Happier - Ep. 367: Try a 30-Day Challenge and the Joy of Scratch-Offs. Frank Bruni Talks About “The Beauty of Dusk.”

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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We discuss how to use thirty-day challenges as a way to stay engaged with your aims, and we also suggest a very simple and fun happiness hack. We talk to journalist Frank Bruni about his new memoir, “The Beauty of Dusk.” 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/367 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.
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0:32.4	Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we discuss cutting edge science,
0:37.4	the wisdom of the ages, lessons from pop culture, and our own experiences about how to be Happier.
0:56.0	This week we'll talk about why you might pursue a 30-day challenge, and we will talk to writer Frank
1:02.2	Bruny about his new book, The Beauty of Dusk. I'm Gretchen Ruben, writer whose studies
1:07.6	happening is good habits in human nature. I am in my home office in New York City,
1:12.0	enjoying me today from Puerto Rico. It's my sister Elizabeth Kraft, my sister the sage.
1:17.3	That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a writer and producer living in LA. Although right now I'm in Puerto Rico
1:23.0	on Fantasy Island, where we're shooting season two, Gretchen, coming to you straight from the set.
1:28.0	I just got back from set. Oh, fancy. Before we launch in, a few things. Last week we talked about
1:36.9	how you can sign up for the show notes by email if you go to Happiercast.com's last show notes.
1:42.2	And I want to remind everybody that this is the week we're going to have that special exclusive
1:46.8	insider video content. So go to sign up for the show notes if you want that. And also we got a
1:54.0	great update from other listener Carolyn. Yeah, she says I wanted to move slash exercise more,
2:00.0	but couldn't find anything I would or could do. I hate just walking around the circle in my senior
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