Ep. 358: Choose Your One-Word Theme for 2022 (We Reveal Ours). What Habit Loopholes Do You Use? Plus a Hack for Curiousity.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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We discuss our experience with our one-word themes for 2021 and reveal our one-word themes for 2022. A listener suggests a terrific, easy hack for curious people, and we pose the know-yourself-better question: “Of the 10 categories of habit loopholes, which ones do you invoke?” 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/358 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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0:00.0	Many of us are already planning our New Year's resolutions to work out more in 2023.
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0:32.5	Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we discuss cutting-edge science,
0:36.5	the wisdom of the ages, lessons from pop culture, and our own experiences and how to be happier.
0:42.5	This week we'll talk about why you might consider choosing a one-word theme for 2022.
0:47.6	Guess it is almost 2022. And we will reveal our own choices for the year.
0:53.6	Plus, we'll talk about a know-yourself-better question.
0:56.7	What habit-loop holes do you tend to invoke?
1:12.4	I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer whose studies happiness, good habits, and human nature.
1:16.2	I am back in my cozy little home office in New York City,
1:19.8	and joining me today from LA is my sister Elizabeth Kraft. Happy New Year, Elizabeth.
1:25.2	Happy New Year. That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer, living in LA.
1:30.8	And Gretchen, I'm hoping 22 is the year that jettison's us all into a wonderful
1:38.4	worry-free future. Yes. A happy year you in 2022. Yes.
1:44.0	Well, I have to say that today is a special day for me. December 29th is the 12th
1:49.6	anniversary of the publication of the Happiness Project. Wow.
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