Hello, hello everybody. Welcome back to The Walk Podcast. My name is Sam. If you're new here, I post all things lifestyle, faith, travel, random vlogs, and I just kind of make this channel essentially a video diary of my life. So if you're new here, I'm so happy you're here. And if you are a returning viewer, then I appreciate you being here. Today we are here with episode 14 of The Walk. Season two, if you will, I don't know. It's a new year. It's been about three weeks since I made a podcast episode. I took a break from this channel just to focus on my main channel, but also just holidays and just to kind of take it easy and kind of slow down a little bit. So we're back. We're ready to go. I'm so excited. I have a list of things and topics that I want to share on The Walk podcast this year and the episodes coming up. So I'm really, really excited. And I'm really glad you guys are here, like I said. So I hope all of you were able to celebrate the holidays in a fantastic way and bring in the new year in a fantastic way. However you wanted to celebrate it, whether that's on a big scale or a much smaller chill scale, whatever is your preference, I hope that you brought in the holidays that way. If you had to work, I feel for you, I have been there. I have done it as well. And if you maybe had not such a good time, it's a hard season for you. Just know that I'm thinking of you. I am proud of you for making it through and we're just taking it one day at a time. Okay. My holidays were actually very low-key this time around. And I feel like, I don't know if you guys can agree or attest to this, but I feel like most of the people I spoke to this year, like co-workers and also just other friends and other family, everyone said that the holidays were very low-key and very just more chill and relaxed and really just taking it as a time to be with loved ones and recharge before going back to work. And I think that that's so special honestly. And I feel like that's rare nowadays.  But I, and I don't necessarily think that there's too much wrong with that, although that can get dangerous. But I think it's beautiful that people still like kind of take it slow and just have it super, super chill. Christmas Day, I think I was in my pajamas at 8pm. Like really it was just so chill. Even my new year is like, yes, I went to a party, but I was just, I was just on my friend's couch, you know, like we were just talking and playing music and then watched the ball drop and I slept over. We had a little sleepover and it was just very, it was very nice. I loved, loved, loved the holidays this year. So I feel recharged and I'm back better than ever. So before we get into the topic of today's podcast episode, which is the idea of vision, what is your vision for 2024? We'll get into that before we get into that. There are a few housekeeping things that I wanted to address really quickly. One, you may have seen on my community tab on this channel the other day, I asked you guys kind of how long you prefer these podcast episodes to be, you know, around 30 minutes, 45 an hour, you know, the longer the better. And honestly, all of the results were so even that it really didn't help me too much, but it kind of did in a way. So 34% said around 30 minutes, 32% said around 45 minutes and 34% said around an hour. So 30 minutes and an hour tied evenly. So, but I get it though, because, you know, the podcast episodes that I watch here on YouTube, I can understand like when you see a podcast episode or any YouTube video that's like an hour and a half long or something like that, it's kind of intimidating. It's a little daunting. I still will watch them sometimes, but maybe in like small doses, like I'll watch 20 minutes here and 20 minutes there until I finish the whole video. Around 30, 45 is a good sweet spot, but the results were kind of even. So I think I'm just going to let it depend. I think some episodes depending on how much I have to say, you know, where the conversation leads us, maybe if we have guests, which I would love to do in 2024. I don't know who yet, but it's definitely on my mind. But yeah, I think if I have guests or just like more to say, then the videos will be longer. But if I'm just kind of getting straight to the point, then maybe be 30, 30, 40 minutes. So we're just going to kind of, we're going to see, but either way, thank you if you participated in the poll, because honestly, any little bit of information helps. And I'm still, you know, I'm new to this podcast series thing. So I'm just still trying to, trying to figure it out. So that's the first thing. The last house skipping thing that I wanted to address to you is I actually made a TikTok account for this podcast. And we're going to get into why I did that in a little bit later on in the video, because it's actually very relevant to some of the things that I am going to talk about. But I made a podcast, um, TikTok page. It's called the walk podcast with two T's on the end. I'll put a little screenshot here so you can see. And I'll also leave the information down below. Um, but I did that because I feel like it's really, it's time to give this podcast some real exposure. I never really, on both my YouTube channels, I never really like promoted myself because when I started on YouTube at 18 years old, I was very private about it. And so I didn't post it on like my Instagram, my personal Instagrams and Facebook's and all the things. I didn't do that because I was, I was very afraid around that time. I was still kind of, I don't know, as I get older, I'm seeing now that that time in my life, I was very, I kept things very like secret. I was afraid to really come forward and like share who I was kind of. That's a whole other topic of discussion. But I'm at a point now where I'm an adult, I know who I am. I've had nine amazing years here on YouTube. And that's something I believe that I should be very proud of. And again, we're gonna, I'm getting ahead of myself. We're going to talk more about this in a little bit. But what I'm, why I'm bringing this to you is because I would really love and appreciate, if you have TikTok, of course, I know not everybody does. If you have TikTok, I would love for you to go help a girl out and go follow the walk podcast on TikTok. I'm basically posting little snippets of certain episodes and just other little content things to kind of find my way into that little podcast niche. And like on Christian TikTok and young adult TikTok and lifestyle TikTok and all the things. I'm trying to find my niche and establish that page. I do have my own personal account that you guys are welcome to follow. And I, you know, I post on there pretty regularly. And that's kind of just whatever I want. But I wanted something specifically dedicated to the podcast so that we could get it some exposure and really try to promote what we're doing here, because I genuinely do think this is something very powerful that I want people to, to see. So I would really appreciate it if you guys went and gave it a follow, maybe just repost some of the things, it would really, really help me out. And I would really appreciate it. So those are just the housekeeping things. And see even like saying that to you, like asking you to go follow makes me so uncomfortable. Like I've never really done it, honestly, on my whole nine years on YouTube, I feel like people, especially when my first channel really got started, it kind of just happened. Like the people just kind of, the subscribers that came just kind of came on their own, you know, the algorithm I'm sure helped me out on YouTube, which is great. But I think it's time that we, you know, we shush it up a little bit. So again, yeah, if you guys could help a girl out, I would really, really appreciate it because we're all a family here. I think that's how I feel anyway. Okay, so today we're going to be talking about vision. I thought this was, this was very appropriate because we're entering a new year while we're already in the new year. We are two weeks into the new year about, I'm filming this on the 13th. So yeah, about two weeks into the new year. And this topic was inspired by two different things. The first part of what I'm going to say, the first part of this episode is going to be inspired heavily by a guest speaker that came to my church the last Sunday of December. You guys know, I don't really share names just for privacy purposes and like location purposes. I don't, you know, just for safety reasons. But we have a guest speaker come at the end of December and talk to us about vision and what that means and what it means to have your own vision and to look into the future and kind of create a vision for your life, the things that you want. They're like goals essentially. So we're going to talk about what that means, kind of how God sees it a little bit. We're going to get into that. I only have like two scriptures I want to share with you guys today. And then we're going to talk about the second part, which this part was inspired by a TikTok trend. Surprise, surprise. At the end of December, early January, there was a trend going around that was like people were sharing their ins and outs of 2024. So the things that they were going to bring in, the things that they wanted to implement and the outs, things that they didn't want to do anymore. And so of course, I created my own. I posted it on my personal TikTok. Again, you're welcome to look at that if you want to. But there are essentially, I'm not really a big New Year's resolution girl and we'll get into that. But I think the idea of ins and outs is really cool. So I'm going to share. I'm not really going to focus on the outs because they're out, you know, in the past, we're throwing them away. But I wanted to focus on some of my ins and kind of like what my vision is for 2024. So without further ado, you guys know me. I'm a planner. I need to look at my notes or else I will, my thoughts are going to be bouncing off the walls and I'm not going to be making too much sense. So our guest speaker that came was basically talking about vision in the sense of every good thing starts with a vision. You know, when contractors, for example, are building a building, they're not just going to start building a building, they need to have a vision. They need to have a blueprint of what it's going to look like that, you know, you can think of many different examples for that. That was just the first one that came to my mind. But every good thing starts with a vision. And it's important to kind of note that vision and sight are not the same thing.  It's not something you can touch. It's not, it's not physically something you can see. It's not sight. It's not our natural sight. But vision is more of a vision. It's a mental thing. You kind of, you kind of envision it in your mind and it gives you a goal of where you want to go. If you're doing a road trip, here's another analogy for you.  But if you have a destination and a map on how to get there, you're gonna get to your destination. Does that make sense? You see what I'm saying? So a vision essentially is a way of talking about a desired future or a desired outcome. And again, that I can't take credit for that. That came from our guest speaker. But it's essentially what he was talking about. He was encouraging us. And that's why I want to encourage you to come up with a vision for your year and going even further your life. And so we're going to talk a little bit about how to do that. So I want to turn to Habakkuk, which I didn't even know was a book in the Bible until this. But it is, it's a small book. And we're going to go to chapter two. Habakkuk, I can't even say it properly, Habakkuk, Habakkuk, chapter two, verse one. And it says, I will climb up on my watch tower and stand at my guard post. And this is the important thing here. It says, there I will wait to see what the Lord says. Which if you think about it, that doesn't really make sense. You're going to wait to see what the Lord says. You're not waiting to hear what he says. You're waiting to see what he says. Which if you think about it, that's the vision part. But if we want to break this down fully, if you look at the first part, he says, I will climb up on my watch tower. So Habakkuk is saying, I'm going to climb up on my watch tower. And by that, that can kind of be seen as getting away from the distractions. You're putting yourself above, you're separating yourself, because distractions can actually mess with your vision, right? You're getting all these different opinions. You know, we let people love to share their opinions, especially nowadays in person online. Everybody's got an opinion. Everybody's got an opinion. And if your opinion differs from somebody else's, then you're wrong and people will not hesitate to tell you you're wrong. Not everybody, but I know you know what I'm talking about. It happens a lot. So everybody has an opinion about what you should do with your life, where you should go, even some of your own family members. And it's not a bad thing to accept advice. But sometimes I think too many voices around you really distracts you. So separating yourself from that sometimes is really important. For example, I have a friend who I'm not going to name names because I don't want to be sharing people's personal business, but to to give a cliff notes version, I have a friend who was going through something and they were they called me and they told me, you know, oh, and so and so said this, but then so and so said this about my situation. And then this person said this one. So now I don't know what to do. And I said, okay, stop. I said it lovingly, but I said, I'm going to be really honest with you. You're listening to too many people. You're listening to too many voices. And I know that when somebody tells me something, it stays in my head and it replays for days. So if you're getting constantly different voices at the same time about the same topic, all you're going to hear in your mind are their voices. And so when you have all those voices, it becomes really hard to hear your own voice. It becomes really hard to hear God's voice if you pray and if you know if you're if you're about that life, right?  