#165 - Karo and Matt’s 2026 New Year’s Res-BRO-lutions

Summary

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Man of the Year - Champions of Friendship

Episode #165: Karo and Matt’s 2026 New Year’s Res-BRO-lutions

Hosts: Matt Ritter & Aaron Karo
Date: December 30, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this special end-of-year episode, Aaron Karo and Matt Ritter—comedians, best friends, and self-proclaimed friendship experts—continue their annual tradition: New Year’s “Res-BRO-lutions.” With their signature mix of humor, nostalgia, and practical advice, they reflect on their 2025 resolutions, trade friendly barbs, and set out new, concrete friendship and personal goals for 2026. Along the way: hilarious detours about holiday cards, gym mishaps, the value of helping friends, “what’s the best that could happen,” and the importance of hosting and social fitness.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Year in Review: Family, Holiday Cards, and Friendship Touchpoints

• Matt’s Reflections on Family Growth and Time Passing

  • Matt discusses how having a new child changed his perspective on time:
    “When you have kids, they say the days are long, but the years are slow. I'm starting to get that now.” (00:50, Matt)
  • He recounts childhood memories of measuring height with his siblings—now looking to start that tradition with his own kids (01:08–01:42).

• Holiday Cards as Tools for Friendship Maintenance

  • Matt sends his first family holiday card, sparked by both recent family photos and the motivation to reach out to his wider circle: “It’s an easy way to just be like, hey, I care… I value our friendship. Here’s what’s going on in my life.” (03:14, Matt)
  • Aaron pushes back, suggesting a card isn’t real connection. Matt disagrees, insisting even small gestures matter (04:00–04:26).

• The Absurdity of Address Keeping

  • Matt’s system: he snaps photos of friends’ holiday cards and keeps them in a phone album labeled 'Addresses’—to Aaron’s endless amusement and light ridicule (05:06–05:50).
  • Matt uses Postable to compile addresses, prompting a funny comparison of life admin habits (05:54–06:21).

• Household Evolutions: The Non-Magnetic Fridge Crisis

  • Matt laments modern (more expensive) fridges are no longer magnetic, cutting off the classic tradition of displaying cards (06:44–07:50).
  • Aaron is shocked: “That’s like most of that—that’s the whole point of refrigerator.” (07:27, Aaron)
  • They discuss different ways of displaying holiday cards and the nostalgia of kitchen communication.

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2. Revisiting and Grading 2025 Res-BRO-lutions

• Matt: Tripling Down on the Inner Circle

  • Focused most of his time on close friends, family, and neighborhood connections. He feels “very content” and doesn’t regret not expanding his social circle dramatically (10:17–10:54).

• Aaron: Honoring Inner Circle & Being Reflective

  • Narrowed his friend group, prioritized meaningful core connections, and worked on becoming “more reflective and less reactive.” He feels he has internalized this over the year (11:48–12:51).
  • Reflection on therapy: both started and quit, poking fun at each other—the cycle is representative of their approach to self-improvement (13:12–13:41).

• Health and Fitness Accountability

  • Matt set a goal to find a fitness accountability partner and succeeded, joining a local gym with his friend Dan and seeing major improvements in strength (15:08–16:52).
    • “In the past couple of months I’ve gotten insanely strong… I can now do like sets of 20 pullups… the creatine’s help.” (16:33, Matt)
  • Creatine discussion leads to comic confusion about supplements and aging bodies (17:02–17:44).
  • Aaron, an early riser for exercise, contrasts habits with Matt’s afternoon workouts (17:44–18:11).

• Taking a Big Swing & Making a Movie

  • Aaron: Set a vague but open-ended goal to take a “big swing,” but felt he still hasn’t found that major leap—will be rolling it over to 2026 (18:21–18:42).
  • Matt: Aimed to “make a movie” but will also roll that over; both joke about the “rollover minutes” of Hollywood dreams (18:54–19:02).

• Aaron’s New Physical Challenge

  • Aaron ran a triathlon, inspired by the accountability of the podcast: “I did the triathlon basically because of the resolutions. Because of this.” (21:18, Aaron)
  • They joke about the intensity of Ironman events (19:35–20:02) and swap triathlon war stories, with Matt learning just how hard a full Ironman really is (20:00–20:34).

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3. Setting 2026 Res-BRO-lutions: Concrete, Selfless, and Aspirational

[Timestamps Begin Around 21:30]

Friendship Goals

• Aaron:
  Resolution: “Friendship traveling” — See friends outside of New York, visit others in different parts of the country and the world.
  (21:40–22:12)

  • Inspired by Matt’s trips to see law school friends in Florida.

