I'm Gretchen Ruben and this is a little happier.

One of the new many episodes that I'll be doing each week.

Last week I was feeling very overwhelmed and stressed out.

I had several things that were due in the near future, which is something I don't like

because I don't like having deadlines looming and I realized I was in that mode where I was

starting to feel like I need something.

I want something.

I deserve something.

So I decided to give myself a healthy treat.

Now lucky for me, I love going to the library and I feel like I get this weird pleasure

out of like keeping a library list.

I get all the satisfaction when I add something or take something off my list.

I get a weird satisfaction from checking out books just from having a pile.

I get another completely different satisfaction from returning books and like, oh, they're going

back to the library, especially at their own time.

This is completely apart from the pleasure that I get from actually reading the books,

which is very intense.

And this library I go to is just a block from my house.

So it's very easy.

It's very accessible.

It's free.

It doesn't take any time.

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