So sometimes separating yourself and going up on that watch tower. And again, that's like a symbol, right? Going up on that watch tower is going to be really good for you. Another distraction that the guest speaker talked about was a distraction can be fear. And we all have fear, right? It's so hard to have a goal, a goal that you can't see, a goal that doesn't exist yet, a destination that doesn't exist yet. And you try to get to it. It's really scary. I go through it.  And most of them are really scary and are going to involve growth and are going to involve stepping out of my comfort zone. But if you allow that fear to live in your head, rent free, that's going to distract you from your actual, your vision and your goals. So separating yourself from distraction is key. Now, he also talked about hearing from God, to peer from God. So trying to get the vision of because you have a vision, but God also knows what's going to happen in your life too. So it's important to get your vision to align with what God wants for you as well. And that's all I feel like that's a whole other conversation. That's something that I'm even still learning about to be 100% transparent, but we could talk about that another time. But he was saying to hear from God, you have to be close to him. And to be honest, this is something that I am still trying to figure out in my mind. I've always wondered, like, especially growing up in church, people be like, Oh, I heard from God, God spoke to me. And I would always be like, what does that mean? Like, do you hear a voice in your head? Or is it a feeling? Like, what do you mean you heard from God?  Like, is it like that? Like, what is it? And to this day, like, I still, I still wonder that sometimes because I believe that I've heard God speak to me. But it's never by hearing a voice. It's by like a feeling or like, like words will like a certain phrase or like a sentence will repeat in my head, that kind of thing. It's like a nudging. It's like a nudging inside me. Like, it's, it's the Holy Spirit, essentially. But it's, it's a nudging. And that's what I felt. But I've always wondered, like, so is that hearing from God? Or is there more that I haven't experienced yet? So I would love to know what your experience is with hearing from God are because I've heard it differently. And I think it's also hard to think about, you know, or not even to think about it's hard to differentiate. It was that really God's voice? Is that him telling me what to do? Or are those my own thoughts? And I'm like, misunderstanding. I think that's also another topic of conversation. I'm touching on a lot of points here. But that's something that I've always wondered. So I'd love to hear your thoughts on that. But anyway, um, he was saying that it doesn't have to be a super loud voice. Like I was saying, like, it could be a nudge. It could be like a whisper. And he was saying that if you're close to, if you're close to God, to speak to you, he doesn't have to shout. Like, it's not going to be that big loud voice. And I was actually really happy to hear that because I feel like I have felt the still small voice, but I'm saying voice, but it's not really a voice. It's a feeling. Maybe it's different for everybody, but that's what I've experienced.  Okay, cool. Maybe I'm not like totally, totally missing out.  He can just kind of nudge you a little bit. So I thought that that was really cool. The next thing after, you know, coming up with your vision first and foremost, that's step one, right? Then separating yourself from distractions. Next, write it down. And this is a big thing that I've implemented in my life as well in the last year. I write everything down. Prayer requests, goals, things that I'm believing for, and there's a couple reasons to do it, but let's first turn back to Habakkuk. I'm saying that wrong, but that's how I'm going to say it. We're going to go to the next verse. It's so it's chapter two verse two. It said, Then the Lord said to me, write my answer plainly on tablets so that a runner can carry the correct message to others. So he's saying when you hear from God, when you hear his voice or that feeling, write it down. And also write down your visions because writing it down holds you accountable. I know I've prayed for things and I write it down and like the, the like anal part of me wants to be able to check every single goal off. Like, yes, okay, that happened. That's done and did that. And if there's even one that's left, like unchecked, it's like, I didn't work hard enough, right? And it can even be like the smallest things like my to-do list for that day. Like every time I write something down, I want to check all of it off. So writing it down holds you accountable. Writing it down is also cool because I love looking back at the things that I used to write and just kind of like being like, I remember when I wanted that and now I have it. Like it's really cool to kind of look back and it also reminds you, like if they're prayers, it'll remind you of God's goodness.  It's like, it's like little mini testimonies, which is really cool. So God literally tells us to write these things down. And one day, like I've told friends, those things that are friends that are like going through things. I'm like, write it down, write down how you're feeling in a year from now, you're going to look back and you're going to be like, whoa, I came a really long way. Episode 13, the last episode of the walk that we did when I went through my journal and you can literally see how much I grew throughout the time that I kept that journal. And that's so cool to like look back at. And I also just look forward to keeping those things too because when I'm an old woman, like I want to be able to look through that journal and be like, oh, like I'll like look back at it with like nostalgia probably of like, aw, that was a rough time for me.  You know, like it's just something to look back at. That's also why I love YouTube. It's essentially like a video diary where one day like I look back to old videos I made when I was 18.  The next part, and this is the last part of what I'm going to say before I get into the outs of the New Year, or the ends of the New Year, not the outs, the outs are out, the ends of the New Year. One of the things we talked about at church that day was that having a vision is great. But keep in mind, my mom is calling me, keep in mind that there will be people in your life that do not agree with your vision or who will tell you that it's stupid. And those are the voices, like we said before, that can be like distractions. Those are the voices that you need to watch out for, because you can allow people to ruin it for you, because it's your vision. They're not going to see it the way you do. It can even be a family member. It could be a parent who maybe at first doesn't understand what you see. But you're like, yeah, but like me and God, like we talked about it. So like, I know I'm good. So don't let the other people ruin it for you. And there's a perfect example of this in Genesis. It's in Genesis 37.5. So let me get there really quick, because this is a perfect example of some things that I'm sure some of you may have actually experienced before. I feel like I have too. So this is talking about Joseph. And it says one night Joseph had a dream. And when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever. Listen to this dream, he said, we were out in the field tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up. And your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine. His brothers responded. So you think you'll be our king, do you? Do you actually think you'll reign over us? And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way that he talked about them. So just keep in mind that not everyone is going to understand your vision. And that's okay. No one is going to understand or maybe not everyone is going to understand your goals. And that's okay, because they are yours. And remember, like I think I've said this to you guys before, whatever desires you have in your heart, God placed them there for a reason. So that means that you have more than enough power to get it. He will equip you with everything you need to fulfill that vision, to fulfill that goal. So don't settle for anything less. Don't ever let anybody tell you that you're not capable of getting to your destination of fulfilling your goals. Because honestly, at the end of the day, it's not really their business. So my advice to you and my wish for you is that you will never settle for the watered down version of God's plan for you. And the more time you spend with him, the more your goals will align with his will for your life. So don't ever settle for the watered down version. Don't ever settle for the cheaper version, the faster version. I know we live in a world where people want everything now. They want it now. They want it when they want it. And they want if they can get it for a cheaper price, they're going to go that route too. Your vision is not for sale. Don't ever settle for less than what God has for you. And reach out to him, call out to him the more the closer you are with him, the more you'll understand and the more that it'll be revealed to you what that plan is for your life. So that's what I want for you. That's what I want for me. So I hope after you finish this episode, I hope that you will sit down and just write down some things in a place that you're going to be able to keep it, that you're not going to lose it and write down some things that you want to see come to pass this year and just in your future in general. And I'm going to share with you a few examples of mine. I don't think this is everything but I have six things that are my ins for 2024.  The first thing is actually something that I heard from that like still small voice I was talking about before and I truly think it was God speaking to me. I really do. I don't know how, I don't know why. Oh, I do know how, but I don't know why, but a couple of months ago, maybe like two months ago, I kept hearing these four words in my head and it's hard to explain because it's not like I heard a voice but I like it's hard to explain if you haven't experienced it. It's like I see the words in my mind. I don't necessarily hear somebody saying them but I see them and the words were let them see you and at first I didn't really understand and then I really started thinking about it and that leads to what I was saying in the very beginning of this video about why I made the TikTok and why I want to start really just being open about what I do on YouTube because I really think that that's what that was referring to. Let them see you. My whole life, I feel like I've kept things hidden. I've never really shown my true self to the world or even the people in my life, not always. I kept a lot of things to myself and I think that there are reasons for that. We won't go into that. It's things that I think my inner child has been healing and God has been healing me over time so it's not really relevant to talk about anymore. I had a great childhood but every child goes through things and those things affect you as you get older so that's what I'm referring to when I say that but I really think that it was about my social media platforms. I have never posted my YouTube channel on my personal Instagram. People in my life know. All my closest friends know. My family knows. It's not something I hide from the people in my life. Last weekend I had three of my new friends from church come over and I was debating.  