Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about the new year.

So, it's New Year's Eve.

We're almost into 2025, and it promises to be an eventful year.

There's a giant list of things on the horizon.

Some good, some not so good. There's obviously a lot of

apprehension and concern. There's one thing that you can do that can help no matter what.

Build your network. If you don't have a New Year's resolution, that could be a good one.

Take stock of those people who you know are in your

corner and talk to them. Ask them to think of the people they know are in their corner. And then

organize a time and place for everybody to get together and talk about the things that are important to

you or the things that are concerning to you or the things that are

concerning to you that you feel like you need to prepare for.

It's New Year's. So you might be around them now or in just a few hours.

I know it sounds intimidating, but the first conversation doesn't have to be a long drawn-out thing.

Just plant the seed that people need to be able to rely on each other and build out from there.

We have entire playlists on community networking that can guide you through the process.

And I can't think of anything that is more effective at both

being able to respond to bad situations and setting people's minds at ease. Just as a quick

aside, this network far, far, far exceeded the goals for the fundraiser. I don't want to get

too far into it because we'll be doing a

video on it, but y'all did great. Y'all are amazing. I've gotten a lot of questions asking for

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