Gretch, May is just such a time of celebrations. And I know for us, when we're going to host a

celebration or take something to a celebration, I always go to Whole Foods Market.

Yes, Whole Foods Market helps you save on everything you need with the quality and ingredient

standards that we expect. One thing we love to do in the summer is grill,

and the house brand of Whole Foods Market,

365 by Whole Foods Market,

has all the essential at daily low prices

that you need for the summer.

Save on May celebrations with great everyday prices

at Whole Foods Market.

Lemonada.

I'm Gretchen Rubin, and this is a little happier.

One of the hardest things to do in life is to figure out when to take criticism and when to ignore criticism. Helpful criticism can be invaluable, but unhelpful

criticism can be destructive. The challenge is, how do we tell the difference?

Alas, we all need to make those distinctions for ourselves. In his terrific autobiography, World Within World, poet Steven Spender

wrote about how criticism, even when thoughtful or well-intentioned, can pose a danger,

if we listen to it when we shouldn't. He observed of literary criticism. To overhear conversations

behind his back is more disconcerting than

useful to the writer, though he can perhaps search for criticism, which may really help him to

remedy faults in style. But he should remember that the tendency of reviewers is to criticize

work not for what it is, but for what it fails to be. And it is not necessarily

true that he should remedy this by trying to become other than he is. Thus, in my own experience,

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