Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. This past weekend was my daughter's birthday,

and one of the traditions we have in places

every year, once year,

we go to a local donut shop called Krispy Kreme.

They're donuts that are excellent, the best I've ever had.

And if you ever come to California, get them sometimes.

I think they sell them at other states.

But they are really good.

And though I really like these donuts, I really do limit myself to this once a year celebration.

And it's enough for me, and I enjoy it when I go. But let's imagine something else played out. Let's say I

started going, say once a month. That's only 12 times a year. What's the big deal? Well, then I start thinking, you know, after the week Fridays would be a really good day to celebrate.

So I'm going to start getting my donuts on Friday as a way to celebrate me working hard all week along. And then I think, hmm, with time, perhaps what I'll start

doing is when I get up in the morning, I'll go get my coffee and get a donut with it. You know, it's not a big deal. It's just one donut once a day.

And then the weekends come and I'm tired and I'm exhausted. I just want to relax.

I go get a dozen donuts because it's a better price and I eat them throughout the weekend along with my daily visit.

Now with that we would all begin to wonder, am I making good choices and could this have negative impacts on my health and my

waistline?

I think we all know the answer.

Yes, it will.

But as you can probably tell, this doesn't happen overnight. Most of the things that we do for ourselves

that aren't good for us slowly develop and they begin with sometimes just say, I like this,

or let me just give this a try.

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