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69. 2024 non-negotiables... how to make this year your BEST year yet · Hot Girl Energy Podcast

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Hello you guys, and welcome back to another episode of the Hawkerel Energy Podcast.
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I'm your host, Kaylee, and this is your weekly reminder that it's
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a new day, a new week, a new mindset, and another day
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for you to become the hawk Grel Energy you want to attract. Hello you
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guys, Happy twenty twenty four. What the actual heck? I cannot believe
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we are entering a new year. I have been on a break these past
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two weeks week and happen a bit. As you guys know, I took
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last week off and decided to not record an episode strictly because I really wanted
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to take a break. I just wanted to be off social media. I
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really wanted to be present during the holiday season with my family, with Zach
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and just really disconnect. And I have to be honest, it was the
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best decision to do. Of course, with my job, there's moments where
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I'm able to disconnect and you know, just spend time with Zach and not
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be on social media or anything like that. But I feel like I haven't
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had days where I literally just sit on the couch and do absolutely nothing,
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Like I'm talking like nothing in regards to taking care of the house, have
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no adult responsibilities, like I haven't had a day like that in so long.
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So Zach and I literally dedicated a day and we watched all four Hunger
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Games in our living room, so literally sat on the couch all day,
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did nothing, And it was exactly what I needed. I just needed that
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little reset of just doing absolutely nothing and enjoying the time off, and we
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did just that. So I really really enjoyed just taking the time off during
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the holidays and just as I said, spending it with family. And I
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hope you guys enjoyed your holidays as well. And now we have officially entered
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the New Year's season, so I'm very excited to see what is to come
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for twenty two twenty four. As for my New Year's Eve, I didn't
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do anything too crazy. I feel like New Year's Eve is so overrated in
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my opinion, like I feel like everybody feels forced to do something. Originally,
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Zach and I were supposed to have like a little staycation in Ottawa.
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We went to Nordeek during the day, which is a spa here in Ottawa.
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It was so relaxing and it just felt like a wellness day and I
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feel like it was the perfect way to enter the new year. And then
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we were supposed to stay at a hotel in Ottawa and just go out for
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dinner and just make it about Zach and I. We weren't going to do
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anything special in terms of like going out with our friends or going to a
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party, Like literally, we're just going to go out for dinner and that
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was about it. But we decided to change our plans and we went out
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for dinner the night before New Year's Eve because it gets so busy and hectic
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at restaurants and everything is usually booked and busy, right, So we ended
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up going out for dinner the night before at this restaurant called Riviera on Sparks
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Street downtown. If you're from Ottawa, so good, the food is amazing.
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So Zach and I did that the night before, and then on New
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Year's Eve, we went to the spa, as I said, but then
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we went home and we went to a little house party with our friends.
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Like literally it was just like eight or ten of us couples literally played games,
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ate good food, had a bit of wine, celebrated the New year,
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and then literally went home like it was super chill, nothing crazy,
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I also would have been happy just sitting in my pajamas in my bed,
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watching like some tip of TV show with Zach or a movie all night and
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been happy with that too, So doesn't really matter. I personally think New
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Year's Eve is completely overrated, but I'm very happy to be in twenty twenty
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four and start talking about goals, resetting, and just getting into the motivation
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of starting fresh. So, as you guys know, in the last episode,
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we talked a lot about setting goals, vision boards, all that,
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and not gonna lie. I've only gotten halfway through my vision board. I
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don't know why it's taking me so long. I'm just trying to make sure
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that the images that I pick really reflect the goals that I've written down.
