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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

EP. 330: Very Special Episode: Best Advice for Recent College Graduates, for Career, Finance, Roommates, and a Warning About Drift

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Listeners contributed their best advice for people graduating from college, in areas including job search, finances, roommates, and life, and we also explore the dangers of “drift.” 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/330 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we discuss cutting edge science, the wisdom

0:05.5

of the ages, lessons from pop culture, and our own experiences, and the experiences of

0:10.8

our listeners about how to be happier.

0:13.8

This week is episode 330, so like all 10th episodes, this is a very special episode.

0:20.2

And we will talk about the best advice for recent college graduates, because my daughter

0:25.2

Eliza just graduated from college, so this is inspired by her.

0:32.2

I'm Gretchen Rybinent, writer and study of happiness, good habit in human nature.

0:45.1

I'm still right here in my home office in New York City, and joining me today from LA

0:50.3

is my sister-listen craft.

0:51.8

That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and Gretchen, I feel lucky

0:57.2

because I just got to see Eliza.

0:59.9

She came to LA and she stayed with us for a night, and that was wonderful.

1:04.5

It's so wonderful to be traveling again.

1:06.7

I know.

1:07.7

And before we launch into advice, a few updates.

1:11.9

One is thank you to all the listeners who sent in suggestions about ideas for doing

1:17.3

sunblocking that is not sunscreen, and I have ordered a shirt and pants from Kool-Abor,

1:24.9

which was a brand many people mentioned.

1:26.8

I got a hat from Sunshade, and I got sports sleeves from shiny mode.

1:31.8

I have never really used sports sleeves before, so I'm intrigued.

1:35.8

I will report back on how that's if you're wearing a short sleeve shirt.

1:40.6

Oh, I can't even do here.

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