Hi, happier listeners. This is your producer, Kristen.

Before we start today's show, we just want to apologize for the slightly tinny sound

of Gretchen's audio, which was caused by a technical issue during the recording of

this week's and next week's episode. Hopefully, you won't even notice. But if you do,

we sincerely apologize. Thank you for your patience, and now on to the show.

Hello, and welcome to Happier of Highcast where we talk about ideas and tips for living

a happier life. This week we'll talk about why making a to-do list can boost your happiness,

and we'll also talk about how your identity can make it harder or easier to change a habit.

I'm Gretchen Riven, a writer in studies happiness, good habits, and human nature. I'm in

New York City, and with me is my sister, Elizabeth Kraft, and Elizabeth, talking to you is always

something I'm in mind to do with. Thanks, Gretchen. That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer

and producer, living in LA, and today, Gretchen, I am the bearer of exciting news. We are having

another live show. It's going to be Thursday, October 13th in Seattle, and that's at 7.30

PM at Town Hall in Seattle, and we are super psyched. Yes, it's going to be so much fun. We

had so much fun in our San Francisco event, so we're really excited to do it live again, and for

people who want more information or want to buy tickets, go to Slate.com slash live. Tickets are

$25, and we're so excited to be getting to do it live. And if you are coming to the live event,

we're looking for audience members to share their manifestos with us. So if you have a

manifesto that you want to share, email it to us, and we might use it in our live show. That's

right. It can be a manifesto about life, work, marriage, family life, creativity, whatever it is.

We talked about manifestos in episode 76, and we've gotten great ones from people, so much so

that we want to shine a spotlight on them. So just email them to us at podcast at GretchenRubin.com

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