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I've already written down my goals for each category, which if you haven't listened
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to that episode, you need to. It's the perfect episode to prep for
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the new year. And it's never too late to start your vision board now
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or in February, whenever it works for you. Just know that it's never
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too late to jump on that wagon. But as I said, I'm still
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not fully down my vision board. I still have a few more images to
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add, so just trying to make sure I find the best images to reflect
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the goals that I've written down in my notebooks. So currently going to be
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working on that probably tonight or tomorrow night. And I wanted to share some
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of the goals with you guys, just because I feel like that's very inspirational
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for people who don't know what to write down. Some people have a hard
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time figuring out goals for themselves, and I personally find seeing other people mention
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their goals or anything like that, it's very inspiring and it allows you to
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see if that goal might work for you, or maybe something similar that works
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for your type of lifestyle or anything like that. So first off, I'm
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entering my wifey era. I am getting married this year. It is my
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wedding year. I cannot believe I'm going to be becoming a wife in eight
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months. Eight months. It's gonna fly by you, guys. I'm telling
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you right now. It's going to go buy so vast. So I am
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just hoping that I have the wedding of my dreams this year. I have
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a lot of planning coming up these next few weeks with my wedding planners,
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so things are starting to get real, not like it wasn't real when I
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picked up my wedding dress and you know, picked up the wedding venue and
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all that. But I think it's going to feel even more real once we
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start picking out like the florals and the overall design of what we're going to
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be doing for our ceremony and the reception and all that. So we haven't
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done any of that yet, so that is going to be a January thing
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to start off with. But one of my goals is just to have the
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most memorable wedding with Zach and just being able to have the perfect tineymoon as
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well. I don't think I've mentioned this yet, just because Zach and I
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we're still trying to confirm our plans, but Zach and I are literally taking
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the whole month of August off, So we are leaving August first for our
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wedding in Italy, and then we're going to be doing our honeymoon after that
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within Europe. Still haven't confirmed honeymoon location. We're thinking either all of Greece
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or the French riviera area like Saint Tropez, Monaco nice. So if you've
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been to either of those places, please let me know how your experience was
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or if you've been to both, tell me your opinion on both of those
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places. I would love to hear your feedback. Those are the two places
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in between right now. I'm really struggling just because they're both beautiful places that
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I've never been, and I think there'll be an absolute dream no matter which
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one I pick. But we'd love to hear your feedback just on getting from
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place to place, if it was easy in terms of like costs for accommodations,
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is it, you know, affordable, is it very expensive? All
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that, So let me know if you've been to either of those places.
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Would love to hear your feedback. Another goal of mine is to launch my
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business before the end of the year. This year, I'm definitely going to
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be focusing on, you know, continuing my content through social media, but
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also really focusing on creating my brand. Creating a brand doesn't just take three
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months or six months. It typically takes an entire year, if not longer,
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to really launch a good quality brand. So my goal would be to
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least launch by the end of the year. Not going to say what kind
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of brands it is yet. I already have that selected obviously, with the
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type of products that I'll be selling and all that, but I don't want
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to give any hints yet, just because we are in the very beginning stages
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of it, so I don't want to release anything. But that is definitely
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going to be my main goal for this year business wise. Another business goal
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is really just getting more exposure on this podcast. You guys know how much
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I love chatting with you guys and just really becoming our best selves. So
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I really just want to get more girlies like you a bigger audience, just
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to continue growing here in the podcast community. And I'm also going to start
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including video podcast clips on our Instagram. I don't know if I'll be posting
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full videos on YouTube. I do see a lot of podcasters do that,
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but personally, for me, I'd rather just post the clips that are the
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most inspiring, the most motivational through Instagram. And yeah, you guys will
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see a bit of video clips once my studio is all set up. I'm
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doing my entire office in the next few weekends, so realisticly, I won't
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start video footage until the end of January, but at least it's making progress,
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right, so that will hopefully be set up before February. Another thing
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I want to start doing is posting more YouTube content. As you girlies know,
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I've been completely off YouTube, but we're getting back into a routine.
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I'm going to be posting consistently on one day, so every Sunday there'll be
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a video or every Monday. I'm not sure yet. It's either going to
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be Sunday or Monday, just because editing for YouTube takes me much longer than
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my TikTok videos, so I just need the weekend to like take the time
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to actually do it, so there'll be a consistent schedule. That way,
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you guys know every time I upload, so it might be on Sundays or
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Mondays. I will let you guys know once I confirm that with Zach,
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because Zach is going to help me with the editing as well, which is
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great. And then I also really want to try and include YouTube style content
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on my TikTok and Instagram. I want to provide longer form videos, as
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I said, very similar to YouTube, just chatty vlog style all that,
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and TikTok has that ten minute video feature now, so I think it could
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be a really good opportunity to yeah, tap into that market. Just a
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different kind of video style, so hoping to be consistent with that as well.
