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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 543: Make a Decision and Make It Work, a Text-Scheduling Hack & Following Up on Mean "Jokes"

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

We discuss how to make use of counterintuitive research that shows that our ability to change our minds often makes us less satisfied with our choices. We share a helpful smartphone hack for scheduling text messages. Plus we continue our discussion about handling a spouse who makes hurtful "jokes," with practical advice from listeners who've successfully addressed this issue.  Resources & links related to this episode: Take the Four Tendencies quiz to find out whether you're an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel Order your copy of Secrets of Adulthood Sign up for Bookshop's summer reading challenge on the homepage at gretchenrubin.com Download the Happier app Elizabeth is reading: The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon (Amazon, Bookshop)  Gretchen is reading: Round the Bend by Neville Shute (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

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1:01.2

Lemonada

1:01.8

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about how to make our lives happier, healthier, more productive and more creative.

1:18.0

This week we'll talk about why it can be a good idea to make a decision and make it work,

1:23.4

and we'll share some listener answers to the person who asked about how to respond to her husband's mean jokes.

1:31.7

I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits, and human nature.

1:35.9

I'm here in my little home office in New York City, which is quite hot because I can't have my air conditioning on while I record.

1:42.3

So I'm sitting here in the summer heat.

1:44.7

And joining me today from Los Angeles is my sister Elizabeth Kraft.

1:47.7

And Elizabeth, I am seeing you before too long and brace yourself.

1:52.0

You did say to me that we could clear your closet.

1:55.8

And I am chomping at the bit.

1:58.1

That's me, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in L.A., and I was just

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