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Little Happier: In Line to Order Soup, a Funny “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Moment Brought Strangers Together
8 januari 2024 · 4 min
While ordering her soup, a woman was being a very difficult customer. When she was able to laugh at herself, she transformed the experience for the people around her.
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More Happier: Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce, Revisiting a Happiness Project, and How to Keep Hiking
6 januari 2024 · 34 min
We talk about the Kansas City-related story of Taylor Swift’s romance with Travis Kelce, discuss plans for revisiting a “happiness project” this year, and come up with ideas for maintaining the habit of hiking.
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Ep. 463: Revealed! Our “24 for 24” Lists of 24 Big and Small Things We Want to Accomplish in 2024
3 januari 2024 · 40 min
We discuss the third element of the “Happiness Trifecta”: We reveal our “24 for
24” lists of 24 things we each want to accomplish in 2024, and talk about why
making this kind of list can boost our happiness. (The other two elements of the
Happiness Trifecta? Choose a one-word theme for 2024 and #Write24in24.)
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Little Happier: My 13 Color “Koans”—Mysterious Statements that Can’t Be Understood Logically
1 januari 2024 · 6 min
I love color, and I love a “koan”--a question, story, or statement that can’t be understood logically. These thirteen color koans explore the mysteries of color.
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Ep. 462: A Surprising Way to Be More Likeable, a Habit-Keeping Hack, and an Unusual In-Laws Problem
27 december 2023 · 31 min
We discuss surprising new research that suggests that being accommodating
doesn’t actually make us more likable. We also mention a hack that makes habit-
keeping easier, discuss whether or not we’ve kept childhood vows, and debate a
listener’s question about how to handle her unusual challenge with her in-laws.
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Little Happier: Don’t Wait for the Right Time. It May Never Feel Like the Right Time.
25 december 2023 · 4 min
Tomorrow always seems like it will be easier than today. Even Michelangelo thought so.
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Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. Lees meerTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
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More Happier: Observance for Justice O’Connor, 5-Senses Portrait of KC Christmas, and Joy in First Drafts
23 december 2023 · 25 min
We talk about the happiness of finishing the first draft of a book and having a child return home. We also present our five-senses portrait of a Kansas City Christmas, and discuss the recent observances in honor of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
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Ep. 461: Revealed: Our Annual Challenge for 2024! Plus We Review 2023’s Challenge of #GoOutside23in23
20 december 2023 · 35 min
As part of the Happier Trifecta, we give ourselves and listeners an annual
challenge. We reflect on last year’s challenge of “Go outside 23 in ’23,” and we
reveal the challenge for 2024 as well as many suggestions for how to make it part
of our daily lives. It’s a terrific challenge – plus, for the first time, we’re suggesting
two very different ways of approaching it.
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Little Happier: Should Money Be Used to Buy Fresh Flowers for a Museum?
18 december 2023 · 3 min
Should Money Be Used to Buy Fresh Flowers for a Museum?
By posing an interesting question—such as “Should money be spent on flowers?”—we can learn about other people’s values.
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Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. Lees meerTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
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Ep. 460: Very Special Episode! With Listeners, We Share Our Best Resolutions and Tips for Keeping Them
13 december 2023 · 33 min
Listeners—and we--share the most effective and transformative resolutions we’ve made, as well as our suggestions for keeping them. We also talk about the 21 strategies we can use to make or break our habits. (It’s much easier to keep a resolution when we use the strategy that’s right for us.)
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Little Happier: The Subway Kiosk Asks a Deep Question: Add Value or Add Time?
11 december 2023 · 3 min
Every time I refill my MTA Metro card, I’m reminded to ask myself a crucial question. Do I want to spend time or money?
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More Happier: Memories and Reflections on Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
9 december 2023 · 29 min
In honor of the death of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Gretchen tells behind-the-scenes stories and personal reflections from her clerkship year.
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Ep. 459: We Review Our “23 in 23 Lists” to See What We Accomplished—and What We Didn’t
6 december 2023 · 35 min
Each year, we make a list of things we want to get done in the next twelve
months. We review our “23 for 23” lists and report on what we accomplished (or
failed to accomplish). We also reflect on what we learned from the items we did
and didn’t do in 2023.
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Little Happier: A Story That Moved Me as a Child, and Moves Me Still as an Adult
4 december 2023 · 6 min
As a child, I was deeply moved by this story of a child’s wish to do a good deed, and how she fulfilled that wish, despite making many mistakes. As an adult, I’m even more moved by it.
