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There's gift I've ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike. It

was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like, it was so, it was

all wrapped up, it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing shaped like a bike

and I had a little ribbon on it and I was so guest. For that was a life changer and I'm

still sort of big on cycling around my area now, so for that one, change me a little.

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This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2317. When starting is the hardest thing. Eight tips

for getting unstuck by Emma Shive of simpleslowlovely.com and I'm Justin Mollick and I'm going to jump

right into today's post as we optimize your life. When starting is the hardest thing.

Eight tips for getting unstuck by Emma Shive of simpleslowlovely.com.

Last week I signed up to participate in a three month decluttering course. Although I've

done plenty of decluttering in the past few years, I've not had a decent goal for about

a year. The truth is, it's so easy to put it off and this is true for any project or

goal you want in life. The doing is not always the hard part. It's a starting that can

get you stuck. Every single essay or assignment I wrote in my ten years at university began

the same way. Ah, why do I have to do this? Or is too hard? I'll start tomorrow. The

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