• Matt:
  Resolution: “Help a friend achieve something”—intentionally assist a friend with a goal, whether career advancement or otherwise.
  (22:23–23:28)

  • “Maybe that’s why I’m not achieving my own. Maybe look outward and see if that’ll—you know, it’s like, all comes full circle.” (22:49, Matt)

Personal Growth and Mindset Shifts

• Aaron: “What’s the best that could happen?”
  (24:42–25:24)

  • Mantra discovered serendipitously on a bodega sign in NYC: “I tell you, Matt, I stopped in my tracks… Because I never even thought of it that way." (25:08, Aaron)
  • Adopted it as a mindset—displayed on computer and fridge as a daily reminder.

• Matt: “You can just do things”
  (25:52–26:00)

  • Encourages taking initiative without waiting for permission:
    “You don’t need anybody’s permission to start anything you want to do… There’s no impediment other than in your own mind.” (26:02, Matt)

• Matt: Host More, Build Community
  (26:15–27:09)

  • Wants to return to frequent hosting as a “community anchor,” integrating family, friends, and neighborhood connections.
    “I want to do more…events at the house and see how I can, you know, kind of leverage that to do things that I like.” (26:57, Matt)
  • Practical info: kids go to bed by 7:30, so gatherings can resume post-bedtime.

• Aaron & Matt: “Take a Big Swing” Returns
  (27:31–28:03)

  • Aaron rolls over the big swing resolution, tying it to the “just do things” philosophy.

• Matt: “Get in the best shape of my life”
  (28:06–29:24)

  • A “Karo-esque” goal, committing fully for the first time and using social sports (basketball, pickleball) to make daily movement routine.
  • Gym accountability, healthy eating, and maximizing physical potential.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Friendship Rituals
  “There’s this thing with friendship… It’s very hard to have a reason to reach out to a large group of people… It’s an easy way to just be like, hey, I care.”
  —Matt, 03:14

• On Narrowing the Social Circle
  “Spent a lot of time with the close friends. Sort of narrowed the circle…if you don’t see the core crew—you know, I didn’t love that.”
  —Aaron, 11:48

• On Small Windows of Opportunity
  “I always ask myself, okay, what can I do in these 27 minutes?”
  —Aaron, 09:30

• On Selflessness in Friendship
  “Try to help a friend achieve something. Maybe there’s some positive energy I could use towards that.”
  —Matt, 22:23

• On Mantras and Mindsets
  “What’s the best that could happen?”
  —Aaron, 24:42
  “You can just do things.”
  —Matt, 25:52

• On Accountability
  “The fact that I forgot mine last year is not great.”
  —Matt, 30:49

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Timestamps of Important Segments

| Time | Segment | |----------|-------------------------------------------------------| | 00:39 | Introduction of “Res-BRO-lutions” tradition | | 01:08 | Family traditions—tracking kids’ growth | | 03:14 | Why send holiday cards? Connecting with friends | | 05:06 | Matt’s wild address-keeping system | | 07:33 | Modern fridges and displaying holiday cards | | 09:49 | “What can I do in 27 minutes?” — mini productivity | | 10:17 | Reviewing last year’s friendship resolutions | | 12:43 | Evolution toward being more reflective | | 13:12 | Therapy: started, quit, cycle continues | | 15:08 | Fitness accountability: Matt & Dan’s gym sessions | | 16:33 | “Creatine’s help”—strength gains | | 17:02 | Hilarious confusion on creatine supplements | | 19:02 | “Rollover” resolutions—big swing & making a movie | | 21:18 | Aaron’s triathlon: facing the swim, starting slow | | 22:12 | 2026 resolutions: friendship traveling (Aaron) | | 22:23 | “Help a friend achieve something” (Matt) | | 24:42 | “What’s the best that could happen?” mantra (Aaron) | | 25:52 | “You can just do things” philosophy (Matt) | | 26:57 | Hosting as anchor of community | | 28:06 | Matt: Best shape of his life goal for 2026 | | 30:49 | On accountability and future check-ins |

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Episode Tone & Style

Playful, self-deprecating, and sincere. Karo and Matt bounce off each other like old friends—because they are—riffing on quirks, trading jabs, yet always circling back to genuine advice and encouragement about building social fitness and maintaining close relationships.

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Final Note

Listeners are encouraged to submit their own “res-BRO-lutions” for 2026, keeping the podcast’s spirit of ongoing friendship support and camaraderie strong:

“Be good to yourself. Be good to your friends. Love you buddy.” (31:24, Aaron & Matt)

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End of Summary

Transcript

[A]

Foreign. Of the year.

[B]

Man of the Year. Man of the Year.

[A]

Welcome to the number one friendship podcast in the country. I'm Aaron Caro.

[B]

I'm Matt Ritter.

