The A to Z English Podcast | Our New Year's Resolutions

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack share their New Year's Resolutions for 2024.Transcript:00:00:00JackYou're listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:12JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and today I'm here with my co-host social and we are going to talk about our New Year's resolutions for 2024.00:00:24JackSo social do you?00:00:26JackWant to go first? Or do you want me to go first?00:00:29XochitlUM.00:00:30XochitlWhy don't you go first, Jack and I'll just let our listeners know a little bit about what New Year's resolutions are in American tradition, when a new year comes and that's every January 1st. So it's a specific date every time. We tend to set a purpose for ourselves to change something.00:00:50XochitlAbout ourselves, for the better in the New year. So a lot of people focus on physical health and might do like exercise or weight loss or getting in shape or numerous amount of things, you know, eating healthier, eating.00:01:04XochitlI mean for the new year, yeah, there are a lot of popular kind of.00:01:10XochitlNew Year's resolutions, which usually are health based, are spending more time with your family, etc. Yeah, Jack, why don't you let us know what's your New Year's resolution?00:01:20JackOK, I've got three and they're kind of all working together to make me healthier. And so my first New Year's resolution, the first one is to I'm. I'm going to get up early, so I'm going to do all this before I.00:01:36JackGo to work.00:01:37JackBut that's not part of the resolution.00:01:39JackThat's just like part of the plan, the bigger plan.00:01:42JackUM, the first thing that I'm going to do.00:01:46JackIs I'm not going to drink coffee for 60 minutes after waking up.00:01:51JackSo I'm going to.00:01:52JackWait 60 minutes and then I will drink coffee because.00:01:58JackYou don't want.00:01:59JackTo the the ingredient, the caffeine in coffee activates cortisol.00:02:05JackAnd what you want cortisol. You want. You want to naturally wake up with your cortisol. You don't want to just stimulate it artificially. And so waiting like in like, 60 or 90 minutes to drink coffee is really good. The second thing I'm gonna do is exercise. So I've got.00:02:25JackI I got.00:02:25JackA an exercise bike. And So what I've been doing, what I want to do is spin class from YouTube.00:02:35JackSo I put my phone on the on the bike and I just watch this YouTube channel where they do like a spin class. So it's like all right, everybody turn up the, you know, turn it to level 8 and and it feels like you're going up a hill and then turn it down to five. And it feels like you're going downhill.00:02:56JackAnd it's kind of a fun way to get some cardio exercise.00:03:01JackAnd #3, this one's really crazy. I'm going to do a cold plunge every day.00:03:10JackAnd a cold plunge is where you you put a bunch of ice in a in a big bathtub.00:03:17JackAnd then so usually it's just you put it outside like in the winter and it has, you know, ice in it and you break the ice on the top and then you just jump in there for one minute.00:03:27JackAnd it's supposed to activate a whole bunch of hormones and stuff in your body to make you just.00:03:35JackFeel amazing, but it's really painful during that like time and you can do it in the shower. I'll probably do it in the shower, so turn it as cold as my shower can go and then stand under the shower in the cold water for 45 seconds to a minute and I'm going to do that every day. Those three things.00:03:55JackAnd see if it doesn't improve my overall health, but the cold one is really I'm really nervous about it, cause tomorrow's the first day today is New Year's Eve here in Korea, so.00:04:07JackI'm just like I have to start.00:04:10JackOn a good.00:04:11JackYou know first step.00:04:13JackSo tomorrow I'm. I'm really nervous about it.00:04:16JackAnyway, that was.00:04:17JackA long answer for a New Year's resolution. What is? What is your New Year's resolution?00:04:22XochitlNo, Jack, I really enjoyed yours. I am.00:04:25XochitlI don't think you should be too worried about the cold plunge. I used to take only cold showers because I have eczema and the hot water can aggravate it and I actually really enjoyed taking those cold showers that you just get used to it after a while and then you.00:04:40XochitlI don't even want a hot shower. Really. Yeah. So I just got used to taking cold showers.00:04:47JackOne of the one of the guys that that on the on.00:04:51JackOn YouTube, on the Internet that was suggesting this, said that you, once you do it, you'll chase the feeling that you have afterwards forever. Like you. It you for four to six hours. You just feel so awake and alert and amaze.00:05:08JackThing and but it but that minute in that cold water is it's it's uncomfortable for some for me. I'm I'm sensitive to it. Maybe for you. You know, it's not that difficult, but I'm. I'm definitely. I hate cold water. I I hate cold swimming pools.00:05:16발표자Right.00:05:27JackYeah. I'm. I'm, I'm.00:05:28JackI'm a wimp when it comes to that kind of stuff.00:05:32XochitlYeah, no, I get you. UM, what was I going to say? Well, my New Year's resolutions are also held focused. I think I just want to.00:05:42XochitlFocus on my health as much as I can this year.00:05:48XochitlAnd that just includes I have, I mean, Jack, you have chronic pain as well, right from a back injury. I as I understand it.00:05:54JackI've had several back surgeries. I'm always having back pain all the time, yeah.00:06:00XochitlYeah. Umm, so I suffered from really bad chronic pain. I have a label tear in my hip as you know. And I had a injury to.00:06:11XochitlRight side of my body some time ago that still like makes the whole right side of my body hurt sometimes and.00:06:17JackAnd your ankle too, right?00:06:19XochitlYeah, that's actually my left ankle and the left hip for the