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We are rapidly approaching Chinese

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New Year , which is the big time

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to make resolutions and to really kickstart

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your year . Now we have to stop

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and go back for a second , though . Is there something you

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should be doing before we get to

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that new year ? Well , good question

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, because there actually is . There's five

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things I want you to do . So stay tuned , because

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we're going to dive into what the five things are

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that you really must do before

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Chinese New Year . I

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just want to give people a place to go

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to get information . I want

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them to enjoy learning

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about Qi and how it's easy to

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learn about it and affect change in your own life

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. So Qi Pro is here

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for the curious seekers and for

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the professionals looking to get ahead . It's

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the bottom line . I want to empower people with

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information , because the

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one thing that can't be taken from you is your knowledge

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. If there's one

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thing we can all agree on , no matter what your belief

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system is , we're all looking for

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more financial freedom actually

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more financial increase , better

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health and stronger relationships . Right , we've

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been through the ring of these past few years

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and we're looking for a way up Now

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, 2024 , on February

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4th and February 10th , because that's solar and

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lunar new years , we are going

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to welcome a dragon . This is a big , powerful

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dragon , but what I want to talk about today

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, right here , right now , is

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the tips you can do that will welcome

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more prosperity into your home

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. Now , what exactly is

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prosperity ? Because everyone kind of thinks

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it's money . It's more than

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that , because really it's

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what is prosperity to you ? Okay

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, how you live a prosperous life

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is entirely up to you and will depend

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on what you feel prosperity is

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. You may feel more money

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is prosperity , or possibly more

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time with family , stronger health , freedom

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to travel . I mean , the options are limitless

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and yours to design . Whatever

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your views are . One thing remains the same

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, though you have the opportunity

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to hit reset on achieving

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prosperity at a specific point in

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time . Each year , that

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time is Chinese Lunar

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New Year . Now , that's happening

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this year in 2024 , on February

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10th . That's the big celebration

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. There is stuff happening before then , but the one that

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we're aiming for right now is

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February 10th . There are five

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easy steps you can take to ensure

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your home is ready in the days leading

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up to Chinese New Year . So

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shall we dive in and get to know what they are Right

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? You're right with me . I love it . Number

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one . You may not

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like this one , actually , but it's very logical

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and I'll explain why . I need you to clean

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your house for prosperity . Yeah , I

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know you're probably thinking what ? I don't know . What do you

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mean , sam ? Literally , I need you to clean

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your house . A clean and uncluttered

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home is always , always

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going to encourage prosperity and

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help you align with good fortune . Clutter

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in your home will not only affect wealth

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. It can affect your health and cause

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a myriad of issues . Specifically

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, the one I've seen the most is when we have cluttered

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hallways . You're storing stuff there

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and I'm not necessarily talking hoarding could

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be , but just storing stuff there and you've

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got to walk around things and it's a bit of a mess that

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usually shows up in the arteries , in

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the veins , in the blood system . So

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, if you've got issues with that in your health

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, clear the hallways and staircases

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in your home . Anyway , bottom line

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is cleaning your home is always a

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positive , but there's a caveat

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here , and this is what we're talking about today , because you might

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say , well , yeah , sam , I always keep a clean home . Well

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, good for you . Mine has moments

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, let me tell you . But one thing I do do

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is I actually massively clean

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before Chinese New Year . I've actually already

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begun . We're a little bit early , but I have washing

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windows , going outside , doing some other things

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while I can , because the reason

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we're going to talk about this now is it can

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be inauspicious to clean

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around Chinese New

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Year . Okay Now why

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? Well , I'm going to explain to you . Chinese

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New Year is a time where we chase

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out the old to welcome in the new , so we

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literally sweep out the old dirt and

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then we have a clean plate

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, a clean canvas , if you will . And

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the reason you don't want to clean

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for a few days after Chinese

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New Year , known as CNY , is you

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don't want to sweep away the chi that's resettling

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after you've cleaned . I can understand

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you're sitting here thinking what Sam

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lost her marbles . No , I haven't . Okay

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, I've done this for years . It works , it's

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brilliant and it's a very big custom

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in eastern cultures . So please

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don't muck about with it

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. Do this you want to remove

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the old Qi in your home and let

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the new Qi settle as the year arrives

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. Now remember , for this year , that's

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February 10th , so

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you want to be cleaning . I'm going to say two

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weeks , 10 days before then , and I don't

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actually clean the Chinese

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New Year Eve or the day . I clean before

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then and then I have celebrations

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with friends , I have food , I enjoy

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myself and I don't clean for easily

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. Oh , I'm going to say

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three to five days after , okay

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, I just I let everything settle and

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I welcome the new prosperous energy into

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my home . So timing , is everything

