Summer.
It's when we share more time, more memories, and more photos.
And at AT&T, the iPhone 17 Pro is your summer essential.
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I'm Gretchen Rubin, and this is A Little Happier.
One of my most useful secrets of adulthood is when we give more to ourselves, we can ask more from ourselves.
Feeling cared for and contented helps to boost our self-command, and self-command allows us to maintain our good habits.
So it's a good idea to give ourselves plenty of healthy treats.
Studies show that people who got a little treat, such as getting a surprise gift or watching a funny video, gained in self-control.
When I need a treat, I re-watch an episode from one of my favorite TV shows or I re-read a few chapters from one of my favorite books from childhood.
It's crucial to give ourselves healthy treats because unhealthy treats are often bad for us.
We don't want to give ourselves something to make ourselves feel better.
That just ends up making us feel worse.
Things like online shopping, another glass of scotch, a big brownie.
Because it can be surprisingly hard to think of your treats when you need one.
It's helpful to keep a list.
Here are a few others of my healthy treats.
Beautiful smells, clearing minor clutter, returning and checking out books from the library and making my daily visits to the Metropolitan Museum.
When I asked my friends and listeners about their treats, I heard some funny ideas.
For some people it's a treat to do chores or work-like activities which, for them, are fun, such as ironing writing code or doing Latin translation.
One friend, every day, after getting her kids off to school, goes back to bed for 20 minutes, either to sleep or just lie there before starting work.
She said, Another friend treated herself for her birthday by walking six miles to work, just for fun.
People have sessions of fur therapy by petting a dog or a cat.
One that surprised me was filling up an online shopping cart but then logging out without actually making a purchase.
This is surprisingly common.
Apparently, for a lot of people the fun is the choosing, and that's separate from the fun of buying and acquiring.
Doing these kinds of activities isn't selfish or a waste of time.
When you think about your own individual self, what you enjoy, what you find comforting, what you find energizing, and you give that to yourself, you prepare yourself to be more considerate of others.
It's not selfish to be selfish.
When you give more to yourself, you can ask more from yourself.
I'm Gretchen Rubin, and I hope this makes your week a little happier.
