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

happier habits into your daily life.

We discuss cutting-edge science, the wisdom of the ages, lessons from pop culture, and

our own experiences.

I'm Brettian Rubin, a writer whose studies happiness and good habits.

I'm in New York City and with me is my sister of the sage Elizabeth Kraft, who's my

happiness guinea pig and questioner.

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

happier, even if it's against my will.

This week we'll talk about the one minute rule as a habit that helps to keep clutter under

control.

Whether you're a satis faceer or a maximizer when making decisions, and how to avoid a common

happiness stumbling block.

We'll also answer a listener question and reveal our happiness fails in gold stars for

the week.

We're going to start with a suggestion you can try at home, something small and manageable

that will actually make a difference about how you feel each day.

And our first try this at home tip is the one minute rule.

The one minute rule is exactly what it sounds like.

If you have a task that can be done unless at one minute do it without delay.

And this has been so helpful for me because I realize that if I just hang up my coat instead

of dumping it on a chair, if I rip open a letter and read it and throw it away, if I

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