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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 537: Create a Family “Familect,” Organize Your Apps & Listeners’ Great Secrets of Adulthood

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

We discuss the idea of the  “familect” and why it might be fun to create a  dictionary for our own familect. We also talk about a hack that makes it easier to use a smartphone, and we share dozens of listeners’ thought-provoking  “Secrets of Adulthood.”

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0:00.0

Let's talk about the Defender 110. It is a vehicle built for the modern explorer. Grutch, I have a friend who's

0:08.2

extremely adventurous and she loves her Defender 110. It's a vehicle that looks tough because it is

0:15.4

tough. The Defender boasts an exterior design for optimum durability. It has a raised hood and sculpted grill that give the Defender 110 a modern edge.

0:25.6

Yeah, there's 3D surround cameras with clear sight ground view that let you see underneath the vehicle and anticipate obstacles in rough terrain.

0:33.6

Clear sight rear view offers an unobstructed rearview even when you can't see through the

0:38.8

back window. Driver aid technologies make driving and parking simpler. Intuitive driver displays are

0:45.4

customizable to your journey. Design your Defender 110 at Land Rover USA.com. Visit Land Rover usA.com to learn more about the Defender 110.

0:58.9

Explore the Defender 110 at Land Rover USA.com. Listen, Whole Foods Market is a great place to get

1:07.3

everything that we need for a fantastic summer barbecue. They have the chicken thighs,

1:13.4

the ground beef. We love to have salmon burgers, uncured hot dogs, plus there's all the other

1:18.9

things that you love for summer barbecue, the ice cream, the tortilla chips, the salsas,

1:25.4

salad kits. You can get it all at Whole Foods Market.

1:28.5

And look for hundreds of yellow low price signs that help you save without compromising

1:33.8

the quality you expect from Whole Foods Market. There are so many ways to save on

1:39.4

summer grilling favorites at Whole Foods Market.

1:45.3

Lemonada.

1:59.8

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about strategies and solutions for building more happiness into our everyday lives.

2:02.0

This week we'll talk about why it's fun to write a collection of your own family Famalect,

2:07.1

and we share many excellent secrets of adulthood from listeners.

2:11.9

I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits, secrets of adulthood, human

2:16.6

nature. I'm in my little home office here in New York City, and joining me today from Los Angeles

2:21.4

is my sister, Elizabeth Kraft. And Elizabeth, you are full of secrets of adulthood.

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