Gretchen Rubin and Elizabeth Craft start the school year with a one word theme for themselves. They also discuss the Better Than Before habit strategy of starting a new habit TODAY. Plus a listener question about procrastinating, Liz’s demerit and Gretchen’s gold star.

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