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Feb 2024
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167. 5 steps to build a life you love

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A considerable question for those of us in our 20s is how do we create a good life? What does it mean to design a life we love and how exactly do we do that? In today's episode we break down five ways we can do this, including: 

  1. Deconstructing your old life for your new one + the Odyssey Plan
  2. Prototyping your new life + the 15 minute rule 
  3. Addition through subtraction 
  4. Pursue daily joy 
  5. Positive future planning + dopamine scheduling 

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