39: When you get everything you wanted

06/05/24 • 22 min

Send us a textWe need to talk about what happens when you get everything you want. We spend so much time striving and efforting and wanting that we barely have time to consider what happens AFTER the “getting.” What happens when you finally HAVE all (or most of) the things you want?Not happily ever after, but that’s okay.In this episode I’m talking about what happens when you get everything you want and... it isn’t as great as you thought it’d be. I’ll leave you with two things to do when you e...

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Ill-Advised with Jessica Ell - 39: When you get everything you wanted

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The Ill-Advised Podcast
Episode 39: When you get everything you wanted
© Jessica Ell 2024
Hey guys, I am newly back in Indiana. I've been here for a couple of days and I'm still not back on, on Eastern Time. Um, so I woke up at 6. 30 because I got a message and that is unusual for me because my Do Not Disturb turns off at 6am because I'm always, you know, So I'm recording this on a Monday morning, and since I've been back for the last, gosh, has it been 36 hours?
I think I've bee