Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast that gives you strategies and tips for how to build

happier habits into your daily life.

This week we'll talk about the dangers of procrasteclaring and about the pleasures of giving

and getting a nice little surprise.

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 Mom says

hi, you know she's staying with me in New York City.

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

I were there with you and Mom so we could go to Bloomingdale's and eat at the cafe.

This is my favorite thing to do.

I know but instead I'm in my new office.

Yeah, I can hear it from your voice like it sounds like a kind of a new office.

Are you still getting everything set up?

Yes, I'm not totally set up here so I'm calling you from a landline.

So that's why I probably don't sound great.

Sorry about that.

Elizabeth, I heard that Walt Disney himself had your office.

You're sitting in the office, one that Walt Disney is, that is insane.

We have heard that.

We haven't yet determined if that's apocryphal or real Gretchen we're trying to get to the

bottom of that.

No, no, no, do not investigate.

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