Ep. 275: Choose a Magic Number, How an Ironing Board Can Make Working from Home Easier, and a Pandemic-Time Question to Ask Yourself

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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We discuss why you might want to choose a magic number, how an ironing board can help you work more comfortably from home, and explore a know-yourself-better question for pandemic 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/275 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, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. 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	This show is sponsored by Better Help.
0:03.6	It's so easy to get caught up in whatever everyone else needs from you and never take a moment to think about what you need from yourself.
0:12.0	I know when I'm show running, the last thing I'm thinking about usually is me.
0:15.8	I'm thinking about all the things I need to do and people I need to please.
0:19.3	But when we spend all of our time giving, it can leave us feeling stretched thin and burned out.
0:25.2	And in those times therapy can be so helpful so you get back in touch with yourself and know what you need to do to thrive.
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0:49.2	Visit BetterHelp.com slash Gretchen Rubin today to get 10% off your first month.
0:54.7	That's BetterHelpHELP.com slash Gretchen Rubin.
1:01.2	Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast that gives you strategies and solutions for making your life happier.
1:07.2	This week we'll talk about why you might choose a magic number and we have a hack to help if you're working from home.
1:25.7	I'm Gretchen Rubin, writer whose studies happiness, good habits and human nature.
1:29.7	I am coming to you from my cozy home office in New York City and with me is my sister Elizabeth Kraft, my sister the sage.
1:37.7	That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA and I'm in my home office too.
1:43.7	Surprise, surprise.
1:45.7	I think I know where I'm going to find you these days.
1:47.7	Well we are so excited before we jump in with a few announcements.
1:51.7	First of all, we won the Webby Award.
1:54.7	Thank you to all the listeners and readers and viewers who voted for us.
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