{"id":5225,"date":"2020-09-18T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T14:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpsites.co\/wired\/?page_id=3554"},"modified":"2023-03-01T07:32:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T07:32:19","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-95f45c80\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-1b408090\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-b9308f82\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b9308f82\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-fce5b80b\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-9f8eb563 gb-headline-text\" id=\"re-imagine\">Get Life Advice From the World&#8217;s Best Books.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigate the art of living well as I share shiny wisdom nuggets from an eclectic mix of best books and battle-test them in the existential crucible. 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