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We asked, you answered: Let's make a toast to the ways you keep calm and carry on

Our readers responded to our callout, sharing the strategies they use to lift their spirits in the face of setbacks and woes. And yes, one way is: A jam happy face on toast!
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Your breakfast toast is not just a carb. It can be an inspiration.

All it takes is "putting a happy face on my toast with squeeze jam," Debra Grabowski of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, tells us.

That was one of the lovely emails from readers when we asked them to share the ways and means they use to keep calm and carry on in the face of setbacks and gloom.

The impetus for this callout came from an article we published earlier this month. We asked some of the attendees at the , dedicated to "accelerat[ing] innovative solutions," what they do to "keep calm and carry on" when things

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