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 Bring a little optimism into your life with The Bright Side, a new kind of daily podcast from Hello Sunshine, hosted by me, Danielle Robay.
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And me, Simone Boyce.
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Every weekday, we're bringing you conversations about culture, the latest trends, inspiration, and so much more.
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I am so excited about this podcast, The Bright Side.
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You guys are giving people a chance to shine a light on their lives, shine a light on a little advice that they want to share.
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This is the story of how a group of people brought music back to Afghanistan by creating their own version of American Idol.
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The joy they brought to the nation.
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You're free completely.
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No one is there to destroy you.
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The danger they endured.
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They said my head should be cut off.
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 I'm John Legend.
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Listen to Afghan Star on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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 Guess what, Will?
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What's up, Mango?
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I've been trying to write a promo for our podcast, Part-Time Genius, but even though we've done over 250 episodes, we don't really talk about murders or cults.
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I mean, we did just cover the Illuminati of cheese, so I feel like that makes us pretty edgy.
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We also solve mysteries like how Chinese is your Chinese food and how do dollar stores make money?
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So what you're saying is everyone should be listening.
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As of the 12th of December, which is when the Streamy Awards for 2020 were held, On Purpose
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 was given the award and honor of best podcast of the year.
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Now, I know that this year has been so difficult and so challenging in so many ways.
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And I just want to take a moment to thank you all, because I hope that this podcast has supported your mental health, your well-being, your journey to strive towards your purpose this year.
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And I'm so grateful that you've stood by us as me and the team have
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 I found so many different ways to make sure we get content to you.
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I know sometimes the audio hasn't been perfect.
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We're working on that and it's going to be better.
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I promise you.
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And at the same time, I know that it's been such a hectic year, but we have been creating content to support you and we will continue to do that in 2021.
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So let's come back a bit to where we are today.
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Answer this honestly.
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Are you excited for the holidays?
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 I know I am.
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And most years that question would be super easy to answer.
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A big yes.
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But this year, maybe that yes is a bit qualified.
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Are you excited but maybe also feeling apprehensive or lonely?
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If so, you're not alone.
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 One thing's for sure, the vast majority of us this holiday are going to be very different than the ones in the past.
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But it doesn't have to be different in a negative way.
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If there's one thing so many of us have learned in 2020, it's that challenges also bring opportunities, right?
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Nothing is ever entirely bad, even if it feels like it is at the time, and the holidays are no different.
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 Today we're talking about seven things you can do to make the holiday feel special, whether you're far from loved ones or close by.
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And the reason I decided to do this episode is because I know a lot of you may need this.
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And even if you don't need it, send it to someone else who needs it.
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Here's number one, and it's a really practical one.
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This is probably one of my favorite things to do.
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I did it
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 Very, very early on, make a digital photo gallery of some of your best holiday memories and share it with your family, whether your family by birth or your family of choice.
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Now, this can be a digital photo album or a video slideshow, whatever you want.
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And there are loads of apps out there that make it really easy to do this.
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You just upload your images or videos and you can email or send a link to your loved ones.
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 Group Zoom calls are awesome.
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And I know a lot of you have been doing that with family all year round.
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The thing I like about this idea though, which you can do in addition to live video call if you want, is that you're getting to share some of those experiences from holidays past.
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And that's something we often don't stop to do.
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One of my favorite things is that it sparks storytelling.
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 How many Christmases can you go back to?
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How many holidays could you go back to where you've forgotten some of your favorite memories?
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And hearing people in your life tell you stories about them is such a phenomenal way to bond.
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Remember that year the dog ate the Christmas pudding or the kids found the stash of holiday chocolate?
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And by kids, I mean me.
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If it was that really good chocolate.
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 Or remember the year someone got engaged or the oven broke and everyone got takeout?
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Or the year of the blizzard when the lights went out and you sang by the fire?
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Physical proximity is wonderful, but being able to be in the same room as the ones you love isn't everything.
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 Think about it.
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What feels worse?
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Not being able to be physically close to someone you love or being in the same room with someone and yet feeling miles away?
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Again, really think about that and ask yourself, what makes me feel close to someone?
