Happier - Ep. 362: Give Yourself a Derby Name, an Easy Way to Give Yourself a Treat, and a Conversation with “The Good Place” Creator Mike Schur.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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We talk about why you might give yourself a derby name (and reveal our names), discuss a suggestion for a listener about an easy way to get an unexpected treat, and we talk about “How to Be Perfect” with Mike Schur, of “The Good Place,” “Parks and Recreation,” and “The Office. 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/362 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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0:32.3	Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about strategies and tips for building
0:36.8	happier habits into our everyday lives. This week we'll talk about why you might give yourself
0:42.6	a derby name, and we will talk to the brilliant Mike Sherr, the TV writer and producer behind
0:48.7	shows like The Good Place, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn 9.9, and the office about his new book
0:54.8	How to Be Perfect.
1:08.4	I'm Brett Shorrubin, writer of his studies, Happiness, Good Habits, and Human Nature.
1:12.0	I am in my little home office in New York City, and joining me today from Los Angeles is my
1:16.8	sister, Elizabeth Kraft, who is very familiar with my constant illusions to the TV show The Office.
1:23.9	That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and yes, Grouch, you have a
1:30.2	reference to the office for any occasion, often more than one. I really do.
1:36.0	Phil, is it you've got a big update before we launch in?
1:39.2	Yes, Grouch. We are starting officially prepped for season two of BBC Ireland.
1:45.9	So Sarah and I will be heading to Puerto Rico soon for several weeks, and I will be doing the
1:54.6	podcast from there. So I don't know what my room is going to be like, but hopefully it'll have a nice
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