It's the silver one that I got for 100,000 subscribers. I was like do I want to take it down or do I want to leave it for them to see and I left it and the first girl that came, she came by herself. She beat everybody and she looked up at my bookshelf and she said you have a YouTube channel and of course instantly I panicked a little bit inside and then I was like no let them see you and I was like yeah I've been doing it for nine years and she asked me questions. She knew what ASMR was. I told her I had two channels and as we were talking about it other people arrived so the conversation kind of died but it felt so good to just be open about it because you know what YouTube is one of the best decisions I ever made for myself. It has set me up for so many things, so many opportunities. It has blessed me in more ways than one and it's something that I'm really proud of. It's the first thing that I did kind of on my own where I started making money. I was working with brands when I didn't even know what I was doing at 18-19 years old and I did it and I built something really great that is even beneficial to me now nine years later and it's still growing every day and it's just really cool. So I want to be proud of it. I want to let people see me. I want all the new friends that I'm making in my life. I don't want to hide that from them because I want them to really see me for me. I want them to know who they're friends with. Going forward with you know with the dating it's something that I plan on not hiding anymore maybe not like first date type thing but if it's someone that I really like and that I've been seeing like I'm not going to hide that because it's a big part of who I am and you know I want them to know who they're dating right. Some people may be uncomfortable with social media presence and if that's the case then that's probably not going to work out you know I just really feel the Lord telling me let them see you and so I made that TikTok account as I was literally as I was praying about that one morning I think it was this past Monday morning the idea of make a TikTok account came into my mind and I finished praying I said all right Lord let's do it and before I even stood up I made the TikTok account and I was like okay we're going to do this and I told one of my best friends and my co-worker Marissa about it and she said I think that's amazing she said I'm so proud of you and she said what are you gonna do when people at work see it because it's probably gonna pop up on their phones and I said it terrifies me but you know what I want them to see me and she said amazing I'm proud of you and I did it so you know and I also think it's okay to promote myself you know I've never liked being that youtuber that's like please go watch and like and subscribe and share and not that there's anything wrong with that I think that's what I should be doing I've just never felt comfortable with it but I'm getting to that point where I'm like I need to start being open about these things so let them see me that's my that's my biggest one that's the first one on my list of things that I want to implement in my life let them see me two it's kind of a it's more of a materialistic thing but I really feel like just living more natural and by that I mean my natural hair color I don't think I'll ever like go blonde again and this is just a personal preference but I just I like my natural hair I like having shorter like not flashy nails I look back to like two years ago and my nails were like long they didn't even look good they were like oddly shaped they were like this weird oval egg shape I don't know and they were just flashy and I feel like I always tried to just get something flashier and flashier and flashier and I think I was over compensating for things in my life I think that was also the blonde as well the blonde and then cutting 12 inches of my hair off I think that was over compensating for things and as I get more comfortable in myself and my life I just feel less of a desire to change myself so drastically or like put on this I don't know like superficial feeling self because that's what it feels like I look back to like 2019 2020 and I just felt very like superficial and it was because I wasn't happy with who I was in here so I was trying to overcompensate on the outside so that's an in for me just a little more natural again like these are my nails I just get powder on them so that they're they're stronger but they're my nails and they're shorter and I don't know I just feel more comfortable in my natural hair color so that's just me living a little more natural is an in for sure three is something I actually started in 2023 but I want to keep it going it's adopting the if I don't like it then I'm going to change it mentality I feel like in the past I used to I've talked about this too but like I used to wait for things like oh I'm going to wait until I'm engaged and then straight in my teeth it's like why do I need to wait for marriage or wait for a man to do that or like I'm going to give you a little sneak peek here I said I wasn't going to do this but I feel like I'm going to do it anyway I said I'm going to wait to get a pet until I'm married why hint hint wink wink something coming soon um things like that like if I want to do something in my life I'm going to do it I'm not going to wait I'm not going to wait for the time is right like I'm just going to do it because honestly for some things there will never be a right time and then you're going to keep saying that and you're never going to do it and then it's going to make you sad at least when I say you I mean me because that's happened many times in my life so I'm adopting that mentality if I want to do something if I want to change it I'm going to do it in that same kind of on that same wavelength and a big in for me this year is I want to be in my hosting era what I don't think I've ever told you guys is I have a video saved on my phone somewhere I made it in September and it was a little video diary like of me talking to myself and I said okay Sam I know you're feeling a little lonely lately I know that you know you have this this desire for you know friends and community and all these things and I said mark my words a year from now your life is going to look so different I said this apartment is going to be filled with with friends old and new you're going to host things you're going to have a great community around you and I said I can't wait to watch this video in a year and see how much your life has changed and that was only three four months ago and my life has already changed I've hosted a couple things here I've had my new friends over I've had some old friends over I've hosted things and I always see these cute like these parties that people host on TikTok with like themes and I was like oh I want to do that but like no one wants to do that or no one has these ideas hello why am I waiting for other people to do it if I have these ideas and I have an apartment I live by myself it's not like I have to ask people for permission if I have these ideas let me host the parties and so that is a big in for me in 2024 I want to be in my hosting era I've actually found that I really like hosting people I think I get that from my mom while it's happening it's a little stressful but then you like look back to the memories and you're like oh I'm so glad I did that so that is a big in for me being in my in my hosting era um two more this is a big one that I've never been really good with I want to implement the fact that it's okay to not be so available to people all the time 24 7 I have always been the type where like I always said I never understand how people just forget to answer a text message but I know that there are people who actually do forget to respond to text messages I have just never been that type of person because when I see a text I have to I have to answer it and I have to remind myself that it's okay not to answer right away even if somebody like needs now if it's a dire emergency then yes respond right away but you know what if you when you feel your energy being drained it's okay to put your phone on do not disturb it's okay to wait an hour so that you can recharge and then text them back it's okay to take a break you know I have to also I have to take care of the people in my life but I also have to take care of myself and so I am learning that it is okay to not be readily available all the time you know or even like for example when I'm not at work I meet my work note my work emails now on my phone because they come to my personal phone I mute them if I've had a long day even if people are texting me as soon as I leave work and I come home mind you it's already like 11 11 15 at night when I get home I put my phone on do not disturb I'll respond to you in the morning and for a while I for years I thought that that was rude and I hated when people did it to me but now I understand and I think that that's okay and so that's it's still something I'm not super comfortable with but I'm getting there so and then last but not least a big well this is actually an out now that I think about it so I guess we're talking about one out a big out is entertaining what's not for me and with that if I'm being honest that's mostly that mostly has to do with men um in in just the last year there have been a lot of guys that have come into my life some that I've I've talked to some I've gone on dates with some were were super short lived and I always I always I ask God always to reveal to me hey can you reveal this guy's character to me before before I waste too much time on him just so if if he's not for me that I would know and that I would just kind of move on and that happens every time it happens every time does not mean that they're bad people at all I actually like all of them as people just not for me romantically um but for a while I would know that that that that wasn't the person for me and yet I would still entertain it because oh but it's somebody to talk to it's somebody to tell me I'm pretty it's someone to take me out on dates but why I'm wasting his time and I'm wasting my time I would rather be single and kind of just rocking on my own with my friends and my family live in my best life than entertaining something that's not for me because the longer you entertain it the worse it's going to be when it ends you're either going to walk away first and they're going to walk away first either way someone's getting their feelings hurt so if we're just kind of as soon as you figure out oh that's not for me okay let me let me just kind of shut that down right now let me kind of walk away from it now before it gets too serious it's helping your future feelings and their future feelings in my opinion so that is a big out for me and I feel like within the last month I've gotten better at it and I made it you'll see when you look at the tiktok the walk podcast tiktok page you'll see I made a tiktok about it and it says I'm actually going to read it to you because I was pretty I was pretty proud of that one and it actually got a good amount of the use kind of sort of I said everything changes when you realize that what is for you will never miss you you didn't get that job there's a better one on the way that guy dumped you there's somebody better for you get excited because this is your story unfolding so every time it doesn't work out with something I'm like okay that just wasn't for me and I move on and it really just changes your mentality like totally so those are five of my ins and one of my outs for 2024 so I hope that this video was entertaining but also helpful and useful I really recommend anything that you want to happen this year or just in life in general anywhere you want to go anything you want to do anything you want to accomplish write it down that's like the biggest thing I want you to take away write it down and you'll be able to look back on it and be like wow like God really pulled me through or I really did that you know depends on the situation um and I wish nothing but the best for you in 2024 2025 and onward we are in this together we are on this walk together see what I did there um and we're gonna be okay we're gonna be more than okay it's gonna be great so thank you guys for being here I hope that you enjoyed and I will see you next time for episode 15 bye guys


I don't know why I'm recording like I'm doing everything over here, and I know you can't see me in that You can probably just stop it and then just The numbers are on the bottom that means it's recording You could see it here No, it's not Gnarliness.


