Tailoring Family Plans to Unique Personalities

We discuss how to make use of counterintuitive research that shows that our ability to change our minds often makes us less satisfied with our choices. We share a helpful smartphone hack for scheduling text messages. Plus we continue our discussion about handling a spouse who makes hurtful "jokes," with practical advice from listeners who've successfully addressed this issue. 

Resources & links related to this episode:

• Take the Four Tendencies quiz to find out whether you're an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel
• Order your copy of Secrets of Adulthood
• Sign up for Bookshop's summer reading challenge on the homepage at gretchenrubin.com
• Download the Happier app
• Elizabeth is reading: The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon (Amazon, Bookshop) 
• Gretchen is reading: Round the Bend by Neville Shute (Amazon, Bookshop)

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