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Hey, Feel Good fam. I am so glad you're here for this episode about a different kind of goal setting. Today we're talking with Elise Cripe. I invited Elise to come on

to the show to talk about a different kind of goal setting. She's a new guidebook to goal setting.

Big Dreams Daily Joy is out now. And she's also the founder of

Get to Workbook, which is a day planner and goal setting journal that she's had on the market since 2015.

So she's had a lot of work with goal setting kind of on the ground with this journal and then also in the new book.

I love the timing of this episode as we head into real fall here in the northern hemisphere. I always feel like fall is such a great time to kind of regroup. It's often a time for a new beginning in my life as I look back over the years. It's oftentimes where I've started something new and actually was able to stick with it in a way that New Year's resolutions have never quite worked for me in that same way.

I also think it's this really lovely calm before the holidays

to kind of take some stock of what you're doing

with your time, with your energy,

what you're working on, what you're letting go of.

And I feel like there's a lot of tactical tips

and strategies to that end in this episode,

as well, some mindset discussion around

what does it even mean to set goals. It was really fun to get into this conversation with

Elise as well as I just finished up another round of revisions on the manuscript that is still

it's not going to be out until next year. Just to be clear, it's so interesting

to be able to share the behind the scenes of what really goes into writing a book. And I think

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