ICYMI: 218. Chinese New Year traditions and new year goal setting

ICYMI: Previous episode on Chinese New Year traditions This year Lunar New Year falls on February 12, 2021. The Year of the Ox. The Year of the Rat is the first zodiac sign in the Chinese zodiac cycle. According to the Chinese zodiac story, in the competition held by the Jade Emperor to decide the zodiac animals, the quick-witted rat asked the diligent ox to take him on a ride to cross the river and jumped down before the ox crossed the finish line, so the rat won the race and became the first of the zodiac animals. (from China Highlights.com) Wah Lum celebrates the new year with the local community by performing lion dance and kung fu shows.  We don’t leave out the firecrackers and loud music playing to ‘scare off the evil spirits’ either! As per tradition, we will be celebrating for the next two weeks, and we encourage anyone in the Central Florida area to come out and see a show! Oscar joins me today and discusses some great habit-building and accountability techniques for those ‘new year resolutions!  Also – what do Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Splinter have to do with Lunar New Year? Previous Episodes Chinese New Year of the Pig Performing at 40+ Chinese New Year Resolutions Chinese New Year Wrap Up                   Comment Rules: Be Cool. Critical is fine, but if you’re rude, we’ll delete your stuff. Please do not put your URL in the comment text and please use your PERSONAL name or initials and not your business name, as the latter comes off like spam. Have fun and thanks for adding to the conversation! Disclaimer: I am not a writer. I do not claim to be.  Apologies for grammatical mistakes, long drawn out run on sentences, and anything else that drives you crazy. I promise it was not my intention.  Be lenient, please!