Ep. 520: Very Special Episode! Ask Us Anything, Part I

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

For this Very Special Episode, we answer questions from listeners about relationships, happiness, habits, reading, writing, and working together as sisters. Resources and links related to this episode: Super-Fan Sign-Up Elizabeth is reading: Colored Television by Danzy Senna (Amazon, Bookshop) Gretchen is reading: A Stitch in Time by Penelope Lively (Amazon, Bookshop) Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Gretch, you know I am really trying to be healthier and I am succeeding, I want to say.
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1:14.4	Lemonada. Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about how to be happier.
1:19.7	This week is a very special episode because every 10th episode is a very special episode.
1:22.7	And for this episode, we are doing an Ask Us Anything.
1:27.4	We have a huge range of questions from listeners, which we are going to tackle. I'm Gretchen
1:28.5	Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits, secrets of adulthood, human nature. I'm
1:33.3	coming to you from my little home office in New York City. And joining me today from Los Angeles
1:38.3	is my sister Elizabeth Craft, my sister the sage. That's me, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in L.A.
1:45.9	And Gretchen, I am so excited to answer questions. Yeah, so let's just drive right in.
1:52.6	We've got so many interesting questions from listeners. Let's start with the first one.
1:56.9	All right. Elena says, I'm interested to hear about your process of writing your 25 for 2025. Do you do
2:03.6	them in one sitting or does it take several days slash weeks? As ideas come to mind for next year,
2:10.0	do you jot them down or let them go until better timing? Is the process the same or different from
2:15.6	year to year? Has it evolved or stayed the same?
2:18.6	And how long have you done this anyway?
2:21.0	What is your historical success rate?
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