AP 715: 3 Things I’m Looking Forward To, Italy Version + How Anticipation is Much of the Joy || Growth Spurt

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Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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I’m in full-on anticipation mode (in a good way!!) for the Female Foodie tour to Rome I’m hosting for the About Progress community. It has been so fun to have something to look forward to! Regardless of if you can join us, I want to challenge you to design something for yourself to look forward to. Whether it's a long walk or a family staycation, a little something outside the norm can make life feel so much richer. In this episode I'm sharing the three things I’m most looking forward to on this trip: being present, having some easy time to myself, and the sheer fun of it all. Ready to join us? Get on the waitlist now at aboutprogress.com/italy! Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! ⁠Get on the waitlist for Italy!⁠ Single traveler survey ⁠here⁠. More for Moms Conference Leave a rating and review Check out my ⁠workshops⁠! Follow About Progress on YOUTUBE! Book Launch Committee Free DSL Training Full Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm dating coach Tali Karan, host of Dating Intentionally, where I help listeners date with confidence and learn to enjoy the process, whether you're new to the dating scene or you've been at it for a while.
0:12.8	Tune in every Tuesday and Friday for my no-nonsense advice on using dating apps and navigating new relationships without letting your anxiety take over.
0:20.4	You can find Dating Intention intentionally wherever you get your podcasts.
0:26.9	Hi, this is Monica Packer from About Progress.
0:33.7	This is a growth spurt, a bite-sized way you can increase your progress today.
0:40.5	I know this must be a saying, but I'm just going to say it the way I think of it.
0:46.1	Anticipation is 90% of the joy.
0:49.5	I'm in full-on anticipation mode for a few things, and one of them is the female foodie tour I'm hosting to Rome, Italy, for just the About Progress Community.
1:00.7	I wanted to share what I'm really looking forward to about this trip, but with a quick aside, that it feels so good to have something to look forward to. I really and strongly believe in the power
1:16.0	of having something to look forward to, whether that's a long walk that you have planned for the
1:21.0	weekend, a staycation you're going to take as a family, an approaching me date that is set on
1:26.1	the calendar, having something fun and different
1:29.7	outside the norm and also outside of your responsibilities to look forward to.
1:34.5	Add so much richness and joy and levity to what otherwise feels like a really heavy life.
1:42.7	So while my trip is not until October of 26, I have been looking
1:47.8	forward to it every single day. So I wanted to share with you the three biggest things I am looking
1:53.1	forward to in hopes that you can also create something to look forward to. And if you want to join me
1:59.0	on the Italy tour, it is very important you get on
2:02.2	the wait list right now because tickets are going on sale this September 9th. That's right,
2:09.1	this September 9th. You can go to Aboutprogress.com slash Italy to get on the wait list. That's where
2:14.5	the tickets are going to be sold to first. And the tickets typically go fast
2:18.4	with female foodie tours. So you really want to get on that. The three things I'm looking forward to.
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