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The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

107: Relax: 21 Ways to Know You're Doing Just Fine in this Thing Called Life

The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Shannon Ables

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.7944 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2016

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes we can push ourselves so hard that when we do finally take a moment to assess how we're doing, we don't trust that we're doing well. This simple checklist offers 21 reasons to demonstrate that yes, you're are doing quite well indeed as you live the life you work so hard to enjoy.

Also, in this week's Petit Plaisir, Shannon reviews the new piece of fiction The Course of Love by Alain de Botton which will be released June 14th. Be sure to enter to win your free copy.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.

0:16.3

I'm your host, Shannon Ables.

0:18.8

And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a

0:25.0

cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 107th episode of the Simple Sophisticate. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We were here doing a little bit of this and a little bit of that

0:55.9

this weekend and I found myself outside this afternoon simply just soaking up the sunshine and

1:02.2

relaxing and it was quite it was quite lovely. I hope

1:06.4

you were able to do some either relaxing if that's what you needed or wanted or

1:11.2

indulging and having some fun with friends or exploring something new.

1:15.4

Speaking of relaxing, on today's episode, I've entitled the episode, Relax.

1:20.8

21 ways to know you're doing just fine in this thing called life. We're going to

1:26.6

dive into all 21 ways of how you are probably doing better in your life than you even

1:32.0

realize.

1:33.2

But before I get into today's topic,

1:36.4

I want to give you a hint as to what this week's

1:38.0

putte playsier is.

1:40.1

I promised a couple weeks ago that I'd bring this book to you and I am going to deliver and in fact I also have a giveaway and it is a book absolutely worth reading I absolutely loved it devoured it in less than a day.

1:53.0

First time I've done that in a very, very long time.

1:55.0

Anyway, stay tuned at the end of today's episode when I will share and share my review as well of the book.

2:02.0

So let's get back to today's topic. This idea of hey am I

2:08.0

doing okay in life? Oh that's right I am. Let's start off with a quote by Bob Gough.

2:16.7

Embrace uncertainty. Some of those beautiful chapters in our lives

2:21.5

won't have a title until much later.

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