Ep. 446: Re-Think Our Daily Routine, Recognize the Warning Signs of Obliger-Rebellion, and a Back-to-School Demerit

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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We talk about why it’s a good idea to re-examine our personal, work, and family routines to look for opportunities to improve. We also discuss how Obligers can recognize when they’re entering the state of Obliger-rebellion, and we answer a listener question about our reading habits. 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/446 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	Hello, and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about ideas and strategies for making
0:07.3	our lives happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative.
0:11.0	This week we'll talk about why it's a good idea to rethink our daily routines, and we'll
0:15.9	talk about listeners' answers to the question, what are the signs that you're entering
0:21.6	a blager rebellion?
0:35.9	I'm Gretchen Reuben, a writer who studies happiness, good habits.
0:38.8	The five senses, human nature, I am away from my usual office, I am in beautiful Montana
0:45.8	outside Big Timber, and joining me today from Los Angeles is my sister Elizabeth Kraft.
0:51.5	As me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer, living in LA, and Gretchen, I'm in my office,
0:57.6	and in Sino, holding it down.
1:00.2	It's easier when both of us aren't traveling at once, that's for sure.
1:04.5	Yes.
1:05.5	Before we launch in, one update, I am getting the impression from what I'm hearing from
1:12.2	readers that a lot of book clubs are reading my book Life in Five Senses Together.
1:17.0	Sometimes families are reading it together, but it seems like this is a thing book clubs
1:19.9	are doing together, which of course delights me.
1:22.1	I am in many book clubs myself, and I love the idea that one of my books would be under
1:27.2	discussion.
1:28.2	I sometimes will get requests from someone in a book club who's getting a personalized
1:34.2	signed book plate for everyone in their book club as sort of a surprise, which is very
1:37.8	nice.
1:38.8	If you would like to do that, I am happy to do it.
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