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Ep. 444: Benefit from Tools You Already Use, a Gift Idea, and Traditions for the Other “New Year”
23 augustus 2023 · 24 min
We talk about why and how we might try to get more benefit from a tool we
already use, and share an idea for a gift that’ very valuable to the recipient, but
doesn’t cost any money. We also share listeners’ traditions to prepare for the
other “new year” of September.
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Little Happier: A Story About a Man Who Couldn’t Resist Tempting Food—Until He Could
21 augustus 2023 · 5 min
I never forgot a story I read about a man and his eating habits, and how it illustrated an essential lesson: What we think is not possible may be possible, through the power of an idea.
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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: A Surprising Benefit of Daily Visits to the Met, a Funny Sign from the Hollywood Picket Line, and a Same-Day Book
19 augustus 2023 · 23 min
We talk about how making daily visits to the Metropolitan Museum have had unintended consequences. We also discuss a funny sign from the Hollywood picket line that plays on a famous scene from “Mad Men,” and how there’s a special pleasure in starting and finishing a book in a single day.
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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. 443: Clear the Decks! We Try Something New to Get Ready for September, the Other New Year
16 augustus 2023 · 30 min
We’re trying something new for this episode: a fun “Clear the Decks” exercise.
This time, e’re using it to help prepare to return to the usual routines after the
summer, but it can be used any time we need to gear up for a change or
challenge.
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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: Have You Ever Walked Along a Desire Path?
14 augustus 2023 · 4 min
As we go through our days, we can look for “desire paths”—the natural paths that emerge as we try to find the quickest and easiest way to get where we’re going.
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Ep. 442: Take Over a Disliked Task, Check Your Passport, and When Not to Do Something for the First Time
9 augustus 2023 · 24 min
We talk about why we might take over a task that someone else particularly
dislikes. We also mention that it’s a good idea to check passport expiration dates,
and when it’s a bad idea to do or try something for the first 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: You’re a Jerk, and I’m a Responsible Parent
7 augustus 2023 · 4 min
Listening to the “Office Ladies” podcast reminds me of the psychological phenomenon of the fundamental attribution error. Both of which are good reminders not to judge others too quickly.
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More Happier: How to Create Connections (Or, Butter People Up), Great TV, and Fun with the Five Senses
5 augustus 2023 · 24 min
We talk about research into how people successfully flatter others, and how those insights can help us to build strong connections in our own relationships. We also talk about the fun TV show “Claim to Fame” and insights from the fun “What’s Your Neglected Sense?” quiz.
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Ep. 441: Escape Your Taste, an Easy Way to Remember Hard Names, and New Metaphors for “Empty Nest”
2 augustus 2023 · 26 min
We talk about how we can boost our happiness by escaping from our own taste.
We also suggest an easy way to make it easier to remember challenging names,
and share the many terrific metaphors that listeners suggested as alternatives to
the “empty nest.”
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Little Happier: I’m Going to Take This Thing Home, Because Otherwise Someone Else Might Steal It
31 juli 2023 · 4 min
Idaho ghost towns have a problem with vandalism, because people think, “I’ll take this home so someone else doesn't steal it." I felt the same impulse when I visited a little unsupervised library during college.
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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. 440: Very Special Episode: We Talk About Regret—Our Own Regrets and Listeners’ Regrets
26 juli 2023 · 34 min
In this Very Special Episode, we explore the subject of regret. We talk about the
most common categories of regrets and why reflecting on regret can help us
make our lives happier. We share some of our own regrets, and also listeners’
regrets.
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Little Happier: Would You Pay $500,000 for a Steve Jobs Paradox?
24 juli 2023 · 3 min
An amusing paradox arose in real life: Steve Jobs put his autograph on a letter to tell someone that he didn’t sign autographs. Sometimes, in the process of saying we won’t do something, we do it.
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More Happier: The Silver Lining of Summer Camp, a Happiness Bully for Writing, and Not Getting Choked Up
22 juli 2023 · 25 min
We talk about the silver lining of having a child away at summer camp. We also discuss how a happiness bully might “encourage” someone to work on their novel, and how to avoid choking up while giving a commencement address.
