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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 436: We Use Halfway Day to Report on How We’re Doing on Our Aims for 2023: the “Happier Trifecta”

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

We use Halfway Day as a catalyst to reflect on how we’re doing with our aims for 2023. Each year, we choose a one-word theme, make a list of “23 in 2023” things we want to accomplish, and give ourselves an annual challenge, such as “Go Outside 23 in ’23”—a trifold approach that we’ve now dubbed the “Happier Trifecta.” Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin on YouTube @GretchenRubin on TikTok @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft on Instagram Get the podcast show notes by email every week: happiercast.com/shownotes Get the resources and all links related to this episode here: http://happiercast.com/436 Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest book Life in Five Senses to see how she discovered a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. Now available - order here. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.  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— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. 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

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0:29.7

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about ideas for how to be happier.

0:38.8

This week we'll talk about why it's a good idea to use halfway day to reflect on our

0:43.1

aims for 2023 so far and we will announce a new term for this effort and we'll report

0:49.6

on how we are doing with our aims ourselves.

0:52.6

That's the 23 and 23 list, the annual challenge and the one word theme.

0:59.6

I'm Gretchen Rubin at Writer's Studies Happiness, the five senses human nature.

1:14.2

I'm in New York City and joining me today from LA is my sister Elizabeth Kraft.

1:18.4

That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer of Living in LA and Gretchen.

1:23.1

I've done better than most years on my list.

1:26.4

Oh, okay.

1:27.4

But before we jump in, we've got a couple of updates from listeners.

1:32.0

Yes, Julie says, I'm writing to enthusiastically endorse the insight of a listener who shared

1:38.0

thoughts of the Rebel Father in episode 433.

1:42.3

Two of my three children of Rebels and I have figured out that Rebels do not like witnesses.

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