“Bonus: Commencement Address Given by Gretchen Rubin: Five Essential Paradoxes for a Happy Life”

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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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. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin on YouTube @GretchenRubin on TikTok @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft on Instagram Get the podcast show notes by email every week: happiercast.com/shownotes Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest book Life in Five Senses to see how she discovered a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. Now available - order here. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. 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. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a bonus episode of the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast.
0:08.6	Recently, I was thrilled to be asked to give the commencement address for my daughter
0:13.2	Eleanor's high school graduation.
0:15.4	I'm worried that Eleanor might not be enthusiastic about this development and I was surprised
0:21.4	and gratified that she was pleased.
0:25.1	In writing this commencement address, I wanted to explore transcendent themes and I did.
0:31.4	But I also have a very practical side to my nature.
0:34.3	And without quite meaning to do it, I wrote two commencement addresses, the profound
0:39.9	and the practical.
0:41.8	In a moment, you'll hear the version I delivered in June 2023 about five essential paradoxes
0:48.6	for happiness.
0:50.8	One note, so the conclusion makes sense, the school song begins with the line, we go
0:56.6	forth unafraid, strong with love and strong with learning.
1:01.4	And the song's final line is, here we have learned to go forth unafraid.
1:07.1	You'll hear me refer to those lines in the conclusion.
1:10.6	If you'd like to read or print the commencement address, I'll post it in an article on GretchenRubin.com.
1:17.2	I'll also post a link to the practical commencement address that I did not deliver.
1:23.5	Here it is.
1:25.7	This year's commencement speaker GretchenRubin started her career in law.
1:30.0	While clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, she realized she really
1:34.1	wanted to be a writer.
1:36.2	She went on to become a highly acclaimed writer, known for her ability to distill and convey
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