In today's spiritual perspective episode, we are talking all things resolutions, specifically

how to think about resolutions when it comes to your New Year's goals.

We're going to talk about what most people leave out of their resolutions, which is going

to make them exponentially harder to follow through on, and which are the best versus the

worst kinds of resolutions to make. So if you're the type of person who likes to make resolutions, this episode is very much for you.

And if you're not the type of person who makes resolutions, this episode may inspire you to consider doing so.

And by the way, if you're new here, my name is Light Watkins.

And I started this channel to help people who identify as spiritual to learn tips and tricks

and hacks in order to navigate everyday life situations a little bit easier from relationships

to work, to family, to personal development, to goal setting, and everything in between

from a spiritual perspective, which means from a broader vantage point.

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Okay, the spiritual perspective on New Year's resolutions.

First thing we want to understand about New Year's resolutions is the intention behind them

usually is to better some aspect of our lives.

365 days have passed, and during that time, maybe we haven't been fully on top of our health,

or we haven't been on top of our finances, or our relationships, or maybe we had an epiphany

about our work not being particularly fulfilling, or we feel stuck in some other area of life. And what most people do is they

tend to outsource the blame to the economy or to their boss or to the politicians or some force

that's outside of themselves and they render themselves rather helpless when it comes to making

changes. I was actually teasing a friend of mine the other day who

was trying to convince me that she hated her job, but she couldn't do anything about it. And I said, where is he? And she said, who? I said, the guy. She said, what guy? I said, the guy who shows up to your house every morning and forces you to go to that job. Where is he? And she said, what? The point is no one is forcing you to work at this

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