Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about strategies and

solutions for building happier habits into our everyday lives.

This week we'll talk about why it's a good idea to go to a reunion and we'll discuss a new

parenting distinction that I've been pondering as part of my thinking about the open door empty nest'm in my little home. Good habits, human nature, the five senses, the open door.

I'm in my little home office in New York City,

and joining me today from LA is my sister Elizabeth Craft.

And Elizabeth, I love to throw a good distinction at you and ask you to help me think it through.

That's me, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and yes, Scratch, that's how you get me to know myself better.

It's what it's all about.

Throw those distinctions at me.

Yeah.

First, we have a few updates from listeners.

Yes, this is referring to episode 496.

Dede says, I enjoyed hearing about the Yale study

about social fluidity during the first three weeks

after a new group, e.g.

College freshman, comes together. I shared it with my college student daughter who would

complain just a few days before about how hard it felt to go to meals without a roommate.

My daughter acted fairly uninterested, her typical response when I share the results of studies

with her.

A few days later, she said she felt sorry for all the people at school who were only hanging out with their roommates because they were going to miss the opportunities to meet other people more easily during the first three weeks.

Neither of us mentioned where she'd first learned about it.

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