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Oct 2024
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Ep. 506: Find a Delight for Each Day, a ...

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
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We explore ways to make each day of the week special by recognizing small pleasures. We discuss a practical hotel checkout tip to avoid forgetting items. Also, we examine the value of allowing yourself to go into “shock” when facing big assignments or feedback, and how this pause can lead to clearer thinking and better responses. Plus we ask, “What lesson have you learned the hard way?”

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