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

make your life happier.

This week we'll talk about why you should schedule time to worry and about all the excuses

we make for ourselves when trying to stick to good habits.

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

I'm a New York City and special treat right here in this studio with me is my sister Elizabeth

Kraft.

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

But yeah Gretchen, I'm in New York doing a pilot.

Oh it's so exciting and so glamorous.

Here you are, you're shooting a pilot in New York City.

But ironically I hardly get to see you because you're working so hard.

I know this is the first time we've seen each other since I arrived.

It's been a couple of days ago.

Now you've shot pilots in Budapest and Vancouver.

Yeah, LA, San Francisco.

This is the first one we've done in New York and it's so awesome.

And this time this isn't a pilot Sarah and I wrote.

Somebody else wrote it.

Her name's Helen Childris.

She wrote reality bites which is like the defining movie of the Gen X generation, my generation.

And so it's super exciting to be working with her.

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