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Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about how to be happier.

This week we will review our annual challenge for 2023 and we will reveal the annual challenge

for 2024. I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits, and human nature.

I'm in New York City and joining me today from LA is my sister Elizabeth Craft, and Elizabeth I am so happy that this is And

I'm joining me today from LA is my sister, Elizabeth, I am so happy that this is your year

to spend the winter holiday in Kansas City with my family.

That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA and yeah, Grutch, I'm getting my bagpacked.

I cannot wait to see everybody in KC.

Yeah, I said you go to Kansas City every other year, but we go every year because, you know,

Jamie's Jewish, so we celebrate Roshashana and Passover, Hanukkah with his family, also

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