Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast about how to be happier, healthier, more productive,

and more creative.

This week we'll talk about why you might make something by hand that you'd ordinarily

buy and why you might organize a Take My Stuffing Party.

I'm Greta and Rubin, a writer whose studies happiness could have it in human nature.

I'm a New York City and Whitney is my sister Elizabeth Kraft and Elizabeth I think we

would have to confess that we don't often make anything by hand unless it's something

that we're typing together.

Yeah, that's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA and Gretchen, I

don't think I've ever made anything in my life.

We'll inspire you to get started.

That's all about to change.

That's all about to change.

At first an update before we jump in.

In episode 169 we talked about the try this at home of the strategy to stop talking and

we heard from many people about examples where they found that this was really a helpful

approach.

Yes, Caroline said, I bought a shirt at a chain store that was sudden distance away only

to later realize that the security tag was left on.

So I took the shirt to a store from the same chain that was closer to my house.

I didn't have my receipt figuring they could look up my purchase with my credit card.

I was told that I needed my paper receipt.

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