Hello, my name is Steve Ailhoff and I come to you today and going to talk to you about the benefits of keeping your horse inside a cow here at home and what that does then for when you go show them and you cut a tough cow or a bad cow and you're able to control that cow by staying inside it or then you cut a good cow and then you can step your horse outside that cow and then it makes them that much better. If you're not consistent with where you're at on that cow or if this horse isn't consistent where he's at on this cow then he doesn't know where to get to. When he leaves that turn he doesn't know where that they're going to get to so you have to teach this horse their comfort zone. It's a release point basically. Teach this horse the release point is get to that spot on that cow and get comfortable. Get to that spot on that cow and get comfortable and another big deal with that is just traveling traveling with the cow letting this horse be comfortable traveling with the cow not always trying to get outside of it and stop with it just travel with the cow. Travel coming out of that turn and stay consistent with where I'm at on this cow and come from behind that way we've got somewhere to go. So like right here I'm on that cow's eye my angle is here even though I'm working around I'm going in straight lines so I'm going to ask this horse to go buy that cow and when he does I'm going to bring him back inside it. I want you to travel with the cow comfortable and I want you to hit in that stop comfortable come from behind and do not go buy the cow.


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Hey guys, how we doing? I didn't watch the whole thing. Oh, I should first three innings. I was pleased to wake up to that though I think he's got You know Unbelievable transition his ability to get in and out of cuts And he uses that you know to to his advantage You know each guy's got their own skill sets in the way that they do things and I think that's certainly his strengths and Now I think he's done a nice job for us had a great adjustment and catch on the touchdown last week, too You know really the only spot you could put the throw and it's not an easy catch when you're going full-speed flying that way And to get it on the back shoulder He made it look really easy And so, you know, he runs routes with great transition great speed and he's doing a really good job for us Oh, I think he's got craftier, you know for sure and has you know a better feel for You know what kind of releases he wants to use for certain types of routes and how to get you know body position that he wants I think he's he's much further along with that than he was when he first got here But he always had he always had the fast twitch and the ability to be able to do it. I think he just He has a better plan when he comes to the line of scrimmage does a great job with it Yeah, I think it was it was great for us You know Russ is he's a good player and showed up big on the touchdown pass I think, you know Getting back into the rhythm was good for him too. You know, he was he was out for an extended period of time and It's hard, you know, it's hard when you're not in the rhythm weekend and week out But I thought he did a nice job for us came up with a big play right out of the half and You know, I only see that kind of picking up for us as we keep going And I think Jake, you know quietly goes about his business and you know, he's about as as underrated or unsung Of a guy as there is He's durable. I mean, he's out there every week and He's he's just technically sound really good technique when it comes to pass protection Really good technique in the run game plays hard for us. He's a great leader by example, you know, I think a really good He's got a really good template of how he prepares himself You know weekend and week out that the young guys can look at and say that's that's how you do it and I think that's been really good for us I think, you know, that's that's kind of the theme You know, whether it's run game or pass game, it's Everybody's, you know, going to be involved in whatever we have to do to be efficient and to move the ball We're going to try and do and I think of the run game, you know I've always believed it takes all 11 guys in the field, you know operating And kind of rolling in the same direction if we can do that, you know use use our backs Mike, you know Mike had a huge run for us in that game too on a third down situation We got beat up front, but he made a guy miss and converts on the third down I mean the the timeliness of some of the plays that he's had this year You know has has been huge for us. So I think both those guys have done a good job We need to continue to work at it and try and improve How valuable is it to have that trusted Jake over the years? Oh, yeah, you know, it applies to everybody, you know, I think often the narrative becomes about quarterback wide receiver, but You know, so much of it has to do with trusting your guys up front and you know You know believe in they're going to get the job done and and our guys They make it easy to trust them because they they're so well prepared, you know They really do a good job and a credit to our coaching staff to offensive line coaching staff You know coach led does a good job with those guys Chandler does a good job with them and You know gets those guys ready to go week in and week out has them prepared for multiple different things that we might see But it's also on the player, you know, you you have to you have to find a way To make sure that you're ready to go and those guys have done a great job So I have a lot of faith and trust and in not only Jake, but really the entire group up front Um, so I suppose uh, Smith about, you know, 12 person doesn't like why is that why can't that be so difficult to defend With the guys that you all have and Kyle Pitts and Hayden Hurst Like what type of problems did that present for defense? Like what makes that so difficult for uh, Difficult to say, okay. This is how we're going to fit this package Well, I think it's just you know, you've got versatile players guys that you know are big and strong and physical And are willing Enable in the run game to block and do the things you want to do so if you want to defend You know the passing game the speed and and The ability that they have with corners and playing nickel defense, you know You can go in and feel like you have an advantage running the football Because they're in smaller personnel and then the opposite is true if if they're you know going to try and take Away what we we could do in the run game with some bigger personnel You feel like you can spread people out Or put guys in different spots to get matchups that you feel like are favorable on your end guys with the speed and In versatility, you know that our guys have make that possible. You know, it's It takes it takes unique type of players to be able to do those things and to create matchup problems And you know, we're lucky we we have some guys That we asked to do a lot of different things and they're capable of doing that What type of problems they'll care about the defense Yeah, I think they're very good. I think you know, they've they've draft it Seems like exclusively on that side of the ball the last couple of years and they've had it Very talented players young guys that fly around the ball You know play extremely hard I think that's the thing that that jumps out at you when you watch them early in the week It's just the effort and the physicality that they play with. I think You know on the defensive side of the ball, they're playing very well Yeah, but then I also believe in You know Exceptional wide receivers and tight ends that we have to you know, I've been on both sides. I've played against you know, some guys that You know are some of the best corners in the league But when you try it out there with a guy like Roddy white or Julio Jones at different points in my career Calvin Ridley, you feel pretty good about whoever you're going against I have a lot of respect for For corners in this league. It's a hard job And it's it's never a slight at them. I just have so much belief in the in the guys that we have I go back to early on You know, he ended up being a teammate of mine, but a sante Samuel in Philadelphia. He got me a few too many times He let me know about it when he came here, too You know Rivas, uh, you know was was tough You know, josh norman was really good In carolina going against him twice a year even when in my younger days a keep to leave and You know in tampa when he was there just young talented corner very aggressive I played against a lot of good ones, you know during my time But I've always been fortunate to have you know, really good players on our side of the ball too guys that I always had confidence in Well, he's long, you know, he's long. He's got really good speed Um, just a really good feel, you know, I think it comes With with corners, it's all about the guys that have instinct and um, you know Have great instinct in terms of pattern recognition But then also have either the speed or the length to be able to recover at times when they're out of position and You know, he certainly has that going against him, you know every day during training camp You know, you have to be on point and and it's great work for for our wide receivers And for myself going against guys like that That's going to prepare you to go against some of the best players in the league and he's certainly one of them I think I think it's just Um You know that The calmness he plays with, you know, he's he's pretty Low-key he's pretty chill most of the time Day-to-day, but you never know until you get into game situations how guys, you know, emotionally are going to be out there what they're Um, you know what their personality is going to be like because a lot of people It's a little bit different, you know when the lights come on and and you're out there and you're in live action Um, it becomes just a little bit different and he's He's the same. I mean he really is he just he goes about his business. He's never too high never too low He just he's got a really calming presence out there and It shows up, you know in critical situations.  It's awesome and you know, I've got young kids I've got young boys and they're fired up. We were in their brave jerseys last night. We're watching the pregame Uh, they're running around the house playing baseball. I mean, it's it's awesome to see Uh, and particularly, you know, this team has been so easy to root for With the way that you know They battled throughout the year kind of turned it on when they needed to you've got some new guys coming in providing energy Celery with the home run to start the game last night. It's just it's a fun team to watch.  