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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Happier - Ep. 360: Very Special Episode! Want to Change a Habit? Start Here.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

There are 21 strategies we can use to make or break our habits. In this Very Special Episode, we highlight the seven strategies that tend to be the most universally useful. And we also reveal the most fun strategy! Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; [email protected] Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Get the resources and all links related to this episode here: http://happiercast.com/360 Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors Want to be happier in 2022? Order Gretchen Rubin’s book The Happiness Project to see how she approached the question, “How can I be happier?” and start a Happiness Project of your own. Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Do The Thing, Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Many of us are already planning our New Year's resolutions to work out more in 2023.

0:04.4

But let's face it, they rarely stick.

0:06.6

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0:08.6

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0:13.1

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0:17.3

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0:20.7

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0:25.6

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0:32.4

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast about how to be happier.

0:37.0

This is episode 360, which means that it is a very special episode, because every 10th episode is a

0:43.2

very special episode. And because it is the season of resolutions and habit formation and aims,

0:49.2

we are going to suggest a starter kit of strategies to use for habit change.

1:05.6

I'm Gretchen Riven, a writer's studies happiness, good habits in human nature.

1:09.2

I am in my home office of New York City, and joining me today is my sister Elizabeth,

1:14.3

who is also from time to time, my innocent bystander, and guinea pig.

1:19.8

That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and yes, Gretchen.

1:24.7

I do sometimes provide this sort of guinea pig aspect of your experience.

1:32.2

You're part of my home laboratory. Yes, exactly.

1:35.7

Now for some updates before we launch an analysis, you have something to report.

1:39.7

Yes, Gretchen, you know, we have our puppy Nacho. He's a little over five months now.

1:46.3

Am I exciting information? Is it Nacho? He's sleeping with us now at night, which is also

1:53.0

cozy and wonderful. And it's like been the dream.

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