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feel more practically happy. Hey there, welcome back to the show. This is episode number 316,

a year in review. I've done these year and reviews, I think every year for the last seven years of the

podcast. And I always look forward to a

chance to kind of go back over the last 12 months. Some years pass in a blur. Some years feel very

long and slow. This one was kind of a mix of both. 2024 for me was, I think, long and slow at the beginning and then the last quarter,

September to December just kind of blinked by. I mentioned last episode that I used a new tool this

year to help me reflect on my year and then prepare for the year ahead. It's called year compass and I've linked it in

the show notes for you. I don't think that there's any deadline to taking a moment to reflect over

your year. So if you're feeling like you missed it because the new year came and went and

you know, we're already a week into 2025.

No fear. There's no deadline. You can take time at whatever point feels good to you or that

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