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Hey there, Cadre. Top of the middle of the day to you. How are you doing? I hope you're great. Per usual, I said that every day of the year this year. There's my one bad New Year joke for you. But even if you're not doing okay, there's a lot going on today. If you got a lot of stress, a lot of plans, maybe a little bit of sadness that often shows up around the holidays, whatever you're carrying with you know that you're doing all right. Hey, Jules, nice to see you. My name is JC and I am here every, every single day.

Curse Rand. How are you, my friend? Happy New Year. I'm here every day to be that squeaky reminder that you're doing all right. And that Cadre is that space where even if you're not alright, you can come, you can do, you can be, you can listen, you can be curious, you can return to those messages that bring you back, or you can explore whatever is firing that intuition today. I love bringing up around the new year, the idea of beginnerism. You know, a lot of people may be. And if it brings you excitement, lovely.

But you may be in a place of going like, oh, I need to set some resolutions, I need to have some big plans. I need to be more regimented, I need to get into the habit, get into the thing. And often when we're doing new things, new activities or new processes of self improvement or self reflection or self regimentation, so often we go, oh, I'm a beginner. And we say it with a weight or with a little bit of shame or a little bit of embarrassment. But I tell you, there's very few times in this world when we get to be the beginner is you're only the beginner at the beginning.

You may be like, that was profound. No, but really, you're only the beginner at the beginning of a journey where after you've been the beginner, like, you only play tennis for the first time once, you only read a new author once, you only go to a new place to explore once. Because after that first time you've been there, you've done that, your perspective is now one of someone who has done so. My favorite reminder to give to the beginner in each of us is that the beginner is the one who sees the most options, the expert.

And I'm considering the expert, someone who has done things one or more times. The expert sees fewer options. So I've had people in my life be like, okay, tomorrow's the day that I'm going to do everything different. I'm going to do everything different starting tomorrow. Hey, Dr. Leslie, nice to see you, my friend. Happy New Year. You know, like, I had people yesterday saying, I am going to do everything different starting tomorrow. That's a lot. If you're going to do everything different, that's a lot.

Give yourself the grace of knowing that your superpower is that you're the beginner. So rather than going, I need to do things this way, beginner, my invitation is to go, what other ways could you do it? If someone tells you, here's why you're doing this, remember that you're the beginner. So my invitation is to say, well, why else might you be doing this? What are their motivations or what are their reasons? Rest in your beginerness today and every day that you find yourself at the beginning of any journey, any activity, any relationship, any challenge, any success.

Beginnerism, it's one of the best mindsets we ever get to exist in, and it bears a certain set of strengths that you never get to have at another moment in your life. So if you are beginning anything today, lean in to being able to see more options than any other person who is doing that activity. Y'all, I'll see you again tomorrow. Have a great rest of your day, great rest of this new year. And if you're not doing great, you know where to show up. We'll talk to you later.