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Podcast 109: Pay Attention to the Light, a Fun April Fool’s Tradition, and a...
It’s time for the next installment of Happier with Gretchen Rubin. Update: My daughter Eliza turns 18 years old! Unbelievable. If you want to listen to Eliza Starting at 16, it’s here; if you want to...
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Do You Pull April Fool’s Day Pranks? I Pranked My Daughters–But Not for Long.
In The Happiness Project, I write about one of my favorite resolutions — to celebrate minor holidays — and Elizabeth and I have also talked about this a few times on the Happier podcast. I’ve been...
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A Little Happier: One of the Worst Ways to Waste Time Is to ____.
One of my favorite things to do is to help my sister Elizabeth clear clutter. (If you want to listen to my all-time favorite episode, Very Special Episode 10, recorded from inside Elizabeth’s...
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Podcast 118: Design Your Summer (Again), Start a Podcast Club — and Are You...
Update: Elizabeth’s new podcast with her writing partner Sarah Fain — Happier in Hollywood — has launched! Very exciting. Listen, rate, review, tell your friends, tune in tomorrow to listen to episode...
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Some Thoughts on My Daughter’s High School Graduation: Go Forth Unafraid.
Yesterday, my daughter graduated from high school. It was a bittersweet afternoon. Happy, because it’s satisfying to think of the work that she’s done, sweet because it’s great to see the friends she’s...
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“Sometimes I Dream About Him When He Was Younger, and I Remember It with Such...
“I also can still see many of Sam’s ages in him. New parents grieve as their babies get bigger, because they cannot imagine the child will ever be so heartbreakingly cute and needy again. Sam is a...
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What’s Your Most Fruitful Time for Thinking?
“Some of the most fruitful thinking times are when I wake after sleeping a few hours, and in the seamless time when nothing needs to be done, not even getting up, I meditate.” –May Sarton, Journal of a...
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Podcast 129: September Is the Other January, the Fun of Post-It Notes, and...
Update: I’m excited because my new book, The Four Tendencies, hits the shelves in just 34 days. So close, and yet so far! Elizabeth and I are considering planning a meet-up with listeners and readers...
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Podcast 131: Do 10 Jumping Jacks, an Easy Way to Stay Off Your Device–and...
Update: I’m excited because my new book, The Four Tendencies, hits the shelves in just 19 days. I’m looking forward to heading to Los Angeles, and many other cities, on my book tour. Info here if you’d...
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Some Thoughts on Happiness After Dropping Off My Daughter at College.
This was a big week in the life of my family: my older daughter Eliza has gone off to college. In her case, she did a pre-program, where she went hiking in New Hampshire with a small group of other...
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