It's it's cool to see and You know, I'm fired up. Hopefully, you know, Friday Maybe I'll get to watch a little bit more Sunday night. You never know Maybe clinch something and get the job done. It'd be cool Or Well, I got three and a half year old boys that are ready to trick or treat Sunday night, so I don't think I'll be going to that game. I'm pretty positive about that We'll be watching though I am not no, my little yeah, my little guys are getting ready to go. Luckily I get to pass on On having to dress up. I think it's with game day. I got to pass so it's it's okay You would in the fourth quarter you're waiting on the next thing to go wrong and that seemed kind of snowball throughout the year Now that you've got things going right and that's been the way in your past before Does that kind of snowball when people just kind of now expect you're going to make the game money play? Yeah, I believe that, you know, I think momentum, you know works in both directions and You know An old coach Steve Logan my offensive coordinator my last year at bc would always tell me when it's when it's You know, when it's going tough, you just hang on you hang on as best you can and when it's going You know your way you get all you can get and that's a message when when the momentum's on your side You go get everything you can get and you know, I think that's Now it's part of this league creating momentum Getting yourself, you know confident in those situations creating belief, you know, something we talked about four or five weeks ago and You know, I think it's it's starting to build. We've got a long way to go, but it's definitely starting to build I think it's been pretty good. We've been coming away with touchdowns when we've gotten down there, you know, you'd like to You'd like to, you know get down there more often Sometimes the stats can get skewed, you know end of the game last week is a red zone visit But you know, you do exactly what you need it to do there So I think it comes down to situationally being really good But I think for the most part, you know, we've done a nice job down there We need to continue to to do that, you know, if you're if you're successful in that area It makes a big difference scoring touchdowns as compared to kick and field goals So this is going to be Do you pay much attention to actor Matt Ryan? The what? I do I do not I guess I gotta Take a peek at it. I really don't even know who he is. Yeah. Oh, right. No Yeah, I I didn't I didn't know that I gotta check it out. Okay. Yeah. Is it good? He's good. I think he's good. Yeah, I Name's sake. Yeah, it's I'm sure he is. He's gotta be right Yeah, I was just wondering what I never like came up That's the first question. That's the first time I got it. All right. Thank you guys. Have a great day


So, in the studio with us, Karibu San Sebastian, Karibu ti pronunce the Italian way. So, tell us who is Sebastian, who is pronouncing it the right way? Okay, so, I am Italian and I am from Zungu, I pronunce to Venni Nafa, Venni Nadyu a mimi, Elisaliwa niki itwa Sebastian a mai. No, right. I got to. And who is Sebastian? Okay. Who is Sebastian? Oh, Sebastian. Sebastian is a, is Sebastian. Okay, Sebastian is a gospel artist. Yes. And he's born again. He's a youth. Wow. He's not, okay, let me talk about marital status. It's okay. And that is a hustler also. He's a businessman. Yeah, that's all about me. That is great. Thank you. You mentioned youth and we are talking about youth today. Yes. How would you serve if you're given an opportunity to plug into the ministry in church? What exactly would you love and to find a partial serving in? Or are you already serving in church? Yes. Yeah. So, share with us. Okay. Give her an opportunity to do anything in church. I'm an evangelist. I love winning souls to Christ. And I'm a pianist. And I'm also a worship leader. Wow.    But to keep her taili, we took you. If you're called, I'm just going to go into a pastoring. Okay. If God calls me into a pastoring, she will cut her. Ah. Yeah. Okay, that's nice. Okay. Now, your musical journey would like to know how was your childhood like? Did it influence your musical journey? How did you become now a minister? Okay, my childhood. I grew up in a very staunch Christianity home. My dad was a deacon. Kwaizi plefaza ushago. And my mother was Mama Kanisa. I don't know if you know those things. I know. I know. So, when the Kanisa quit, it was a must. It wasn't something you can compromise with. Yeah. It's either you're going to church or you're going to church. There's no option. There's no option. So, nilipe na sana kusanda skulpali, I was a good singer. I was a good singer. I used to love music. When I was a little boy, I didn't love gospel so much. I used to love Rumba and Bongo when I was a young boy. So, when I grew up, I got born again. And I decided then let me serve my God. And that's when I found myself loving gospel. And giving myself to God. Okay. You were a young boy. You don't know anyone who knows Rumba. Do you have any influence on Rumba and your songs? Uh-huh. Yeah. I told my friends in Changa, I grew up to Rumba. So, I grew up to Rumba. I used to go to Kanisa and Rumba was my 7th style. 7th style. So that's what I love most Okay, Rumba, was it very risky taking that route? Rumba gospel atu jaziski asana? Skama jaziski asana asana is not risky Maybe I might be among them wala jaziski asana kwa kiaza kwa skia labdam tapenda nam tabariki wa zahidi Actually Rumba jaw na watu sema niya sema niya secular watu jwatu Rumba is a secular thing But Rumba is a style Just like any other style niya na nachiza It's a style Na lifestyle niyam say where's the change Kamuna pandai ki tu Na wneza serve God through your ki tu Afadali basu ifa naivo To say me rege Rege music If you decide to do gospel in rege music Watu watu anza kukushanga tena uyu Na joa mezoe rege tuniza na the other side But if you love rege so much And you want to serve God through it You can't serve God It's just a bit The content in it The message you are passing to people It's what matters Yes Not genre So speaking Genre kando Now Genre doesn't matter the genre you use As long as you are ministering to the people And every time you sit down to write a song What message are you trying to tell Those that are listening to you Okay Mi misu de kachini na kandika wimbo Atenu me kasa na kandika wimbo Okay I get influenced By the moment maybe I'm in a studio Or maybe when I'm going through something Maybe there is what you call a journey with God You know when you're doing gospel When you're a gospel minister That means Most of the time you need time with God So if you are going through something If you are going through something You need time to know Where Leo is And where he is So when you are in a studio I don't try to sing So if you are in a studio I will sing So it's a zote I have more than five songs Zote I will sing two studios Mi misu de kachini na kandika wimbo I get inspired And I get time What song do you understand And the message behind it Leo song na penasa na na atatenda Atatenda And the message behind it na atenda What inspired atatenda Okay atatenda I got inspired when I was writing this song Ya kwa mba Irregardless of your situations Or rather your lifestyle And everything that is happening around you God's time is always the best Ha kujangi a raka ha chelewi Wakatua kendo buna fa So kiyo na piti ya tumambo Usiyanzu kukwestion mungu atu Why this, why that Just wait upon him I get inspired by him but atatenda Ya alright He is always on time He was four days late But he was still on time Kwa shanzu kumukatua kusimu But to him Wanasimanga A thousand years Is like a one day to God So ya wakati Cikungu wkanna kati na majira Ano a katik wak Nasimanga kuna different times of time Kuna kairos Nizi henda kuati ologi Nizi henda kairos Is kairos Talking of time Sama since you started Going gospel music Ministering Wuna yasema What is the major One major lesson you have learnt Isi matiwa, kwa miani ahu kusili yi ukoriku yungan na wajalata owi waalandikiwa na watne na wajalata owi waalandikiwa na watne Na wajalata owi waalandikiwa na watne So ma se na nusimaya Sa k torso, na nakaootsu give mo waagke Kwi watnikiwa Most mbhumbili, kwa ma niya n divepashi kwa ma jenia Konave nge waato mbira la wgospil Se juka ma nii ni mwanaivo But mi wa skia You enu gogospil and then wanata oneanzu kwa mbhumbili kwa ma lailsi was it just a white leggings or something, k trout yam utu no? Kwa na ima guspel naizi weitu mega kwa yuone парi kwa nyiweh na mafretese yi na mablingi So, people start judging by the way you look kwa kwiwa approach una n着 kwa kusemi mo mungu atake witu na kai And then another thing wa na twukashifu na kum обa yana unanga we are hypocrites we are at Guspel because To machine do a viniya tuneza, piniya aga dhaya atiside and then piya tuna kwa discouraged ati duskari jatu a tuko guspel yana yaga kikiitu Ya, vitu me ingitu. Namu me, panija ji kuku, ni umesame. Mego through it. Yes, mmy experience from external forces. Wt makes you say wu na kuna se maaata ya. Atta kukenda igozo, tt irohrei main hi. Yes. Sa sayo, kumu me skeo imu na itu atotenda, penina limu cheka saa na ana. Ya. Haku jwe yu kicheko skumoja itu kwa kili yu kwa kene, hi kwa frakwa ana. So, mi mi, ni me katali yu kujuna, mi na jwe mungu na sawu. Fundasio nangili kwa mungu na najiwa mungu anangam bio Aki sema taku bariki kwa katiflani Ato kisikiya epi, usikiya epi Kama umusmama wako Unajiwa kila mungu na kutakiwa kwa amakupangu kwa maisha kwa I-5 wanza kwa skiza watu na wanza kuluza hope on the way Ya Awesome Alright Thank you so much Now you did a song with Ali Muhuwana Yes, that's the only collab you've done Should you expect more collab from you? In fact from someone Someone who? Okay, I'm planning a collab with the two people That is Solomon Mukubo And Gloria Mliro It's on the way Ah, that's why I didn't expect social media Yeah, Gloria Mliro, kumbe it's a collab that is cooking? Sol gum na nisa rora Research Kidogo Yes, you know they're dropping, how about Tungodetu? By the end of the year Alright By the end of the year we'll receive those two songs Alright Now let's talk about your new song Let me ask DJ Nix What is Loha Loma? Ten marks If you get it right, ten marks Ten marks? Niyongeze, Niyongeze 50 marks 50 marks Ya, bazu na Ya, ya, ya, ya No, no, it's not a lie, that's cheating All marks are equivalent to 1,000 So 50 Gs That is cheating You are not supposed to ask the guests Yes, that's me Ha, ha, ha, ha Ha, ha, ha, ha Ha, ha, ha, ha Anyway, Loha Loma I have noticed you did it in your dialect Yes Yes, in where that is Yes And it's the only Luya song? Yes, it's only my Luya song Okay, should you expect more Luya song And what is the message behind Loha Loma? What made you write the song? Loha Loma is a worship song It's a prayer song Wow I was telling God It's only him that I'm yearning for I'm waiting for to speak to me I'm on the mountain I've tried to lower my strength Now I have no option But it's him Speak to me, oh God That's all message about that song More Luya songs? They are coming Hey Hey, Sebastian, kuna mazuri jamaani Maybe you can just mention your YouTube channel So that people can run there Subscribe to your channel And they can wait for the new projects That we'll be realizing Okay My name is Sebastian Namayi Pa le YouTube Najiwa ma vijanona Mi watch sana And support muhimu Toka sana kwa vijana Waze wakwangi YouTube Ma zemo hindi pa le YouTube Search Sebastian Namayi Subscribe, subscribe, like and share The same same name Niku kwa all social media Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Iwa Sebastian Namayi Music Facebook Subscribe, like and share Toka maana sana kwa wakwangi Amazing Thank you so much So you are waiting for the new projects The ones you've said And also you've mentioned your YouTube channel And also I would like you to send some shoutouts today Atoneza, tumasalam Okay Tumasalam Sasa, sandi zama Sandi muwami Salam mu Nitanzana mamangu Anaitra Pamela Oh, Nihapa Oh Maede najiwa na ni watch Nakusalimi sana Nasalimi ama mamangu, babangu Oliver Riziki Slai Na atuotu wana niwana Na najiwa nita sana Eh, nimesa wu yama Yama is my director Nimesa wana ni kikuja ni misalimi sana Nakasema ati piwa wama misalimi Sasa yama is salam nizako Pokeni salam na wapenda nyot Nimesa wu subscribe Thank you Thank you so much Sebastian Namayi Please drop those songs here We'd be so excited to drop them here And if you have any other project, please We welcome you to the studio We welcome you on the show to share with us Yes, more grace, may God continue pouring And to your ministry, may you never run dry Amen More, more, more, more Amen Profesai Nafia wu pati mchumba Mchumba yupo Uli sama to Zimesh Apana mchumba yupo lakini Nipangu yupo Dakuja arusi DJ of the wedding It's official So, dropping it for the very first time here on the studio Because it was released yesterday Yes, it was released yesterday Dropping it for the very first time On my 254 On J.C. 