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Let's Celebrate Your 2025! · The Aligned Actor

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  Let's celebrate your 2025 because however this past year went
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  for you,
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  you did it!
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  SPEAKER_00: Yay you!
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  welcome back to the aligned actor pod tube stack i'm amy
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  schlerb your friendly
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  internet mindfulness and mindset coach for actors and creatives
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  pretty much anybody
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  who has chosen bravely the creative life career we're all
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  riding that roller
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  coaster of ups and downs twists and turns we never know what's
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  coming next but
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  SPEAKER_00: we're doing it we're doing it friends
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  It's not for everyone,
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  but we chose this life because our craft lights us up like
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  nothing else.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we deserve to thrive physically, mentally, emotionally.
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  SPEAKER_00: We deserve to thrive in all of the ways.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we deserve to thrive all the time in our actor life.
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  SPEAKER_00: So here's a way that we can do that.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you spent any time at all in my world,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know that one of my favorite mottos is ABC,
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  SPEAKER_00: always be celebrating.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna say that again for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: ABC, always be celebrating.
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  SPEAKER_00: I celebrate everything.
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  SPEAKER_00: I celebrate every time I record a pod tube stack.
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  I celebrate every time I keep going after I flubbed something
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  and I'm okay with it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I celebrate every time I complete a workout.
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  SPEAKER_00: I celebrate every time I skip a glass of wine in the evening.
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  SPEAKER_00: I celebrate every time I submit a self tape.
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  I celebrate every time I teach a workshop or I have a session
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  with a client.
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  SPEAKER_00: I celebrate all the time.
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  Celebrating throughout my day is a fun thing to do and it makes
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  both my body and my
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  SPEAKER_00: brain feel really,
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  SPEAKER_00: really good.
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  It's also a surefire way for me to boost my motivation and my
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  self-esteem.
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  SPEAKER_00: And both of those things are really,
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  SPEAKER_00: really,
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  SPEAKER_00: really important elements of a strong and positive mindset.
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  So celebration builds motivation because celebration activates
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  the reward center of our brain.
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  SPEAKER_00: We get this little hit of dopamine, which makes us feel really good.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then we associate that good feeling with whatever we're celebrating.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as a result, we tend to seek out ways to do that thing again.
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  So celebrating after I record a pod tube stack motivates me to
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  record more pod tube
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  SPEAKER_00: stacks because my brain associates,
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  SPEAKER_00: oh,
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  SPEAKER_00: creating content,
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  SPEAKER_00: good feelings.
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  SPEAKER_00: So of course it wants to create more content to get more good feelings.
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  SPEAKER_00: Celebration also boosts and builds self-esteem because on a deeper level,
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  SPEAKER_00: what I'm really doing when I'm celebrating,
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey,
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  SPEAKER_00: I did a pod tube stack.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm making this content.
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  SPEAKER_00: It makes me feel positive about myself because I did that thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Celebrating after I submit a self tape,
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  SPEAKER_00: for example,
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  SPEAKER_00: it makes me feel really good about myself as an actor.
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  It boosts my self-esteem because regardless of the outcome,
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  I did my work.
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  SPEAKER_00: I showed up.
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  SPEAKER_00: I did the scene.
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  SPEAKER_00: I played the character.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was my character during that audition.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then I shared that work with the industry.
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  SPEAKER_00: So good job me.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's worth celebrating.
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  SPEAKER_00: So celebration,
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  SPEAKER_00: because it builds motivation and it builds self-esteem,
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  SPEAKER_00: it builds a really positive,
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  SPEAKER_00: healthy mindset.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because feeling motivated,
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  SPEAKER_00: feeling confident in myself,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's a really,
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  SPEAKER_00: really healthy headspace to be in as an actor.
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  Because that mindset keeps us focused and it keeps us taking
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  action on our goals in
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  SPEAKER_00: a really kind and supportive way.
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  So instead of letting our inner critic bully and berate us
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  using tactics that make
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  SPEAKER_00: us feel really awful about ourselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: So stuff like, oh, you're really lazy.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's about time that you got off your ass and recorded a podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Celebration instead activates our inner super fan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Woohoo.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're awesome.
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  SPEAKER_00: You did it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yay.
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  Our inner super fan is the one who cheers us on and makes us
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  feel really good about ourselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: So think back to your school days and your favorite teachers.
