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A New New Year's Tradition for 2025

January 01, 2025 • Matt Lie - Paehlke • Season 1 • Episode 6

This episode looks back on 2024 and ahead to 2025 and also shares how to make a 'Good Things Jar' where you can capture all the good things that happen to you in 2025 so you can spend New Year's Day 2026 practicing a little gratitude about the previous year.

The snippet from our family Good Things Jar opening may leave you with a few questions -- like 'where exactly do I get the best momo's in the world?' -- so I'm planning to annotate that section on our discord.

Music Credits:

'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artists.

Attack by PapaPedrobeats which is free for non-profit use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rlSfnYf7SM

'I'm Falling' by Rexlambo which is also free for non-profit use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqc9YY1g1uQ

‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson. Performed by The Union Guitar Trio. Used with permission of the artists.

Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD

Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833

Sound Effects:

Teleportation (disappearing and appearing) by guillermochicasonido -- https://freesound.org/s/667633/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

EXT Siguenza, Spain NIGHT: Cathedral church bells from the mountain.wav by Brett+Butter -- https://freesound.org/s/552156/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Workshop ambiance.mp3 by TiagoDES -- https://freesound.org/s/595138/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0

05769 carpenter's workshop ambience.WAV by Robinhood76 -- https://freesound.org/s/269540/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0