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Bonus: A Conversation from The Happiness Project: Revisited
2 december 2023 · 12 min
Next year marks the fifteenth anniversary of Gretchen Rubin’s #1 New York Times bestselling book, The Happiness Project. To celebrate, she’s leading a one-time, one-year course called “The Happiness Project: Revisited.” In this bonus excerpt from the course, Gretchen and Elizabeth explore the lessons Gretchen has learned over the years, talk about her plans to do a new happiness project in 2024, and discuss how other people can do their own happiness projects.
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Ep. 458: We Review Our One-Word Themes for 2023 and Reveal Our 2024 New One-Word Themes
29 november 2023 · 33 min
We review the one-word themes we chose for 2023—“Scale” and “Wave”--and
discuss how and why those themes influenced the last twelve months. We also
reveal the one-word themes we’ve chosen for 2024, and what symbol we’ll use to
represent our themes.
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Little Happier: The Only Thing Worse Than Getting Corrected Is Not Getting Corrected
27 november 2023 · 4 min
It’s not pleasant to be criticized, but I remind myself, “The only thing worse that getting criticized is not getting criticized.” Criticism shows that someone thinks that work is worthy of correction.
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More Happier: Deck the Halls! A “Clear the Decks” Episode of Quick Tasks to Get Us Ready for the Holidays
25 november 2023 · 30 min
Because listeners asked for another “Clear the Decks” episode--where we suggest a list of manageable, one-minute-ish tasks to do while listening--this episode features a “Deck the Halls” lists of quick tasks. Follow along, and by the end of the episode, we’ll all have accomplished a lot.
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Ep. 457: Look for Pockets of Wasted Time, a Hack to Soothe Anxiety, and Are You a Baker or Cook?
22 november 2023 · 32 min
We discuss how and why we might look for pockets of wasted time (and talk
about some wasted time we uncovered ourselves.) We also suggest an easy step
to lower anticipatory anxiety, a simple hack for avoiding waste, and discuss a
listener’s question about how her Upholder son should spend his time.
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Little Happier : Who Is the Sponsor, Who Is Being Sponsored? They Can Take Turns
20 november 2023 · 4 min
In the Alcoholics Anonymous program, two people decided to take turns every day, acting as the sponsor or the one being sponsored. In helping, we are being helped.
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Ep. 456: Consider Our Holiday Gift Guide and Learn Someone’s Gift- Getting Type (and Your Own)
15 november 2023 · 33 min
As we do every year, we share a list of suggestions for great holiday gifts. We also
discuss a way to figure out what kinds of gifts someone else would want—and
how to think of ideas for great gifts to ask for, for yourself.
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Little Happier: A Mistake I’ve Made Before and Which I Made Again
13 november 2023 · 5 min
I’ve made this mistake before, and I just made it again: During a crunch time, I decided, “With the publication of ‘Life in Five Senses,’ I can’t manage to do all these other tasks. They have to wait until afterward.” Now that the book is on the shelves, I’m dealing with a lot of unnecessarily delayed tasks.
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More Happier: Lucky Calendar Dates, the “Wrong-Shoe Theory,” and How to Have a Christmas-Movie Month
11 november 2023 · 23 min
We talk about lucky dates (such as 11/11), the “wrong-shoe theory” approach to getting dressed, and a listener’s entertaining plan to celebrate her birthday month by living the life of a character from a Hallmark holiday movie.
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Ep. 455: Elizabeth Talks About Her Experience with Diabetes
8 november 2023 · 35 min
In honor of National Diabetes Awareness Month, Elizabeth talks about living with
type 1 diabetes: her diagnosis, how she manages day-to-day, pregnancy, changes
in technology, how family and friends can help, and more.
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Little Happier: At Last, Someone Appreciates My Dimmers
6 november 2023 · 4 min
I laughed when I saw that someone appreciates a good dimmer system as much as I do.
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Ep. 454: Find the Perfect Gift, Look Behind You, and Listeners’ Ideas for Coping with Someone’s Last Days
1 november 2023 · 27 min
We talk about the new gift-giving quiz that divides people into four categories
depending on the kinds of gifts they prefer to receive: Tried-and-True, Easy-to-Please, Enthusiast, and Connoisseur. We remind ourselves of the very helpful
hack to check behind you each time you leave a place. We also share listeners’
many helpful suggestions about how to handle the final days of a family member
or friend.