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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. 439: Suggest the Default Option, Skip a Year of an Activity You Enjoy, and More Everyday Luxuries
19 juli 2023 · 32 min
We talk about how we can make planning easier by suggesting the default option
of time and place when coordinating with other people. We also discuss the
suggestion to skip a year of an enjoyable activity, if it starts to feel onerous, as a
way to keep it fun. Plus we review even more everyday luxuries suggested by
listeners.
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Little Happier: Something Brilliant Came Out of My Mouth—Something I Didn’t Know I Knew
17 juli 2023 · 3 min
Looking at a ‘zine made by some friends decades ago made me realize an important truth—a truth I didn’t know that I knew.
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“Bonus: Commencement Address Given by Gretchen Rubin: Five Essential Paradoxes for a Happy Life”
15 juli 2023 · 18 min
In this bonus episode, listen to the commencement address I gave at my daughter’s Eleanor’s high-school graduation. To help the new graduates make sense of their experiences—both what they’ve experienced in the past and what they’ll experience in the future—I explore five essential paradoxes.
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Ep. 438: Act Like a Teenager, Pick Up Your Food in Person, and “Ask Us Anything” About Writing
12 juli 2023 · 34 min
We talk about how we can boost our happiness by acting like teenagers (the good aspects of being a teenager). We also share a suggestion from a listener about how to cut down on using meal-delivery apps, and we answer listeners’ questions about writing.
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Little Happier: Journalist Connie Chung Influenced a Generation—Without Realizing It
10 juli 2023 · 4 min
In the New York Times, Connie Wang wrote about why so many families had named their daughters “Connie”: In the journalist Connie Chung, they saw the qualities and opportunities they wanted for their own children.
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More Happier: More Strength and Stamina, a New Metaphor for “Empty Nest,” and an Easy Way to Keep a Journal
8 juli 2023 · 23 min
We talk about why and how we’re redoubling our efforts to work on our strength and stamina. We also try to figure out a better metaphor for the “empty nest,” and talk about a fun, easy way to keep a journal.
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Ep. 437: To Make a Good Connection, Talk More; Learn the Lesson of the Enron Corpus; and a Collection of Positive Trends
5 juli 2023 · 30 min
We talk about the fact that despite the widespread “reticence bias,” research suggests that we appear more likeable and interesting to a stranger when we talk more than half the time. We also discuss why it’s so important never to put anything in a text or email that we wouldn’t want to be made public, why it’s useful to eat before an important meeting, and share a terrific list of positive trends for which we can be grateful.
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Little Happier: The IKEA Effect, or How We Value Things According to What They Cost Us
3 juli 2023 · 4 min
As IKEA, instant cake mixes, and meal-kit delivery services demonstrate, we often value things according to how much they cost us—whether that’s in time, money, energy, or imagination.
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Ep. 436: We Use Halfway Day to Report on How We’re Doing on Our Aims for 2023: the “Happier Trifecta”
28 juni 2023 · 36 min
We use Halfway Day as a catalyst to reflect on how we’re doing with our aims for
2023. Each year, we choose a one-word theme, make a list of “23 in 2023” things
we want to accomplish, and give ourselves an annual challenge, such as “Go
Outside 23 in ’23”—a trifold approach that we’ve now dubbed the “Happier
Trifecta.”
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Little Happier: It Might Be Boring to Read About the “Land of Happy,” But It’s Probably a Nice Place to Live
26 juni 2023 · 5 min
People sometimes assume that happiness is boring—but as philosopher Simone Weil points out, while that may be true in literature, it’s not true in real life.
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More Happier: Two Pleasures of Summer, Breaking in My Feet (Not My Shoes), and Benefits of Going “On Pause”
24 juni 2023 · 24 min
We each explain a reason why summer is making us happier, why it’s important to break in our feet as well as our shoes, and why going “on pause” might be better than “stopping.” We also discuss the new “Five-Senses Journal” and how its design can to help us to become more mindful, more creative, more loving—and happier.
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Ep. 435: Start a New Habit on Vacation, Cultivate Everyday Luxuries, and Memorize Street Names
21 juni 2023 · 27 min
We discuss why it’s helpful to start a new habit while on vacation, and why taking
a few minutes to memorize key street names can make life easier for years to
come. We also talk about why cultivating everyday luxuries can help us become
happier and healthier, and we take a deep dive into listeners’ terrific examples of
their own everyday luxuries.
