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[00:00:00] Anyway, New Year's resolutions. First of [00:00:02] all, we had a disagreement. Charlie is [00:00:03] pro- New Year's. Jack is anti- New [00:00:05] Year's. So, I think you guys should hash [00:00:07] that one out. [00:00:08] >> I'm very pro New Year's. Very. [00:00:10] >> I think that it's I think it's really I [00:00:13] I've always been I've I totally [00:00:15] disagree. I think it's incredibly [00:00:17] powerful. And I think first of all, just [00:00:20] the idea of you wanting to be better at [00:00:23] something, I think is a phenomenal [00:00:25] thing. acknowledging that you're not who [00:00:27] you yet want to be and that you want to [00:00:29] aim at a higher point and that you want [00:00:33] to be a better version of yourself. I I [00:00:37] look back at my life, some of the [00:00:38] greatest accomplishments I have have [00:00:40] been thanks to New Year's resolutions. [00:00:42] Uh when I listened to Dennis Prager [00:00:44] teach the entire Torah, that was a 2023 [00:00:47] new New Year's resolution. My New Year's [00:00:50] resolution last year was to work as hard [00:00:52] as a human being possibly can to get [00:00:53] Donald Trump elected president. Um that [00:00:56] my I have news resolutions for this [00:00:58] year. But who could be against that? Who [00:01:00] could be against the idea of [00:01:03] self-examination [00:01:04] and wanting to be better? And who cares [00:01:07] if you don't keep the New Year's [00:01:08] resolution? That's not the point. The [00:01:09] point is that not even that you try, but [00:01:12] you acknowledge that you are not all [00:01:14] that you yet want to be. What am I [00:01:16] missing, Jack? [00:01:18] Well, so I mean it it's also I mean I'm [00:01:21] speaking from a personal perspective. I [00:01:23] like the idea of resolutions, but I I [00:01:25] would argue that something that could be [00:01:27] more powerful than a New Year's [00:01:29] resolution or perhaps more effective [00:01:31] could be a daily resolution because if [00:01:33] you want to talk resolutions, sure, I'm [00:01:35] for resolutions. I just don't think that [00:01:37] the New Year's one is particularly [00:01:39] effective. Personally, what I was saying [00:01:41] before personally is that I've just I I [00:01:43] don't know. Like to me, it's like an [00:01:45] arbitrary, you know, the calendar is [00:01:47] kind of arbitrary to begin with in the [00:01:48] sense that um it we know that it's a [00:01:51] couple of years off from the the birth [00:01:54] of JC himself. So, the numbers are like, [00:01:57] well, we just sort of started the [00:01:58] numbers at one point and and there they [00:02:01] are. Um and not saying it's arbitrary in [00:02:04] the sense of uh theologically, but [00:02:06] that's a different conversation. It's [00:02:07] like I don't know. Oh, I just, you know, [00:02:09] it's it's another day of the week to me. [00:02:11] But that being said, a resolution is [00:02:13] important, but I would reframe it as a [00:02:15] daily resolution. Say, this is what I'm [00:02:18] going to do today. This is what I'm [00:02:20] going to do this month. This is what I'm [00:02:21] going to do in this, you know, this [00:02:24] progression. You know, for in the [00:02:25] military, we have different ranks. So, [00:02:26] this is what I'm going to do while I'm [00:02:28] at this rank to get to the next rank. [00:02:29] This is what I'm going to do in my [00:02:30] personal life, etc., etc. But just I [00:02:33] don't know, like the idea of like, oh, [00:02:34] it's New Year's Eve and now it's 2024 [00:02:36] and now it's 2025. It just to me [00:02:38] personally, it never really had much [00:02:40] resonance at all. And it's kind of like, [00:02:41] you know, the cliche, you go to the gym [00:02:43] on January 1st, which you know, actually [00:02:46] we did do by the way. Uh so we were in [00:02:49] the gym January 1st, January 2nd. We did [00:02:50] a couple of days at the gym