Take a moment to reflect before the new year

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🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The week between Christmas and New Year's Day is a good time to check in with yourself and take stock of the year. Reporter Kyle Norris talks with Buddhist Lama Rod Owens about how to get reflective during this time. Plus, a creative exercise to help you look back from cartoonist Nicole J. Georges.

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0:33.1	I don't know if y'all have ever felt this way, but a lot of the time between Christmas and New years, I get really gloomy. Life is so busy all the time. Too busy, really. And then during
0:44.3	that week, it comes to a standstill, right? The merriment of the holidays with all the bright
0:49.4	lights and the cooking and the crafts, that's basically over. Plus, you might be traveling,
0:55.3	visiting relatives, sleeping in a bed that's basically over. Plus, you might be traveling, visiting relatives,
1:00.5	sleeping in a bed that's not your own. It's like you're suspended in time, waiting for your normal life to start again in the new year, with all the pressure and emotion that can bring.
1:05.8	But this week, it doesn't have to feel so eerie. It can actually be a golden opportunity to get quiet and
1:13.6	turn inward to reflect on where you're at and where you're headed. I want to shake loose the past
1:19.8	and actually lean into the future, but I want to shape the future as well, not just let the future
1:26.5	happen.
1:30.3	That's the Buddhist teacher, Lama Rod Owens.
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