Little Happier: The Sound of My Shoes Clicking on Marble Reminded Me of My Past
Happier with Gretchen Rubin
Lemonada Media
4.7 • 13.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2021
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:30.0 | I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier. |
| 0:33.4 | I'm exploring the subject of the five senses and what a joy it is to work on that project. |
| 0:41.0 | In a discussion of the powers of the five senses, people often mention the power of sensations |
| 0:46.4 | to spark memories from the past. One of my least favorite things about myself |
| 0:52.1 | is that I remember so little from my own life, which is one reason that I'm attracted to any exercise |
| 0:58.7 | or any practice that helps me recollect things. It helps me to hang onto memories. |
| 1:05.2 | And I've definitely found it tuning into my five senses has helped me to remember my own past |
| 1:10.9 | more vividly. The five senses triggered the release of memories I didn't know I had. |
| 1:17.4 | Moments rise up from the deep past. The other day when I was walking by a bar on Lexington Avenue, |
| 1:24.5 | the smell of stale beer reminded me of a popular college bar I used to visit. |
| 1:29.7 | This memory had been tucked safely away, but I'd never called for it. |
| 1:34.8 | Now that I'm attending so closely to my senses, these earlier impressions are floating up to the |
| 1:41.0 | surface far more often. The other day when I was walking in hard-sold shoes across a marble floor, |
| 1:48.8 | the distinctive sound triggered two memories simultaneously from very different parts of my life. |
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