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Happier - Ep. 359: We Reveal our “22 in 2022” Lists! Plus a Way to Ship Items More Securely.
Episode 359
We reveal our “22 for 2022” lists, and we share a simple hack for shipping items more securely.
Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; podcast…
4 years, 9 months ago
Little Happier: If You Don’t Know the Answer, Don’t Ask the Question
A thought-provoking collection of proverbs from the legal profession offers wisdom even to people who aren’t lawyers.
Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; po…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 358: Choose Your One-Word Theme for 2022 (We Reveal Ours). What Habit Loopholes Do You Use? Plus a Hack for Curiousity.
Episode 358
We discuss our experience with our one-word themes for 2021 and reveal our one-word themes for 2022. A listener suggests a terrific, easy hack for cu…
4 years, 10 months ago
Little Happier: Why It’s Okay to Be Boring
A passage from Karl Ove Knausgaard’s autobiographical novel My Struggle reminded me of my own family’s practice of “update.” The fact is, if we want …
4 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 357: We Reveal the Yearly Challenge to “[Fill in the Blank] 22 in 2022.” Plus We Announce a Big Change to the Podcast.
Episode 357
Following on our challenges to “Walk 20 in 2020” and “Read 21 in 2021,” we reveal our (excellent) yearly challenge for 2022. Plus we make a big annou…
4 years, 10 months ago
Little Happier: An Ancient Story Gave Me a New Appreciation for the Beauty of Trees
A thought-provoking story from ancient times, in The Histories of Herodotus, gave me more appreciation for the beauty of trees.
Get in touch: @gretche…
4 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 356: We Review Our “21 for 21” Lists. Do You Have Foreground and Background Senses? Plus Some Easy Holiday Hacks.
Episode 356
We review our “21 for 21” lists to see how we did, and we discuss some easy, fun holiday hacks. Plus we ask listeners a question: “With your five sen…
4 years, 10 months ago
Little Happier: Do You Feel Like a Real Grown-Up? I Don’t.
On a trip to a department store, I told my husband, “We’ll buy the nice towels when we’re really grown up”—but we are grown up. I remind myself: This…
4 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 355: Talk to Yourself by Name. Make a “To Don’t” List. How to Resist Over-Buying.
Episode 355
We talk about why it’s helpful to talk to yourself in the third person, a listener suggests the hack of making a “To Don’t” list, and we do a deep di…
4 years, 10 months ago
Little Happier: I Appreciate Anything That Helps Me to Pay Attention
A visit to an art gallery reminds me that it’s our listening that makes a conversation important; it's our vision that makes a masterpiece; it's our …
4 years, 10 months ago