My schedule is crazy. I just want some me time. Maybe it's time to embrace the joy of staying in. With comfortable beds, pillow and decor, mood lighting, and so much more, you can turn your bedroom into the place to be. Oh, sounds like a dream. We've got you. Visit us in-store or at IKEA-USA.com to create your dream bedroom today.
It's Sophia Franklin and you are listening to Sophia with an F. But I think I'm in the mood for a quickie. What do you think? The moral to the story is ignorance is bliss. I just had no idea there was THC in them. Mind over matter. The second I see that there's weed in it, then I have a panic attack.
Happy mini Monday, everybody. I am recording sitting on the floor.
In my bedroom, we've kind of switched it up in this 600 square foot bitch. And it's just like really moody. And the backdrop is stunning because I should be an interior decorator. And I know you are listening to this with your headphones. So the visual...
maybe isn't landing as much as it could. So absolutely check out my TikTok. But I'm like perched up onto my bed, crumbled up in this crazy position. Like I know for a fact I have scoliosis. Between the way I sit on the couch when I'm working, the way I'm recording this right now,
And then the bags that I carry with me around New York. For some reason, when I leave my house, I feel like I need to take every single thing with me. Like the apocalypse is about to happen. I'm so delusional when it comes to packing things.
My purse, I'll bring my purse and then I'll bring this other bag that's even bigger. And I will have my iPad in there, which I don't even know how to use. I'd really like to do a tutorial. Anyways, I have way too much shit in my purse and I have scoliosis. So there's that. I am recording this at 11 p.m.
And for me, that is like completely unheard of. And so, you know, something's up when I'm recording this, not with a margarita, not at 3 a.m., not in a dark headspace. And the reason I'm recording in a timely fashion, quote unquote, is because I was actually supposed to record last night.
And the cutest, funniest thing happened. So I was sent this package of goodies from the CBD company. And I've been taking the CBD oil every day. It's like a little dropper that you put under your tongue and hold it there for 60 seconds. And then I've been taking their sleep gummies.
And I want to say no. Nope, that was, I think it's placebo effect. I've heard CBD takes, you have to be taking it every day consistently for it to really work. However, I actually think I felt a difference. So what the fuck does that have to do with last night? Last night, I was recording super late and I just had anxiety, right?
And I wanted to take something that wouldn't put me out. I wasn't about to take a sleep gummy. Me acting like a sleep gummy would really like put me on my ass considering the shit I have taken to go to sleep. But that's besides the point. So then I grab these other gummies that they sent me. And the package was already opened. So I had taken it before lunch.
And the gummies were meant to relax you. Not sleep, relax. That's exactly what I fucking needed. So I pop it in my mouth and I look at the directions after the fact, which is really interesting. But I have this like obsession with reading exactly how to dose and take everything and
Which is probably a great obsession to have. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, like if your doctor prescribes you, I don't know, Percocet, Oxycodone, it's probably best that you do look at the directions for dosaging. So I'm reading it and I see that it says, wait two hours before taking any more dosages.
And I'm thinking to myself, okay, most dramatic CBD company to ever live, like fucking relax. And then the letters THC stand out to me. And I'm like, that's actually not weird because a lot of CBD products have THC in them and it's like 0.03 and it doesn't really count.
It's like when you take Tylenol and then on the back of the bottle it says, do not operate heavy machinery because this is extra strength Tylenol. Talk to your doctor first before taking this medicine. Oh yeah, yeah.
Yeah, that makes sense. I'm going to just quickly call my primary care doctor at 10 p.m. at night and ask him how he feels about me taking extra strength Tylenol. For sure. I just thought it was like one of those things. I look closer and we've got us CBD for sure with a little extra kick to it, which definitely
was five milligrams of THC. So, I mean, it was essentially a weed gummy. And I didn't like hearing that, but I was fine. And I went about my work. 30 minutes go by.
And that old familiar feeling just takes over me and my body starts to like feel relaxed. But then I interpret it as like tingly, scary. And my brain, like I just, I'm high. Like essentially I'm high. That's what it is. That's what the feeling is. And I go right into an insane panic attack.
And I call my friend to come over and I'm like, I just, I need someone here. Like, or do you think I should go to the hospital? And she obviously said, no girl, you're not going to the hospital. Just chill. And I read to her what kind of THC it is. It's like Delta nine, nine Delta 19, some shit, which I,
supposedly is like really strong i don't fucking know also five milligrams for the real people out here that actually smoke weed or take gummies or deal with weed and they're into it i'm assuming five milligrams is fucking nothing the moral to the story is
Ignorance is bliss. I like to learn something. Like there's lessons in every single experience you have. I had taken those gummies before. Like the package was open. I just had no idea there was THC in them. Mind over matter. The second I see that there's weed in it, then I have a panic attack. And by the way, I took half.