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And then another huge business thing that I really want to do or personal
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I guess, is host my very first event. I would love to have
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everybody in the same room. I think I'm going to start here in Ottawa.
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Right now, I'm in conversation with two people who are workout instructors,
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so we're going to be doing a workout class and then I'm going to have
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some goodie bags, hopefully have some other vendors there, and yeah, just
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have a really fun event out of it. So that is definitely my goal
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to do here in Autawa. I'm hoping within these next few months we can
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finalize it, but that is another goal of mind that I really want to
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do this year. And then lastly, I just want to be in the
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best health, in the best shape of my life. There's obviously a lot
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of stuff going on. I want to look my absolute best for my wedding
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day. I'm not going to do any crazy like wedding diets rounds like that.
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I don't really believe it diets, as you guys know, but I
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do really want to just eat consistently healthy, working out, consistently all that,
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But I'm not going to talk about that too much because a lot of
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these things that I'm going to be talking about in this episode, which is
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going to be the twenty twenty four non negotiables, are going to be things
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that I'm personally making a non negotiable for this year, whether it's healthy habits
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or just things that I personally think should be done consistently for the year in
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order to feel like your absolute best self. So we're going to get into
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this episode now, I'm going to be sharing twenty things that you should be
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doing for this year. Okay, So if you're wanting to become her,
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your best self, the person that you strive to become for the new year,
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then these are the things that you should be doing. Number One,
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having a consistent workout schedule. This could be as many times a week as
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you want. There is no number on working out consistently. You could work
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out five days a week, three days a week, two days a week.
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The fact that you're actually putting time out of your day to move your
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body, whether it's for an hour or forty minutes or twenty minutes, you
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are taking time to yourself and focusing on yourself to become the best version of
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yourself. You are allowing yourself to work towards a goal that you will want
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to achieve yourself, and that is just working out consistently. So I'm not
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going to put a number on it because some people are like, okay,
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Ley, how many times a week do you work out? Like I want
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to do exactly like you whatever, Like totally understand, like I like to
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see what other influencers do to It's I understand what you're saying, but you
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have to do what works for you. If you're the kind of person that
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works long shifts and you don't have the time to have a consistent workout schedule
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five times a week, then maybe do two times a week. You have
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to do what works for you. The only way you're going to be consistent
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is if it is very achievable for yourself. If it isn't achievable, you're
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not going to achieve it, and then you're going to be disappointed. Right.
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You need to make sure you're setting realistic goals for yourself. So that
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is one non negotiable that I think everybody should be taking into the new year,
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is taking time for yourself and working out, and I'm telling you right
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now, working out is not about your physical appearance. It is about your
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mental health. Another one is trying different workout classes. If you're the kind
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of person that doesn't like going to the gym, then you need to find
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something different that works for you. Do you like spinning, Do you like
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pilates? Do you like just doing at home workouts? Like you just have
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to try different things. Specifically, if you're someone that also has never really
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been in a consistent workout routine, this is the perfect opportunity for you to
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try different things. I've tried so many different types of workout classes. I
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was trying yoga at the end of twenty twenty three, just trying to see
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if it was for me, and to be entirely honest, after my second
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or third class, I realized it wasn't something that I wanted to include into
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my routine consistently. So now I'm going to be trying something different. So
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just get out there and just try different classes. It's totally worth just trying
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out different things, and it will help you realize what you actually love.
