Cherishing Another Year!!!

This bonus episode is going to be about cherishing 2025 and setting goals for yourself this year!!!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:16):
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Speaker 2 (00:34):
Welcome to this bonus episode of Aspiring Discussions. I'm your host,
Ashley Janee and I just want to thank God for
another year and blessing me to do another bonus episode.
And I'm so happy New Year to everyone, and thank
you all so much for tuning in. And I hope
you are having a great start to twenty twenty five
and that you all gain more blessings this year and

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achieve all of your goals and let this year be
your year. And today's bonus episode would be about cherishing
another year and why it's so important, So let's get
into it. So anytime you are blessed to see another year,
you should definitely be thankful for it because it gives
you an opportunity to start over and have a clean,

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fresh start to get yourself in order to become a
better you. And that's the beauty of new years. It's
all about starting over. So twenty twenty four, it could
have been a great year for you, or it could
have been the worst a year for you, but if
it was a great year, they'd be grateful and just
let twenty twenty five be even better for you to
where you could continue where you left off to elevate

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your success even more. And if twenty twenty four was
not a good year for you, then identify the problems
that you faced last year and how you can make
the necessary of your improvements to make things better for
you so this year can be a better year for
you to make twenty twenty five a year of redemption
for you. That you may have some debt that you

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are trying to clean up or get rid of, then
what you do is figure out what led to you
getting in debt so you could come up with a
game plan on how to correct it. So step one,
I would write down everything or everyone that I owe
money to. Step two add up the total to make
sure you have the accurate amount so you know how

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much money you need to clear up your debt. And
step three is your game plan. Basically, what are you
gonna do to earn that extra money to erase this debt?
Are you gonna work an extra are you gonna work
extra hours. Are you gonna do gigwork on the side,
or develop another skill that will create revenue, work a

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part time job, or start a small business that's profitable,
maybe your clothing company, a catering business, maybe your own
dog walking business, or your own landscaping business. What are
you gonna do? Because at the end of the day,
the choice is up to you. Make sure you're consistent
with it because the more you stay consistent, then the
more you would definitely see approvements that would lead to

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success and leads you to getting out of debt. So
definitely keep that in mind because at the end of
the day, you know, nobody's perfect. We are going to
go through some things, but it's all about how to
redeem myselfs in twenty twenty five. And another reason why
twenty twenty four may not have been a great year
for you, it's because you probably felt overwhelmed. You was

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probably doing too much for other people and not treating
yourself every once in a while, and you just probably
didn't know how to say no to people out of
fear of disappointing others and wondering what they're gonna think
of you as a person. As just saying no, So
if you felt that way, just let twenty Just let
this year be the year that you stay on your

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ground and put your foot down and balance your life
because we all know that you can't agree to everything,
you can't be at two places at once, and that
you can't please everyone, and that's just reality and real talk.
Moving forward, find out what's exactly overwhelming you, so you
could cut tides from it. Because one thing about stress

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is it's a silent killer. So you definitely, you know,
don't want a lot of stress on you. So, for instance,
if your job is overwhelming you to the point where
you are becoming physically and mentally ill, then it's time
to find something better because you only have one life
at the end of the day. And then, god forbid,
is something happens to you while you're working for these companies,

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they're not gonna care. They just gonna move forward with
their day and have someone else replace you. Because always
remember you are replaceable and you are a number to
these companies. So that says a lot right there, and
why it's nothing wrong with moving on to find something
better that's gonna approve your mental and physical health. You know,

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if you find yourself surrounded around negative and toxic people,
then get away from them. Even if it's people in
your family, just stay away from them because negative lingers,
and you don't want to be in the midst of
all of that because piece is everything. Even if you
have to be alone, it's nothing wrong. But it's not
the wrong with being alone because you have to do

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what you have to do for your own sanity. So
whatever's overwhelming, you just start cutting sizes from it. And
it's okay to have a meet day where you be
selfish if you once in a while, because again, you
only have one light to live. So if you want
marry with kids, or you're not married but you have kids,

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then I will have a meet day while they are
at school, daycare or relative is looking after them, and
while your spouse, while your spouse is at work. And
even if that means you have to put in a
vacation day to do it, then do it because at
least you still getting paid. Basically, do what you want
to do, if that means going to the gym, going

