Ep. 332: We Review Our “21 for 2021” Lists to Consider What We’ve Done (or Not) and Discuss a Happiness Hack for Managing Anxiety.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The year is hitting the half-way mark, so we review our “21 for 2021” lists to mark our progress (and lack of progress). We also review a hack for clearing the mind, and Elizabeth gets both a demerit and a gold star related to work. 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/332 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 strategies and tips for how to build
0:06.4	happier habits into our daily lives based on science, observation and our own experiences.
0:12.4	This week we'll talk about reviewing our 21 for 21 lists because we're about midway
0:17.4	through 2021 and I will suggest a hack that comes from my daughter Eleanor about how to
0:23.6	calm the mind.
0:37.3	I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer whose studies happiness, good habits in human nature.
0:41.2	Usually I am in my home office in New York City but today I am in Kansas City in my
0:46.5	parents laundry room.
0:48.4	And joining me from LA is my sister Elizabeth Kraft.
0:51.6	That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA and Gretchen.
0:56.0	Oh, I wish I was in Kansas City with you but I'm going soon.
0:59.2	I cannot wait.
1:00.2	Yes, we went to in steps the first day.
1:02.5	I know you'll be there soon.
1:04.5	And I've never recorded in the laundry room before our mother walked in and said I looked
1:08.7	like I'd been playing forts because I have surrounded myself as pillows.
1:14.6	And a few updates.
1:15.6	Here in Kansas City we were watching the Netflix TV show called Midnight Diner Tokyo Stories
1:21.1	which I highly recommend.
1:22.7	It's about a little diner in Tokyo that's open from midnight until 7 a.m.
1:27.2	And after we watched it, Eliza and Eleanor became seized with the desire to make soba noodles.
1:32.4	And Elizabeth, this is just like what we discussed in episode 328 about eat something you saw
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