Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about strategies and tips and hacks for how to make our lives happier.

This week is a very special episode.

Every 10th episode is a very special episode, and this very special episode is all about travel.

We have dozens and dozens of hacks from listeners and from ourselves

about how to make travel easier, more convenient, more comfortable, more pleasant. Can't wait to dive in.

I'm Gritchin Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits, the five senses, secrets of adulthood, human nature.

I'm in my little home office in New York City, and joining me today from Los Angeles is my sister, Elizabeth Kraft.

And Elizabeth, you are one of my very favorite people to travel with. That's me, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in

L.A. And yes, Scratch, I'm really hoping we get to travel again this summer and go on another

sister adventure and use some of these hacks. I know. I know. It's getting me excited. But before we jump in,

a few updates first here in the United States. It is almost Thanksgiving, and it's also almost

our father's birthday. Some years our father's birthday falls actually on the day of Thanksgiving,

sometimes not. It always feels very auspicious when it does. So happy birthday to our father.

Happy Thanksgiving to you. And also, this means

that Giving Tuesday is coming up. This year it falls on December 3rd. So if you value generosity,

if you want to give, as well as buy, think about a cause that you want to support and use

Giving Tuesday as a catalyst to remind you to do it. Yeah, and Gretchen,

you actually went on the board of Giving Tuesday. I did. I think this is such a powerful idea.

It's using the calendar as a catalyst for action, which of course I love using the calendar as a

catalyst. We have Black Friday. We have Cyber Monday. So let's have Giving Tuesday. We're all

happier when we connect with our values. And it's a great reminder. And it's something that can be done at any time, is often done

in no time. So a good time to do it is Giving Tuesday. Yes. Another thing people should do, Gretz,

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