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Little Happier: Have You Ever Been Annoyed by “The Dog in the Manger?”
30 oktober 2023 · 4 min
The old story about “The Dog in the Manger” is a reminder that if there’s something we can’t enjoy or make us of, we should back away and let someone else benefit from it.
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More Happier: Pumpkin Spice Latte, Group Texts, and How a Hollywood Pitch Sells in the First Minute
28 oktober 2023 · 22 min
We talk about our response for trying—for the first time!—the famous flavor of pumpkin spice latte. We also discuss the secret of a making a convincing TV pitch, and how group texts can strengthen family bonds.
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Ep. 453: “Halloween Is the New Christmas,” the Ghost-Painting Challenge, and Fall Asleep to Podcasts
25 oktober 2023 · 27 min
We talk about how and why the creative challenge of coming up with “___ is the
new ___” observations sparks happiness. We also talk about enjoying the five-
senses experiences of Halloween, and the fun of the new thrift ghost-painting
challenge. Plus, a listener asks how to listen to podcasts to help ourselves fall
asleep.
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Little Happier: Three Passers-by Stop to Comfort a Stranger, and Instead Share a Moment of Joy
23 oktober 2023 · 3 min
In South Carolina, three thoughtful passers-by stopped to comfort a weeping stranger—and had the opportunity to share a joyful moment with author Hernan Diaz, who had just learned that he’d won the Pulitzer Prize.
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Ep. 452: Tackle Hard Social Situations, Do Questioners Ever Rebel, and Is Your Birthday Important?
18 oktober 2023 · 29 min
We suggest several practical solutions to common, but challenging, social
situations. We also address a listener’s question, “Do Questioners ever experience
Questioner-rebellion?” and discuss the know-yourself-better question of “Is your
birthday important to you?”
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Little Happier: Why Did Charles Darwin Write “I Think” on One of the Most Significant Notebook Pages?
16 oktober 2023 · 4 min
At the top of one of the most significant pages of his notebooks, Charles Darwin wrote “I think.” There are three good reasons to explain why he might have done so.
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More Happier: Great Accountability for Obligers, the Important vs. the Urgent, and How to Spark Creativity
14 oktober 2023 · 26 min
We talk about how Elizabeth’s novel-writing is going, now that the Hollywood writers’ strike is over. Inspired by a recent wedding, we discuss the huge contribution that old friends can make to our happiness. Plus we highlight a great suggestion from a listener about how Obligers (and people around Obligers) can create useful accountability.
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Ep. 451: Visually Represent Your Challenge, Ideas for Improving Routines, and Elizabeth Reveals the Great Shoe Brand
11 oktober 2023 · 30 min
We talk about why making a visual representation of a challenge can help us
make tough decisions. We also share listeners’ suggestions about improvements
they’ve made to their daily routines, and Elizabeth reveals the brand of running
shoe that cured her foot pain.
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Little Happier: The Helper Gets More Help Than the Helped
9 oktober 2023 · 7 min
My daughter’s experience helping with little kids at school illustrates the same principle as the sponsorship program in A.A.: by giving support, we gain.
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Ep. 450: Very Special Episode: Hacks for Performance (Stage Fright, Preparation, Mistakes, and More)
4 oktober 2023 · 35 min
In this Very Special Episode, we discuss ideas, hacks, and habits related to the challenge
of performance. We all have to perform—give a wedding toast, make a presentation to co-
workers, give an announcement to a group, or make a formal speech to a large crowd. We
share tips from our own experiences, as well as many suggestions from listeners, for dealing
with stage fright, memorization, mistakes, mishaps, and audience engagement. Plus, we have
new merch!
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Little Happier: A Mystery: How Possessions Change When Their Owner Dies
2 oktober 2023 · 3 min
After people die, their possessions often seem transformed, because they’re no longer animated by the animating force of their owner. It’s startling and transcendent to experience this change.
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More Happier: Our Favorite Easy Way to Make Ourselves Happier, Healthier, Smarter, and More Productive
30 september 2023 · 21 min
In honor of International Podcast Day, we talk about all the ways that listening to podcasts boosts our happiness—by making it easier and more fun to exercise, fall asleep, learn information, do chores, relieve anxiety, commute, and stay connected to others.
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Ep. 449: Make a Mindful Investment in Yourself, a Hack for Falling Asleep, and Fun with Pop-Tarts
27 september 2023 · 34 min
We discuss why making a mindful investment in ourselves is a good way to spend
our time, energy, and money. We also suggest a hack for falling asleep more
easily, and we tackle a listener’s question about a messy adult son who has
moved back home. Plus, we talk about the nostalgia we felt when we shared a
frosted cherry Pop-Tart—fun with the five senses!