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A very good evening aspirants. Welcome to the Hindu newspaper analysis brought to you by Shankarai's Academy for the date 28th of July 2022. So, displayed here are the list of news articles that we are going to discuss today. Now, without wasting much time, let's get into the first news article discussion. Now, let us take up this front page news article. See, recently amendments were made to the Prevention of Money Launching Act that is PMLA 2002. The issue is that the amendment to the PMLA was made through a finance act. We all know what the finance act is, right? The finance act, as the name suggests, deals with our country's finances in general. The matters dealt by the finance act include taxes, government expenditures, government borrowings, revenues, etc. So, the finance act forms a part of the union budget. The finance act is passed at the end of the budget to give effect to the financial proposals of the government. Another thing you have to know about the finance act is that it is a money bill. So, only the Lok Sabha has a say over it. Now, coming back as I already mentioned, amendments were made to the PMLA through the finance act. So, people petitioned the Supreme Court questioning the validity of the amendments. Here, the Supreme Court, as the news article mentions, upheld the validity of the amendments made. The court also mentioned that the issue of whether the PMLA is a money bill or not will be decided by the larger bench. So, this is above the news article. In this context, let us see the amendments made to the PMLA. Firstly, Section 2 of the PMLA was amended to expand the scope of proceeds of crime. So, what does proceeds of crime mean here? Let me explain with an example. Let us consider a person named Santanam. His profession is dealing drugs, which is an illegal activity. So, what Santanam does is, with the money he makes by selling drugs, he buys a prime real estate in Ananahar, Chennai. This real estate now comes under proceeds of crime. See, the 2019 amendment expanded the scope of proceeds of crime with the expansion of the scope. The enforcement directorate can take action against those properties which may directly or indirectly be derived or obtained as a result of any criminal activity relatable to the scheduled offence. Here, the scheduled offence includes the offence that are mentioned in the PMLA. So, this is the first major amendment. The amendment is to the Section 2 of the PMLA, which expands the scope of proceeds of crime. Here, expansion of the scope meaning the enforcement directorate can take action against those properties which may directly or indirectly be derived or obtained as a result of any criminal activity relatable to the scheduled offence. So, the next major amendment is related to the Section 3. The 2019 amendment classified certain activities as independent offences. The activity includes concealment of proceeds of crime or hiding the proceeds of crime. The next thing is position, acquisition, use of proceeds of crime and finally, claiming proceeds of crime as untainted money. See, all these three activities which were earlier dealt as attached crimes, not after the amendment will be dealt with as independent crime. So, before the activities were attached crimes, but after the amendment, they will be dealt with as independent crime. So, this is the second major amendment. The third major amendment is the deletion of Section 17, Sub Section 1 and Section 18, Sub Section 1. See, before the amendment, if the probe relating to the offences listed in the PMLA schedule is done by any agency other than the enforcement directorate, then a FIR or charge sheet is necessary. But after the amendment, the prerequisite of a FIR or charge sheet start cancelled. So, this FIR or charge sheet is no more required if the probe relating to the offences listed in the PMLA schedule is done by any agency other than the enforcement directorate. Finally, changes were made to Section 72 of the PMLA. Now, the central government can step up an Inter-Ministerial Coordination Committee for Inter-Departmental and Inter-Agency Coordination. This Inter-Ministerial Coordination Committee is to ensure policy level cooperation in relation to all anti-many laundering and counter-terror funding initiatives of the government. So, these are the major changes made to the PMLA as part of 2019 amendment and the recent Supreme Court judgment upheld all these changes. In addition to this, the Supreme Court judgment also upheld the other contentious provisions of the PMLA. Let us see these provisions now. First is Section 24. See, according to Section 24 of the PMLA, the burden of proof is on the accused to prove his innocence. Normally, in most cases, a burden of proof must be provided by the government to prove that the accused is guilty. But in the case of offenses under PMLA, the accused is considered guilty and the accused must provide proof that he is innocent. So, this is the first provision. Second contentious provision is Section 45 of the PMLA. See, according to Section 45, all PMLA offenses will be cognisable and non-bailable. So, enforcement directorate can arrest an accused without a warrant subject to certain conditions. And the last major contentious issue regarding PMLA is the issue of EZIR. Here, EZIR means enforcement case information report that is EZIR is equivalent to the FIR and it is issued by the enforcement directorate. See, in case an FIR is filed, the copy of the FIR is given to the accused or a person representing the accused. This is a mandatory procedure. But in case of scheduled crimes under PMLA, it is not mandatory for the ED to give access to EZIR. So, these are the other three contentious provisions which are upheld by the recent Supreme Court judgment. The Supreme Court while uphelding these provisions stated that money laundering is no less heinous than terrorism. The court also mentioned the PMLA as a unique legislation enacted by the parliament to upheld our country's international commitment and to sternly deal with the menace of money laundering. So, that's all regarding this news article. In this news article discussion, we saw about three important amendments which was made to PMLA in 2019 and we saw that the recent Supreme Court judgment upheld all the changes. Along with that, the Supreme Court judgment also upheld other three contentious provisions of the PMLA. We saw that in detail also. So, with these learnt points, now let us move on to the next news article discussion. See this article here. This is just an extension of the article that we discussed earlier. Like I already said, even though on the Wednesday judgment, the Supreme Court upheld the provisions of the PMLA, it stays away from the issue of whether the PMLA amendment can be made via money bill route. The court said that this issue will be discussed by a larger bench of the Supreme Court. So, in this context, let us see some of the points about the money bill in the previous perspective. See, article 110 of the constitution deals with money bills. Here, the article says that any bill can be termed as money bill if it contains any or all of the provisions given in the article. I have displayed the provisions that are given in article 110 here. Just go through it. It mainly deals with the imposition of tax, appropriation, money out of the consolidated fund, government borrowings and custody of the consolidated fund. You can go through the rest of the provisions here. So, if any bill has provisions other than the above mentioned provisions, then that bill cannot be deemed to be a money bill. Article 110 further clarifies that in cases where a dispute arises over whether a bill is money bill or not, the Lok Sabha speakers decision on the issue shall be considered final. Note that the money bill can be introduced only in Lok Sabha and that too, only after getting prior approval of the president. The money bill can be introduced by a minister and it cannot be introduced by a private member. After the money bill is passed in the Lok Sabha, it is presented to Rajesh Sabha. So, when the bill comes to Rajesh Sabha, the Rajesh Sabha has very limited power in regards to money bill. The money bill cannot be amended or rejected by the Rajesh Sabha. Very important point. When the money bill that is passed by Lok Sabha is given to Rajesh Sabha, the Rajesh Sabha must return the bill back to Lok Sabha within 14 days. If the Rajesh Sabha does not return the bill within 14 days, the bill is deemed to have been approved by Rajesh Sabha. So, the maximum time that the Rajesh Sabha can delay the money bill is 14 days. Also note that there is no provision for joint sitting in case of money bill. Finally, after this procedure is completed, the money bill is presented to the president for approval. The president can either accept or reject a money bill but cannot return it for reconsideration. This is because the money bill is introduced only after seeking presidential approval. This is why the money bill cannot be sent for reconsideration. So, the key takeaway point here is when the government fails to pass a money bill in Lok Sabha, the majority of the government in the Lok Sabha comes under question. In such a case, when the money bill fails to get approval, then the government must introduce a confidence motion in Lok Sabha to prove its majority. If the government fails to prove its majority, then the government has to submit its resignation. So, that's all about the money bill and this news article discussion we saw in detail about article 110 of the constitution which deals with money bill. With these key takeaway points, now let us move on to the next news article discussion. Take a look at this text and context news article. This article speaks through graph that is why the name graphically speaking is given to the article. The title of the article is Why is the rupee under pressure? So, in this news article discussion we are going to discuss about the seven distinct points that are the reasons to say why rupee is under pressure. In that the graphs show the consistent fall of the rupee against the dollar between 1994 and 2002. See the value of rupee weakened in two instances. One during the 2008 which is the year of global financial crisis during that time the rupee depreciated by 23 percentage. The second instance is during the 2013 when the tapper tantrum happened. During this tapper tantrum the rupee weakened by 40 percentage. So, what is this tapper tantrum? See whenever an economy is stressed that is the government feels there is a liquidity crunch. What the central bank does is they buys up a pre-determined amount of government bonds and other assets in order to flush the economy with cash. This is known as quantitative easing. For example, even during the COVID virus pandemic all economies across the world crumbled with manufacturing and production coming to a standstill. Most central banks including the US Fed and India's RBI embarked on measures to revive the economy by reducing interest rates and putting more money in the hands of the people. So, this we call it as quantitative easing. So, what does this word tampering mean? See, tampering refers to a banking strategy where the central bank slowly winds up the process of quantitative easing. In simple terms, tampering happens when the central government halts pumping in money into the economy and the banks by lessening its purchase of bonds in a staggered manner to stop their extra support fed to the economy. So, I hope you can understand what this tampering means. But what happened in 2013 is the US Fed announced reducing the quantitative