[A]

And make sure to go to audible.com, the buddy system, to listen to our Audible Original and Man of the year podcast.com to grab our merch and watch our episodes on YouTube. Matt, it's December 30th, which means it's time for our tradition, coined by us, New Year's Res Bro Lutions.

[B]

Res Bro Lucians.

[A]

But before we get to that, it's the end of the year. You. You feel like it was a. The year went fast, went slow. I mean, you had a child.

[B]

When you have kids, they say the days are long, but the years are slow. I'm starting to get that now.

[A]

Do you do a thing with your boys, or at least with. With Brenner, where you have notches on the thing of how tall he is?

[B]

I want to. I don't know that they're even. I don't know that he's even tall enough to start doing that. Should. I should probably start that, right?

[A]

Yeah, I think you can. I think you can. As soon as he can stand, you can do it.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. I think I should start that on their door. On the doors. Yeah. That's a good idea. We had one. I was lower. I was lower than my siblings for a long time on that chart.

[A]

Oh, you did have that.

[B]

We had it in our house growing up. Yeah.

[A]

Where? In the house?

[B]

On the door that Jay and I shared.

[A]

God, I forgot. You shared a room with Jay.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Your whole life.

[B]

No, until we got to plane. Until we got to plane View two.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Le husband.

[A]

I was trying to think of whether this year went fast or not. I think, like, the. The demarcation, I think for us in LA was the fires was the first week of the year.

[B]

That was this year. Yeah. No.

[A]

Yeah, it was like, January 7th or something like that.

[B]

That was 20, 25.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

Are you sure that feels like two years ago?

[A]

Yeah, it feels like 1 million years ago, but I feel like. Feel like again just going back to you having a kid. You're like. You're like Oregon Trail. Like, you started the year with a different family than you ended.

[B]

That's right.

[A]

That's right. Every.

[B]

Every couple of years, I have a completely new family dynamic on this pod.

[A]

And you. You just texted the gang because you're sending a holiday car for the first time.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What was the impetus?

[B]

Well, I think, like, before I Had kids. I never was like, what am I gonna. I don't know. It just felt like, what am I gonna do? Take a headshot of me and Jesse and send it out to people. It just felt, like, a little weird. Yeah.

[A]

You've had one kid for a couple years now.

[B]

Oh, yeah. It's just. We just been behind. We've just been buried under it, you know? Yeah. It was also that we took those great pictures from London, so, like, oh, I want to do something with those. That was a great pick because it was. It kind of captured it, like, our year in a nutshell. Like, that was the highlight. Going to Europe with the kids, the ups and downs of it. So it was just like, oh, you know what? We had a year. And this kind of encapsulates it.

[A]

Yeah. But especially for Julian, that party, that pitcher's so at. It's six months old already. It's like.

[B]

I know. The other thing is that I. The reason I wanted to send it out is because I do feel there's this thing with friendship is, you know, we don't get in touch with people all the time, and it's very hard to have a reason to reach out to a large group of people. Right. I mean, what other occasions do you have to just, like, connect randomly with people in your very outer circle? So it's. It's an easy way to just be like, hey, I care. You know, I know. You know, I know we're still friends. I. You know, and I. I want you to know that I, you know, value our friendship. Here's what's going on in my life.

[A]

I mean, if I play a little devil's. Devil's advocate. I mean, sending a unilateral postcard, it's not really connecting with anybody.

[B]

I disagree. I totally disagree. I think sending that picture. Like, sending a picture seeing somebody's face in a picture in their family smiling and just, you know, saying, hey, we're doing well, or just a little. Sometimes people add the anecdotes. I didn't do it because we didn't really have, you know, a ton to talk about what the kids are doing. I. I think it lets them know you. Yeah. You appreciate their, you know, their relationship. That's. That's why you're sending it.

[A]

I was thinking about. Because you texted the gang to get everyone into dress.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What?

[B]

Got like, three. Three responses.

[A]

Yeah, that was weird. I think people just, like, are checked with. Checked out.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. You gotta. You know, you gotta do. You gotta just ask the wives. I mean, why yeah.

[B]

They should know their addresses by heart.

[A]

But was. I was gonna say. Oh, it reminded me. Didn't you do something. You did another mailing because, remember, you had the most insane system ever. And I, like, went crazy on about it. Was it other people's Christmas cards?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

And store them in an album called Addresses?

[B]

Yes. Still doing it. Still doing it. I just. I have. If I. If I showed you my phone right now, you'd see in the favorites where. Right now I just popped in a few addresses.

[A]

Okay. But. Okay, I. I just. My blood is.

[B]

What's a better system than that?

[A]

How do you take that? Okay, just. Just to back up for a second. So when Matt's. By the way, why are you even doing that? If you've never sent a holiday card before, why did you do that, like, a year ago and I was making fun of you?

