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How Happy Are You?

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I’d spent most of the holiday scrubbing the cabinets of a rental home, fixing a crack in the ceiling and painting the living room. I’d use an experience-sampling method for a month to keep score of my positive and negative emotions throughout each day, and then each night I’d ask myself how satisfied I am with life.

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Q&A: Bauble Stockings Founder on Turning a Family Tradition Into a Business

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Kate Stice Stewart: It’s 2017, and I’m on my laptop searching “fair trade.” I had samples, I was doing photo shoots and started making these wheels turn. Luckily, most of my business is during the holidays, so I have flexibility right in the sweet spot of spring. How did you look for potential manufacturers? The kids are asleep.

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