Ep. 495: A Happier Labor Day, Celtic Tree System, and a Hack for Enjoying the Gym

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We talk about why and how it’s useful to use the annual Labor Day Holiday as a catalyst to reflect on our work--both paid and unpaid. We also share a fun know-yourself-better tool, and make a suggestion about finding the right gym. Plus we reveal a fact that will make listeners very happy (and relieved). Get in touch: [email protected] 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/495 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

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0:00.0	George is a new electric car.
0:03.7	You look happy George.
0:05.2	I am very happy.
0:06.8	George wasn't sure about going electric.
0:08.8	He was worried about running out of power on the motorway.
0:11.3	But now he has Admiral Car Insurance which can come with
0:14.5	out-of-charge EV recovery should the worst. See what you did there?
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0:28.8	Admiral.com for details.
0:30.3	Hello and welcome to Happier a podcast where we talk about ways to become happy here.
0:38.0	This week we'll talk about a useful way to think about Labor Day that annual holiday and we will reveal an update that
0:45.4	will make listeners extremely happy. It sure made me happy. I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits, the five senses, secrets of adulthood, human nature.
1:08.0	I'm in New York City in my little home office and joining me today from Los Angeles is my sister Elizabeth Craft, my sister the sage.
1:14.9	That's me Elizabeth Craft, TV writer and producer living in LA and Gretsch I'm actually coming to you from
1:21.5	Oh hi where I am in my writing partner Sarah's
1:24.8	Clophis which is a closet slash office is this a roar 24 a 24 hour
1:31.1	extreme work period?
1:33.0	Yes, exactly right.
1:34.6	So I'm recording from Ohio.
1:37.2	Excellent.
1:38.2	Well, before we jump in, here is an update.
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