Ep. 356: We Review Our “21 for 21” Lists. Do You Have Foreground and Background Senses? Plus Some Easy Holiday Hacks.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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We review our “21 for 21” lists to see how we did, and we discuss some easy, fun holiday hacks. Plus we ask listeners a question: “With your five senses, do you have foreground and background senses?” 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/356 Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors Want to be happier in 2022? Order Gretchen Rubin’s book The Happiness Project to see how she approached the question, “How can I be happier?” and start a Happiness Project of your own. 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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0:32.8	Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we discuss strategies and tips for how to build happier habits into our daily lives.
0:39.8	This week, we will review how we did on our 21 for 21 lists and will offer a holiday hack from a listener about a fun easy way to hold on to happy holiday memories.
1:03.0	I'm Gretchen Reuben, a writer whose studies happiness good habits and human nature.
1:06.8	I'm in New York City and joining me today from LA is my sister, Elizabeth Kraft.
1:10.6	And Elizabeth, I just saw you in LA last week.
1:13.7	Yes, that's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA.
1:18.1	And Gretchen, I'm going to see you again soon in Kansas City.
1:21.0	Yes, we're going to hit Wednesday's hard and right, right away.
1:24.0	Oh, yeah.
1:25.1	So before we launch in to our 21 for 21 lists, we have a couple updates.
1:30.4	Now, Elizabeth, I am just fascinated by all these wrinkles that people add to the idea of personalization.
1:36.4	It turns out this is a very nuanced concept.
1:39.2	We talked about it most recently in episode 353 in our happier gift guide.
1:43.6	Yes, and this comes from Megan, she says, I would love to offer a different opinion on personalized gifts or at least something for others to consider.
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