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Episode 343: New Year, New Light: Beginning Again with Intention · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast
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  Speaker 1: by Joe Wattis.
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  Speaker 2: We wish to entertain, instruct and motivate.
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  Speaker 1: If nothing else, hopefully we can entertain and inspire you
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  Speaker 1: to live a more positive life three hundred and sixty.
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  Speaker 2: Five days a year. We hope you enjoyed this message.
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  Speaker 3: A man says to his friend, my new year's resolution
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  Speaker 3: is to stop procrastinating. His friend asks, how's it going.
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  Speaker 3: He shrugs and says, I'll tell you next year. Happy
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  Speaker 3: New Year, and welcome to this week's episode of Positively
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  Speaker 3: three sixty five. You're a week reminder that every day
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  Speaker 3: is a fresh start, but today feels especially symbolic. I'm
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  Speaker 3: your host, Joe Wattis, and this first day of the
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  Speaker 3: year invites us not to reinvent ourselves, but to realign
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  Speaker 3: with our purpose. Instead of pressure, we choose intention. Instead
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  Speaker 3: of perfection, we choose progress. We will talk about this
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  Speaker 3: in this week's episode, but first we have our trivia
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  Speaker 3: question of the day. Are you ready for it? Here?
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  Speaker 3: It is what culture is credited with creating the earliest
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  Speaker 3: known New Year's resolutions over four thousand years ago. We
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  Speaker 3: will have the answer when we come back. Hey, they're
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  Speaker 3: and happy reading. Welcome back. Do you know the answer
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  Speaker 3: to this week's trivia question? The question was what culture
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  Speaker 3: is credited with creating the earliest known New Year's resolutions
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  Speaker 3: over four thousand years ago. The answer the ancient Abylonians Yes.
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  Speaker 3: During their New Year's celebration, they made promises to the gods,
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  Speaker 3: typically to return borrowed autumns or to pay off debts.
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  Speaker 3: These were the earliest recorded resolution. It is a reminder
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  Speaker 3: that humans have always sought renewal, the hope of starting fresh. Now,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the turning of the calendar invites reflection, but
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  Speaker 3: it doesn't demand perfection. Intentions give us gentle direction. I
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  Speaker 3: want to be more present, I want to take better
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  Speaker 3: care of myself. I want to create more space in
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  Speaker 3: my life for joy. These intentions aren't strict rules. They
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  Speaker 3: are guiding lights. They remind us who we want to
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  Speaker 3: be and how we want to feel. When we set
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  Speaker 3: intentions instead of rigid goals, we open the door to growth, flexibility,
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  Speaker 3: and grace every step because progress every day becomes a
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  Speaker 3: chance to begin again. To end this week's episode, we
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  Speaker 3: have a quote from Rayner Marie Raich, and now we
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  Speaker 3: come to the new year full of things that have
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  Speaker 3: never been Let this year be a canvas for kindness,
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  Speaker 3: a space for new light, a journey shaped not by
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  Speaker 3: pressure but by purpose. Thank you for sharing your year
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  Speaker 3: with me here on Positively three sixty five. Here's to
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  Speaker 3: new beginnings, fresh hope, and the courage to keep moving
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  Speaker 3: forward and as always, stay positive.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for joining us today.
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  Speaker 1: We would love to hear from you, so until next time,
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  Speaker 1: stay positive today and every day, three hundred and sixty
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  Speaker 1: five days a year.
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