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

habits into your daily life.

This week we'll talk about why you should raise the bar and why your friendly peasy may

not be coming across in the friendly way that you think it is.

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

I'm in New York City and with me is my sister, Elizabeth Kraft, who recently has been very

game about being on the receiving end of a constant stream of puppy pictures.

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

I just can't get enough of Barnaby.

Speaking of which, give us a puppy update.

So we have Barnaby now.

He is a black cockapoo, which is an undignified name for a Cocker Spaniel and Poodle mix.

He is a lovely little dog.

I feel like we should have those signs on a refrigerator, you know how they have day

57 without an industrial accident.

We're on day 3, he's without a house breaking accident.

Oh, that's good.

Yeah, he seems to be getting it.

We have the usual nipping and peeing and puppy stuff and we're all figuring out how it's

going to, it is a big change to your habits.

People said it's a big change to your habits and it is, but it's a very happy change and

it's like this big family adventure.

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