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lush

2024 word of the year

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Aubrey Bates
Jan 08, 2024
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LUSH | That's my word for '24.

Luscious relationships, travel, food, experiences, career, receivership, and rest.

To me, this is the result of pruning. Plants grow back with more lushness, more blooms, after they've been cut back. We don't like the pruning, but we also don't give ourselves permission to really live into the pleasures and joys of all the…

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