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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 290: Very Special Episode: An Extravaganza of Hacks! Hacks for Relationships, Productivity, Pandemic, Clutter, Travel, and More

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this Very Special Episode, we present an extravaganza of listeners’ simple, concrete hacks that can help us make our lives happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative. 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/290 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 about how to be happier from the big things to the

0:06.1

very small things.

0:08.1

This week is episode 290 and as with every 10th episode, this is a very special episode

0:13.1

because everyone loves a great hack, we decided to do an all hack extravaganza.

0:30.5

I'm Greta Rubin at Writer Who's Studies, Happiness Good Habits in Human Nature.

0:34.5

I am in New York City in my home office surrounded by pillows and blankets to create better sound

0:40.8

and with me is my sister, Elizabeth Kraft, who contributed a hack herself to our

0:45.2

corticopia of hack.

0:46.6

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

0:52.4

We're just thinking someday we should do like a hackathon where we go on Instagram.

0:57.7

Yes.

0:58.7

Talk about hacks for like 12 hours.

1:01.6

Yeah, like 24 hour hackathon.

1:04.6

Remember, we have announced our next book, Club Pick, go out, get your book.

1:10.6

It is the brilliant novel, Transcendent Kingdom by Yajesi.

1:15.9

She's also well known for her book, Homegoing, which created a big splash.

1:18.9

So if you're at Homegoing, this is her second book.

1:21.4

Start reading, send in your questions in your comments.

1:23.6

We will be talking to Yajesi in October.

1:26.5

Cannot wait for that.

1:27.5

Yes.

1:28.5

So let's launch into the hacks.

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