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It's not sharing physical space, but sharing heart space that truly makes us feel connected, right?
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 And sharing special memories from years past is a beautiful thing we can do to feel that connection.
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Psychologist Arthur Aron is best known for his work on intimacy.
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In a now famous study, Dr. Aron developed 36 questions that he theorized would help to create intimacy.
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Then he had total strangers spend 45 minutes asking one another the questions.
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The questions are things like, would you like to be famous?
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And if so, in what way?
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 and what would constitute a perfect day for you.
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After the questions, the pairs of participants spent four minutes looking into one another's eyes.
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Both the questions and the eye-gazing, Aaron theorized would create the kind of mutual vulnerability that would lead to deep connections.
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As it turns out, the method was so effective that some people who were strangers at the start of the study
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 went on to get married.
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Since the original study, the questions have been used by friends and couples to bring each other even closer.
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When we reflect on the times we've shared together, whether fun, exciting, joyful, or challenging, we're calling on that intimacy.
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We're stepping into that vulnerable space of sharing and connecting and saying, you matter to me.
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 If you want to take this holiday activity to the next level, you can send out your video of favorite holiday moments and ask your group what's one of your favorite holiday memories.
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 So when you share your digital photo or video gallery, it's like you're breathing some of that extra life and vitality into your family or friend circle and reminding everyone of these treasured experiences that have enriched your lives.
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Go do this one.
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Please don't skip it.
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It's also going to be so much fun just putting it together.
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Like when you're in the process, you'll be talking to your friends and family.
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You'll be explaining it to your spouse.
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You'll be telling someone else a story about it.
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There's just so much goodness that can come out from this very, very simple activity.
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 When you find that bright spot to help you get through your day, it's powerful.
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That's where The Bright Side comes in.
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A new daily podcast from Hello Sunshine that's bringing you a daily dose of joy.
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I'm Danielle Robay.
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And I'm Simone Boyce.
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Listen, both Danielle and I are reporters.
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We've covered the news and we know the world can feel heavy, but The Bright Side podcast is a space to have a little fun, to learn something new and get into some friendly debates.
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Join us five days a week to see how life can look from the bright side.
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We'll hear from celebrities, authors, experts and listeners like you, whether it's relationships, friend advice or figuring out how to navigate life's transitions.
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We'll talk through it all together.
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It's a show dedicated to helping you figure out the trickiest parts of adulting.
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 like how to start planning for retirement, creating a healthy skincare routine, understanding when and how much to tip someone, and so much more.
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We're back with season two of the podcast, which means more opportunities to glow up and become a more responsible and better adult, one life lesson at a time.
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And let me just tell you, this show is just as much for us as it is for you.
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So let's figure this stuff out together.
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This season, we're going to talk about whether or not we're financially and emotionally ready for dog ownership.
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 We're going to figure out the benefits of a high-yield savings account.
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Let's learn about all of it and then some.
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Listen to Grown Up Stuff How to Adult on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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 Okay, here's number two, and this applies probably more for those of you who will be together in person, though it could also apply if you're doing online group conversations.
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We know that when it's people, especially families get together, it can sometimes be charged.
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There are lots of issues where people have different opinions.
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Maybe something was said or there was an incident that happened where two people are now at odds.
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 Tip number two is that if you've got a situation like that and you need to have an uncomfortable conversation with someone about a disagreement or an incident, do it in private, one-on-one, not at the dinner table, not in front of the whole group.
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There are a couple of reasons for that.
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One of which is that it can make other people feel uncomfortable or feel like they're supposed to take sides.
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 And that doesn't help the situation and it could just escalate it.
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But the biggest reason is that when we're put on the spot in front of a group, we're far more likely to get defensive.
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Have you ever been in a situation where someone called you out on something in front of others?
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How did that make you feel?
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 Our first instinct when we feel attacked is to try and shut the conversation down or to defend ourselves.
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Leadership coach Rosalie Puman, who specializes in what she calls courageous communication, writes in the Huffington Post that when we have difficult conversations, it's important to cut out all distractions so we can be fully present.
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And it's hard to do that in front of a group.
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 It's tough to stay calm and give the conversation our full attention and when others who aren't involved are present.
