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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Little Happier: Often, It’s the Small Gestures of Thoughtfulness that Make Us Feel Loved

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

A friend explained to me why her daily habit of making lunch came to have so much importance to her son. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; [email protected] Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors. 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

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0:17.0

not investment advice. Crypto trading involves risk of loss.

0:21.0

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

0:26.0

Because of the pandemic and people staying safe at home,

0:29.0

many people's lives and habits were disrupted, obviously.

0:33.0

And at the height of the stay-at-home period,

0:36.0

many parents were supervising their children's online learning.

0:39.0

A friend told me about a small incident in her life,

0:42.0

and I find myself reflecting on it.

0:45.0

She has two sons, and her younger son has special needs,

0:48.0

so each morning she spent more time helping him get situated for his classroom,

0:52.0

and her older son didn't need as much support.

0:56.0

Every day, shortly before lunchtime,

0:58.0

she'd text her older son and say something like,

1:00.0

getting hungry in the mood for anything in particular for lunch?

1:04.0

Then she'd fix lunch, so it would be ready when her son's got out of class.

1:09.0

She just fell into that habit, a school was happening at home,

1:12.0

and didn't really think anything of it.

1:14.0

Then one day, she pulled a muscle in her back, and she was an agony.

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