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Little Happier: Where Is Timbuktu?
19 juni 2023 · 4 min
A man in Timbuktu laughed when he heard that that people think of the place as being very far away.
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Ep. 434: Ways to Understand a Child Better, a Hack for Showing Love, & Eleanor Gives High-School Advice
14 juni 2023 · 36 min
We discuss ways to use the “Four Tendencies” personality profiles to communicate more effectively to the children in your life, whether as a parent,
teacher, or coach. We talk about an easy hack to show our loving concern for someone, and we interview graduating senior Eleanor Rubin about her advice for
other students navigating high school.
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Little Happier: Why Would a Sailor Decide Never to Learn to Swim?
12 juni 2023 · 4 min
A yachtsman refused to learn to swim, so that if ever found himself in the water, he’d cling to the wreckage—why?
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More Happier: The Happiness of Grabbing a Dishtowel, a Clutter-Clearing Triumph, and Getting Quality Screen Time
10 juni 2023 · 21 min
We talk about why having a dishtowel at the right moment brought me an irrational boost in happiness. We also discuss a suggestion for enjoying some quality screen time, and I share a moment when outer order gave me some much-needed inner calm.
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Ep. 433: A Surprising Way to Lift Your Mood, How to Decide Where to Move & Ideas for a Rebel Father
7 juni 2023 · 30 min
We discuss a counter-intuitive and creative way to boost our spirits, and talk
about a terrific hack for people who need to decide where to move. Also, we
share many listener suggestions about how to communicate effectively with a
Rebel father who won’t use his wheelchair or his medical-alert device.
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Little Happier: A Jammed Zipper Teaches an Important Happiness Lesson I learned a very useful lesson from a very ordinary situation.
5 juni 2023 · 4 min
If I’m complaining about a problem and asking other people to help me solve it, I should ask myself: Have I, myself, actually taken the time and energy to focus on the problem, to try to solve it?
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Ep. 432: Happier Podcast Book Club: Surprise! We Talk About How “Life in Five Senses” Makes Us Happier
31 mei 2023 · 39 min
Happier Podcast Book Club: We have a conversation about “Life in Five Senses”—abandoned titles, most
surprising lessons, material that was cut out, the origin of the “What’s Your Neglected Sense?” quiz, and
more.
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Little Happier: An Important Lesson from a Famous Illusionist and a Fake Gorilla
29 mei 2023 · 4 min
The famous “Monkey Business Illusion” video and the memoir of magician Darren Brown point to a similar conclusion: When we pay too much attention to something small, we may miss something big.
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More Happier: A Great Icebreaker Question, a Startling Realization About Where We Live, and How to Know When Work Is an Escape
27 mei 2023 · 23 min
We talk about a fun, thought-provoking question to pose when we’re trying to make conversation, we discuss an astonishing fact about where we each live, and share a useful framework to decide whether we’re taking refuge in work when we should be dealing with the challenges of personal life.
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Ep. 431: Design Your Summer, an Easy Hack to Have More Fun with Food, and a Talk on the Joy of Dressing
24 mei 2023 · 35 min
As we do each year, we consider how we plan to design our summer. We also
discuss a hack from a food-scientist listener about an easy way to have more fun
with the sense of taste, and we talk to Sarah LaFleur, founder and CEO of
M.M.LaFleur, about the pleasures of clothes.
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Little Happier: Which of the Five Senses Do People Most Often Neglect? The Answer Is Surprising.
22 mei 2023 · 6 min
Tens of thousands of people have now taken the “What’s Your Neglected Sense?” quiz. The results are unexpected.
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Ep. 430: Very Special Episode: Hacks, Hacks, and More Hacks for Making Entertaining Easier and More Fun
17 mei 2023 · 33 min
For this Very Special Episode, we discuss dozens of hacks for entertaining,
suggested by listeners and ourselves. We have suggestions and tips for making
tasks easier, lowering the bar, doing preparations efficiently, and generally having
more fun.
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Little Happier: Two Staircases in the Metropolitan Museum Illustrate a Profound Truth
15 mei 2023 · 5 min
During my daily visits to the Metropolitan Museum, I noticed something about staircases that underscored a truth I already knew: the same experience can be drastically changed by design, and even a subtle difference can have a dramatic consequence.
