Hello, and welcome to the Borealis experience. I'm

your host Aurora, life coach and loyal companion here on this

journey. And I'm very, very happy to be spending some time

with you. Today is such a beautiful sunny day, the snow is

melting. Feels like spring, although it is only January 13

very deceiving, but I totally embrace it. I want to talk about

taxes and the weather today. Yeah, bear with me. I feel like

as soon as I mentioned the T word. People just want to run

away and want nothing to do with that. And when it comes to the

weather, yeah, what do the weather and taxes have in

common, I was originally going to talk about death as well. But

that's going to be for another time. But death taxes and the

weather are things that we cannot escape from. There is no

running away. There is no avoiding. There is nothing you

can do about it. Except you can face it gracefully. But most of

us, me included, we choose to complain and bitch about the

weather, hate tax season, because it's so annoying to get

all the paperwork done and to Yeah, realize that said you

could have worked each month a little bit throughout the year,

and it would have been easier now. Now you sit there with a

mess of paper. And every year it's the same thing. And when it

comes to death, no need to talk about it too much in detail

here, as I said earlier, but yeah, we can't escape it, we can

just focus on the present moment. And know that yes, one

day life will be over. And we want to know that we were able

to pursue a purpose as best as possible and light people up and

enjoy the juiciness of life. But death cannot be escaped. Now,

when it comes to the weather, there's people out there who

live pretty much in tune with nature and nothing can bother

them. No weather can dampen their day. But there's people

out there who have always something to complain about when

it comes to the weather. And to these people, I want to speak

today and say, Hey, there's nothing you can do about it,

except dress warmly, or dress accordingly. And know that

whatever energy you choose to waste when it comes to the

weather, it is energy that you could be using to do something

productive or to Yeah, build something, create something, it

is energy that is being wasted when we keep complaining about

stuff that we can't control. And same or similar. It goes for the

taxes Believe it or not, I was the person who was trying to

avoid doing my taxes at all cost. And the weird thing is, I

was employed in Germany back then. And it was always about

getting money back at the end of the year or after handing in

your paperwork. This is why the government was not after me

because I was not owing money but I was actually going and

getting money back but I had so much resistant resistance to do

my paperwork that I that it was a pain in the bum to address it

and to sit down and to get things in order. Or I didn't do

it at all and was totally okay with not receiving money back.

But if we know that tax season is going to roll it around any

ways that you can do anything, especially the people who own my

own money to the government. Why not make it a little bit more of

Have a priority to have your ducks in order. Because you save

yourself so much pain and suffering. In preparing yourself

for March, April, for some it is June or July. And then you don't

feel overwhelmed, you don't feel annoyed, you can actually enjoy

your numbers. You can, yeah, see your numbers see reality. And it

can be weird and painful at times, if your business was not

doing well, if the, you know, business a year was was not

really awesome, especially now during COVID. But it is

something that is part of your life that you can't avoid, and

the more you're trying to avoid, the more problems are going to

accumulate. So what I've done in the last couple years is that

every time I engaged in business, I had my little diary

a little journal, and wrote down what happened that day. And

there I also included my receipts, and took notes. And

that only takes like two to five minutes. And of course,

compounding these minutes, it amounts to a little bit of time

that you putting aside. But it's absolutely worth it to, to know

what's going on with your business on a monthly on a on a

bi monthly or at least six months. That way, you also will

not have to face uncomfortable surprises, you will know what is

going on with your paperwork with your business. And I don't

know if I sleep better. Now that I'm a little more organized. And

now that I know okay, I got my ducks in order. I'm gonna hand

it in soon and the accountant is going to be happy. And this is

it. We oftentimes want to procrastinate, because not only

we are a little bit lazy, but because of the unknown because

of uncertainty because of limiting beliefs. We feel like

we're dumb. We feel like Yeah, well, our siblings or parents

always told us we were disorganized and messy. So we

kind of have to live up to that statement now. And yeah, there

is no point in, in becoming a little bit more orderly. But

this is all in a reactive state, you are still reacting like a

little child to your past and resisting stuff that is really

not worth resisting. Don't get me wrong, this stuff worth

resisting and where it is needed and necessary for you to stand

up against. But when it comes to death and taxes, and the

weather, there is not really a big point in trying to resist

surrendering, and learning. Tax literacy so to say is is what

you can acquire and then at the end of the day, you will be

proud of yourself and you will feel like you got your shit

together. And nothing can buy that feeling for you. You create

it in yourself in getting a little bit more organized and

knowing that you can inspire other people to do the same. It

breaks my heart to see ladies and young gentleman starting a

business and doing really well and marketing and selling their

stuff. And then come tax season they have meltdowns and feel

overwhelmed and want to throw everything into a corner and cry

and feel like the biggest failure ever. Even though they

did really well all through the year. So

sit down, have a look at your numbers. Get your receipts in

order. Get your paperwork in order. And know that there is

amazing people out there who can help you and who can teach you

stuff to make things easier for you to not waste time and

energy. And it is a big part of our culture and this is why I

choose to talk about did hear it is part of everybody's life. And

we can make it an enjoyable experience. If we decide to put

a little bit of time aside to look at our numbers, and Season

One of the Borealis experience, I explain how, you know,

physical health is important. Mental health is important.

Financial Health is important. And taking care of your money.

Taking care of your paperwork during tax season is going to

deeply affect your mental health. And it's gonna make you

feel good when and if it's not making you feel good. Reach out

and ask for help. Is awesome accountants out there. That,

yeah, you pay them a lot of money, and then they have your

back. Or there's people out there who can teach you. And

then you have your own back when tax season comes around. All

right, this was just a little episode here for you today to

Yeah, remind you that some things we can escape and this,

there's no point in trying to resist to save your energy to

save your time. This is what I'm here for. And this is why I

choose to also talk about the uncomfortable topics that are

part of our daily life. I want to send a very, very warm thank

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