Ep. 523: Write Your Secrets of Adulthood, Magazine Happiness & Helping the (Obliger) Helper

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

We explore the powerful practice of distilling your hard-earned observations into concise "Secrets of Adulthood,” such as "Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination" and "The more I write, the more I write." We also talk about the simple pleasure of physical magazines, and we tackle a complex Four Tendencies question about supporting an Obliger mother-in-law whose helpfulness contributed to her health problems.

Resources and links related to this episode:

A Little Happier: The Power of Telling the Truth--What Nebraska's and Oslo's Tourists Know
Pre-order my new book, Secrets of Adulthood
Take the Next Novel quiz
Take the Four Tendencies quiz
Elizabeth is reading: Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon (Amazon, Bookshop)
Gretchen is reading: Give War and Peace a Chance: Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times by Andrew Kaufman (Amazon, Bookshop)

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2:00.9	This week, we'll talk about a try-this-at-home suggestion that I have been following in a major way,
2:06.8	and we'll also talk about an interesting listener question related to a helpful mother-in-law.
2:13.2	I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits, human nature, secrets of adulthood.
2:19.7	Stay tuned for more on that. I'm in my little home office in New York City. And joining me today from
2:25.0	Los Angeles is my sister Elizabeth Craft, my sister of the sage. That's me, Elizabeth Craft, a TV
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