Ep. 287: Steer Clear of Quicksand, Beware of Catastrophizing, a Whimsical Hack, and a Spotlight on Baratunde Thurston

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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We discuss why you should steer clear of quicksand, beware of the happiness stumbling block of “catastrophizing,” suggest an affordable, whimsical hack, and shine a spotlight on Baratunde Thurston. 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/287 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	Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we discuss cutting edge science, the wisdom
0:05.6	of the ages, lessons from pop culture and our own experiences about how to be happier.
0:10.5	This week we'll talk about why you should steer clear of quicksand and we pass along
0:14.8	a very whimsical and fun hack from a listener.
0:30.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin at Ryder News Studies Happiness Good Habits in Human Nature.
0:34.0	I am still in my home office in New York City and with me is my sister Liz Smith Kraft and
0:39.5	Lizzie's although I talk to you often, I realize I haven't seen you since December.
0:44.7	That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA and yeah Gretchen, I'm
0:49.6	so glad we toured when we did because we got to spend so much time together.
0:54.7	Hi the way Gretchen, although it makes me happy to have our house get all fixed up, it
0:59.8	does not make me happy that I have a lot of noise behind me right now.
1:03.6	So I apologize if you hear some noise.
1:06.6	Hey, it's we're rolling with it.
1:09.1	This is 2020.
1:11.1	Yeah, 2020.
1:12.1	Speaking of 2020, I have to mention a mask that I saw because I really am loving how people
1:17.9	are now getting created with work masks and I am a huge game of Throne Span, the books
1:22.9	and the TV show of course.
1:25.0	And I saw what is right now my favorite mask, which was a black mask that in the game of
1:30.6	Throne Span, which is very distinctive, it said not today.
1:36.3	Because remember one of the characters says, what do we say to the God of death, not
1:40.8	today and it kind of repeats throughout.
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