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here okay , and it's really easy

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to align this so easily

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with February 10th . It's not a big deal

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. So what do I want you to do ? Well

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, in January , leading up to this

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, I want you to clean your carpets . Okay , you'd

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be surprising what's in those fibers there . Oh

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, so much down there . Organize

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your cupboards , maybe donate those extra

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items . Wash windows that's what

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I was doing today . Clear your view , clear

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your mindset , okay , donate

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excess stuff to charity . Not only

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do you not want it anymore , but somebody else can use

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it . So this is really good . This can be clothing

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and home goods . It's

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amazing what we accumulate

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in our cupboards , and I cannot

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stress enough that when we have clutter

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, when we have things piled up , it's

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not a good , it's not a good playing

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field . Okay , it's going to cause issues

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in many different ways . What

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you need to do is to clean the entrance

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to your home , inside and outside

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. This is something called a Ming Tang . You have

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an external Ming Tang and an internal Ming

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Tang . Think of it like just

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a space . Okay , it's a space outside of your

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front door and a space inside your front

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door . So this is not where you should

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be storing the recycling . This is not where

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the garbage bag should be sitting until somebody remembers

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to take it out . Absolutely

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not , and I'm going to say not ever , but

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especially around Chinese New Year . Okay

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, so clean the entrance to your home , give it a spruce

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, remove things that don't need to be there and

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make it very welcoming . If

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you follow these actions to clear out the old

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chi and make room for the new chi

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to accumulate , you successfully

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reset the energy in your home for a

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brand new beginning and

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, let's face it , we all want a brand

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new beginning . So

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, like I said , it's really important not to clean

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on actual Chinese New Year , and

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I'm going to save about three days after

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. Okay , that's usually what I follow , because

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if you do , you'll literally be sweeping away

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all the New Year energy that's just arrived

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and you've you'll have undone all the good

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work Now . I know this may seem

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like an unusual task , but it holds

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great merit and I advise you to follow

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this first vital step . Okay

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, moving on , what is number two ? Well

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, you may not like this one either . It's funny . I was thinking

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well , this is going to be so great and now I'm not sure you're going

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to like this . I want you to pay those bills

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for more abundance . So

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you're probably thinking well , hang on a second . Are you going to

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give me money then , sam ? No , you've

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got to do this . Okay , prosperity

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is most often linked to money

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, but it means many other things too . But for

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now , let's focus on the money part , and even

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though it's more about a prosperously happy

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life , in so many ways money

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is a major factor . Look

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to the bills you can pay off and pay them ahead

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of the due date , if you can . Again

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, you really want to do

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this before the Lunar New Year , on

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February 10th . You really want to make sure that

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your bills are paid ahead of time . Of

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course , you can only do this within reason . If you don't have

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the money , you don't have the money . But that is also

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a little indicator , a little red flag that

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, hmm , maybe your budget's a little bit off

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. Okay , so really have a look at that Now

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during this time . Here's the other side

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, that's quite positive . You

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can also try collecting monies owed

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to you . This is both helpful

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to the other person , right , because they're paying off a bill

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early and , of course , very helpful

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to you , who doesn't want an extra bit of money in their bank

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account . Starting the new year

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with a clean financial slate is

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the goal here and helps you set positive

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intentions . This one

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is a little bit I'm

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not going to say figurative , but it's a little bit metaphysical

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in the sense that it's a bit of a mindset , because

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you probably can't pay off your mortgage , you may

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not be able to pay off your car loan . I

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understand that . That's not really what I'm talking

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about . I'm talking about the other

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things you've got going on . Okay , see if you

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can clear those Now . Did you know

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that one of the reasons Chinese households

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place red and gold banners on their

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front doors around Lunar New Year is

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for this exact reason ? The banner

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signifies they have cleared their debts from

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the past and are ready to welcome a

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debt-free future . So

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in today's modern world it's

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not as easy as that . I understand that . But

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this one gesture can go a heck

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of a long , long way to helping

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you and your mindset around financial

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freedom . After all , they

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do say financial freedom is priceless . So

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pay those bills . And if you're

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wondering , yeah , I do have a

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big red and gold banner that

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I hang on my front door . My

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neighbors love it . I don't know if they

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fully understand what it means , but I know what it

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means and I do pay off my bills early

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before Chinese New Year . I've done it for years

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and it really helps . So

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go ahead . Number two you've got it . What's

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number three ? Well , this one's . We're going to jump

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to a different area completely . Get

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a haircut . Okay , why

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? It's all about removing again

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the old to grow the new . So you're

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cutting off old growth to

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welcome new . A good haircut before

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the celebrations is considered auspicious

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and timely . When

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you cleanse your body , both physically , mentally

