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This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2296. Carry the Weight by Tynen of Tynen.com.

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as we optimize your life. Carry the Weight by Tynen of Tynen.com.

For most of my life at least until my late 20s, I was a slacker. I did almost nothing

to help around the house choosing to procrastinate on things assigned to me until someone else

just did it themselves because that was easier than going me into doing it. Even in friendships

I would rely on my good friends to come up with plans or invite me somewhere and then

I'd join. The only reason I got into college was because my best friend at the time, Phil,

pushed me into filling out an application. I wouldn't have done it otherwise. There were

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