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Machines wherever you get your podcasts. This is Optimal Living Daily episode 1469.

Hello, anxiety, let's talk how our minds cling to familiar narratives by

portraying an armament of the momcronicle.com and I'm just a maul at your personal narrator,

reading blogs to you mostly sometimes books, anything that I think will help you live your life

in a more meaningful way. For now let's get right to it, as we optimize your life.

Hello, anxiety, let's talk how our minds cling to familiar narratives by

portraying an armament of the momcronicle.com.

4-37 AM Hello, anxiety, punching through a fit full night sleep.

Hey, are you getting that raise next month? What if you don't get that raise? What if tutoring

or writing gigs don't come your way? Can't pay the bills without that raise? Can't catch up on

your day without those extra jobs? Oh, go back to sleep, it's Saturday. 23 minutes later, 5 AM.

Almost half an hour struggling to fall back to sleep and the staccato beep beep beep of the

alarm jars me. Oh, I forgot to reset it last night. The alarm re-awakens the full force of my

anxiety. My heart picks up the pace and effort to match the barrage of thoughts bouncing across

the synapses in my brain. Oh, remember, know as that minor surgery in November? What if you can't pay

your half of it? What about sports? What about Josiah's birthday? Are we going to pay for the WordPress

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