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Little Happier: What’s the Real Lesson from the Tortoise and the Hare? It’s Not What You Think
25 september 2023 · 4 min
The familiar fable of “The Tortoise and the Hare” offers many possible lessons, and the most common moral—“Slow and steady wins the race”--actually isn’t the most apt.
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Ep. 448: Start Your 100 Day Countdown, Try the Library, and a Deep Dive into Issues for Rebels and School: ADHD & College
20 september 2023 · 31 min
There are 100 days left until the end of the year, so if something needs to get
done, start the countdown! We also read a listener’s suggestion for another
reason to visit your local library, and we take a deep dive into listeners’ responses
to two listener questions related to Rebels and school: How to help a Rebel child
with ADHD, and how to help a Rebel child succeed when starting college.
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Little Happier: Do You Like the Idea of a “Happiness Project”—or Does It Remind You of Homework?
18 september 2023 · 3 min
Our attitude toward a habit or an activity can be dramatically changed by the words we use to describe it. I love the idea of a “happiness project,” but to some people, that sounds too much like homework.
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More Happier: A Case of Obliger-Rebellion, Advice About Waking Up a Child, and Do Spoilers Spoil Stories?
16 september 2023 · 29 min
A Case of Obliger-Rebellion, Advice About Waking Up a Child, and Do Spoilers Spoil Stories?
We talk about Elizabeth’s rare episode of Obliger-rebellion (spoiler: it involved a box of chocolates) and about advice for helping children get themselves out of bed in the morning. Speaking of spoilers, we discuss surprising research, and our own views, about whether spoilers spoil stories.
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Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. Lees meerTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
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Ep. 447: Give a Meaningful Compliment, Protect Your Privacy, and What’s the Least-You Thing You Do?
13 september 2023 · 30 min
We talk about why we should pay someone a meaningful complement, and we
share many wonderful, moving compliments received by listeners. We also
highlight a quick, easy hack that can protect your digital privacy and discuss an
amusing (and also enlightening) know-yourself-better question.
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Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. Lees meerTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
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Little Happier: Opportunity Cost and Abstainers: A New Term Can Help Us See the World in a New Way
11 september 2023 · 4 min
New terms allow us to understand the world in a deeper way. Opportunity cost, abstainers vs. moderators, finishers vs. openers—sometimes, having the right vocabulary helps us see more clearly.
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Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. Lees meerTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
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Ep. 446: Re-Think Our Daily Routine, Recognize the Warning Signs of Obliger-Rebellion, and a Back-to-School Demerit
6 september 2023 · 32 min
We talk about why it’s a good idea to re-examine our personal, work, and family
routines to look for opportunities to improve. We also discuss how Obligers can
recognize when they’re entering the state of Obliger-rebellion, and we answer a
listener question about our reading habits.
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Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. Lees meerTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
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Little Happier: As an Upholder, I Needed an Obliger Friend to Tell Me the Right Thing to Do
4 september 2023 · 7 min
During the covid period, my daughter Eliza returned to live on campus for her final semester of college. She was told to pack lightly, and as an Upholder, I took that to mean that she should pack very, very lightly. But an Obliger friend had a wiser approach.
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More Happier: The Anniversary of a Favorite Book, a Lesson in Standing Up, and the Joy of Clearing Clutter
2 september 2023 · 25 min
We talk about the eleventh anniversary of “Happier at Home,” which is Elizabeth’s favorite book written by Gretchen. We also discuss a lesson in standing up for yourself, and about the energy that comes from getting rid of clutter.
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Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. Lees meerTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
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Ep. 445: Have a Happier Labor Day, Nominate Someone, and Manage the Line Between Work and Leisure
30 augustus 2023 · 34 min
We reflect on two questions that can help us make our work lives happier, more
productive, and more creative. We also talk about why it’s a good idea to
nominate people for awards, and how to manage the breakdown of the line
between work time and leisure time.
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Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. Lees meerTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
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Little Happier: When Do We Say “I’m Finished” and When Do We Say “I Can Still Make It Better?”
28 augustus 2023 · 6 min
A story from the life of writer Shirley Hazzard illustrates the conundrum: When do we think, “It can still be better,” and when do we decide, “It’s finished?”
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Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. Lees meerTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
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