easing program. So, this situation gave birth to a new word called tantrum. Here, tantrum means the overreaction of investors and stakeholders after the government announced tampering of the quantitative easing program. So, this is the whole story. Tampering means a banking strategy where the central bank slowly winds up the process of quantitative easing. Or in other words, the central government halts pumping in money into the economy and bank by lessening its purchase of bonds in a staggered manner. So, the word tamper tantrum means the event which indicates the overreaction of investors and stakeholders after the government announced tampering of quantitative easing program. So, what happened in 2013 is this tamper tantrum made the rupee weakened by 14%. So, these are the two instances in which money got weakened. Now moving on to the first reason, taking a hit. See, this graph shows that not only Indian rupee but also many other historically strong currencies have weakened by more than 10% this year. If you are wondering why there are two reasons for it, first one is the long drawn war in Ukraine. Second is steep hike in interest rates by the US Fed to rein in inflation. So, because of these two reasons, not only Indian rupee, even historically strong currencies have weakened more than 10% this year. For example, in this graph you can see Japanese yen has depreciated up to 18.4%. Then Korean won has depreciated up to 10.6%. So likewise, you can see various examples here. So, this is the first reason. Now moving on to the second reason. The second reason is persistent outflows. See, just now we saw that US Fed has increased its interest rates, right? Now this will have significant impact. If you are asking why, see we receive foreign portfolio investment in dollars. So, when investors find that the US Fed is increasing the interest rates, the profit they gain from investing in US Fed itself will be higher, right? Then what is the need for them to come and invest in India? So, this is why I said US Fed increasing interest rate will have impact on India. Now the situation is like the US Fed has increased the interest rates and advanced economies has also tightened their policies because of these combined effect. The FBI is on a selling spree. Many overseas investors, they withdraw from riskier emerging markets and they opt for safe haven assets. That is, they sell their FBI in emerging economies and they take the money and invest them in the US Fed. So, this exhibits the demand for the dollar and leads to a corresponding excess supply of the rupee. Ultimately, this weakened the local unit. Now the third reason is widening gap. See, just now we saw that the rupee is weakening and in between due to the war in Ukraine, the crude and commodity prices increases and import becomes costlier. So, this is further widening the trade deficit, meaning import growth outpaced that of the exports. One simple words, import is higher than the exports. For example, when imports jumped by 58 percentage in June, the export rose only by 23 percentage. So, here you can see the deficit clearly. The import is double time the export and this further might balloon the trade deficit in financial year 23 to 70 billion dollars when compared to 31 billion dollars in financial year 2022. Now, moving on, the fourth reason is deteriorating CAD. See, CAD is a measure of a country's trade where the value of goods and services it imports exceeds the value of the product it exports. I hope you know that the current account represents a country's foreign transactions and like the capital account, it is a component of a country's balance of payments. So, now this CAD is deteriorating. See, just now we saw that the trade deficit is widening, right? This has caused the CAD to deteriorate, which in turn adds pressure on the local currency. See, spending money on current account deficit itself mean India is importing more goods and services and spending on servicing overseas borrowings than it is exporting or earning through remittances which in turn creates more demand for dollars. So, due to widening trade deficit, the current account deficit is also deteriorating because India is importing more goods and services and spending on serving overseas borrowing than it is exporting or earning through remittances. So, this is the fourth reason. Now, moving on, the fifth reason is muted exports. See, in our 23rd July 2022 discussion, we saw how depreciation will encourage exports. So, the current situation might seem to be encouraging the exports but the reality is export is always dependent on global demand which is being slowing down now. So, only if demand is there, the purpose of exporting will be met, right? So, because of this slowing global economic growth and fears of looming recession, a depreciating currency may not help to increase exports or otherwise the current situation might have boosted the exports meeting the demand in the global level. So, this is the fifth reason. Now, the sixth reason is rising import bills. As I already said, we currency helps to boost exports. It also makes import expensive. But remember, India usually imports items like crude, coal, fertilizer and gold and they almost make up half of India's import bill. But the issue here is these four are price inelastic items. That is, even though the price of these goods increases, the demand remains largely unchanged. So, even though the prices of these goods remain elevated, the demand in India did not decrease. So, this is inflating the import bill. So, this is the sixth reason and the seventh reason is import cover. See, import cover is the number of months of import that could be covered for by a country's international reserves. Import cover is an important indicator of the stability of a currency. Now, this import cover is also decreasing. For example, from a high of $642 billion in October 2021 reserve, it fell to $573 billion in July 2022. Despite India being fifth largest forest reserve, the reserves are currently just enough to finance only 9.5 months of imports when compared with 19 months of import covered in June 2021. See, previously RBI was well positioned to defend the rupee against undue volatility. But this worrying import cover forces a pressure on Indian rupee. So, to put it in simple words, in the middle of the geopolitical tensions and increase of interest rate by the Fed to combat U.S. inflation, the rupee has been on a downward spiral and due to concerns over rising local inflation and the deteriorating current account deficit, foreign portfolio investors have pulled out of Indian equities. Parallely, slowing exports and an inflated import bill have also weighted down the local currency. So, here in order to iron out sharp volatility in the rupee, the RBI has dipped into its reserves. But this has also led to a fall in import cover. So, this is the overall picture which says why there is enormous pressure on Indian rupee. So, these learnt points in mind. Now, let us move on to the next news article discussion. Now, look at this news article. The article says that except for states of Bihar, Mehalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Manipur, the rest of the states and the union territories have attained replacement level fertility. In the recently concluded National Family Health Survey 5, the total fertility rate of our country has also reached 2.0. Although this is welcome news, our efforts for population stabilization must still continue. This is because in our country, the proportion of the population that is in the reproductive age is still huge. So, government efforts must continue. So, this is the context of the news article given here. In this background, let us see about the term total fertility rate and replacement level fertility. First, let us look at total fertility rate that is TFR. See, total fertility rate that is TFR is the average number of children born to a woman in her reproductive years. The reproductive age for the woman is normally considered to be between 15 to 49 years. So, when the total fertility rate reaches 2.1, the population exactly replaces itself from one generation to the next. This is called replacement level fertility. So, when the population reaches replacement level fertility, the population stabilizes. Now, the third important term is sub-replacement fertility. See, in case of sub-replacement level fertility, the TFR falls below 2.1. In such a case, the population starts declining. When population reaches sub-replacement fertility, the older population starts increasing and the younger population starts decreasing. So, these are the three important terms that you have to know about from this news article discussion. In this news article discussion, we saw about what is this total fertility rate. Total fertility rate is the average number of children born to a woman in her reproductive year. Here, reproductive year means age between 15 to 49 years. When TFR reaches 2.1, the population exactly replaces itself from one generation to the next, which we call it as replacement level fertility. So, when the population reaches replacement level fertility, the population stabilizes. Then, we saw about sub-replacement fertility. So, with these points in mind, now let us move on to the next part of the news article discussion, which is the preliminary practice questions. Now, look at this first question. This question is about PMLA, which of the following acts are enforced by enforcement directorate? Statement 1, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002, that is PMLA. Statement 2, the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999, FEMA. And the Statement 3 is the Fujitub Economic Offenders Act 2018, that is FEOA. Select the correct answer using the codes given below. Option A, 1 and 2 only. Option B, 2 and 3 only. Option C, 1 and 3 only. And option D, 1, 2 and 3. See, the correct answer for the question is option D, 1, 2 and 3. All these acts are enforced by enforcement directorate. So, the correct answer for the question is option D, 1, 2 and 3. Now, moving on to the second question. Second question is about MONEYBILL, which of the statements about MONEYBILL is correct. Statement 1, speakers decision on whether a bill is MONEYBILL or not is final, and it cannot be taken for judicial review. And statement 2, both appropriation bill and financial bill are both MONEYBILL. You have to select the correct answer using the codes given below. Option A, 1 only. Option B, 2 only. Option C, both 1 and 2. And option D, neither 1 nor 2. See, the correct answer for the question is option B, 2 only. Statement 1 is wrong because speakers decision on the MONEYBILL is actually subjected to judicial review. For example, when the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhar Bill as MONEYBILL, it was taken up to the Supreme Court for review. Statement 2 is correct because both appropriation bill and financial bill are MONEYBILL. So, the correct answer for the question is option B, 2 only. Now, moving on to the quiz question. This question is about TFR, which of the following are the reasons for the falling total fertility rate that is TFR in India. Statement 1, higher level education among women. Statement 2, government promoting contraception. Statement 3, late marriage. And statement 4, decreasing IMR. So, you have to choose the correct answer using the codes given below. Option A, 1, 2, 3 only. Option B, 2, 3 and 4 only. Option C, 1, 2, 4 only. And option D, all of the above. So, this question is the quiz question for you today. Choose the correct answer, post it in the comment section. So, with this, we came to the end of the news article discussion. If you like the discussion, hit like, do share and don't forget to subscribe to Shankarai's Academy YouTube channel. Thank you.


