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Focus not on doing less or doing more but on doing what you value.

Gretchen Rubin

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Gretchen Rubin
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: December 14
Author
Blogger
Motivational Speaker
Kansas City
Missouri
Gretchen Craft Rubin
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