[B]

Maybe I thought I was going to do it last year.

[A]

Birth announcement. Anyway, just. Just to clarify what Matt does to collect addresses. He takes pictures. When people said in the holiday card, he takes a photo of it and then he puts it in an album on his phone.

[B]

Pretty good idea.

[A]

How do you convert that? What system are you using for this holiday card?

[B]

Postable. So actually it was easy because just while I was doing it, I just looked at all the addresses and I typed them all in.

[A]

See?

[B]

So now they're all.

[A]

Now.

[B]

But now they're all going to be in there and postable now they'll all be uploaded at some point. Somebody did what I just did for postable.

[A]

Well, I suppose. No, because when I. I don't know. Actually. I don't know how. I have a job. When someone sends me an address, I put it. I type it in first. Just add an extra step.

[B]

Definitely.

[A]

Anyway, I'm looking forward.

[B]

Most definitely not necessary Step.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, it just photos of other.

[B]

Well, because I don't. Because I'm not in front of my computer. They get the card and I'm like, I don't want to forget to do this thing.

[A]

And what's your. We'll get into the resolutions in a second. But what's your. What do you do with incoming holiday cards? You. You post them. You toss them. Depending.

[B]

I'm staring at them right now. I can see into. So the other thing is my. My fridge is weirdly not magnetized. I don't know if that means it's an expensive fridge or something happened. Are they not magnetized anymore? Like, what?

[A]

Really?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I don't. I don't even know. I've never heard of that.

[B]

Yeah. So we have them on. On the window sill.

[A]

Okay, so big, big sill, then big silver.

[B]

I mean, it's two. Two giant windows. Actually, it's pretty nice. We get to see the hole everybody's got. Like, not everybody's. Obviously have to cover some of them. My window still isn't 100ft long, but get a glimpse of everybody.

[A]

So according to a very cursory Google, modern refrigerators aren't magnetic.

[B]

Since when?

[A]

Yeah, I don't know. That's like. That's like most of that. That's the whole point of refrigerator.

[B]

Well, that's what occurred to me about refrigerators is that like, it's a place to show these things to like, hey, cards and memories and report cards. And so I was like, wow, that's so weird that it's missing. So when I got the holiday cards, I was like, this is cool. Like it's a place for your friends to be seen.

[A]

Yeah, but you display everyone, every one of them.

[B]

They're all out, literally taking up half my. I'll post it on one of our Instagram stories or something.

[A]

Got it. Yeah. So I post them on the fridge and you know, know I have other pictures.

[B]

Wait, but how do you put them on the fridge?

[A]

Mine are magnetized.

[B]

Oh, yours is?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Cheap fridge, I think. Shut up. I think the aloe. You know what? You're right. I mean, you're right, you're right. But. Okay, well, I'm looking forward to. Well, by looking forward to it, let's talk about our New Year's res. Bro. Lutions. Just any, any. Before we get into any sort of high level stuff of just resolutions in general or because I asked you about your New Year's resolution and you didn't even remember what you had said. I mean, you had to want to.

[B]

Get into what we were trying to accomplish last year or skipping past that.

[A]

No, we're gonna do that. But I just wanted to know, like, do you have any thought? Like, it seems like you. You bailed on your resolutions because you didn't. Couldn't remember what they even were.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, look again, to me, I'm not. I'm not really all about, you know, the. The big goal setting anymore. I'm like about just like smaller, like daily, weekly, monthly, kind of.

[A]

Okay, but that's new. You never told me that before.

[B]

Yeah, no, I just feel like in general, you know, I'm in the clear world of process versus goals. I mean, James, I'm a clear. Right.

[A]

Yeah, that's fair.

[B]

So, I mean, you know, it's like, yes, I have things I. I want to accomplish, and. But, like, I don't look back. I'm not, like, periodically checking in on my, you know, New Year's residency.

[A]

You're never looking back. You're always looking forward.

[B]

I am not looking back. That is true. And I actually pride myself in that.

[A]

You know, I've mentioned this before, but the one clear thing that you talk about, which I have adopted, which is that when, like, you know, a meeting gets canceled or something happens and you have, like, 27 minutes, I always ask myself, okay, what can I do in these 27 minutes? Problem is, we can't do much in 27 minutes. So I always find myself being like, well, that was pointless.

[B]

But that's not true. You're just talking about, like, can you write a script in 27 minutes?

[A]

Right, right. Correct. But, yeah, I don't know. I always end up like, what can you really do? I can, like, respond to an email. I mean, I guess you're right.

[B]

Call a friend.

