Ep. 319: Ask Yourself, “Do I Use It, Need It, Love It?”, Using the Return to Work as a “Clean Slate” for Habits, and Rebels Give Advice about the Rebel Who Won’t Read Emails

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

For those in the mood for spring cleaning, we suggest clearing clutter by asking “Do I use it, need it, love it?” We talk about April Fool’s Day pranks, ideas for using the return to the workplace as a “clean slate” for starting healthy habits, and hear from Rebels about how to deal with a Rebel teacher who won’t read school emails. 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/319 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 that gives you strategies and tips for how to build
0:05.2	happier habits into your daily life.
0:07.8	This week we'll talk about why we should consider our possessions and ask ourselves, do I use
0:13.1	it?
0:14.1	Do I need it?
0:15.1	Do I love it?
0:16.6	And we'll discuss some listeners answers to the listener question, how do I encourage
0:21.2	my rebel co-worker to read his important work related emails?
0:38.8	I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer whose studies happiness could have into human nature.
0:42.5	Yes, I am in my home office right here in New York City, and joining me today from LA
0:47.4	is my sister, Alicia Kraft.
0:48.9	And Elizabeth, right now I'm wearing a t-shirt that you gave me, a happiness t-shirt that
0:53.3	I both use and love.
0:55.2	I will take a picture and send it to you and I will post it in the show notes.
0:58.5	That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and Gretchenoa, I love
1:03.6	scouring the internet for a good t-shirt.
1:07.5	You like it, Thames?
1:08.5	Yes.
1:09.5	Yes.
1:10.5	So, before we launch in, happy Easter to everyone who's celebrating Easter, which is coming
1:15.0	up.
1:16.0	And Elizabeth, you have some exciting news.
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