and uh then [00:02:53] you know it's packed, but then go there [00:02:56] a week later, go there a month later and [00:02:58] guess what? All those people are gone. [00:03:00] Why? Because they made New Year's [00:03:01] resolutions and not daily resolutions. [00:03:05] So I have a sort of funny story about [00:03:07] that which is I I kind of agree with [00:03:10] Jack like it's a little arbitrary and [00:03:12] what I worry is I think we have created [00:03:14] such a culture of New Year's resolutions [00:03:17] and people know they like don't work. [00:03:19] It's almost it's like an anti-promise. [00:03:22] It's the promise you make that you [00:03:24] almost have social approval to break [00:03:26] because everyone expects it to fail. And [00:03:28] what I will say is funny is the one time [00:03:30] I or not the one time but the most [00:03:32] memorable time I made a very big shift [00:03:34] in my life where I really changed a lot [00:03:37] of my behavior all at once. I'm not sure [00:03:39] why but it didn't happen at New Year's. [00:03:41] It happened I remember it very well. It [00:03:43] happened on April Fool's Day. Uh so I [00:03:46] used to be quite a bit fatter and don't [00:03:51] don't look up photos of it. It's bad. [00:03:52] But I think most of them have vanished [00:03:53] off the internet. And the time that I [00:03:56] fixed it was on April Fool's Day, 2018 [00:03:59] or no, it was 2017. 2017. And I'm not [00:04:02] even entirely sure what happened, but I [00:04:04] remember the details of the day very [00:04:06] well. I went with my roommate, his [00:04:09] girlfriend, and a friend of mine, and we [00:04:10] went to King's Dominion, an amusement [00:04:12] park in central Virginia. And like while [00:04:17] we were driving down there, I thought, [00:04:19] you know, it's gross. I'm fat. That [00:04:21] that's bad. I should not be fat. That [00:04:23] that's so gross. And that actually [00:04:25] turned into this gigantic thing where I [00:04:28] lost 70 pounds in one year. And I also [00:04:31] read 101 books that year. It turned into [00:04:33] this like giant self-improvement frenzy [00:04:36] that lasted about a year and a half, I [00:04:39] would say. And it was very funny cuz at [00:04:41] the time I remember thinking, I don't [00:04:43] think I can maintain this level of [00:04:44] intensity for the rest of my life, but I [00:04:46] can maintain it as long as I can. And it [00:04:48] was a it was a big part of my life. And [00:04:50] I sometimes wonder if it mattered a lot [00:04:52] that it just it didn't happen on New [00:04:54] Year's. So like it made the momentum [00:04:56] feel more durable to me. Just a thought [00:04:58] I've had. [00:05:00] >> Yeah, that that's a resolution. Doesn't [00:05:02] matter if it's on New Year's or not. [00:05:03] Just New Year's is a good way to try to [00:05:05] wipe away the old year and go into the [00:05:07] new year. I also just love New Year's [00:05:09] Day. This New Year's Day was awful. It [00:05:10] was great until it wasn't because [00:05:12] [laughter] Oregon lost in a humiliating [00:05:14] fashion, but that's okay. Humiliating. [00:05:15] Besides that, it was great New Year's. [00:05:16] Um [00:05:17] >> it was humiliating. was it was awful. [00:05:20] >> However, surprise I I love [00:05:24] >> Yes, I I I do know that it was a [00:05:25] surprise. Um it was not good. 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So I said I read all [00:06:37] those books in 2018 and then this is you [00:06:39] know [00:06:41] to tmi but uh after you know after I had [00:06:44] my thing in uh in 2020 uh Google it if [00:06:47] you care uh I like I didn't read a book [00:06:49] for 6 months and I read a lot more than [00:06:51] I did after that happened. But I do want [00:06:54] to I want to try to read 50 this year. [00:06:56] 101 will be hard. I'm I'm busier than I [00:06:58] was in 2017. But I want to read 50 [00:07:00] books. One every single week roughly. [00:07:04] >> Yeah. I [00:07:05] >> my resolutions. I