Why lowering your standards isn’t the answer, how to call friends without making it weird, and does it matter if everyone orders the same thing at a restaurant?

Episode highlights

• Try This at Home: Right-size your expectations. [00:14]
• Know Yourself Better: Do you split dishes with your dining partner, or order the same thing? Plus, a few restaurant hacks [00:24]
• Demerits & Gold Stars: Gretchen left her backpack in an Uber [00:50]

Mentioned in this Episode

• ⁠Notarize, an online notary service ⁠
• ⁠Ep. 602, on spending money at home instead of on a vacation⁠
• ⁠Take the Five-Senses Quiz⁠
• ⁠Take the Gift-Giving Quiz⁠
• Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin (⁠Amazon⁠, ⁠Bookshop⁠) 
• Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen by Bob Greene  (⁠Amazon⁠, ⁠Bookshop⁠)
• 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World by Liaquat Ahamed  (⁠Amazon⁠, ⁠Bookshop⁠)
• Dad, Love, Me by Matthew Quick  (⁠Amazon⁠, ⁠Bookshop⁠)

Connect with Us:

• Email: podcast@gretchenrubin.com
• Website: gretchenrubin.com
• Instagram: @gretchenrubin | @lizcraft
• ⁠Take Gretchen’s free Four Tendencies quiz⁠

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