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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Little Happier: The Sound of My Shoes Clicking on Marble Reminded Me of My Past

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

The distinctive click of my shoes against marble connected me to two memories from different points in my life. Our five senses help to connect us to the present moment and our present experience, and they also connect us to our past. 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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0:04.4

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0:06.6

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0:25.6

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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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