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Mar 2024
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Ep. 472: ”No-Spend February,” Have a Har...

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
About this episode

We report on our experiences with doing “No-Spend February.” We also discuss

the suggestion to go for a walk while having a difficult conversation and tackle a

listener’s question about #Write24in24. Also, a listener offers a hack about using

our non-dominant hands to improve our habits.

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