Ep. 278: Why We Should Do Something, and a Conversation with Sofy Solomon about Lessons from Safer-at-Home in a Childhood Bedroom--and How to Make Systems More Just.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Why we should do something, a hack for measurement, and a conversation with Sofy Solomon about what we can learn about ourselves from spending time in our childhood bedrooms—and why we should treat our budgets as a moral document. 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/278 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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0:29.6	Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast about how to be happier.
0:35.7	This week we'll talk about why you should do something and we'll talk to my friend Sophie
0:39.5	Solomon about what she's learned about herself from staying safe at home in her childhood
0:44.1	bedroom and why you should treat your budget as your moral document.
0:56.2	I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits, and human nature.
1:04.4	I am in my home office in New York City and with me is my sister Elizabeth Kraft.
1:10.0	That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA and Gretchen, my childhood
1:15.6	bedroom would reveal a passion for loose sight.
1:19.1	I love loose sight.
1:21.0	I remember that stage.
1:22.4	Yes.
1:23.4	I remember the loose sight.
1:24.5	Before we jump in we want to remind everybody that we will be talking about the Dutch house,
1:28.8	the brilliant novel by Ann Patchett in July.
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