Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast about taking happiness from the abstract to the concrete.

This week we'll talk about why you might try using gentle language and will feature listener answers to the question,

what's the best resolution you've ever made?

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

I'm in New York City and with me is my sister, Lizeth Kraft, my sometimes happiness guinea pig.

That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and it will be a challenge for me to use gentle language.

But I'm interested to hear what you have to say.

Before we launch in, I just wanted to remind people that if you pre-ordered Outer Order Intercom,

make sure you submit your proof of purchase at outerorderintercombook.com.

I'll put the link in the show notes because you get the pre-order bonus and there is part of that.

You're is a 21 day outer order challenge, which is a series of emails.

And that's going to start on February 1st.

So you want to have it by February 1st so that you can join in with everyone else who's pre-ordered.

And also remember about the thing that if you order five or more copies, you get a shout out on the podcast.

So I can't wait for the rest of the mate your proof of purchase.

And how many copies you bought and we'll see who does that.

So fun.

And Gretchen, we have an update on our 19 for 2019 list.

We've been hearing from so many listeners about their lists.

And we loved this from Matt.

He said, I have three children, a nine year old daughter and six year old twins.

And I asked them to come up with their own 19 for 2019 list.

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