[A]

Nah, that's insane. All right, let's. So let's start with our friendship resolutions last year. Yours was triple down on the inner circle.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, I think I did. I think I pretty much did. I don't think I incorporated in any new. Not. Not really. I didn't really incorporate any new. New people into my world. I think I did mostly spend time at the house, you know, with the new baby, with, you know, close friends, you know, you, Lonnie, Jeff. Yeah, dad. Friends that I'm close with in the neighborhood. Jeremy Lerman's. That's pretty much been my life. The. The. There's a couple, Lauren and Greg, who live up the block there. Kid Murphy's a birthday train of Brenner, and that's been my entire universe.

[A]

And how do you feel about it?

[B]

I love it. I'm just very content with that.

[A]

Well, because for. Since we're doing the podcast, you. You. You know, you. You were becoming the Pied Piper of Hancock Park. Now you're sort of going the other way.

[B]

You know, I'm very content to be known and be cordial and have, you know, those. It's for social fitness again. We talk about, you need friends, but you also need just people you say hi to. I love saying hi to everybody and being known in my neighborhood. That doesn't mean they're all my friends, and then I am obligated to give them my time. But I do appreciate every one of them.

[A]

Yeah, but you you can't get. Get to the coffee shop without being stop and chatted.

[B]

No, no, I cannot. Yeah, yeah, but that doesn't. But that's not mutually exclusive from. Hey, I really tripled down on just spending time with the, you know, the people that I enjoy the most.

[A]

Got it. Got it. I had two and they're actually both rolled over from 202401 was honor the inner circle, which is similar. And one was be more reflective and less reactive. The honor inner circle. Giving myself high grades similar as you. You know, like spent a lot of time with the close friends. Sort of narrowed the circle.

[C]

We.

[A]

We went too wide for a couple years there and like, you know, was finding myself like hanging out with people that I like. But like if you don't see the core crew, you know, I, I didn't love that. And then be more reflective and less reactive, which may have been rolled over a couple years. I. I think I have finally. I don't want to say I accomplished it, but I feel like I've internalized it enough.

[B]

I think so I'll give you credit for that.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. I've. I've become a little bit more.

[B]

Think you're there.

[A]

Reflective. You know, it's funny, I was just talking about therapy with someone last night. You. You stopped when? In 2024, whenever you started. Listeners will know that Matt was a big proponent of therapy. Then I started doing therapy and then one day I was like, Matt, I'm not doing therapy. When he goes, me neither.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So we bare back.

[B]

My wife may have suggested I get back in at some point.

[A]

Well, you know, it's never maybe a bad thing. Yeah, but you were also. Remind me, you doing virtual or in person?

[B]

Well, it was originally in person and then when it virtual it just kind of felt.

[A]

Yeah, I can't be on a zoom box.

[B]

I need to be laying on your couch.

[A]

Did you ever actually do that?

[B]

No, I wanted to. Yeah.

[A]

I would fall asleep immediately.

[B]

Yeah, that's what I do in massages and meditation and like I just completely fall asleep.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you still have. I don't know why because this is such a tangent, but laying down reminded me of the dentist office. And do you still have that condition where you like faint?

[B]

Of course I still have. It's called vasovagal. One in six men have it.

[A]

But it. Because again, this came up a couple weeks ago that just the sight of the needle.

[B]

I don't want to say that I automatically faint at the sight of the needle, but it's Definitely something psychological happens when there's blood or needles or something. It's, it's. I'm weak constitutionally.

[A]

It's not blood. Is it blood?

[B]

I don't know. I don't. Honestly, I. I think it. No, I think it's when they draw blood from me. I immediately.

[A]

Presumably when you get your physical every year you do a little blood draw and that you pass out.

[B]

Not always.

[A]

A strange. What a strange man.

[B]

Yeah, it's very like sporadic for when it happens, but it's definitely a vasovagal response. It's a. Which is a psychological condition.

[A]

Right. Oh God. If you didn't have enough already. Okay. Then we did sort of, I don't know, more personal ones. What yours was health. Find a health or fitness accountability partner.

[B]

Crush that one. I did crush that one. Dan and I joined. Okay, so this is funny. My neighbor during COVID they were closing down this yoga center and he just bought it. He and a couple of other men in the neighborhood decided they wanted to buy it and save it. It's like a well known. It's called like center for yoga in Largemont. And about beginning of the year, he's like, hey, you know, we're actually opening a gym on the downstairs floor of it. So I was like, that's amazing because I now have an office in Largemont.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And it's very inexpensive. So now Dan and I just go like during the work day and it's right next door.

[A]

I. You never even told me this. Okay, so it's. You go in the work day and then you do you go home and shower.

[B]

Well, I usually go at like 4, so it's usually like right before the.

[A]

End of the workday. Clocking off time at 4.

