I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is A Little Happier.

I thought it would be fun to start off the week with a little mini episodes.

Never fear a list of the night I will still be doing the regular Wednesday episodes.

Those aren't going anywhere.

But these little episodes are a chance to share some smaller thoughts

that don't always fit into the show,

and that I think will help you start your week off a little happier.

I was talking to Henry R. Producer and he mentioned this funny thing

that a professor had told him when he was in college.

And the professor was making a general point about how to get the most out of college.

But he made this observation.

One year after graduation, you forget your professor's names.

And five years after graduation, you forget what classes you took.

And ten years after graduation, you forget every fact you learned.

And I agree, except I realized there is one exception.

And when I think back in college, I don't remember the names of the professors I had.

I don't remember the names of the classes.

I don't remember any of the things that I learned or was tested on.

But I do remember certain moments with perfect clarity.

And there were both English classes.

One of them was when I was in, it must have been a Shakespeare class,

because we were talking about Shakespeare.

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