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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 271: Make Lists to Make Memories, an Easy Way to Make Zoom Meetings More Fun, and a Discussion about Meditation with Dan Harris of 10% Happier.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

We discuss why you might make lists to make memories, we talk about a fun, easy way to enliven Zoom meetings, and Dan Harris of 10% Happier explains how and why meditation can be helpful during these tough times. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; [email protected] Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Get the resources and all links related to this episode here: http://happiercast.com/271 Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors. 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—Do The Thing, Side Hustle School, and Happier in Hollywood. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! 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 that's all about how to be as happy as we can be

0:06.0

under the circumstances.

0:08.0

This week we'll talk about why you might make a list to make memories, and we'll talk

0:12.2

to our friend Meditation Expert Dan Harris of 10% Happier.

0:28.8

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

0:32.8

Usually I'm recording this in a studio in Midtown Manhattan, but right now I'm recording

0:36.9

at my desk in my home office on the every side, and with me is my sister, Lysif Kraft.

0:42.6

That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA.

0:48.5

And Gretchen, I'm safe for at home, so here I am in my office.

0:54.1

Here we are.

0:55.2

Now, Lysif, before we jump into this week's episode, we wanted to let everybody know,

0:59.8

if they don't already know, that every weekday, Monday through Friday, we are having our coping

1:05.5

with COVID-19 conversations on Instagram live.

1:10.9

Yes, and it gives me a reason to wear lipstick every day.

1:14.8

So it's a great full forehead, Gretchen.

1:17.0

Yes, yes, every day, 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific, we get on there, we talk about tips

1:23.4

and solutions and strategies, we have a virtual book group that we're doing.

1:27.5

Lysif, you were the one behind our next book choice.

1:30.6

Yes, which is David Sideris' Me Talk Pretty One Day.

1:34.9

Yeah, yeah.

1:35.5

So for the happier podcast book club, but it's for the Instagram Live book club.

1:41.4

And so anyway, it's a really great place to have a little bit of conversation in the middle

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