Little Happier: “More Highways, More Traffic,” ”No Fields, No Famine,” “No Love, No Loss” and Other Secrets of Adulthood

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

I love Secrets of Adulthood, and some of my favorites fall into the “No THIS, no THAT” structure. It’s a thought-provoking way to illuminate a surprising relationship between two ideas. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin on YouTube @GretchenRubin on TikTok @GretchenRubin on Instagram @GretchenRubin on Threads Get the podcast show notes by email every week: happiercast.com/shownotes Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest book Life in Five Senses to see how she discovered a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. Now available - order here. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. 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— Side Hustle School and Happier in Hollywood. 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	Okay, so I've changed your brake pads, I've replaced a wiper blade and topped up your screen wash.
0:04.6	Anything else you wanted me to look at?
0:06.0	Yeah, my washer dryer only works on a short cycle.
0:09.3	I've got it in the boot.
0:10.4	Like getting your money's worth.
0:11.6	Grab a McDonald's over meal deal.
0:13.0	That's a cheeseburger or a mayo chicken, medium fries and drink for just 399.
0:17.0	From 11 a.m. not available on delivery.
0:20.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier. I love writing secrets of adulthood
0:26.9	and I've been writing them by the hundreds. Stay tuned to hear more about that
0:32.0	project.
0:33.0	One variety of secret of adulthood that I love is one that follows a very specific form,
0:40.0	the know this, this, that form.
0:44.3	These kinds of secrets are thought-provoking
0:46.4	because they help me understand the sometimes surprising relationship
0:50.4	between two ideas. You probably don't know what I'm talking about. Okay, I'm going to read
0:56.0	you a bunch of examples and I will read them slowly to give you a moment to consider them.
1:01.1	Do you agree or disagree with the secret of adulthood?
1:08.7	No endings, no beginnings. Well, I find that very comforting.
1:15.0	No garden, no weeds.
1:18.0	No prediction, no surprise.
1:22.0	This is very important to the creative process. No wrong answer, no
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