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Hello, and welcome to the Borealis experience. I'm
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your host Aurora, life coach and loyal companion here on this
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journey. And I'm very, very happy to be spending some time
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with you. Today is such a beautiful sunny day, the snow is
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melting. Feels like spring, although it is only January 13
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very deceiving, but I totally embrace it. I want to talk about
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taxes and the weather today. Yeah, bear with me. I feel like
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as soon as I mentioned the T word. People just want to run
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away and want nothing to do with that. And when it comes to the
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weather, yeah, what do the weather and taxes have in
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common, I was originally going to talk about death as well. But
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that's going to be for another time. But death taxes and the
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weather are things that we cannot escape from. There is no
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running away. There is no avoiding. There is nothing you
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can do about it. Except you can face it gracefully. But most of
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us, me included, we choose to complain and bitch about the
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weather, hate tax season, because it's so annoying to get
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all the paperwork done and to Yeah, realize that said you
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could have worked each month a little bit throughout the year,
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and it would have been easier now. Now you sit there with a
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mess of paper. And every year it's the same thing. And when it
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comes to death, no need to talk about it too much in detail
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here, as I said earlier, but yeah, we can't escape it, we can
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just focus on the present moment. And know that yes, one
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day life will be over. And we want to know that we were able
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to pursue a purpose as best as possible and light people up and
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enjoy the juiciness of life. But death cannot be escaped. Now,
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when it comes to the weather, there's people out there who
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live pretty much in tune with nature and nothing can bother
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them. No weather can dampen their day. But there's people
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out there who have always something to complain about when
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it comes to the weather. And to these people, I want to speak
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today and say, Hey, there's nothing you can do about it,
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except dress warmly, or dress accordingly. And know that
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whatever energy you choose to waste when it comes to the
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weather, it is energy that you could be using to do something
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productive or to Yeah, build something, create something, it
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is energy that is being wasted when we keep complaining about
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stuff that we can't control. And same or similar. It goes for the
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taxes Believe it or not, I was the person who was trying to
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avoid doing my taxes at all cost. And the weird thing is, I
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was employed in Germany back then. And it was always about
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getting money back at the end of the year or after handing in
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your paperwork. This is why the government was not after me
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because I was not owing money but I was actually going and
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getting money back but I had so much resistant resistance to do
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my paperwork that I that it was a pain in the bum to address it
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and to sit down and to get things in order. Or I didn't do
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it at all and was totally okay with not receiving money back.
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But if we know that tax season is going to roll it around any
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ways that you can do anything, especially the people who own my
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own money to the government. Why not make it a little bit more of
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Have a priority to have your ducks in order. Because you save
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yourself so much pain and suffering. In preparing yourself
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for March, April, for some it is June or July. And then you don't
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feel overwhelmed, you don't feel annoyed, you can actually enjoy
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your numbers. You can, yeah, see your numbers see reality. And it
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can be weird and painful at times, if your business was not
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doing well, if the, you know, business a year was was not
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really awesome, especially now during COVID. But it is
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something that is part of your life that you can't avoid, and
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the more you're trying to avoid, the more problems are going to
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accumulate. So what I've done in the last couple years is that
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every time I engaged in business, I had my little diary
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a little journal, and wrote down what happened that day. And
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there I also included my receipts, and took notes. And
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that only takes like two to five minutes. And of course,
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compounding these minutes, it amounts to a little bit of time
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that you putting aside. But it's absolutely worth it to, to know
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what's going on with your business on a monthly on a on a
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bi monthly or at least six months. That way, you also will
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not have to face uncomfortable surprises, you will know what is
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going on with your paperwork with your business. And I don't
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know if I sleep better. Now that I'm a little more organized. And
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now that I know okay, I got my ducks in order. I'm gonna hand
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it in soon and the accountant is going to be happy. And this is
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it. We oftentimes want to procrastinate, because not only
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we are a little bit lazy, but because of the unknown because
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of uncertainty because of limiting beliefs. We feel like
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we're dumb. We feel like Yeah, well, our siblings or parents
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always told us we were disorganized and messy. So we
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kind of have to live up to that statement now. And yeah, there
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is no point in, in becoming a little bit more orderly. But
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this is all in a reactive state, you are still reacting like a
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little child to your past and resisting stuff that is really
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not worth resisting. Don't get me wrong, this stuff worth
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resisting and where it is needed and necessary for you to stand
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up against. But when it comes to death and taxes, and the
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weather, there is not really a big point in trying to resist
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surrendering, and learning. Tax literacy so to say is is what
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you can acquire and then at the end of the day, you will be
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proud of yourself and you will feel like you got your shit
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together. And nothing can buy that feeling for you. You create
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it in yourself in getting a little bit more organized and
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knowing that you can inspire other people to do the same. It
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breaks my heart to see ladies and young gentleman starting a
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business and doing really well and marketing and selling their
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stuff. And then come tax season they have meltdowns and feel
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overwhelmed and want to throw everything into a corner and cry
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and feel like the biggest failure ever. Even though they
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did really well all through the year. So
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sit down, have a look at your numbers. Get your receipts in
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order. Get your paperwork in order. And know that there is
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amazing people out there who can help you and who can teach you
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stuff to make things easier for you to not waste time and
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energy. And it is a big part of our culture and this is why I
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choose to talk about did hear it is part of everybody's life. And
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we can make it an enjoyable experience. If we decide to put
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a little bit of time aside to look at our numbers, and Season
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One of the Borealis experience, I explain how, you know,
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physical health is important. Mental health is important.
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Financial Health is important. And taking care of your money.
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Taking care of your paperwork during tax season is going to
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deeply affect your mental health. And it's gonna make you
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feel good when and if it's not making you feel good. Reach out
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and ask for help. Is awesome accountants out there. That,
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yeah, you pay them a lot of money, and then they have your
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back. Or there's people out there who can teach you. And
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then you have your own back when tax season comes around. All
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right, this was just a little episode here for you today to
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Yeah, remind you that some things we can escape and this,
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there's no point in trying to resist to save your energy to
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save your time. This is what I'm here for. And this is why I
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choose to also talk about the uncomfortable topics that are
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part of our daily life. I want to send a very, very warm thank
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you to my sponsors. I don't want to say sponsors but to the
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people that donated to the show you guys are incredible. This is
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how I can keep going. Thank you so so much. And yeah, if you
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have the time, jump over to Apple podcast and leave me a
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review there. Or a five star rating is super sweet as well.
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take really good care of yourself. And I will be out
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there very soon. Bye bye.
