Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about happiness, the lessons from

science, from ancient wisdom, from pop culture and our own experiences.

This week we'll talk about the fun of going on an errand date and why it's a good idea

to fix anything smelly, moldy or sticky in your home.

I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer whose studies happiness could have its human nature.

I'm in New York City and with me is my sister Elizabeth Kraft.

And Elizabeth, the next time we are in the same city, we are definitely going on an errand

date together.

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

And Gretchen right now I have to say it's too hot to do any errands at all.

And I got into our car yesterday, it was 122.

Oh my gosh.

It did quickly go down to 99, but still, sitting in the hot sun, it got up to 122.

So, heat wave.

We'll make it to do list, that will be our errand that we did together.

Yeah.

And Elizabeth, also we got a really interesting email from our listener, Imaging, in response

to the discussion in episode 26 about choosing one word or a short phrase to set a theme for

the year.

I thought this was really interesting.

Yeah, her theme for the year was more music.

So she says, I've been thinking for a while about what I did for fun as a child slash

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