Elizabeth, you know we are always talking about the small things that we can do that make a big impact, not just in our own lives but for the planet as well.
And that's why I'm such a big fan of our food recycler, Mill.
Mill is the one easy thing that makes reducing food waste effortless.
Mill is the cleanest, easiest way to prevent food waste at home.
It makes keeping food out of the trash as easy as dropping it in.
Toss in your scraps, forget about it.
No smell, no mess, no effort.
You can keep filling it and filling it for weeks.
You might even skip a garbage day or two.
Mill turns your food scraps into nutrient-rich grounds you can use in your garden or compost, or Mill can pick them up and get them to a local farm.
And an added bonus, wasting less food feels really good.
All the guilt and stress I used to feel when cleaning out my fridge is gone.
Mill makes it easy and even joyful to reduce food waste, taking a global problem and turning it into a simple daily step at home.
But you have to live with Mill to really get it.
Good thing you can try it risk-free and get $75 off with code HAPPY.
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Did you know that infants are ready to learn sign language?
Two-year-olds are ready to learn the basics of science and three-year-olds are ready to learn coding.
Your child is ready to learn and at Primrose Schools, teachers make the most of this time by creating a joyful, purposeful learning experience unlike any other.
For instance, have you heard of the Primrose Friends?
In every Primrose school classroom, teachers use these 12 lovable puppets to make character development joyful, meaningful and memorable.
From exploring generosity with Benjamin the Bear to practicing honesty with Peanut the Pony, every friend plays a special part in helping children learn important values while having plenty of fun along the way.
We could all use some friends like that.
You can learn more at primroseschools.com.
Now enrolling infants through children age five.
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I'm Gretchen Rubin, and this is A Little Happier.
One of my secrets of adulthood is be full of desires and easy to please.
I stumbled across this truth by observing my parents as house guests.
My parents are terrific guests, I realize, because they have many things they want to do and yet, at the same time, they're pleased with whatever plans end up unfolding.
Desire is invigorating.
It's energizing to be around people who want things, who work toward things, who have ideas about what to do, who are interested and curious.
My parents are full of desires.
If I ask, what do you want to do today?
They have a long list of places they want to visit and things they want to do in New York City, and that makes them much easier to have as guests.
At the same time, my parents are easy to please.
They have their list of things they want to do and see.
But if I say hey, let's go to the Noguchi Museum, they'd say wonderful, great idea, let's do that.
If I say for dinner tonight, let's just stay home and order pizza.
They'd say that sounds terrific.
Now this observation that it's easier to play host to someone who is full of desires may seem counterintuitive.
We might assume that it's easier to deal with someone who doesn't express any preferences, because they seem like they'd be happy with anything and not disappointed by missing out on something.
But in fact, it's often harder.
Then we as hosts have to do all the work of thinking about options and trying to mind read what someone else wants.
It's like when another kid comes over to play.
What do you want to do?
I don't know.
What do you want to do?
Somebody has to do the mental work of thinking of possibilities and taking responsibility for choosing the best plan.
Children tend to be full of desires and easy to please.
They want to go to an amusement park, feed the goats, visit the ice cream parlor.
And that's fun.
I used to think that I would seem more easygoing when I said, anything sounds good.
But now I realize that being full of desires and easy to please actually works better in relationships.
I'm Gretchen Rubin, and I hope this makes your week a little happier.
From the Onward Project.
Every day of this new administration, Americans are being told that they're less than and too divided to work together.
So how do we move forward?
I'm Stacey Abrams and each week on my podcast, Assembly Required we zoom out from the headlines to focus on the big picture in politics, culture and tech, finding ways to fight back against tyranny with optimism and the concrete steps needed to build a better future together.
Tune in to new episodes every Thursday on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.
