Hello and welcome to Happier a podcast where we discuss you guessed it how to be

happier. This week we'll talk about why you should know your purpose and we'll

talk to the brilliant co-hosts of the Nod podcast, Brittany Loose and Eric

Eddings about the advantages and challenges of working with a close friend.

I'm Gretchen Rubin a writer whose studies happiness good habits in human

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

Elizabeth you know something about working with a close friend. That's me Elizabeth

Kraft a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles and yes Gretchen I've worked

with a close friend for the last 20 years writing partner and co-hosts of

Happier in Hollywood Sarah so I know all about the the highs and lows. Now a quick

update before we get into the try this at home I want to remind listeners that

once we start the credits one thing you might want to hang on to listen to is

that we give resources kind of free resources maybe you want the happier tattoo

that we're offering in the United States and Canada and all this different stuff

that we talk about at the very end of the show so keep listening if you want to

know about various freebies and resources that we want to make sure that you

know about. And Elizabeth this week I tried this at home tip is to ask what is your

purpose and this is an idea that probably can mean a lot of different things

in a lot of different contexts but we're going to talk about one specific

meaning today. Yeah it's the idea that you get more out of a situation when you

know why you're there. It sort of helps in your decision making it keeps you

for being distracted by various options and opportunities because you know

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