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This super awesome person that I was so lucky to know was dying of brain cancer and his doctor recommended to him an all-plant diet that he walk

outside every day and that the third thing on the prescription notepad was novelty underline

underline and I said novelty and he said novelty.

Hello and welcome to how to's quick fix.

I'm Rosie Belson, one of the show's producers.

We started doing these slight plus bonus segments a few months ago.

And with any new venture, we're trying some new things.

Specifically, I'm trying some new things.

Let me explain.

So at the top of the show, you heard a moment from a 2021 episode that featured best-selling author Kelly Corrigan. It was actually a conversation about being an empty nester. If you walk out your house and go to the left, every time you go for a walk, go to the right. If you see a shirt in your closet you haven't worn in 10 years, put it on.

My husband and I say to each other all the time, we're like, novelty, let's go to a different restaurant. Novelty. Yeah. That little nugget of advice has stuck with me for years. It's so easy to sink into routine. Days, months, years slip by, and you kind of feel like you're on autopilot. you don't go on that trip.

You don't pick up a new hobby or even get to that autopilot, you don't go on that trip.

You don't pick up a new hobby or even get to that one restaurant that you've been meaning to get to, which is where novelty comes in.

It sounds so simple, but doing something new, big or small, helps you be present.

It can breathe joy into the mundane, push you out of your comfort zone, and even help you learn something new about yourself.

So I've been a producer here at Slate for five years, with most of that time spent right here at how-to.

I've worked on hundreds of episodes, each one filled with advice for a listener who wants to improve their life.

But you know what? I've rarely taken this advice myself. I mean to. Life just gets busy and

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