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More Happier: Elizabeth Talks About Being on Strike as a TV Writer and Reveals Her New Philosophy of Life
13 mei 2023 · 26 min
Elizabeth talks about the experience of being on strike as a Hollywood TV writer (and, relatedly, working on her new novel), and she also reveals her new insight about how she wants to live her life. Plus we discuss people’s enthusiastic responses to the “What’s Your Neglected Sense?” quiz.
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Ep. 429: Try the Strategy of Unpairing, an Easy Travel/Exercise Hack, and When to Push Out of a Comfort Zone
10 mei 2023 · 32 min
We talk about why and how we should try the Strategy of Unpairing when trying to change a habit. We also discuss an easy way to get more exercise while traveling, and how to know when to accept ourselves—and when to expect more from ourselves. Plus a listener asks for suggestions for dealing more effectively with a Rebel father who resists help.
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Little Happier: “What Famous Person Was Born on My Birthday?” “You Were.”
8 mei 2023 · 3 min
A conversation with Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor made me realize: it must be very odd to be a historic figure.
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Bonus! Hear an Excerpt from Gretchen Rubin’s New Book “Life in Five Senses.”
6 mei 2023 · 14 min
As a thank-you to “Happier with Gretchen Rubin” listeners, this bonus episode features an excerpt from the audiobook of Gretchen Rubin’s new book, “Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World.” Narrated by Gretchen Rubin.
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Ep. 428: Be a Source of Opportunity, Find Good Books to Read, and How to Cope with Difficult Family Dogs
3 mei 2023 · 29 min
We talk about how and why we should try to be a source of opportunity for
others. We also discuss listeners’ suggestions for how to deal with family
members who won’t control their dogs, as well how we get recommendations for
books to read. Plus we suggest new dates for the Calendar of Catalysts which are
based on the five senses.
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Little Happier: Am I Looking for My Wallet Where the Light Is Good, or Where I Dropped It?
1 mei 2023 · 4 min
An old joke illustrates an important truth: When we’re searching for a solution, it’s often tempting to look where we can see more clearly, rather than to look to look into obscurity—even if it’s more likely that we’ll find our answer there.
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More Happier: Hiking and Clutter-Clearing in L.A., a Secret of Great TV, and Personal Upgrades.
29 april 2023 · 24 min
During our recent time together in Los Angeles, we did many things that made us happy: hike, clear Elizabeth’s office, and drink lots of coffee. We also talk about a little-discussed explanation for why “Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul,” and “Mad Men” are such enjoyable TV shows, and about the ripple effect of a personal upgrade.
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Ep. 427: Do the Thing You’re Encouraging Someone Else to Do, a Networking Hack, and Finisher vs. Opener
26 april 2023 · 28 min
We talk about why, when we’re encouraging someone else to do something, we should consider doing it ourselves. We also discuss a hack to make networking easier, as well as the helpful know-yourself-better question: “Are you a finisher or an opener?”
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Little Happier: Queen Elizabeth II and Her Corgis Show That We Can Interpret the Same Situation in Different Ways
24 april 2023 · 4 min
A story about Queen Elizabeth II and her offer to feed her corgis illustrates how the same situation can be interpreted in different ways.
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Ep. 426: Tackle a Project by Considering the Five Senses, Enjoy More Luxury, and Hold Better Meetings
19 april 2023 · 33 min
We talk about why it’s useful to consider the five senses as we’re tackling a project or challenge—it’s a way to boost creativity and unlock ideas. We also discuss how we can heighten our appreciation for our five senses by using our non-dominant hand and by asking the know-yourself-better question, “What is luxury?”
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Little Happier: A Place from Childhood Haunts Stephen King’s Imagination
17 april 2023 · 4 min
In his terrific book On Writing, Stephen King recounts how a certain place from his childhood recurs repeatedly in his fiction, under different names.
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More Happier: How to Manage the Stress of Having a Book About to Hit the Shelves: Personal Mantras & Hacks
15 april 2023 · 32 min
Because the book “Life in Five Senses” is just a few days away from being published, we talk about ways to deal with the anxiety of putting a big piece of work out into the world—personal mantras, hacks, and strategies.
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