If you look at our chemical sector alone, we represent around 5% of total carbon emissions. Now that is counting Scope 1, Scope 2 emissions. If you were to include Scope 3 upstream and downstream, it would be significantly larger. If you look around you in this room, about 95% of the products are being made with the help of chemicals. So we do play an even bigger role in enabling decarbonisation for the whole industrial sector. If you look specifically at the hard-to-abate sectors, what you see is that the solutions technically are there. What is stopping the transition is actually the cost of doing it. I think companies can do a lot in terms of the products that they're buying. So what we need is first to create a market. We first need transparency. What is actually the carbon footprint of all of these products? And then secondly, hopefully consumers are willing to pay a premium for low-carbon products. Now if that's not the case, then it's either incentives, what you now see with the IRA in the US, or it is actually taxation, carbon taxation. Both can work and actually both might be necessary. What is very critical in the chemical industry is that we work together. So if you want to decarbonise a complete value chain, it's very hard for one player in the industry to do that alone. So what we do in L C E T, low-carbon emitting technologies in this platform, which has been created by the web, what we do here is with a group of industry players, we collectively decarbonise an entire value chain. And this spreads risk. If you look at the current projects, we are working on recycling. On the one hand, mechanical recycling, where you collect plastics and you basically make new parts from it through mechanical recycling. On the other hand, chemical recycling, where you collect the plastics and through the paralysis process, you basically create the paralysis oil, which you can feed into a cracker. And you can make the virgin products then from that. Specifically in the L C E T platform, we are working on low or even no carbon proteins. So not based on animals. We are doing this with the help of green hydrogen. I'm optimistic because I see that the technology solutions are there. What we do need to recognise is that a lot of these come at a cost premium. Climate change is happening. Fighting climate change is a necessity. So we basically have to make it happen.


Hi everyone, it's Steph here from Little Bookish Teacher and today I have some more new release titles from Alan and Unwin. These books were all sent to me for review from the publisher so thank you very much to them and I'm really excited to share them with you. As always when I film one of these videos I'm going to go in readership age order so I'm going to start off with the picture books. Picture books on their own tend to be pretty open to interpretation for age category. Some are definitely geared toward younger audiences, some are geared to older audiences but a lot of the time there's a bit of wiggle room in here. I'm going to start off with Duckling Runs Away by Margaret Wilde and illustrated by Vivienne Toe. This is a dynamite duo. They both work together on a book called The Sloth Who Came to Stay which is a book that I absolutely adore. This one is about Duckling who has a bit of an argument with her mother and declares that she is running away and never coming back and so off she totals, she walks past her friends who are all happily with their families and their mothers and doing their thing and telling her no no don't run away everything will be fine. She's very determined, she keeps running away until eventually she realizes that maybe she's not quite as angry or annoyed as she first thought and she finds her way back home. As with always I always get these little cell sheets from Ellen and I'm went about the book and I really liked where Margaret Wilde got her inspiration for this book. So she said that it was from something that happened decades ago when her niece had an argument with her mother and packed up her favorite toy and her piggy bank and things and just wandered off and got as far as the next door neighbor's house and then turned around and came back and she talked about how it was like this little show of independence that ended happily for everyone and was a learning experience for everyone involved and I thought that that was just such a cute little premise for a picture book because it's also very highly relatable. Of course in this story the Duckling is in a very safe environment, it's a farm setting, it's not like she could have gone that far and her mother always knew where she was so there is that safety element to the story so that is also important. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous and sweet all the way through the book and I just loved reading it, it was absolutely gorgeous. Then there is the month that makes the year by Inda Amadzari and the tagline on this is a joyful celebration of the spiritual practice of Ramadan and I was really eager to read this because I don't have a lot of books about Ramadan or Eid and I really need to have more of them in my collection. So this is an exploration of Ramadan through the eyes of a young Muslim child. She's joining Fasting for the first time and at first it's hard and she's learning about why it's important to her family and to her culture and as she gets further into Ramadan she realizes that she can do all of these amazing things. She may not be able to do everything exactly the same as everyone else but with some adjustments she's still participating in everything, she is being part of her cultural celebration and she's learning more and more about what that means to her and to the people that she loves. This story was written based off the author's own lived experience and I think it's a really important text from Muslim children and non-Muslim children as well because it helps to teach understanding and awareness and cultural acceptance which is the most important thing. I absolutely loved reading this, I think it's going to be a really really important picture book that comes out this year and hopefully we get more like it. Then we had Sky Dragon, book six, Rescue Light by Arndo, this book no matter which way I hold it is going to be super shiny because it's super shiny. I have only read books five and six in this series so I'm having to use a lot of context clues to pick up sort of past history as well as what's currently going on in the story. This is a older junior fiction slash middle grade title that follows Amber who has the ability to connect and communicate with insects and they help her do things like fly and listen to her commands and whatnot when she gets into situations where she needs a bit of a helping hand. In this story she ends up on an island that has a very rare bird that is being threatened by the introduction of an oil company that is planning on drilling on the island. That company is in talks with the local government and in order to prevent the environmental impact of that company moving into the island, Amber and her allies need to prove that there is a very strong colony of these rare birds on the island and that they are not extinct because the local government has said you know if there is going to be an environmental impact then we don't want anything to do with this deal and so that's what Amber sets out to do. There is also a reunion and reveal of a character in this story that is a that has a close relationship to Amber that happens at the very end so as with all of these these are serial stories so you get the lead into the next book so that will probably come out in the next couple of months. And then finally there is The Glow by Sophie Laguna and illustrated by Mark McBride. This is a middle grade title, it's middle grade horror and it is kind of creepy so you have Megan and Lee who are best friends. Megan loves to draw and she loves coming up with these weird creepy strange monster type characters and has always loved doing that. And Lee is her best friend and Lee loves writing stories and so together they create these amazing worlds and experiences for these characters. But then one day Megan notices that everyone around her seems to be obsessed with their devices and that there's this strange blue light coming from the devices and the people who are looking at them are not particularly responsive and it begins to freak her out and she goes to Lee and Lee's similarly not affected like Megan and they begin to try and investigate what's going on which leads them to a cave along the coastline where this same strange blue light is emanating from inside and there they discover what is hiding inside The Glow. And it is part adventure, part epic battle, part story of friendship and artistry and it is just a really cool time like I was a bit apprehensive going into the book but I had a really great time. So similarly there was some information about the book which I thought I'd share with you just so you get an idea of where the idea for this story came from. Sophie has written that during the writing process her and Mark had had conversations about alien invasion and about technology that turns on humans and that's where the idea sort of came from and that people's reliance and addiction to screen time was an influence in the story and particularly the way that it threatens people's imagination because you no longer have to think things through for yourself and come up with things because you're constantly bombarded with other people's content. So I thought that was really interesting. It's a very very cool story and this would be perfect for kids who are middle grade aged who love spooky creepy things. So thank you to Ellen and I'm going again for sending me these books. I'm really glad that I had the opportunity to read and review them in the comments. I'd love to know if you have read any of them or if you're planning on picking them up. Alternatively feel free to share any other recommendations that you have read recently or if you just want to let me know that you're here but you don't want to leave a comment feel free to leave a duck emoji down below. I hope that wherever you're on the world you're staying safe and healthy and I will see you in my next video. Thanks so much for watching. Bye everyone.