Little Happier: A Writer Gives Me an Easy Hack for Evoking Memories

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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A writer friend told me her strategy for evoking memories, by making a “memory visit.” Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; podcast@gretchenrubin.com Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This show is brought to you by BetterHelp.
0:03.4	One thing we talk about on the podcast all the time is the importance of knowing ourselves.
0:08.7	You think, oh, it's easy to know yourself.
0:10.9	You just hang out with yourself all day long, but it's actually very difficult.
0:14.9	That's one reason that people find therapy to be so helpful,
0:18.4	because it really gives us insight into ourselves.
0:21.8	Yeah, I've done therapy, Gretchen, and it has helped me so much.
0:25.5	Just know why I'm doing things.
0:27.6	And if I want to change what I'm doing, I can change it.
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1:03.3	I'm Gretchen Rubin, and this is a little happier.
1:06.4	In writing my book Life in Five Senses, one thing that has surprised me
1:11.1	is how much my exploration of my senses has helped me to remember.
1:16.4	Memories of places, people, and experiences are flooding back.
1:21.6	I remember much more than I realized I remember.
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