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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Little Happier: The Joy of Listening to Music—Even for Someone Like Me.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

I’m thrilled that the copyright laws mean that now I’m able to play this beautiful song—George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”—for listeners. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; [email protected] Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft 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, and Happier in Hollywood. 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

This show is sponsored by Better Help.

0:03.6

It's so easy to get caught up in whatever everyone else needs from you and never take a moment to think about what you need from yourself.

0:12.0

I know when I'm show running, the last thing I'm thinking about usually is me.

0:15.8

I'm thinking about all the things I need to do and people I need to please.

0:19.3

But when we spend all of our time giving, it can leave us feeling stretched thin and burned out.

0:25.2

And in those times therapy can be so helpful so you get back in touch with yourself and know what you need to do to thrive.

0:33.6

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0:37.4

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0:43.4

It's designed to be convenient, flexible and suited to your schedule.

0:46.9

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0:49.2

Visit BetterHelp.com slash Gretchen Rubin today to get 10% off your first month.

0:54.7

That's BetterHelpHELP.com slash Gretchen Rubin.

0:59.9

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

1:03.3

I'm starting to work on my next book project, which will be about many things, including the body and the senses.

1:09.8

So I've been thinking a lot about the sense of hearing.

1:12.9

One of the truths about me is I'm just not that into music.

1:16.4

I like an odd song here or there, but it doesn't play a very big role in my life.

1:21.4

Nevertheless, there are some songs that I absolutely love.

1:24.7

And I found that even with these songs, it's easy to take them for granted and not really listen and appreciate them.

1:33.5

Now, as it happens every year, new material in art, music and literature come into the public domain.

1:39.2

That means everyone's free to use it and replay it and make good use of it because it's out in public.

1:45.1

Now that 2020 is here, a new crop from 1924 has now come into the public domain for people to copy, transform and use.

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