Hello, hi and welcome to another episode of the Emmagan show and as it's the beginning of the month, it's just you and me, and as it's the beginning of the year, when talk tends to turn to New Year, New You, not my favorite.

I wanted to take some time to reframe it, at least look at things from a slightly different angle.

So in this episode we're reframing the whole New Year New You nonsense and here's the reason why.

Four years I started every new calendar year focusing on what I lacked, my inadequacies,

my perceived flaws, what I couldn't do, what I was scared of, and what I struggled with.

And while I do believe it's good to interrogate the things you can improve upon, to be

preoccupied with all of those things, especially so soon after a period of fun and

festivity is the 180 degree mental shift no one needs, in my humble opinion.

So in what might be my most indulgent episode yet, rather than focus

on what I want to change or what I think I should change, I'm going to share with you what I think

I've learned, what I know and the lessons I have learned sometimes

the hard way over the years.

And the first one is to embrace failure.

There is no shame in making mistakes. The sooner you see your screw-ups as a good thing,

the less fearful you'll be of listening to your gut.

That's not to say you should navigate life without care or caution,

just that the lessons you learn from your mistakes and your wrong moves

tend to be the most valuable lessons of all.

They accumulate over time into a wonderful, colourful tapestry of experience and wisdom, and it would be ashamed to miss out on that by always playing it safe.

And I know this because, for a long time, I sat on the sidelines of my own life.

I've watched other people make decisions, be daring and take risks

while watching from the comfort of my own in action. But it becomes a boring place to be,

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