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And that makes it less likely that you'll arrive at the kind of conclusion or resolution you're looking for in the first place.
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So, if you need to have a serious talk with someone,
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 Don't do it at the group holiday gathering.
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Set up a separate time for that when you can do it privately.
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Talk about it on text message before so you can make sure you do this so you don't turn up on the day already feeling like you're ready to go.
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Here's the third way to make the holiday special.
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Have a gratitude circle.
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 Again, this can be in person or in a group call, and it can be with friends or family.
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Now a gratitude circle isn't just going around in a circle and everyone's saying something they're grateful for, though that's an awesome thing to do as well.
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The kind of gratitude circle I'm talking about goes a little deeper than that.
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In fact, it really plays in again to that research Arthur Aron did around the questions that help us develop intimacy.
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 In this gratitude circle, you're going to share a high and low point of this year.
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Those may be different things, or they may be related, like a problem and how you met it or solved it.
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Like your greatest challenge might have been managing working at home with your partner, and maybe your kids are at home on top of it, and they need to be homeschooled.
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And that might also be your greatest success.
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 Figuring out ways to do that so that people are feeling at least some kind of balance.
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Maybe it's not perfect, but you've figured out a way to manage it.
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Or they can be unrelated.
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Maybe the low was losing your job, but I was getting married or celebrating a milestone birthday or finally signing up for those singing lessons you've been wanting to take.
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 By sharing our lows and not just our highs, we're normalizing struggle.
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And in a world where we all feel so much pressure to do everything right and to make it look easy while we're doing it, it's super important.
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We need to acknowledge when things are hard.
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Oh, and you don't have to call it a gratitude circle.
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You can call it something much cooler than that or something that your family will vibe with.
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 Okay, here's number four.
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Now I know a lot of us are not going to be able to take part in some of our favorite traditions this year.
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Maybe you won't get to eat the special cinnamon rolls your mom makes special for you on the holidays, fresh out the oven.
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One of my friends is bummed because in her town, one of her friends hosts a huge community potluck on Christmas.
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And it's of course canceled this year.
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Maybe you love going to a religious or spiritual service every year and that's canceled.
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But you can be festive in a small group or even on your own.
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 Maybe it's not a typical activity you do every year or the way you normally do it, but you don't have to let the festive spirit pass you by.
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If you love Christmas caroling, you can still do that.
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All year they've been groups of musicians who had to cancel their live shows, who've gone online, or who went out serenading people on their front lawns.
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 I know someone whose family is spread across the country and for American Thanksgiving, they picked an easy to make dish that they all love that they normally ate together.
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They each made it, then they got on a Zoom call and ate and talked together.
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Or you can do a mini party with your quarantine pod if you've got one.
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 Even on your own, you can celebrate.
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Decorate a little tree or a big one, watch your favorite movies, make cards, light candles, do something special.
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There's a great quote from Joseph Campbell, who was the originator of the idea of The Hero's Journey.
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The author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces.
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He said, find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
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 joy and pain often go together.
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And it's okay to find ways to celebrate even in the midst of struggle.
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And I'd say it's actually the most important time to find ways to celebrate.
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When the Taliban banned music in Afghanistan, millions were plunged into silence.
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Radios were smashed, cassettes burned.
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You could be beaten or jailed or killed for breaking the rules.
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And yet, Afghans did it anyway.
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 This is the story of how a group of people brought music back to Afghanistan by creating their own version of American Idol.
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The danger they endured.
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They said my head should be cut off.
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The joy they brought to the nation.
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You're free completely.
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No one is there to destroy you.
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 I'm John Legend.
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Listen to Afghan Star on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Guess what, Bango?
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What's that, Will?
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So iHeart is giving us a whole minute to promote our podcast, Part-Time Genius.
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 I know, that's why I spent my whole week composing a haiku for the occasion.
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It's about my emotional journey in podcasting over the last seven years, and it's called Earthquake House.
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Mango, I'm going to cut you off right there.
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Why don't we just tell people about our show instead?
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Yeah, that's a better idea.
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So every week on Part-Time Genius, we feed our curiosity by answering the world's most important questions.
