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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 417: Celebrate “Determination Day,” Start a No-Homework Book Club, and Go Outside--or Read About It

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.713.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

We talk about the fact that while most people have given up their New Year’s resolutions by February 28, we can celebrate that day as “Determination Day” to stay engaged with our aims. A listener explains how to start a “no-homework book club,” and listeners suggest great books to read about the outdoors, as well as ways to make it easier to go #Outside23in23. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; podcast@gretchenrubin.com 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/417 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

One thing that a lot of people experience when they're starting something new or starting with a new fitness goal is after the

0:06.8

Initial births of excitement. It's hard to keep it up and

0:11.4

Peloton classes are a fun and motivational workout that just work differently from other workouts

0:16.8

It helps people stick to it

0:19.0

Jamie and Eliza both love peloton

0:22.3

They do the classes all the time and they find that it really gets them excited to exercise and while everybody knows about the bikes

0:29.0

They're also treadmills plus tons of classes like yoga strength training high intensity interval training boxing

0:37.3

Anything you want and there's fitness for all levels if you're new to working out or a veteran at the gym

0:43.8

Peloton can help you reach your goals

0:46.7

Try peloton risk-free with a 30-day home trial new members only not available in remote locations

0:54.8

See additional terms at one peloton dot com slash home dash trial

1:01.1

That's one peloton dot com slash home dash trial

1:09.7

Hello and welcome to happier a podcast where we discuss cutting edge science the wisdom of the ages

1:15.1

Lessons from pop culture and our own experiences about how to be happier

1:19.1

This week we'll talk about why we might celebrate determination day and we'll share listeners suggestions for go outside

1:27.7

23-23 which also includes recommendations of great books to read to get you in an outdoor mood

1:34.9

I'm

1:46.9

I'm gritchie Rubin a writer who studies happiness good habits the five senses human nature

1:52.1

I'm in my little home office here in New York City and joining me today from Los Angeles is my sister Elizabeth Kraft

1:58.9

My sister the sage

2:00.9

That's me Elizabeth Kraft a TV writer and producer living in LA and brec I definitely prefer my sister the sage to my sister the happiness

2:09.4

Skinny pig I love you and all of your

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