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out to breakfast with yourself or a relative or friend,
getting a massage, getting your hair done or cut, getting
your manic here, and Paddick here in the c didn't
do it for those few hours, you know, because at
least you could say I had I had a meet
day because I was able to do something for myself,
you know, because it's nothing wrong with that. And it's

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okay to say no to certain things because you don't
have to agree with everything and everyone. And it's also
your way of setting boundaries, and it doesn't matter what
others think because you said no. Even if they do
get in their feelings, let them be upset because you
owe no one an explanation, and let that be your
goal to set more boundaries so no one tries to

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take advantage of you. And my last reason why last
year may not have been the best for some people,
it's because a lot of people may be dealing with
a lot of grief where someone that was close to
them may have passed away, or maybe they had it
fallen out with someone that was close to them and
that person is still grieving about that situation and may

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not have had time to accept it, you know. So
at the end of the day, we are all human
man and we experience different emotions every day, whether we
are happy, sad, excited, angry, and afraid, and it's definitely
okay to feel each emotion because we go through things
every day in our lives that could trigger these emotions.

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So if you or someone you may have you know,
may have experience losing someone that was close to them
last year, then there's definitely gonna be a lot of
grief and it's definitely okay to feel that way, and
it's definitely gonna be a lot of tears, and that's
okay as well because crime is therapeutic and it's also
the start of healing yourself. So it's definitely going to

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be rough in the beginning, and the next step is coping.
Find out how you could cope if losing someone or
going through or falling out with someone. So if you
went through this last year and you're ready to begin
healing and coping process, to let this year be the
year that you start, you know, even if that means
talking with a therapist that understands you and that can

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help you find coping mechanisms that will work for you,
that's an option. Talking to your pastor or peers at
about that can help, and then writing down how you
feel each and every day, which should be classified as
your growth journey John no excuse me, meaning how you
felt day one and how you feel months or years later.
That's an option. And or you could go to a

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group count You could go to group counseling meetings to
share your thoughts and feelings, because you never know that
person that's sitting next to you or that's hosting the
event may have experienced the same thing you have, making
the process more relatable. You know, if you like tattoos
and not considering getting another one, you could give one
the honor of that person, whether you get a symbol

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that represents them, their name, you know, a positive message
they once gave you, or etc. That's basically your way
of honoring that person. And also a prayer definitely works.
It keeps you grounded, it keeps you disciplined, and it
will help you find strength when you need it the most.
And always remember this God is never too busy to
answer your prayers. So those are pretty much the only

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options I could think of when it comes to coping
with loss and what you can do moving forward in
twenty twenty five. And I also mentioned earlier about getting
into a fallout, of getting into a falling out with
someone that you knew, So if that happened to you
last year, then this year you all could decide if
you all want to work it out by taking baby

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steps or you or just let it be what it
is and continue to keep yall distance from one another
until one day things get better. And then the choice
is pretty much up to you all, because it takes
two to tangle and make things better, so always keep
that in mind. And before I close, I want to
discuss the importance of cherishing another year, and the reason

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being is because you was blessed to see another year.
Because the world that we live in today, nothing is guaranteed.
It's like you could be here today and you could
be going tomorrow, so you definitely want to keep that
into consideration. And then, as I mentioned in my last episode,
you just have to continue to count your blessings and
be thankful for the little things in life because you

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never know. And another reason is you have to set
you have another opportunity to change, set goals, set boundaries,
and start over fresh again to become a better you.
As I stated earlier, because a new year equals to
better you, and that's why cherishing another year is so important.
And a blessing. So that's gonna do it for this

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bonus episode of Aspiring Discussions. I hope I was able
to inspire you all going into this year, and again
I hope this year brings many blessings for everyone. And
I will be dropping a new full episode soon, so
be on the lookout. And I still have some merch
on my website and I will leave that info in
the box. And good news is I will be dropping

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my new single not going tomorrow that's gonna to be
available on all streaming platforms. And this single was going
to be about staying in your ground and what a
way to kick off the new year with professional single.
So again, thank you all so much. Happy New Year,
Stay safe, stay well, and God bless you all. And
also my thoughts and prayers go out to the families

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of those ten people that lost their lives in that
Bourbon street attack that took place in New Orleans on
New Year's Day. I just pray that God would give
those families to strength to cope with the situation and
to also give them the strength to heal their hearts.
And the name of Jesus, I pray Amen