Hey there it's Jonathan and I'm coming to you with a special episode of Good Life Project.

We normally don't offer episodes on a Tuesday.

Usually we're on a pretty solid Monday and Thursday schedule but this is not just any

Tuesday.

In fact, as I sit here and record this, it's the Monday night before the publication

of my next book How to Live a Good Life.

When you're hearing this it will be the actual publication date.

And I'm sitting here thinking to myself, you know, I want to create something special.

I want to create an episode that was meaningful in some way to you to add to the mix and

what would that be about?

And I've actually just finished recording a series of mindfulness practices that are part

of the resource center for the book.

So I'm in a bit of a chill place as well.

And it was a really good thing because as often happens when you're leading up to some

really big launch things start to ramp up and the stress starts to ramp up.

And this was sort of like the universe saying to me, hey, you need to set aside an hour

of your day and just go sit in a quiet room and focus on mindfulness.

So that really ties into what this whole book is about.

It ties into what I'm trying to do in the world and what I really hope happens with the

message and the explorations in this book.

There's something that's been going on in the world over the last few years that's upsetting.

And it's taking the form of people living increasingly mindless lives, people rising

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