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Years ago when I was starting out my career, I started out in law and when I was working as a lawyer,

I clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and that was truly extraordinary to get a chance to

work on the Supreme Court and to work with Justice O'Connor. Many years later, I was a writer and I

happened to see Justice O'Connor and I was telling her about what I was working on and I was doing

a lot of research and talking to everybody I could about happiness and I said to Justice O'Connor,

Justice, what do you think is the secret of a happy life? And Justice O'Connor answered in a flash.

Like she'd clearly thought about it before and she answered in just three words. She said,

the secret to a happy life is work worth doing and I don't think she meant, you know, a nine to five

job. I think she meant work very broadly defined and I've thought about that a lot and I think that

is really a good answer because when you think about a happy life having work worth doing is really

something that's going to help you get there. I'm Gritchen Rubin and I hope this makes your

week a little happier.