Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast about how to make your life happier, healthier,

more productive and more creative.

This week we'll talk about why you should be full of desire, but easy to please.

I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer whose studies happiness, good habits, the four tendencies

of human nature.

I'm in New York City and with me is my sister, Elizabeth Kraft.

And Elizabeth I have to say one of my favorite things about you is that you are very easy

to please.

That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA and Gretchen, I don't

know if Adam would say I'm so mean to you, but I'm glad you think I am.

So Elizabeth before we jump in, we got a great update from this listener, Colleen, who I met

in San Francisco, it was amazing.

She sent this email which was a response to episode 134.

And in episode 134 we talked about our listener, Eugenia, father-in-law was giving her

potted plants and she was feeling guilty because she could never keep the plants alive and

we talked about how to handle that.

And this is what Colleen had to say.

As she said, hi Gretchen and Elizabeth, I wanted to offer a pro tip in response to your

last episode on potted plant anxiety.

I worked for the company that produces many of the potted orchids, roses and other

gift plants you buy everywhere from whole foods to Walmart.

Here's the two well kept industry secret, those plants aren't meant to last forever,

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