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Things like, when did America start dialing 911?
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Is William Shatner's best acting work in Esperanto?
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Also, what happened to Esperanto?
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 Plus, we cover questions like how Chinese is your Chinese food?
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How do dollar stores stay in business?
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And of course, is there an Illuminati of cheese?
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There absolutely is.
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And we are risking our lives by talking about it.
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But if you love mind-blowing facts, incredible history and really bad jokes, make your brains happy and tune in to Part-Time Genius.
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Listen to Part-Time Genius on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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 A new season of Bridgerton is here.
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And with it, a new season of Bridgerton, the official podcast.
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I'm your host, Gabrielle Collins.
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And this season, we are bringing fans even deeper into the ton.
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Colin Bridgerton has returned from his travels abroad.
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Is Betrothal written in the stars for the eligible bachelor?
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 Meanwhile, the ton is reverberating with speculation of who holds Lady Whistledown's pen.
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We're discussing it all.
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I sit down with Nicola Coughlin, Luke Newton, Shonda Rhimes, and more to offer an exclusive peek behind the scenes of each episode of the new season.
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Watch season three of the Shondaland series on Netflix.
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Then,
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 Fall in love all over again by listening to Bridgerton, the official podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Subscribe to catch a new episode every Thursday.
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 Remember, you don't need an excuse to celebrate and you also don't need an excuse to practice self-care, but this holiday season may be giving you one.
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And that's number five for how to make this holiday special.
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If you've got it, spend some of your found time on yourself.
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You probably aren't doing any travel.
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You might normally do this over the holiday.
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 And this is the year to make sure you do that so you can be set up for next year.
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According to AAA, last year in the US set a holiday record for travel between December 21st and January 1st with get this 115.6 million people hitting the roads and the skies.
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No wonder the lines at the airport were so long and the traffic was so bad, but not this year.
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Most of us are staying at home and that means lots of us also have more time than we often do during the holidays.
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 Not only that, but forget about office holiday parties, friends holiday parties, big family gatherings and all that, right?
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The holidays are awesome, of course, but sometimes it feels like a marathon to get through to the end of the year because you've got so many expectations and demands on our time.
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In 2017, Randstad did a survey asking whether people would rather have a bonus extra vacation time or go to a company party.
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You can probably guess how that turned out.
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Most people chose the extra money or vacation time.
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But guess what percentage?
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 Was it A, 55%?
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B, 78%?
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C, 90%?
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How many people said they'd rather have a bonus or more vacation time than to go to their office holiday party?
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If you guessed A, 55%, you're wrong.
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It's C, 90%.
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 The point is that most of us are off the hook this year for at least one or two activities, maybe more, some of which we don't love in the first place.
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And I'm suggesting that you use at least some of that fun time for self-care, get some rest, take that long luxurious bath or that long run you've been daydreaming about, come up with that movie idea, play those extra few sets of tennis, you know, give a gift to yourself and do something you don't normally have the time or energy to do.
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 And maybe you can make that self-care something that's a new tradition.
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Like I have these two friends who are a couple, and every year they make sure they get two hours of quiet time, summer in the holidays, to watch the movie Serendipity together.
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If you don't know that movie, it's a romantic comedy, and it's also kind of a holiday themed, and they just enjoy doing that together and having that day every year.
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It's part of their self-care as a couple, and it's a holiday tradition.
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Traditions don't have to be fancy.
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They don't have to look a certain way.
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And now's a great time to try something new.
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 And that's way number six to make the holidays special.
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Experiment with some new traditions.
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These can be a tradition you have as a couple, or you can do it as a friend or a small group with your kids, or it can just be something special that you do yourself.
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Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler wrote the books Living with a Seal, that's Navy Seal, not the sea animal, and Living with the Monks.
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I'm of course partial to that one.
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 Anyway, Jesse has a tradition he does at the holidays that he calls closing the books.
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He goes into his office at home by himself and spends some quiet time reflecting on the year, on what he accomplished, on what went well and what didn't go so well, and he sets an intention for the following year.
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He also writes out his family's year-end checks to Charities Day Support.
