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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 564: Revealing…the Annual Challenge for 2026! Plus a Report on Read 25 in 2025

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

We report on our experience with the “Design Your Year” exercise of the annual challenge: Read 25 in ’25. We also reveal the annual challenge for 2026—join us.

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0:00.0

Did you know that infants are ready to learn sign language?

0:03.5

Two-year-olds are ready to learn the basics of science, and three-year-olds are ready to learn coding?

0:08.9

Your child is ready to learn, and at Primrose schools, teachers make the most of this time by creating a joyful, purposeful learning experience unlike any other.

0:19.4

For instance, have you heard of the Primrose Friends? In every

0:23.8

Primrose school classroom, teachers use these 12 lovable puppets to make character development

0:30.2

joyful, meaningful, and memorable. From exploring generosity with Benjamin the Bear to practicing honesty with Peanut the Pony,

0:40.6

every friend plays a special part in helping children learn important values while having

0:46.9

plenty of fun along the way. We can all use some friends like that. You can learn more at primrose schools.com. Now enrolling infants through

0:57.7

children age five. That's primrose schools.com for more information. Elizabeth, when we're together

1:06.3

for the holidays, we end up going to Whole Foods Market every day. There's so many things that we need.

1:12.8

Like, we're going to a party, and one of us needs to bring a gift for the host. They have these

1:17.5

expert curated cheeses and crackers that everybody loves. They have excellent limited time

1:23.7

seasonal desserts like holiday rum cake, creamy Bouch de Noel, which is one of our

1:29.2

family's favorites, and more. Plus, they have these show-stopping things for the table like

1:36.0

bone-in spiral-cut ham. Well, Grouch, I love that they have heat and eat sides from the prepared

1:42.6

foods department because you know that I am not much

1:45.6

of a cook. So heat and serve is something I can do. And they have floral Gretchen. So you can bring a nice

1:54.1

bouquet of flowers if you're going to someone's house. Shop for everything you need at Whole Foods Market,

1:59.9

your holiday headquarters.

2:04.4

Lemonada

2:05.0

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about ways to be happier.

2:18.3

This week we'll talk about the annual challenge, which is one of the three parts of the design your year.

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