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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Little Happier: Good Idea or Bad Idea? Do I Regret My Experience, or Not? I Can’t Decide.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

A simple childhood memory of jubilation raises a lasting question: Is it better to persist with activities we dislike and struggle with, or pursue what comes naturally?

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0:00.0

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0:44.0

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1:42.8

Lemonada

1:47.0

I'm Gretchen Rubin, and this is a little happier.

1:50.8

There's a question I have about an aspect of my childhood that I reflect on often.

1:57.8

I don't think it has an answer, but I think it's a valuable question for me to ponder,

2:03.4

because it raises an issue that remains quite relevant to my life, even to this day.

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