Little Happier: The Right Thing to Say to a Person Who Has Big Hopes

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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I remind myself and other writers, “There are many ways for a book to succeed.” And many ways for a vacation to succeed, or a college student to succeed. It’s a comforting thought, because it’s true. Get tickets for our live podcast events in Chicago, Kansas City, Providence, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Charlotte and Brooklyn here: https://gretchenrubin.com/events 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	Whether your dog is in their puppy adult or senior years, there's nothing better than
0:05.4	more years together.
0:06.8	And the best way to feed their happy healthy life is with fresh healthy food.
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0:15.2	fresh recipes made from real meat and veggies.
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0:21.4	Help your dog live a healthy life and get 50% off your first box of real fresh food at
0:26.2	the farmersdog.com slash LifeStages23.
0:30.3	I'm Gretchen Ribin and this is a little happier.
0:33.9	I know I talk so often about finding the right words for a difficult situation.
0:39.0	I love hearing someone choose the right words.
0:43.1	And right now I'm giving myself a gold star because I figured out myself, a comforting
0:47.9	thing to say in a tough situation.
0:50.5	I thought I've had it a lot and finally I came up with a right response.
0:54.9	And as is so often the case with the right words, they apply in many situations and as
1:00.5	is so often the case, they apply to me as much or more than they apply to other people.
1:06.5	Now I'm often in a situation where I'm talking to a fellow writer who is hopeful and anxious
1:12.5	about a book that's about to come out.
1:15.0	I've had people say things to me like, this book is my best shot at breaking out or I've
1:21.2	worked on this book for 10 years, it had better be well received or this book could change
1:26.7	my career.
1:29.1	Those are big statements of big hopes.
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