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Incidentally, he's married to Spanx founder and philanthropist Sarah Blakely.
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I love that tradition of closing the books because there's a lot of depth and meaning to it.
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 But traditions can be silly or ridiculous too, like doing an ice plunge in a lake with a friend.
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Incidentally, that's what Jesse did the holiday when Navy SEAL David Goggins was living with him for a month.
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After he closed the books, Goggins had Itzler run down to the hill into freezing lake and dive in with him.
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And having met David Goggins, I've got to tell you, I'm not least bit surprised by that.
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 Anyway, that's a great segue to number seven, which is to think a bit ahead to the end of the year.
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Are you thinking about making any resolutions this year?
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Brick Language Learning took a little tour of popular New Year's resolutions around the world in 2018.
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What do you think the number one resolution in China was?
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Was it lose weight, spend time with family, or quit smoking?
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 The answer was B and technically it was phrased become more family oriented.
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I bet a lot of us are thinking about that this year when so many of us have been separated from family.
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 Okay, how about Japan?
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What's the most popular resolution there?
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A, save more money.
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B, learn a new language.
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C, read more.
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If you chose A, save more money, that's a good choice, but you're wrong.
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It was C, read more.
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I get that.
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I love to read.
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I'm sure lots of you would like more time to read too, right?
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And how about Brazil?
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What was the most popular resolution?
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A, lose weight.
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B, fall in love.
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C, stop smoking.
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 If you guessed A, lose weight, you're right.
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Though I was kind of hoping it was fall in love.
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That's a great one.
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As for the US, getting healthy, exercising more and eating better was number one.
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Though that sounds like three resolutions to me.
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And maybe that's why so many of us have trouble keeping our resolutions.
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We bite off more than we can chew, so to speak.
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 Interestingly, according to data from Finder, at this time last year in America, 68.5% of men and 61.5% of women surveyed planned to make a New Year's resolution.
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And so-called resoluters vary dramatically by age.
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While just under half of boomers planned to make a resolution, a whopping 86.9% of millennials surveyed planned to make at least one resolution.
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And more than half said they'd focus on one or more money-related goals.
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 Boomers and Gen Xs were more likely to focus on fitness and self-improvement.
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That all sounds great, so I say, why wait?
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If there's something you know you want to change, why not start now by test driving your New Year's resolution?
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And here's why.
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I know a lot of us have really struggled with 2020, and I get it.
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To say it's been full of challenges for most of us is an understatement.
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 But it's not the year's fault, right?
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I mean, I've seen some really hilarious 2020 memes, like the one that says if 2020 was an avocado, and it's a picture of an avocado where like 90% of it is a giant bear.
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Sometimes when things are this hard, we just need to be able to laugh and that's great.
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And at the same time, don't fall into the trap of expecting a new date and a new year to change everything.
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 You can throw out your 2020 calendar or burn it.
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And I know loads of you just can't wait to do that, but nothing's really going to change until we really focus on the growth we need to make.
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So why wait for 2020 to end?
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You have the power to start the change right now.
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It will also help you end 2020 on a high note.
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And doesn't that sound a lot better than just waiting for days to tick by so you can be done with this year?
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End 2020 with setting up yourself for that resolution.
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And here's one resolution that I think is really powerful.
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 For us all to serve more this holiday season.
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For us all to be more kind and generous this holiday season.
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How can we support a charity, support someone in need, support the homeless, support children who don't have access to food or water, supporting our friends or family?
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Serving can be a beautiful way to end the year.
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 So those are seven ways to make this holiday season special.
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I know it probably won't be what you're used to, but let's make the best of it by shaking things up and trying something new, along with revisiting some of our favorite old memories from years past.
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And let me know how it goes.
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I'd love to hear your new traditions.
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Tag me on Instagram which one you're going to try out of one to seven.
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I can't wait to see those posts.
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Thank you so much for listening to On Purpose, and I'll see you again next week.
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Thank you.
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Our executive producer from Dust Light is Misha Yusuf.
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Our senior producer is Juliana Bradley.
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Our associate producer is Jacqueline Castillo.
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Valentino Rivera is our engineer.
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Our music is from Blue Dot Sessions.
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