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Nov 2020
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Ep 298: Award Yourself with a Sticker, A...

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
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Inspired by “I Voted” stickers, we discuss why you might award yourself a sticker to mark an important accomplishment, talk about a hack for remembering forgotten details, and talk to bestselling writer Rachel Hollis about her new book, “Didn’t See That Coming.”

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