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Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Stacey Hyde
and I'm back with another

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episode of Better Financial
Health in 15 Minutes or Less.

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And to kind of completely
change the subject from a lot of

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things we've been talking about
lately and with all the

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craziness going on in our world,
I thought it might be good to

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kind of bring it back, because
you know we're a few months into

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the year.

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It back because you know we're
a few months into the year,

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people have maybe forgotten
their New Year's resolutions and

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we're also in the season of
Lent for Christians, where some

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people give up things, some
people try to take something on,

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and fine means that your life
is good, there's really no

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complaints, it's going well and
you're kind of going through the

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motions, and that may be
everything you wanted.

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But you may find yourself with
a sense of I'm in a good spot,

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but I'm still not quite right
where I want to be, and that's

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what I would refer to as
flourish.

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So what I would encourage you
to do is to sit down and kind of

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look at where you're spending
your time and when you see

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something on your calendar,
which things just get you really

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motivated and excited and just
the thought of doing it just

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fills your heart and also which
things.

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When you see on your calendar,
you just go, oh that again and

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really try to build in and
expand upon the things that

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really help you to flourish,
whether that be time with

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friends, time with family,
spending more time on a hobby or

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pastime, or even if it's
something that's in the back of

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your mind that you've just
always wanted to try.

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It's the time to plan for that.

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Now, if it's got a big price
tag on it, you may need to start

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saving for that.

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And Now, if it's got a big
price tag on it, you may need to

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start saving for that and
putting money aside.

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But having that plan makes it
easier to say no to the extra

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latte to use a very cliché thing
or eat at home an extra night

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or brown bag it for lunch,
things like that.

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That can make that easier to
accomplish Because you really do

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.

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The more you can flourish, the
more you can get out into the

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world and just be a positive
light.

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I think our world needs more of
that.

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There's a lot of people that I
notice going that are just kind

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of putting one foot in front of
the other and you ask them how

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they are.

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Fine, well, try to be that
person that, when somebody asks

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you, you can honestly answer I'm
great, never better, and just

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grab onto that, and so you build
this better version of yourself

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and you help those around you.

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And I think that can help us
focus more inward, when our

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outward world that we really
have very little control over,

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but we do have a lot of control
over how we approach our day,

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what we think about and what we
allow to take over our thoughts.

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And if we can do that, I think
that we will all come out better

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in the end.

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And in this it's something that
you can share with those around

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you and help shine your light
and help others shine theirs.

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So, at the risk of getting a
little too touchy-feely, I think

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it's important right now.

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We need this, you need this.

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So look at where you're spending
your time.

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Look at things on your calendar
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Maybe it's something you did a
long time ago.

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Maybe it's a hobby that you
always wanted to pick up.

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Maybe you've always wanted to
learn a second language, learn

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how to play the guitar or, like
somebody in my office, you

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wanted to get into acting, and
so you start doing more of that.

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Go find your best self and
enjoy it.

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Stretch yourself and pay less
attention to the noise and more

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attention being present in your
life.

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Thanks for tuning in.

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This has been another episode
of Better Financial Health in 15

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minutes or less.