I literally took half of it because I was so scared that I would get a little too relaxed and then I wouldn't work. So that's 2.5 milligrams of weed. And you know what? I think I'm a fucking trooper and I low-key want to try it again. Even though I was losing my mind, like actually losing it, I want to take a quarter when I'm already laying in bed comfy cozy and like I just need to go to sleep. That might be a really bad idea.
Since I was shaking, uncontrollably sobbing. We are in a cost of living crisis, people. And everyone knows I am the queen of finding ways to save money. And that applies to my retail therapy as well. Rakuten is going to help you save money. Period. I mean, it already has for me. So why wouldn't it for you?
It's the smartest way to save money when you shop because you earn cash back at over 3,500 stores. My personal favorites are Sephora, Saks Fifth Avenue, Walmart,
wine.com but I've also earned cash back on trips I've taken home appliances and even dining out with friends it's truly the gift that keeps on giving and the membership is free and it's beyond easy to sign up for so there's really no excuse
Cashback is deposited directly into your PayPal account or Rakuten can send you a check. Whatever way you prefer. Get the Rakuten app now and join the 17 million members who are already saving. Cashback rates change daily. See Rakuten.com for details. That's R-A-K-U-T-E-N. Your cashback really adds up. ♪
So now we're here and I have something that I really want to talk to you guys about. And it's just like a little update in terms of me not knowing what the fuck is going on in the influencer space. I have been in the process of hiring someone and I want them to work full time. They're going to be like my right hand here in New York.
And there's this Instagram account that I follow. And I think that her Instagram is fucking insane. Just in terms of like aesthetically, how much content is getting pushed out, how smart the content is, how captivating it is. Long story short,
She had put up a job posting that I had screenshotted, couldn't find the screenshot. And so I took to the internet to see if I could find it and plagiarize it and use it as my own job posting straight up. And I stumble across this page, the NYC Influencer Snark page.
And when I tell you, I was like Jasmine and Aladdin and a whole new world was opened up to me. Like I had no clue that a page like this existed and the amount of people and people that I even call friends that I saw on there. Shit was brutal. Like it was not nice stuff, which Reddit tends to be like that. But this was next level and
There was one influencer, like I feel bad laughing, I was just like a little taken aback, that made up, I would say, about 60 to 70% of this snark page. Excuse me, she had a backup snark page. That is...
dedicated to just this one person. And I am not going to lie to you. I went down a little bit of a rabbit hole and I learned a lot of stuff about a lot of people, which I take with a grain of salt because I know people talk shit on me, you know, and some of it's probably true, but a lot of it's probably not. And the amount of information on this page, like,
It's like a bunch of PIs got together and they're on your ass, on your every move. You put a post up, it is reposted on this page 30 minutes later with 40 comments ripping it apart. So I'm scrolling, I'm scrolling, I'm reading, I'm kind of indulging in it, which I try to not do. And you know who wasn't on there was me, right?
Why? Like I'm not important enough. I'm not cool enough. I'm not relevant enough. Is it because I'm not considered an influencer? I am a podcaster. I was a podcaster. I podcasted before anything else. And then the following and the influencer shit was like a byproduct of that.
And I don't, I don't really know if I land in the influencer box. I actually don't give a fuck. I am pissed that I was not on there. I'm going to have my new hire. Her first job is going to be to blow that shit up with just Sophia Franklin posts all around.
Except they're going to be nice. And so it won't make sense that they're there. I also think the main commonality with all of these influencers was that they post nonstop around the clock consistently every second of the day, which as we know, I don't tend to do. So I mean, when you're posting that much, someone's going to find something they don't like.
You know, it's like if you go to the same restaurant 100 times, 12 of those times, you're going to be like, what the fuck kind of food did they make today? Who is in the back? Who's the chef? Like, so I don't know. Maybe that's it.
Or maybe I'm just an old hag and I need to get relevant again. And I have no issue with that. I'm going to brainstorm on that one. So, I mean, it's kind of fun, but it's also kind of fucking awful. And it's just women ripping each other apart. But...
It was really interesting. And if you randomly see a post about me, just look the other way because I had nothing to do with it. And with that, I love you guys so much. That was my little teeny tiny update. And I'm gonna go freak out and have a panic attack on a weed gummy again. See maybe if I can just like build a tolerance up because I'm that bitch.
Love you suits. I'll talk to you next week. Bye.
