"I don't know if you have any New Year's rituals, but for the last several years I'll go spend some time by myself on New Year's Eve in whatever way I can," he says. "And then a couple of times a year I'll open the jar and be like, how am I doing on these? Any of them come true?" He also talks about an LED lantern that helped him get to sleep at his sister's house.
It’s a weird rambling bonus episode for the lonely week between the holidays and New Years! I thought I’d serve up a mellow hang full of secrets, a retrospective of the things that kept me relatively sane this past year, life hacks, science-backed ways to improve your mood, and a jaunty Q&A from Patrons. It’s not a normal episode, but just a little hello and check-in from your internet dad. Happy 2023, kiddos. Be good to yourself.
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