What is the lesson of an incident I remember from law school, when a friend and his girlfriend got engaged, and then immediately broke up?
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Little Happier: Have You Ever Walked Along a Desire Path?
Ep. 442: Take Over a Disliked Task, Check Your Passport, and When Not to Do Something for the First Time
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Ep. 441: Escape Your Taste, an Easy Way to Remember Hard Names, and New Metaphors for “Empty Nest”
Little Happier: I’m Going to Take This Thing Home, Because Otherwise Someone Else Might Steal It
Ep. 440: Very Special Episode: We Talk About Regret—Our Own Regrets and Listeners’ Regrets
Little Happier: Would You Pay $500,000 for a Steve Jobs Paradox?
More Happier: The Silver Lining of Summer Camp, a Happiness Bully for Writing, and Not Getting Choked Up
Ep. 439: Suggest the Default Option, Skip a Year of an Activity You Enjoy, and More Everyday Luxuries
Little Happier: Something Brilliant Came Out of My Mouth—Something I Didn’t Know I Knew
“Bonus: Commencement Address Given by Gretchen Rubin: Five Essential Paradoxes for a Happy Life”
Ep. 438: Act Like a Teenager, Pick Up Your Food in Person, and “Ask Us Anything” About Writing
Little Happier: Journalist Connie Chung Influenced a Generation—Without Realizing It
More Happier: More Strength and Stamina, a New Metaphor for “Empty Nest,” and an Easy Way to Keep a Journal
Ep. 437: To Make a Good Connection, Talk More; Learn the Lesson of the Enron Corpus; and a Collection of Positive Trends
Little Happier: The IKEA Effect, or How We Value Things According to What They Cost Us
Ep. 436: We Use Halfway Day to Report on How We’re Doing on Our Aims for 2023: the “Happier Trifecta”
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