5 Things to Give Up in the New Year [Throwback]
Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)
Danielle Bean
4.9 • 810 Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
1. Undisciplined phone use
Are you constantly checking your phone throughout your day? Do you spend too much time mindlessly scrolling through social media? Consider setting limits to when, where, and how you use your phone, and your mental health will be better for it.
2. Stuff you don’t need
What things are taking up space in your home and work spaces? Too much clothing, extra appliances, or piles of books? Declutter your spaces and give some of your extra “stuff” to others who can use it.
3. Ignoring your health
Many of us put others first and neglect our own healthcare. Do you need to make an appointment for a check up, a screening, or a trip to the dentist? For your family’s benefit, you need to take better care of yourself in these most basic ways. Make the call today!
4. Negative relationships
Who in your life brings you down, saps you of energy, or tempts you to sin? There are some relationships (like family) that we can’t cut out, but if you have friendships or acquaintances that are a continual source of negativity for you, consider limiting them or cutting them out altogether.
5. Saying you don’t have time
We all use this excuse from time to time, but if you find yourself saying this about important things in your life, it’s time for a change. If you can’t find time to pray, to work on your marriage, to exercise or do other things you think are important, then you need to make some changes. Stop saying you don’t have time and find better ways to use the time you have.
How about you? What will you be giving up in 2024?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, my friends, welcome to girlfriends. So this week, we have a little bit of a throwback episode for you. So we're taking a little time off here at Girlfriends to celebrate Christmas. And I hope you are as well, but I don't want to leave you high and dry. So I'm going to be sharing this rerun, this throwback episode that was especially popular a couple of years ago. And it's very timely still because it's all about things to give up in the new year. |
| 0:23.3 | So not the usual things that people give up. |
| 0:25.8 | So just a little spoiler alert, some different kinds of things that you might consider |
| 0:29.8 | giving up in the new year. |
| 0:31.3 | So it's our last episode before the start of the new year. |
| 0:35.8 | And I think we need to be thinking about these things. So let's |
| 0:39.0 | start off the new year. Let's start off 2024. Right. I can't wait to come back and share with you |
| 0:44.7 | all the new shows we have planned for 2024. But for now, I just want to thank you for being part of |
| 0:50.2 | the girlfriend's community. I'm so grateful for you. I'm grateful for your presence here in the podcast. And I don't take for granted the fact that you have many different things that you |
| 0:59.4 | could spend your time on. And so it truly is meaningful to me in a personal way. And it's so |
| 1:04.5 | encouraging to me that you make time for the Girlfriend's Podcast. So thank you so much for being here. |
| 1:09.4 | You are one of the blessings that I am counting at the end of this year and celebrating during this Christmas time. And I'm |
| 1:15.8 | wishing you and your family a very blessed and peaceful Christmas. And I can't wait to connect with you |
| 1:21.3 | again in 2024. God bless you. Girlfriends, episode number 302, five things to give up in the new year. |
| 1:33.8 | Hello and welcome to girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom and I'm on a mission |
| 1:39.0 | to help you know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy and family living. |
| 1:44.1 | In this first |
| 1:45.3 | episode of 2022, we're going to talk about five things you might just want to give up this year. |
| 1:51.3 | Let's get started. |
| 2:19.5 | Hey, girlfriend, I am so glad you are here. Thank you for being a part of this first show of the new year. I am so excited to just dive in, get started. How is 2022 for you so far? It's kind of hard. We're not very far in. It's kind of hard to judge it just yet. But I thought we would talk about this here today. And before we dive in, I just want to say |
| 2:24.4 | hello and welcome to anybody who's a first time listener to the Girlfriend's podcast. I love that you're |
| 2:30.8 | here. I love that you're checking this out. And I hope you're going to like what we share here and want to become a regular part of our girlfriend's community. And those of you who are back |
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