[B]

Clocking off at 4. If I get. Yeah, like a. Clocking off at 4.

[A]

Yeah. Okay. I didn't even occasionally if I'm doing.

[B]

Like a non sweaty like workout, I'll do it at like post lunch quick, quick one because it's right there. You know, I don't need to do the full crazy workout. Sometimes I just go, you know, three, three curls, three shoulders, you know, just like whatever. A couple push ups. You would hate it.

[A]

Yeah, but you also like build such arm like thickness from like barely doing anything.

[B]

Yeah, no, it's, it's. It is actually quite amazing. Like I'm. In the past couple of months I've gotten insanely strong just from like I do a couple pull ups, I do some bench press. It's like I can now do like sets of 20 pull ups like I don't even know how it happened. But the creatine's help.

[A]

Oh my God. What's the. This was in the group chat. You're taking creatine, are you not? No. What is it?

[B]

Of our age. Vintage. Not on creatine.

[A]

What it. What is it? Do I even want to know? What is it?

[B]

I don't know what it is.

[A]

Come on. Is it protein? What is it?

[B]

It's a little powder. Some people take it as a gummy. But there just was this study that said most of the gummies are from China and they only have like 0.5 grams in the of it protein. So it's a scam. Take the powder.

[A]

And how do you, how do you consume it?

[B]

Just drop it in water and chug it.

[A]

Right. Oh gosh. Okay, so you're doing.

[B]

Not on creatine. Oh my God.

[A]

I'm natural creatine, baby.

[B]

No, no. Your body starts making less of it as you get older. That's the whole point.

[A]

Let me just go back to a second. You, you eat lunch. I, I can't have food in my. I have to work out first thing. As soon as I roll out of bed. You eat lunch.

[B]

Well, if I go, if I go do the morning workout, I do it.

[A]

At the Y at 5:30, 5:30am I.

[B]

So I have, I have gyms surrounding me. I can't go left or right without a gym.

[A]

Okay, but talk to me about going to the gym after you've eaten like full stomach.

[B]

Well, if it's not like a big meal, I'm saying if I do it after a lunch, it's like a light lunch, you know?

[A]

Right.

[B]

And it's at least an hour. Not, not like right after lunch. But I have found that I. The food starts coming up a little. It's not great. It's not great.

[A]

Mine, which is spoiler. I'm rolling it over was take a big swing, which was just keeping myself open to, you know, outside the box ideas. It was pretty vague on purpose. I think I was searching for it. I didn't find one. So I'm just going to push that and try.

[B]

That's good.

[A]

Yeah. And then our last sort of goal stuff, yours was make a movie.

[B]

Working on it. Roll it over. Roll it on over.

[A]

Remember, rollover minutes.

[B]

Yeah. I'll take some rollover Hollywood industry minutes.

[A]

All right, let's talk about the next one and then mine. So this one I got to give my. I think you'll agree, a plus plus. Find a new physical challenge.

[B]

Yes. I mean, every. I feel like you do that every. Is it every year you find a new one?

[A]

No, this was the. I just. So our listeners know, I ran a triathlon. Did a triathlon. Already signed up for next year. Super fun Iron man found a new thing.

[B]

That's got to be next. Dude, we'll talk about next.

[A]

I was talking to someone who does Iron Man. Do you know what an iron man is?

[B]

It's 10 mile run. Let's see if I have this right. No. 100 mile run.

[A]

It's. First of all, it starts with swimming.

[B]

Okay. It's a three mile swim. Two and a half mile swim.

[A]

Okay, you got that right.

[B]

50 mile bike ride.

[A]

Not even close.

[B]

100 mile bike ride.

[A]

112 miles.

[B]

And then a marathon.

[A]

And then a marathon.

[B]

I was pretty close actually.

[A]

Biking a hundred. Okay. My, My triathlon was the Hermosa beach triathlon. Sprint triathlon. Half mile swim, 10 mile bike, three mile run.

[B]

Which one's the hardest?

[A]

Six mile run?

[B]

No.

[A]

Three mile run. Three mile run.

[B]

Which one's the hardest? Swim.

[A]

The swim. Well, to me the bike was the hardest because I don't. I haven't ridden a bike in decades and I had a mountain bike. The swim is like, you know, you could drown, theoretically.

[B]

Right, right.

[A]

Ride your bike slow, but right. The death part, yeah. But the swim, this is a very beginner triathlon, but it's super.

[B]

People that like swim stampede over each other and they die.

[A]

I don't know if people die, but yes, you sprint into the water and they swim.

[B]

Peed. They swim. Peed on each other.

[A]

It's a swim and you're hitting each other. So what? I did go, what?

[B]

I think people have died. Swim. Peded.