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Spinning was something that I took on in twenty twenty three in the beginning of
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the year. I think my one year mark will be in March or February,
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so I'm basically almost there doing spending for an entire year. And it
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has been a huge game changer in my routine. Just something that I never
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knew I would enjoy until I actually started. And now I've met a bunch
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of friends through spin co going to spin classes together. Just such a great
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community and such a great way to get a good sweat in and get a
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good cardio session in, and it's yeah, truly a game changer. It's
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just changed my life. So something that I will be definitely taking in for
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twenty twenty four, but I also want to try new workouts for twenty twenty
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four. Another thing that I am taking into twenty twenty four is early bedtimes
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and early mornings. Of course, I've always been an early bedtime person,
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but I need to be more consistent at it. Sometimes you're on your phone
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end up scrolling a little too late and you look at the time and you're
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like, oh, crap, I should have been in bed thirty minutes ago.
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So less scrolling at night is definitely going to be a huge impact for
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me in terms of going to bed earlier. I'm pretty consistent at going to
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bed at ten PM. I personally find that's early. Some people don't think
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that's early enough. Some people go to bed at nine thirty. I would
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say I'm in bed by eight pm, and I usually start shutting down by
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nine thirty and then I'm fully like asleep by ten. So that's typically my
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night routine when it comes to going to bed at an early bedtime. In
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terms of early mornings, I definitely want to keep my consistent seven am morning
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routine. However, I do like to wake up at five thirty as well
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to go to seven am spinning classes. I freaking love doing an early morning
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workout like that. It is so rewarding after I find like being able to
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say that you're done your workout at eight am in the morning is so cool.
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I don't know, I just like find it feels so good and I
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feel so much more productive throughout the day as well. However, I wouldn't
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do that every single day for me personally, just because I do have the
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flexibility with my job where I don't need to be waking up at five thirty
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in the morning every single morning, so I only like to do it usually
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once a week, but it definitely makes me feel so good when I do
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do that. And everybody has their own thing, and whether you do that
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every single morning, good for you. If you love it, that's what's
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important, or if you do it once a week like me. Everybody is
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on their own path or on their own journey. They can do whatever they
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feel. You do not need to do it every single day, but if
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you're the kind of person that likes early mornings like that, I definitely recommend
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trying it out. It will change your life. Another thing I'm going to
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be doing less in twenty twenty four is drinking less alcohol. I mentioned it
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in my previous episode, I think, or the episode before that, but
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I realized that in twenty twenty three, I have been drinking less and less
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and less, and I've been feeling so freaking good. Like being able to
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wake up the next morning and not feel like absolute shit is honestly amazing.
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Like I don't need to get blackout drunk when I'm with my friends. If
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you're with your group of friends and you have no choice but to get blackout
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drunk because you know, maybe your friends pressure you to take shots, or
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they press you to drink more blah blah blah, then those are not really
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good friends. Do you need to be able to make your own decisions,
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be able to have self control and figure out what works best for you,
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And let's be honest, hangovers are totally out for twenty twenty four. I
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do not want to have one single hangover for twenty twenty four. I just
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want to feel like my absolute best self. Actually, maybe not for my
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bapterorette. We're gonna put that weekend on a hold for my New Year's resolution.
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But I don't want to remove alcohol from my life completely though, because
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I like to have a glass of wine the odd time, I like to
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order a fancy cocktail at the bar, like, I don't know, I
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just don't want to remove it from my life completely. And I think that's
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totally okay. As long as you have some self control and you can figure
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out when you can consume alcohol, how much you can consume all that,
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then you're totally fine to just decrease the amount of alcohol that you drink and
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just focus on drinking mocktails or just drinking water. Like, you don't have
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to have a bunch of drinks to have a good time. You can still
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have a good time by drinking less. The next non negotiable for twenty twenty
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four is budgeting and investing. We are going to stop spending money on stupid
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shit, and we're gonna be focusing on saving money and putting their money towards
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valuable things, plain and simple. I'm not even going to go into that.
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I have always loved saving my money and investing it in good quality things.
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For an example, investing in my home. I own a house at
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twenty six. Oh my gosh, I'm not twenty six and twenty seven.