gotta finish my [00:07:06] Sabbath book. [00:07:08] >> Go ahead. [00:07:09] >> No, you go. Go for it, Charlie. [00:07:12] >> No, I just said I want to finish the [00:07:13] Sabbath book. [00:07:15] >> I want to read I wanted to read a [00:07:16] hundred uh books, but we'll see if I get [00:07:20] there. Audio books count. And [00:07:24] yeah, I I have some other resolutions, [00:07:25] too. Uh just health stuff uh that I want [00:07:28] to uh hit. Go ahead, Andrew. [00:07:30] >> Yeah, I just wanted I was I was [00:07:32] reflecting on what Jack said. You know, [00:07:34] I I think resol and and what Blake said [00:07:36] that there's this built-in social [00:07:37] acceptance to [00:07:39] just fail at your resolutions. I I would [00:07:42] say I'll answer both questions. What is [00:07:44] my resolution? I feel like I'm still [00:07:46] living up to a resolution that I am [00:07:48] bound and determined to keep. And I'll [00:07:50] and you know, maybe this is too much [00:07:52] behind the scenes, but Charlie and I and [00:07:55] a few others were in a small room [00:07:57] probably about four years ago, Charlie, [00:07:59] I want to say, maybe it was 5 years ago, [00:08:02] uh where we mapped out how we wanted to [00:08:04] see the Charlie Kirk show grow. [00:08:06] >> I remember that. [00:08:07] >> And and we put it all on a whiteboard [00:08:09] and we we mapped it out and I took [00:08:11] pictures of it. And I still look back at [00:08:13] that picture uh I would say probably [00:08:16] once a month, once every two months and [00:08:18] I and I check how we're going and we're [00:08:20] still not we're we're not all the way [00:08:22] there yet, but I would say that we're [00:08:23] closer to being there than we've ever [00:08:25] been. [00:08:26] >> And um and that makes me really excited. [00:08:28] The other thing I would say so I I would [00:08:30] say that um resolutions you tr it's a [00:08:35] built-in psychology. If you know that [00:08:36] you're not going to keep a resolution, [00:08:38] then then they're useless. But the [00:08:40] second you you you honor a promise that [00:08:43] you make to yourself that your yes be [00:08:45] yes and your no be no, the more that you [00:08:47] believe in yourself internally and you [00:08:49] do build this momentum. Kind of like [00:08:51] what Blake was talking about as soon as [00:08:52] he took one step in the right direction, [00:08:55] he ended up gaining momentum. And I [00:08:57] think that's the psychology of [00:08:59] resolutions is that once you do once you [00:09:01] actually honor something that's hard [00:09:03] internally and mentally for you, the [00:09:05] next day is easier and and you keep [00:09:07] going and all of a sudden you build this [00:09:09] momentum and the psychology shifts to [00:09:11] becoming I'm you from I'm not going to [00:09:13] do this. Why am I even trying to do this [00:09:15] to wow, I can't believe I made it this [00:09:17] far. I really want to keep going. And [00:09:18] once you once you turn that corner, uh, [00:09:22] something really profound and powerful [00:09:23] happens and you become a much more [00:09:26] powerful person when you start honoring [00:09:28] your own your own resolutions to [00:09:30] yourself. So, I would say wherever [00:09:31] you're at, I I love resolutions. They [00:09:33] don't have to come at New Year's, but [00:09:35] but do something really hard and make [00:09:37] yourself keep doing it, and you will [00:09:39] become a powerful more powerful person [00:09:41] as a result of that. You can actually [00:09:42] trust yourself when you commit to doing [00:09:44] something that you're going to follow [00:09:46] through. Um, and and that's uh that's a [00:09:48] really powerful way to live your life. [00:09:52] >> Well said, Andrew. Thank you guys. Uh, [00:09:55] Jack, Blake, everyone, email us your New [00:09:57] Year's resolutions. Freedom [00:09:58] charliekirk.com. We'll be back with [00:09:59] another show on Thursday. Thanks so [00:10:01] much. #