Ep. 439: Suggest the Default Option, Skip a Year of an Activity You Enjoy, and More Everyday Luxuries

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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We talk about how we can make planning easier by suggesting the default option of time and place when coordinating with other people. We also discuss the suggestion to skip a year of an enjoyable activity, if it starts to feel onerous, as a way to keep it fun. Plus we review even more everyday luxuries suggested by listeners. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin on YouTube @GretchenRubin on TikTok @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft on Instagram @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft on Threads 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/439 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	This show is sponsored by BetterHelp.
0:04.0	Sometimes in life, we're faced with tough choices and the path forward isn't always clear.
0:10.4	I know in my career, the path forward is often not clear.
0:15.0	It can be extremely murky, in fact, and what helps me is therapy,
0:20.8	because it allows me to talk out my different choices to see a clear path,
0:25.8	and then even more important follow through on a clear path,
0:29.8	which can be difficult to do if I'm just ruminating in my own head.
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0:53.8	Visit BetterHelp.com slash Gretchen Rubin today to get 10% off your first month.
1:00.8	That's BetterHelpHELP.com slash Gretchen Rubin.
1:08.8	Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about how to be Happier.
1:13.8	This week we'll talk about why you might suggest the default option
1:18.8	and we'll talk about a way to handle the common happiness-dumbling block
1:23.8	of just not enjoying something that you use to enjoy.
1:39.8	I'm Gretchen Rubin, writer and new studies happiness, the five senses human nature.
1:43.8	I'm in my little studio in New York City,
1:46.8	and joining me today from Los Angeles is my sister, Elizabeth Kraft, my sister, the sage.
1:51.8	That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer, living in LA.
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