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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 168: ”Remember, This Is Supposed to Be Fun”

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Why you might remind yourself, “Remember, this is supposed to be fun,” two podcast-related hacks to help you fall asleep, and why it’s useful to think about whether you enjoy talking shop. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; podcast@gretchenrubin; happiercast.com/168; 774-277-9336. 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

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we discuss, you guessed it, how to be

0:05.8

happier.

0:06.9

This week we'll talk about why you should remind yourself, remember this is supposed to

0:11.3

be fun and we have two hacks to try if you have trouble falling asleep.

0:24.8

I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer whose studies happiness, good habits in human nature.

0:28.5

I'm in New York City and with me is my sister, Elizabeth Kraft and Elizabeth I know you

0:32.1

have been having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep recently.

0:36.4

That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA and yes Gretchen when I'm

0:42.4

stressed I tend to not sleep well.

0:44.8

I think I share that with millions and millions and hundreds of millions of people.

0:50.2

Major happiness, humbling block.

0:52.6

Elizabeth, very exciting for our very special episode 170 which is coming up in a few weeks.

0:59.9

We're going to give an update on how we're doing with our 18 for 2018 lists.

1:07.5

We have some progress to report, some lack of progress to report, at least on my side.

1:12.0

Maybe you can have a spur of energy knowing that 170 is coming up and then we're going

1:16.6

to have to report.

1:17.6

But we want to hear from listeners.

1:19.9

Yes, how has 18 for 2018 worked for you?

1:24.0

What have you done?

1:25.0

What's not getting done?

1:26.4

Any observations, examples?

1:29.0

We'd love great before and after stories.

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