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  And I bet the ones that you remember most fondly are the ones
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  who encouraged you,
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  SPEAKER_00: who celebrated your progress,
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  SPEAKER_00: made you feel really good about yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I bet you did better in their classes too.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you want the ultimate productivity hack,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's encouraging yourself,
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  SPEAKER_00: cheering yourself on,
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  SPEAKER_00: boosting your motivation and your self-esteem in a positive,
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  SPEAKER_00: loving way,
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  SPEAKER_00: instead of in a berate and beat with a stick kind of way.
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  As adults,
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  we get to decide which approach we want to take with ourselves
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  now.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I know which one I prefer.
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  So I have an exercise for you because hopefully now I've sold
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  you on celebration enough.
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  And I want to get you started with your own intentional
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  celebration practice by
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  SPEAKER_00: celebrating your 2025,
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  SPEAKER_00: however your 2025 looked for you.
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  So this is an exercise that I use with my clients and it can
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  feel a little awkward
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  SPEAKER_00: at first,
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  SPEAKER_00: but when folks get going with this,
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  SPEAKER_00: it lights them up like nothing else.
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  It's an intentional rampaging process and it will help you
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  acknowledge and celebrate yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: So all you're gonna do is complete the phrase,
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm proud of myself for over and over and over and over and over again.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you can do this out loud.
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  SPEAKER_00: or you can do this in written form.
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  SPEAKER_00: So just as a little tiny example,
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm proud of myself for recording my second pod tube stock of the day.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm proud of myself for the shoulder workout I just did.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm proud of myself for messing up
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  you know my whole motto abc always be celebrating and then
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  deciding i'm just going
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  to take that back and keep going and i'm not going to edit it
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  out i'm proud of
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  myself for just continuing on not getting upset with myself i'm
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  proud of myself for
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  that i'm proud of myself for listing some things that i'm proud
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  of myself for you
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  SPEAKER_00: get the idea you just keep
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  SPEAKER_00: saying, I'm proud of myself for, and then fill in the blank.
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  And you just keep going and going and going and going and going
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  for as long as you can.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now,
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  a really important note about this is that if you're the type
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  of person to downplay
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  your accomplishments because you fear that celebrating them
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  would turn you into an
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  SPEAKER_00: insufferable braggart,
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  SPEAKER_00: Please know that this exercise is entirely different from that.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is not bragging.
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  SPEAKER_00: This process is meant for you and you alone.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're not going to go posting all of this on the internet.
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  I realize I just stated a bunch of I'm proud of myself for
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  examples for you,
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  SPEAKER_00: but those were examples and it's okay.
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  so yeah it's just for you this is not bragging it's just to
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  help you feel good
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  about yourself by acknowledging things that you did ways that
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  you showed up this
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  year that's not bragging it's acknowledging and celebrating
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  yourself and like i
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  said a little bit earlier you're just boosting your self-esteem
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  and your motivation
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  SPEAKER_00: and those are
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  SPEAKER_00: hugely important elements for your overall mindset.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I really encourage you to take this seriously.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give yourself this gift.
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  Take some time to sit down and say,
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  I'm proud of myself for the way I showed up this year.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm proud of myself for the fact that I did this new thing this year.
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  I'm proud of myself for sitting down and saying,
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  I'm proud of myself for some things.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm proud of myself for whatever it is.
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  Because you did a lot this year and you deserve to acknowledge
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  all the great things
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  SPEAKER_00: that you did,
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  SPEAKER_00: all the great ways that you humaned in the world,
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  SPEAKER_00: all the great ways that you actored in the world this year.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I want you to celebrate and acknowledge that for yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: So go wild with celebration for yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what I have for you today, friends.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you found this content helpful or inspiring,
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  SPEAKER_00: I would be ever so honored if you would leave a comment,
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  SPEAKER_00: share this with a pal in whatever way you found it.
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  SPEAKER_00: buy me a coffee, consider becoming a paid subscriber on my sub stack.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you do become a paid subscriber, I do community Zooms.
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  So it's kind of like office hours and you get to have access to
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  me and we'll do
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  SPEAKER_00: some mindfulness and we'll do some community-based mindset coaching.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's pretty fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, thank you so much for being here today.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can also go check out my website,
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  SPEAKER_00: thealignedactor.com to find out more about me and I'll see you next time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bye.