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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Happier with Gretchen Rubin: Stop Reading That Book!

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.713.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Ep. 13: Why you should stop reading a book, a know-yourself-better quiz (are you an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel?), and the trap of free stuff.  Want to get in touch? @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; podcast@gretchenrubin.com; happiercast.com/13; 774-277-9336. 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast that gives you strategies and ideas for how to

0:06.8

build happier habits into your daily life.

0:09.8

This week we'll talk about why you should stop reading a book, plus we have a fun, know-yourself

0:15.5

better quiz.

0:16.5

I love a know-yourself better quiz.

0:29.5

I'm writer Gretchen Rubin and I'm Elizabeth Kraft.

0:32.9

I'm in LA where Gretchen, the Jacarondas are blooming, which means it's staffing season

0:38.8

for us, TV writers and producers.

0:41.8

So I am looking for a job and a need of your happiness tips.

0:48.0

So this is good for me.

0:49.0

Excellent.

0:50.0

Melissa and Elizabeth, before we jump in, I want to hear how's your closet?

0:53.9

In episode 10 we had our amazing inside your closet episode where we were going through

0:59.8

all your clutter.

1:00.8

Are you keeping it pretty neat?

1:02.4

You know, it's not bad.

1:05.6

I have kind of noticing, I think it goes in like three-day cycles.

1:08.8

So I'll let things pile up on the floor or hanging over drawers or wherever for three

1:14.6

days and then I'll take five minutes and get it all straightened out again.

1:19.8

So I am maintaining it if not daily at least weekly.

1:24.3

So thank you for that.

1:25.6

Yes, Adam is very happy.

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