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Dec 2021
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Ep. 354: Consider the Vital 9 to Plan Yo...

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
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To begin to plan our aims for 2022, we discuss the “Vital 9,” the areas in which most people’s aims fall. We also consider a few know-yourself-better questions to help us imagine what we’d like to achieve in 2022—and get a hack from a listener about an easy way to make shoes more comfortable.  Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; podcast@gretchenru ... Show More
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