Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast about how to make more room for happiness in our

lives.

This week we'll talk about why you might follow a ritual of completion and we'll talk

to my friend of many years, Abby Ellen, who has written a fascinating new book, Duct,

Double Lives, False Identities, and The Con Man I Almost Married.

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, who I'm pretty sure is exactly

who she says she is.

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

liar so I don't think I could take anyone.

Yeah, you need even if I tried.

Now before we jump in, I just want to say thank you to everyone who has preordered outer

order, inner calm.

I so appreciate everyone's enthusiasm.

The book is out on March 5th, but if you preorder, you get a whole batch of resources about

outer order that I've created.

Videos, downloads, a 21-day email challenge that's available to people who preorder as

a thank you.

You can get more details at outerorderinnercombook.com and I'll post a link to that in the show notes.

Here's something funny that I don't even know if I told you that I'm going to do this.

I should have asked you, if you preorder five copies or more, I will give you a shout-out

here on the podcast.

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