[A]

Swim. Peed. I. I was the last one. And I walked. They go burnt fingers off. And then I walk. Everyone's sprinting. And by the way, you hit the water, you can only like. Everyone stops. You know, you can't like go that fast. You have to get through the waves and.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

So I'm very proud of myself on that one. I did the triathlon basically because of the resolutions. Because of this.

[B]

That's great. So maybe if I'd remembered my resolutions, I would have made a movie.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. All right. So you want to talk about our 2026 Resbro illusions? I have a friend, one I could start with.

[B]

Yeah, same. Good.

[A]

So you. In one of our episodes, you talked about you, You. You saw your high school. No, sorry. Your law school friends who live in Florida. And that actually was like, got me thinking. Of like, I'm kind of a coastal elite. I see my New York friends. Yeah, I see. I have friends and like, I've got friends in other parts of the country. I've got other. I got friends in other parts of the world. So my resolution is to do some friendship traveling and see people outside of New York.

[B]

Doesn't your buddy Rob live in Denver?

[A]

My buddy Rob does live in Denver. I think. I did actually see him this year. I did actually see him this year, so maybe I'll go somewhere else.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, that's a good one. My friendship resolution is to try to help a friend achieve something.

[A]

Oh, that's nice.

[B]

Yeah. You know, I feel like maybe there's some positive energy I could use towards that if somebody needs help. I don't know if it's career advancement or something, or just help somebody to help a friend achieve something.

[A]

That's. Damn. I think that's like our most selfless resolution we've ever had.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I was just thinking, like, maybe that's why I'm not achieving my own. Maybe look outward and see if that'll, you know, it's like, all comes full circle and.

[A]

Okay, so. So how would you. How do you think? Is it just about being open to the possibility?

[B]

Yeah, being open to the possibility, but, you know, maybe help somebody get a job. I did help somebody get a job recently, which was nice. I think I felt really good that I connect, you know, because I have the legal recruiting thing, obviously professionally help people, but through a friend in network, I helped somebody at work and I just felt. I don't know, I felt amazing about it.

[A]

Did they. What was the. What was the thank. What was the level of gratitude and thank thankfulness?

[B]

Very, very grateful. Because work is hard to come by these days.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I had a similar. I don't actually. I'm going to follow up on one of my WhatsApp groups. Someone was like, oh, do you know? Does anyone know anybody? This person, I don't know. Does anyone know anybody at Airbnb? And I happen to have a good buddy at airbnb. And I'm like, I just texted him before I responded to the WhatsApp. I go, someone on this WhatsApp is looking for a job. I looked at their LinkedIn. They seem good. He's like, send them to me.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And so I responded and connected them. And she again, never met this woman. She's just like, people never respond to these things. On his WhatsApps, it really, like, was she, like, really sent me a nice message. I was like, good for me.

[B]

It's a good feeling, isn't it? I. I sent a resume to UTA for like, a friend, family friend, you know, to be an intern. Like, I don't know, you know? But I'm saying that makes me feel good that I'm like, oh, I followed through on that.

[A]

Yeah. So my next one, I have kind of a. I don't know, metaphysical sort of, like, personal thing. I can't remember if I told you this, but I want us. My new mantra for 2026 is going to be, what's the best that could happen? Have I told you about this mantra?

[B]

No, I like it.

[A]

So earlier this year, I was in the city is in New York, and I decided to walk to my next meeting because I had some time. And I walked through Washington Square park, and Right. I got past Washington Square park, there was a bodega. And in the bodega was a. Was a. An ad. Probably been there for 20 years for Prosecco. And it said, what's the best that could happen? I tell you, Matt, I stopped in my tracks. I'm like. Because I never even thought of it that way.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What's the worst that could happen? What's the worst that could happen? What's the best.

[B]

I feel I live by the Prosecco mantra.

[A]

By what's the best that can happen?

[B]

Yeah. I feel like that's how I live.

[A]

Okay. I mean, that's. I mean, that's laudable.

[B]

Yeah. I love this.

[A]

So I. I took a picture of it. I bought a. I don't know, on Etsy, like, a little thing for my fridge, by the way, Matt's on my fridge.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I also made it my. Not screensaver, the desktop. What's the best? Just as a reminder. And I'm gonna try to think that way.

[B]

Yeah, that's great. Yeah, I like that one.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I have a one that I like that people say you see it on the Internet, you can just do things.

[A]

Oh, say more.

