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Lemonade I'm Gretchen Rubin, and this is a little happier. A few years ago I wrote my book Life in Five Senses, about how to make our lives happier by connecting with our five senses. What a joy it was to write that book. One of the most interesting things I learned through my research is that our five senses regularly make adjustments and compromises among themselves. For instance, when one sense shuts down, the others become more acute. Lights dim for a concert because we hear better in the dark, we close our eyes when kissing. I'm a fearful driver, and when I do drive, I turn off the radio so so I can see where I'm going. When one sense doesn't give us as much information as we want, we can recruit other senses to fill in the gaps. For instance, by listening closely to changes in sound, such as the amount of sound, how sound reflects off surfaces, and the difference in time when a sound arrives at each ear. We can learn about the location and speed of objects with our ears instead of our eyes. When I couldn't track the flight of a seemingly invisible bug that was pestering me, I could listen to try to find it. In general, our senses are alert for change because change might mean danger or opportunity. A bird's flight catches my eye, but I don't notice a rock on the ground. As soon as the sensation becomes familiar, we ignore it. So after a few moments, my skin will no longer register my cotton T shirt, and the smell of sunscreen will fade I love the work of artist Andy Warhol. Not so much his visual art, but his writings and interviews. I'd long been haunted by something he wrote in his book the Philosophy of Andy Warhol from A to B and Back Again. And because of my research for Life and Five Senses, I finally understood the scientific basis of a striking observation he made. Andy Warhol describes a time when he was walking through a Woolworths store with a friend. B. His friend wanted to speed through and Andy Warhol asked, why are you rushing Bea? His friend replied, that buzz is driving me crazy, and here's the line that I think of so often. Warhol asked what buzz? Then explained in the text. I listened and there was a buzz. Probably a faulty air conditioning system, but for me it was completely drowned out by the smell of roasted peanuts. It sounds so strange and unexpected, the way Warhol phrases his observation. I've recalled it for years, but now I understand that his observation is quite reasonable. Andy Warhol the genius, had noticed something that I'd never noticed until I studied the subject. That's how our minds work. The buzz of a faulty air conditioning system can be drowned out by the smell of roasted peanuts. I'm Gretchen Rubin, and I hope this makes your week a little happier from the Onward project. If you've been keeping up with the podcast, you know that last month Elizabeth and I went on our first ever reading retreat, which was amaz. It was so fun, just eating, reading and sleeping all day every day. No sightseeing, no scheduling, no stress. And it got us thinking that you could really turn anything into a themed retreat. You could go biking, you could go hiking, you could do a board game retreat with friends, or a binge watching retreat. Whatever you're into, it's all about blocking out time and dedicating yourself to something you love.