In this episode, I talk about how I got tenure (yay!) and although I am grateful and feel quite a bit relieved, actually my happiness levels are about the same as they were before (and my stress/anxiety). This is good/bad news because it does mean that once you get that (fill in the blank)- house, kid, promotion, job, wedding, etc.- you won't be able to start your "real" life or be happy then. The good news about this is it means that you can and should start taking care of yourself now, so that your baseline level of happiness is high (the other piece of good news I missed is that when awful things happen to us, the same is true! We will bounce back quicker and easier than we thought). I mention all of the things I've talked about before, (gratitude) journals, exercise, meditation, and having multiple methods of taking care of yourself so that if you can't do one or more things for a while (like how I couldn't run/walk/do anything except sit on a couch after surgery this summer), you will still have a few other things to fall back on.

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