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Let's Make Some Goals for 2024

This year, what do you want to accomplish - and how do you want to feel while you're doing it? (Or should we say no to goals altogether?)

Heather Havrilesky
Jan 04, 2024
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Dogs of Cythera (1963) by Dorothea Tanning

I’ve always had an aversion to resolutions because I never want to feel like my life is just a series of finish lines and checked boxes. I want to relish the process of writing more than I want to be holding a finished book. I want to enjoy cooking more than I want to make the perfect meal. I want my closest re…

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