label tear. Yeah, and.00:06:24XochitlSo those are.00:06:26XochitlMy legs messed up on that side.00:06:28XochitlBut I recently went.00:06:29XochitlInto sports medicine clinic and got that checked out.00:06:33XochitlAnd I actually.00:06:35XochitlWent to physical therapy as well, and the physical therapist was really helpful.00:06:41XochitlAnd I just trying to make it a priority to get that, you know taken.00:06:44XochitlCare of.00:06:45XochitlAnd try to manage that pain a little bit more. And one thing I did when I was spending Christmas with my grandmother.00:06:52XochitlShe's 86.00:06:55XochitlAnd she has she does still does yoga.00:07:00XochitlYeah. And she, you know, most old people are kind of curved over. They're, like, hunched over. But she has great posture.00:07:07JackWow, the Fountain of youth, that's what they.00:07:07XochitlAnd says she doesn't. Yeah. Yeah. And she says she doesn't really suffer from chronic pain. And, you know, obviously when you have underlying health conditions, it's not going to magically cure everything. But I did think it probably helps manage chronic pain.00:07:11JackSay about yoga, yeah.00:07:28XochitlAnd I tried it out while I was at her house and I actually found it really beneficial.00:07:33XochitlI immediately felt.00:07:36XochitlIt kind of stretching some of that tension that happens as a result of chronic pain, and it really I felt a lot better afterwards.00:07:44JackRight. Tonic pain is a real is a real bad cycle because it's like I hurt, so I can't exercise and I can't exercise, so I hurt more and then I hurt more and I can't exercise and it's just you. It's like a a downward spiral.00:08:00JackYou know.00:08:00XochitlYeah. And then like, you're constantly feeling pain on that side. So your muscles like tense on that side or like wherever in that location. So yeah, I think my big thing is focusing on my health in that way, like getting the treatment and doing yoga and then.00:08:17XochitlThe other thing I really wanted to do this year is travel somewhere that I've never been before. Umm, I like to do that every year I went to Seattle this year, which is somewhere I've never been for and I really loved that so much.00:08:34XochitlAnd yeah, this year I'm hoping to do that again this coming year.00:08:38JackYeah, it doesn't have to.00:08:39JackBe like a crazy trip either, right? I.00:08:41JackMean there's probably.00:08:42JackYou know reasonable distances that are new places, you know.00:08:48XochitlYeah, you could just go to a town 50 miles out or whatever. But, you know, yeah, just something could be modest, but just some place you've never been before. So that's when another big thing that I want to do. And I think those are probably the big ones. I can think of. I mean, I guess the third one is I.00:09:08XochitlI wanna stop blaming myself for everything. I I don't know if you're this way, Jack. I have a really bad internalized self blame. And when things go wrong in my life or.00:09:17XochitlLike, I often just blame myself horribly. Like to my own detriment. I'm.00:09:22XochitlLike this is your.00:09:23XochitlFault, just like, not even accountability is a good thing, but it's just like torturing myself.00:09:29XochitlAbout how it's all my fault, you know? And I.00:09:32XochitlJust it's not productive and it doesn't make me feel good, and I definitely want to stop that. You know, for this coming year.00:09:39JackI I once I heard a a A guy, a kind of influencer, fitness influencer, say.00:09:48JackUM, you know, he used to talk to himself like that. You know, like ah, you idiot. Like, why did you do that? Ohh, you're so stupid. You know, he would have this internal dialogue and he's like.00:10:01JackI he thought to himself, I would.00:10:03JackNever talk to my friend that way.00:10:06JackLike if you you know.00:10:07JackWhat I mean like the way I talk to myself.00:10:10JackIs so much worse than the way I would talk to. I would never talk to a friend. The way I talk to myself, and that really changed his perspective. He's like, why don't I? Why can't I love myself as much as I love my friend? Because this is my one and only opportunity to live and and to have a a life.00:10:31JackAnd yet I spend all my time.00:10:34JackBerating myself and talking, you know, saying horrible things to myself in my head. So he that really changed his perspective. And so he stopped talking to himself that way, he he decided to make a rule. I will talk to myself the same way I talked to my best friend.00:10:51JackYou know? Uhm.00:10:53JackBecause I at.00:10:54JackLeast deserve as much respect and dignity as I'm as I give my best friend which that that kind of blew my mind a little bit, I.00:11:02JackWas like wow.00:11:04JackThat's that's amazing.00:11:07XochitlYeah, I think that's really important. Like how we talk to ourselves just.00:11:12XochitlAnd the way that we view everything in our life around us really has a big impact on our overall health as well, not just mental, but our physical health too, because it's like, you know, someone else could be going through the same thing and.00:11:29XochitlJust with a little more sprinkle of a positive outlook and some hope for the future, you can really make a difference in how you feel.00:11:36JackAbsolutely, absolutely. And yeah, it's like it's the, it's the, the physical, the mental, and get enough sleep, you know.00:11:45XochitlYep, big one. That's a big one.00:11:47JackYou could do those. Yeah. You're in good shape.00:11:49XochitlYeah. All right, listeners, I'm curious to hear whether you guys have New Year's resolutions in your culture. Let us know in a comment down below and let us know what yours is at A-Z, englishpodcast.com.00:12:05XochitlShoot us an e-mail at AZ [email protected] or join the conversation on our WhatsApp and WeChat groups and we will see you guys next time. Bye bye and Happy New Year.00:12:15JackBye bye. 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