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Oh I don't even know what age or what life I'm in right now,
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But anyways, I totally recommend saving your money, do not waste it on
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stupid shit. This is your sign that twenty twenty four is going to be
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the year where you're going to start saving money and putting it towards traveling,
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or putting it towards a home, or putting it towards a wedding. Put
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it towards things that are actually worth the investment. Another non negotiable for twenty
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twenty four is Daily Greens. You guys know that I'm obsessed with egg one.
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I truly believe that this drink has made a huge difference in my life
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in terms of energy, in terms of strengthening my gut, overall health benefits
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all that. Do your own research, talk to your doctor about it before
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taking anything like this is just something that you guys know that I've been taking
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consistently and I'm definitely going to continue taking into twenty twenty four. Just something
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that I personally find is a huge impact in my life. As well as
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daily vitamin intake. It needs to be better at taking my vitamins, not
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gonna lie. That is something that I sucked at in twenty twenty three,
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so I'm getting back into that for twenty twenty four, just taking collagen daily.
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I also want to get into vitamin D just because I don't have sun
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really right now with the winter season, so I want to be consistent at
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taking that and just other vitamins like a multi vitamin all that. So I
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can also share some of the vitamins that I will be taking throughout this year.
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I've had it all stocked up in my I have like a health and
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wellness drawer that has all my vitamins and tees and greens and electrolytes all that
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Electrolyte is also something that you should be taking into twenty twenty four. It's
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just a good way to stay hydrated and it tastes better than water in my
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opinion. I've mentioned brands in the past in previous podcast episodes, but Organica
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Element is another great one as well. You can just get them off Amazon,
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but I find it makes a huge difference in staying hydrated throughout the day.
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I can definitely make a little supplements tab on my LTK or Amazon page
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of things that I buy consistently for my daily intake. But those are two
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things that I definitely want to stay consistent at for twenty twenty four. Another
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non negotiable is getting ready every single day, even if I don't have to
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leave the house. There is such a huge difference when I don't put myself
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together. If I stay my pajamas all day and don't do skincare and makeup,
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I feel like a complete slob, Like I literally feel like, oh,
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like what am I gonna do today? I feel like I just feel
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like crap. That's the best way to describe it. So I have made
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it into my routine where I need to wake up, brush my teeth,
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eat, my breakfast, go upstairs, do my skincare, makeup, put
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on a cute outfit, workout set, whatever, and that is my everyday
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routine and getting ready for myself has made such a huge difference in my confidence
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as well. Just putting on a little bit of makeup. You do not
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need to put bull face and makeup on every single day. I actually created
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a video on TikTok about the ends and outs for twenty twenty four, and
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one of the ends that I personally think is gonna be more popular in twenty
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twenty four is no mascara. I don't know about you guys, but I
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hate wearing mascara on my eyes. My eyes get so itchy. I hate
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taking it off every single day. It's just not necessary. All you need
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to do is curl your lashes for the day and you're good to go.
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I've been doing the no mascara look for probably the past six months now,
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and I just find it makes a huge difference in taking off my makeup throughout
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the day. I just like to put on light makeup for the day,
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just on my face, and it's the perfect every day no makeup makeup routine.
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If you guys want me to show you guys how I do it.
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I can definitely film a TikTok on it. I also feel like it's like
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my bronzing routine. Like some people say, oh, how do you stay
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so tan? Blah blah blah, and I am not tan right now.
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I am so pale. And that's one thing that I find everyone always talks
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about, you know, their confidence being low because they're pale. You guys
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know how much I love getting spray tans, but when my spray tan wears
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off, I like to keep a consistent, like makeup routine that gives me
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that bronze, glowy look. If you guys want a video of tutorial and
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how I keep my face looking tan and bronze, I can definitely show you
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guys how I do that. Another non negotiable for twenty twenty four is less
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scrolling and more podcasts. I'm learning nothing through scrolling on TikTok. Actually,
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sometimes you can't actually find educational stuff on TikTok, but usually when you're scrolling
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through TikTok and Instagram reels, it's pretty useless videos. It's pretty much just
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funny stuff or of log style videos anything like that. I'm not learning anything
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really. Podcasts, on the other hand, are extremely educational. You can
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find so many great podcasts that you can just learn so much. And I
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personally just want to educate myself more this year, So definitely listening to more
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podcasts is something that I want to continue doing for twenty twenty four. The
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next thing you need for twenty twenty four is a journal and a planner.