[B]

No, just. I. I've seen that as a meme. Like, you don't need anybody's permission to start anything that you want to do. You don't need anybody's permission to wake up one day and go, I want to do this thing. You just go do it. There's no. There's no impediment other than in your own mind. For me, actually, one of my other goals is to go back to what we love doing, which is hosting more at the house. I know that sounds probably crazy to you because you're probably like, oh, you guys host all the time. But actually for us, it's been less than we normally do. I mean, we did the holiday party, but I like, I would like to host like quarterly. I like that my house is like a part of the community, like an anchor of the community for my friends. You know, it's like, I feel like that's a role that I gladly play in the friend group, like host. So I want to. I just want to do more, you know, kind of events at the house and see how I can, you know, kind of leverage that to do things that I like.

[A]

I mean, hosting has always been in your DNA.

[B]

Yeah, but just with the two kids, it's been, you know, it's just harder. But now I feel like things have stabilized. I want to, you know, I want that to be part of what we do.

[A]

What, what time do children go to sleep?

[B]

7, 7:30.

[A]

At the same time. Even though they're two years apart, Julian.

[B]

Goes to sleep 20 minutes before Brenner, basically. Yeah.

[A]

Okay, so that's. And, and, and do they even stir if you're having people downstairs?

[B]

Not really.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

And we could definitely have people outside. They would not hear a thing.

[A]

Right? Yeah. We've had some pretty December weather. So our other. My other one was my rollover. Was my. Take a big swing. I'm gonna just, you know, I'm gonna. I guess it's. It's a corollary to what's the best that could happen, but I'm just going to. It's actually similar to your. Sorry, what was your thing? Do things. Just.

[B]

You can just.

[A]

You can just do things. It's similar. Just like, whatever. If opportunity comes my way, you know, I'm gonna. I'm gonna go for it.

[B]

You're gonna love my last one.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I feel like I've been dancing around it, but never really confronted this one. 2026. Getting the best shape of my life.

[A]

Wow. Okay. It's K row esque.

[B]

Very curious. Something that I've never, you know, I don't want to say half assed, you know, like, but I've never committed.

[A]

Okay. And. And you and I discussed this recently that my mantra is I'm always within a month of being in the best shape of my life.

[B]

Yeah. Which I love. Which I love. I thought it was three weeks.

[A]

It's. It's changed. No, Dave.

[B]

Dr. Dave's is three weeks. Yours is a month.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, I mean, I can always.

[B]

Be within three weeks of the best shape of your life.

[A]

What's called three weeks can the best. I'm writing this down. Best shape of your life. And what is. What are you gonna have, like, just the gym in your building. Like, what are you gonna do?

[B]

Well, so I'm gonna try to make sure that I'm, you know, we have. So the basketball league was one thing we weaved in. I now have two gyms.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

But I want to also start getting more into the social sports, pickleball. Just so that I have, like, something physical every day almost.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's great. And you look, as you always say, you eat incredibly. You've always eaten incredibly. Only salmon. Only salmon.

[B]

Well, that's really. What. Just. If I just increase the intensity, it's not going to be that hard.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. I've got to see this. I would like. Do me a favor. Next time you do your 20 pull ups, I want to see that because that's. That's a lot.

[B]

I've been videotaping them. Have you not seen any of them?

[A]

Oh, is it on Instagram?

[B]

Yeah, I did. I did. Well, I did one set of like 16, but then Neil Paris was like, you're swinging your legs. So then I did a set of like 11 where I wasn't moving at all.

[A]

So now Neil is involved. Where'd Neil come from?

[B]

Well, just on insta, he was shaming me. He was saying they weren't perfect form. So then I was like, all right, let me show you guys. Perfect form, but, like, with no movement at all, it's hard to do 20. Zero movement on the legs.

[A]

Legs are fine. But are you coming to a dead hang?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

If you're coming to a full extended hang, you can do whatever you want with your legs.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay. That's a lot of pull ups.

[B]

Yeah. No, it's suddenly, I'm telling you, creatine. I'm not saying like, I. I'm telling you, this is a direct creatine addition.

[A]

I. I like these res. Bro illusions for us. I feel like they're good. Like wholesome and achievable.

[B]

You know what else I like? There aren't that many.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because a lot of people put 10 resolutions down and it's kind of like a cop out.

[A]

Right. Because if you get. You get 10, you know, you could say, I did. I did it. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. All right, well, I'm. I'm ex. It's so funny to think about future us. December 2026.

[B]

Like, well, let's keep ourselves accountable here. The fact that I forgot mine last year is not Great.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. This is. This is great. Help a friend host more. Getting the bishop of your life and travel for friends. What's the best that could happen? And then rolling over, take a big swing.

[B]

I really like what's the best that can happen. That's a great one. Prosecco. That was their. That was their tagline. Never even.

[A]

I know.

[B]

Saw that.

[A]

All right. So guys, will you send us your New Year's res bro Lutions? We'd love to hear hear them. Thank you guys for listening. Always remember, be good to yourself. Be good to your friends. Love you buddy.

[B]

Love you buddy.

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