Ep. 464: Follow the One-Minute Rule, Stay Calm, and Identify the New Habit That Will Make You Happier

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

We talk about the one-minute rule, and why following this simple rule is so effective. We discuss the fascinating new “Habits for Happiness” quiz that tells you the next new habit that will make you happier. Also, we explore the question of “Who or what makes you feel more calm?” and share listeners’ insightful and hilarious examples of “X is the new Y.” Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin on YouTube @GretchenRubin on TikTok @GretchenRubin on Instagram @GretchenRubin on Threads @LizCraft on Instagram @LizCraft on Threads @GretchenRubin on ThreadsGet 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/464 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 available wherever 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	What happens now? How will I cope? How will I cope?
0:06.0	Sometimes you don't want to talk about cancer, the people you know.
0:10.0	You just want to talk to someone who knows how you feel.
0:14.4	That's why I joined the Macmillan online community.
0:17.8	We know what it's like because we're living with cancer too.
0:22.2	And whatever's on your mind, we're living with cancer too.
0:26.0	And whatever's on your mind, we're here to help. To join us, search Macmillan online community.
0:32.0	Hello and welcome to Happier a podcast where we talk about how to be happier.
0:38.1	This week we'll talk about why we should follow the one minute rule and I will reveal a super fun new free quiz I'm
0:45.5	launching to answer a question about happiness that I get all the time. I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits. Human nature.
1:08.0	I'm back in my little home office in New York City and joined me today from LA is my sister Elizabeth
1:14.0	Craft and Elizabeth I cannot wait to hear what answer you got when you took the
1:18.4	quiz. That's me Elizabeth Craft a TV writer and producer and yes, Scratch, I think I'm one of the
1:24.5	first people to officially take your quiz.
1:27.5	Yes, I think you are.
1:29.5	So this is my new quiz.
1:31.4	It's called Habits for Happiness Happiness and it tells you what's the next new
1:35.8	habit that will make you happier and I decided to do this quiz because I talk
1:40.3	about happiness and I talk about habits ever since I wrote the Happiness Project and better than before.
1:45.3	And people often say to me, okay, there's so many things I want to do.
1:49.3	Where do I start?
1:50.3	Tell me, like, what's the best new habit to help me become happier and I say what I
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