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Journaling and planning daily for twenty twenty four is going to be a huge game
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changer for you. If you are not planning your life every single day in
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a planner, what are you doing? Planning every single day has just been
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a huge game changer for me. I love writing everything down. I find
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it allows me to stay on top of things. I feel like if I
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don't write it down, I'll almost just like push the task to the side
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and I'll forget about it, and then I'll be upset that I didn't actually
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make it a priority. So writing things down, making everything a priority that
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you have to get done for the day is so motivational and it allows you
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to actually stay on top of the shit that you have to get done for
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the day. Journaling is something that you just need for yourself. Being able
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to write twenty things that you love about yourself or things that you're grateful throughout
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your life, or daily affirmations, self care acts, anything like that like
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it is so important for your mental health. I definitely struggle through a lot
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of different mental health issues in the past, as well as some seasonal depression,
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which I've talked about multiple times on here, But writing stuff out like
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that in my journal definitely helps me out so so much. And this is
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define something that you need to take into twenty twenty four if you really want
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to level up yourself and just feel like your best self. Another thing that
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I'm going to be taking into twenty twenty four is skincare for not just your
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face. Skincare for your face is obviously important. If you're not doing that
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now, you need to make that a religious thing every single morning. Just
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your skin health is very important. But one thing that I've lacked at but
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I have gotten better at the last part of twenty twenty three is body care.
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Neck care. Neck care is something that I've always sucked at, which
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means bringing your skincare from your face down to your neck. You need to
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remember that part of your body when I was, I want to say,
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twenty two twenty three, my parents brought me on a trip to Pudicana.
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I was there for the first day and I think I wore maybe like thirty
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cent screen, which honestly the first day of not being exposed to sun for
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a very long time. This was in February, so it was like the
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middle of the winter here in Canada. So going to a very hot,
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tropical place in Mexico where it's literally smoking hot out, I put thirty SBF
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on my body and I barely applied it on my neck. I got the
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worst sunburn of my life. Of my life. Did I apply some sacram
24:17
on my neck? Not really. I got such a bad burn, and
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to this day I regret it because I do have some pretty bad like not
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damage, like if there's no visible damage, I guess you can say.
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But it is so important to prioritize SBF on your body and taking care of
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that, Like having bad burns like that is obviously not good for your skin
24:37
health. So let this be a reminder to you to apply SPF every single
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day on your face, on your neck whenever you're outside and hot sun like
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that all over your body. It's so so important if you want to stay
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young and if you just want to feel and look your best self. So
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that's definitely something I regret, is just not being better at that. But
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I've definitely been better since that. But for the young girls out there,
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I'm telling you right now, you need to make just skincare on your body
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a priority. Another thing I'm taking into twenty twenty four as a non negotiable
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is meditation. You guys know that I tried to do this last year and
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I struggled so hard at it. But my goal for this year is to
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really have a better night routine. That's one of my personal goals is just
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focusing on things that I can do to prioritize my health for my evening routine,
25:26
and just meditation is just something that I've always wanted to include into my
25:30
routine. I realize that in the morning it doesn't work for me, and
