Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we discuss cutting edge science, the wisdom of the ages, lessons from pop culture, and our own experiences about how to be happier.

This week is a very special episode and we will give an update on our 18 for 2018 project.

We're not quite halfway through the year but we wanted to do it for our very special episode.

I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer whose studies happiness, good habits and human nature.

I'm a New York City and with me is my sister Elizabeth Kraft and Elizabeth, I think doing 18 for 2018 is one of the most fun challenges we've ever set ourselves.

It's way more fun than wearing clothes for fun.

That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA and Gretchen.

Yes, 18 for 18 is fun but as you'll see I'm a little behind on my list.

Yes, we've got a lot of 18 left to go.

Before we jump into 18 for 2018, Elizabeth, so many people felt your pain about not having a coat closet near your front door and we heard from many people who suggested putting hooks near your front door.

What do you think of putting hooks there?

Yes, you know what, it's a good idea in theory but the way our house is, it's like the front door is almost like in the living room.

So I don't think Adam would want to do that because I don't think he would like the way it looked to have coats like hanging basically right by the living room.

But it is a good idea.

Yeah, and also people suggested for your problem of having the messy closet that annoyed Adam to see the mess that if you couldn't use a closet door, you could put in a curtain.

You know, use attention rod and put in a curtain. What do you think of that suggestion?

Maybe I'll, you know, bring it up. It's a possibility. I see a lot of people sent me photos of their curtain, you know, curtains hanging over unsightly spaces like closets and the washing machine.

Right.

So I'll talk about it without them. See what happens.

I'm sorry. Generating ideas left and right.

Thank you, everyone.

Yes.

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