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and emotionally , it helps put some zip

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back in your step , somewhat like a fresh new

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. Fresh new you . And the concept

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here is actually simple You're cutting off

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the dead ends , right ? You're removing the old that no

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longer serves you . So some

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Chinese traditions speak to not cutting

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the hair for at least one month following

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Chinese New Year . Sometimes

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that may not be doable , okay , you may not be able to do that

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, so I'm going to say at least wait

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a week after . But what I really

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want you to do is come on , you've got

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time . I'm giving you this podcast early

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. Get a haircut

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, even if it's just a trim . Treat yourself

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, have some fun . It's a bit of

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a symbolic gesture , I get it , but

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it's still good . It still holds

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power within . Do not underestimate

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what you're doing here . All of

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these steps are vital and

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will make a big difference . All

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right . Step number four jazz

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up your wardrobe for prosperity . Now

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this one's fun . I always have the most fun with this because

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I go on a specific trip looking for my item

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every year . What it is is it's

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considered auspicious , which is lucky

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to welcome the new year with

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new clothes bought especially for

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the occasion . So why not enjoy

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the January sales and buy yourself some new

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bits and bobs , possibly some red , if you can

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? I love red , so I

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always find something red somewhere

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, and it can be something under my clothing

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that you can't see . Sometimes it's something I

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found that you can . Sometimes it's actually

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a piece of jewelry . It doesn't really matter

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. I think clothing is the best

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rather than jewelry . But one year I just could

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not find red , so I bought myself some jewelry that

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was red . Now . The important aspect

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here , though , is to have the new items

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ready , but not worn

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, before Chinese New Year

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. Okay , you've got to wear them the first

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day of the Lunar New Year , which is February

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10th , and make a grand

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entrance for all to admire . It's

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actually a really fun tradition , this

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one . I really have a lot of fun with it and I hope

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you do too . And you don't have to break the bank , because

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the timing is awesome . Right With January

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sales , who doesn't like a sale ? Okay

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, number five what is the last tip I

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wanna give you ? Well , this one's

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an interesting one , and it's maybe not a tip

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. It's more like I'm gonna demystify something

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. What it is . It's about those lucky red

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envelopes . Do you need a

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lucky red envelope for Chinese New

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Year ? Well , you see , there are

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many misconceptions around the famous lucky

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red envelope , and it's a longstanding traditional

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gesture with a lovely sentiment

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. Forgive

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my accent here , but called Hong

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Bao in Mandarin and Lazy in Cantonese

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. These are small red envelopes

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, often decorated with gold symbols

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and intricate designs , given

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by married people to younger family

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members . So there is actually a system to

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this , but I always encourage people to

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have fun with traditions and make them

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your own , okay , so

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traditionally you put crisp new bank notes

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, carefully sort and placed

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, you know , because you want nice new ones in

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the envelope and they're gifted by grandparents

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and parents to their unmarried children

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. If you do not have children , you

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can give to younger friends , colleagues , coworkers

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, as I'm a logical girl at heart

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and totally in favor of working with what we have

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at hand and , like I said , I

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love traditions the way they are , but

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I'm a big believer in morphing

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things to fit modern day life

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. Now it is considered just

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so you know , you need to know this it is considered

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impolite to open the envelope

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in front of the giver and some

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traditions speak to waiting seven days

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before opening the envelope . I

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can assure you for my own children I

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have two they're not great at waiting

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seven days and they generally open

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it in front of me and it's okay . I'm

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not gonna , you know , take it back or get mad at them

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. I understand they're getting better . They

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kind of remember these things now . So

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why not have some fun and make

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people smile with a fun red envelope ? Even

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if you place chocolates in there , it's all

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good , okay , remember , traditions

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are wonderful to hand down generation

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to generation and I encourage you to adapt

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what resonates with you into your own

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family traditions . So

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whatever traditions resonate with you are

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the ones you are wise to follow . I

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particularly love watching my children smile

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broadly as they accept their red envelopes , and

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I often surprise my neighbors with chocolate

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filled ones too , because why not right

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? There are special foods you can serve

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at Chinese Lunar New Year , and they're way

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too many to mention , so I have

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linked them from the Chipro Sam website

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. You can pop over there and find those , but

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what I generally encourage people to do is

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to have something from the

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all of the corners of the earth something

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from the ocean , something from the land , something

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from the air . Okay , and

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if you're wondering about my traditions for Lunar New

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Year , every year I do

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all five tips , and I

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enjoy saying goodbye to what no longer serves

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me , to welcome new possibilities

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and opportunities of what can serve me better

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. I consider these actions a happy

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energy exchange out with the old

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, in with the new and I wish

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you a very happy Chinese New

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Year of whatever your heart

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desires .