Lemonada.

Hey everyone, it's Elizabeth.

I wanted to let you know we recorded this just before we were ordered to evacuate our house in Encino.

We got to a hotel and we're safe.

And thanks to the efforts of so many, our house is safe as well. And I really want to just thank

everybody for reaching out to see how we're doing. Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about ideas and strategies for making everyday life happier.

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I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits, human nature, secrets of

adulthood. 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 report in from Los Angeles because of the wildfires that are going on now.

People are worried about you.

We've had so many people asking, how are you doing?

Yes, that's me, Elizabeth Craft, a writer and producer living in L.A. in Encino, where, yes,

Gretchen, I'm really lucky that we have not lost power and we do not have an

active fire threatening our house at the moment. But it is just devastating. I mean, there's no other

word for it. Yeah. You know, I don't even know what to say except for, we really appreciate how many people

have reached out to all of us, Angelinos.

So far, I know two people personally who've lost their house.

Oh, gosh.

You know, and then I just hear about dozens and dozens of people.

Right.

So the firefighters have been amazing, as I'm sure

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