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that's okay. Everybody has their own thing, and it just doesn't work for
25:37
me because I feel like in the morning, I'm so focused on getting all
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my tasks done for the day. I'm just very on the go, and
25:44
that's how I like to have my mornings, where at night I really like
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to relax, enjoy, downtime, disconnect all that. So I really think
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meditation is going to be a huge game changer into my routine. So that
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is something that I'm trying to take in for twenty twenty four. A negociable
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for twenty twenty four is weekly face mass and hair mass. I suck at
26:04
face mass and hair mass so much. I probably do it maybe once every
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six weeks if I'm lucky, but I really want to get into a consistent
26:12
hair oiling routine for my scalp as well as weekly face mask, whether it's
26:17
just eyemass or face mass. I like that just to really keep my skin
26:21
hydrated. I have extremely dry skin, and you know, there's a lot
26:26
of creams out there that are good, but you know, when you're walking
26:29
outside, you can just yeah, I don't know. My skin is just
26:32
flaky and dry and it's just the reality. So I definitely like to use
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the hydrating face mass. One of my favorite brands is Doctor Jarrett and I
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have a few of those, and I just try and use that as much
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as I can. But I definitely need to have a more consistent schedule in
26:45
doing that. So weekly face and hair mass are going to be one of
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my goals for twenty twenty four. Another non negotiable for twenty twenty four is
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trying new recipes each week. Doesn't have to be every single day, it
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could be once a week, but going on Pinterest finding healthy recipes that you
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can try with your partner or your friend or just yourself at home. It's
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fun to also cook at home and learn how to cook. If you're someone
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that's not the best cook, this is the perfect opportunity to get into more
27:12
cooking by trying new recipes. I love cooking at home. I feel like
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once I moved into my new place with Zach, we really made it at
27:21
a priority to cook more at home meals, and I feel like I've really
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became a good little cook and found ways on what I like and trying to
27:30
create new recipes for myself that Zach and I both like. So going on
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Pinterest will be your best friend finding healthy recipes, whether it's trying new breakfast
27:37
recipes, lunch recipees, dinner recipes, anything like that. I feel like
27:41
the new year is the perfect opportunity to try new things. There's obviously a
27:45
lot of like good staples that people like to include into their dinner rotation each
27:49
week. That's something that Zach and I like to do. But I really
27:52
also like to try different things to hopefully include into my weekly dinner rotation,
27:56
right, So that's something that I want to continue doing. This is something
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that I feel like I've been doing for a while. Like I would say,
28:03
all of twenty twenty three, Zach and I did a pretty good job
28:06
at trying new recipes, but I want to continue that. I definitely want
28:08
to keep trying different ones, trying different foods as well. I am not
28:12
a huge seafood person. I really really just don't like certain seafoods. I'm
28:18
very on and off with fish. Not gonna lie like, I'm not a
28:22
huge salmon girl. I really only like my salmon if it's in the air
28:25
fire and if it's coated with like a bunch of sauce. I don't know,
28:27
I just don't love the taste of salmon. But I really really like
28:30
trying those salmon bowls with like the avocado and the saracha mao all that,
28:34
Like that's something that I actually enjoy. But I can never just have salmon
28:40
on the side of my plate, Like I just I can't do it.
28:41
So trying more recipes like that by introducing new foods is a really good opportunity
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to Yeah, just try new recipes and try new things. Another thing that
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I'm taking into twenty twenty four is work life balance. I need to be
28:56
better at balancing my personal time and work. I feel like I'm always focusing
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on work, and you know, sometimes that can impact relationships with your friends
29:04
or impact relationships with your partner. And yeah, like to be honest,
29:08
sometimes I make work more of a priority than other things. I definitely think
29:12
in twenty twenty three I did do a better job at that, making you
29:15
know, nights with my friends a bigger priority than you know, editing things
29:19
that, honestly, like, it wasn't a nine to one one to do.
29:22
I could take an hour of my time to spend time with my friends
29:25
for spending an hour on my couch being on my phone. Right, So,
29:27
just trying to create that work life balance is important. Whether you're someone
29:32
that you know has a office job and you're looking at emails past your work
29:36
schedule. If you're working at nine to five and you're looking at emails at
29:38
eight pm, that's probably not a healthy relationship with your job in personal life,
29:42
right, So you definitely need to find that balance. Same thing with
29:45
school. Definitely find a balance between school as well as your friendships and just
29:49
your own personal time too, right, Like go outside for a thirty minute
29:52
walk. Don't feel forced to trap yourself in the house and continue working.
