Ep. 457: Look for Pockets of Wasted Time, a Hack to Soothe Anxiety, and Are You a Baker or Cook?

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

We discuss how and why we might look for pockets of wasted time (and talk about some wasted time we uncovered ourselves.) We also suggest an easy step to lower anticipatory anxiety, a simple hack for avoiding waste, and discuss a listener’s question about how her Upholder son should spend his time. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft on Instagram @GretchenRubin on TikTok and YouTube 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/457 Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest New York Times bestselling 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 availablewherever books are sold. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. 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	My name is Dr Helen O'Neill. I'm CEO and founder of Hurtility.
0:03.5	I've dedicated 15 years of my scientific career to understanding the complexities of fertility and hormonal health,
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0:19.7	Hurtility is bringing cutting-edge science out of the lab and into the hands of all women for an affordable price.
0:25.4	Visit our website to start your journey. Search Hurtility to find more.
0:32.2	Hello and welcome to Happier a
0:34.4	podcast where we talk about strategies and tips for how to build
0:38.0	happier, healthier, more creative and more productive lives.
0:41.7	This week we'll talk about how and why we should look for
0:44.6	pockets of wasted time and will suggest a hack that can help us feel less
0:49.9	anxious if we're worried about some future task that we have to do. I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits. The five senses. Human Nature,
1:12.4	I'm in my little home office here in New York City and joining me today from LA
1:17.1	Is my sister Elizabeth Craft and Elizabeth I never feel like I have wasted time when I'm talking to you.
1:23.3	That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA.
1:27.5	And Gretch, right now I'm using all of my pockets of time
1:31.1	to prepare for Thanksgiving, because I'm hosting.
1:34.0	Oh, yes, that is a major undertaking.
1:37.8	So we are wishing you well.
1:40.4	Thank you.
1:41.4	Before we lunch in, we have a very special episode coming up.
1:45.0	That's episode four sixty.
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