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Oct 2017
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Little: Don’t Wait Until You’re Moving O...

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
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During our senior year of college, a friend made a remark that I’ve always remembered: don’t wait until you’re moving out to clean your apartment. After it’s clean, you realize how nice it was all along.

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