29:56
We need those little breaks for our socializing with people or just putting on a
30:02
podcast and going outside and getting fresh air. It's important to have those little
30:06
mental health breaks, So definitely make sure you allow work life balance into twenty
30:10
twenty four. Another thing that I want to be consistent out for twenty twenty
30:14
four is eating whole foods consistently. I feel like the end of twenty twenty
30:18
three I kind of got a little bad in terms of my eating habits.
30:22
I felt like I was just going to things that were easy to cook,
30:25
like you know, frozen foods that honestly aren't the healthiest. I want to
30:29
get back into cooking consistently with whole foods, eating my vegetable intake all that.
30:34
So yeah, just something that I could be better at for twenty twenty
30:37
four. Another thing that I'm taking into twenty twenty four is less pressure on
30:41
myself. What I mean by that it could be multiple things. To be
30:45
honest, It could be work related, it could be personal growth related.
30:48
We need to put less pressure on ourself in order to grow more as a
30:53
person. I personally feel like when it comes to my job, I put
30:56
way too much pressure on myself about certain things. I'm like, okay to
31:00
be posting three times a day, not three times a week, like things
31:03
like that where it's just like you always feel like you could be better at
31:06
what you do for a living or what you do in life in general.
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I don't know how explain it, but I just personally feel like I need
31:12
to put that pressure off and really just focus on what I can do and
31:17
what feels good for me. Another thing I need to take in for twenty
31:21
twenty four. This is for all my Hawk girls that are always late for
31:23
appointments or anything like that. We are going to be on time this year.
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We are going to be showing up at least ten to five minutes before
31:30
any appointment, any workout class, anything like that. I definitely sucked at
31:34
being on time for the past few years. Like not gonna lie. The
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next thing that we're going to be taking into twenty twenty four is weekly Sunday
31:42
resets, whether it's just resetting one room in your home or one main floor
31:48
on your house, anything like that, or just taking an hour of your
31:51
time just to do your laundry, clean your floors, dust anything like that.
31:56
Taking the time to clean your home is so important, or clean your
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space. You'll feel so good after just doing a mini reset like that.
32:05
So I definitely want to be consistent at doing my Sunday resets. I feel
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like this is something that I kind of slacked on just because life gets busy,
32:12
and that's no excuse, to be honest, but I definitely need to
32:15
spend more time on doing a weekly reset on my Sundays because I know how
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good I feel when I wake up on Monday morning and seeing a clean house,
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and I just need to be consistent with that. And lastly, another
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twenty twenty four non negotiable that we will be taking into this year is celebrating
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the small wins. This one I think is so important because I personally feel
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like people forget those small things that you may have achieved on your vision board
32:38
or goals that you really hope to achieve for the year, whether it's the
32:43
small goal or the big goal or anything like that. But we really need
32:45
to appreciate those small wins and just feel grateful for those accomplishments because a lot
32:51
of people you know don't realize those small wins are so so important, and
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I think it's important just to document small wins like that as well and just
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really be in the moment and congratulate yourself for those things. Putting so much
33:05
pressure on yourself to achieve these goals for yourself happens. But being able to
33:09
at least celebrate the small wins and knowing that you actually did achieve a goal
33:14
for yourself motivates you to continue to achieve more goals for yourself and more goals
33:19
throughout the year, because if you don't celebrate those small wins, then how
33:22
are you going to continue wanting to achieve other goals for yourself throughout the year.
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So those are the twenty twenty four non negotiables for this year. Those
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are twenty things that I personally think that are the most important things to prioritize
33:37
this year. If you haven't created a vision board yet, I highly,
33:40
highly highly recommend doing so. It will change your life. I'm telling you
33:45
right now, there's so many amazing things that are going to happen this year,
33:50
and you want to make sure that you can document those moments by having
33:53
those visual images being able to help you remember to achieve those things for yourself
33:57
this year. So we are making twenty twenty four our best year yet.
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You heard it here. We are going to have the absolute perfect year by
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achieving everything that we want for ourselves and more so, remember to make your
34:10
vision board, set those goals for yourself and let's just have the best year
34:15
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