We explore ways to make each day of the week special by recognizing small pleasures. We discuss a practical hotel checkout tip to avoid forgetting items. Also, we examine the value of allowing yourself to go into “shock” when facing big assignments or feedback, and how this pause can lead to clearer thinking and better responses. Plus we ask, “What lesson have you learned the hard way?”

Resources and links related to this episode:
Four Tendencies Personality Quiz: Are you an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel?
Happiness Hacks Card Deck
Elizabeth is reading: Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand (Amazon, Bookshop) 
Gretchen is reading: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (Amazon, Bookshop) 

Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. 

Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app. 

We explore ways to make each day of the week special by recognizing small pleasures. We discuss a practical hotel checkout tip to avoid forgetting items. Also, we examine the value of allowing yourself to go into &ldquo;shock&rdquo; when facing big assignments or feedback, and how this pause can lead to clearer thinking and better responses. Plus we ask, &ldquo;What lesson have you learned the hard way?&rdquo;
Resources and links related to this episode:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/quiz/the-four-tendencies-quiz/">Four Tendencies Personality Quiz</a>: Are you an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel?</li>
<li><a href="http://happiercast.com/happinessdeck">Happiness Hacks Card Deck</a></li>
<li>Elizabeth is reading:&nbsp;Swan Song&nbsp;by Elin Hilderbrand (<a href="https://amzn.to/4hq0ueX">Amazon</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9780316258876">Bookshop</a>)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Gretchen is reading:&nbsp;Martyr!&nbsp;by Kaveh Akbar&nbsp;(<a href="https://amzn.to/4dUgMtx">Amazon</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9780593537619">Bookshop</a>)&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Get in touch:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:podcast@gretchenrubin.com">podcast@gretchenrubin.com</a>
Visit<a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/">&nbsp;Gretchen's website</a>&nbsp;to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the&nbsp;<a href="https://thehappierapp.com/">Happier&nbsp;app</a>.&nbsp;
Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.&nbsp;

Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to this lively, thought-provoking podcast. Gretchen’s cohost and guinea pig is her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her happiness bully. 

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Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to this lively, thought-provoking podcast. Gretchen&rsquo;s cohost and guinea pig is her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her happiness bully.&nbsp;
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