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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Little Happier: The Subway Kiosk Asks a Deep Question: Add Value or Add Time?

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Every time I refill my MTA Metro card, I’m reminded to ask myself a crucial question. Do I want to spend time or money? Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin on YouTube @GretchenRubin on TikTok @GretchenRubin on Instagram @GretchenRubin on Threads Get the podcast show notes by email every week: happiercast.com/shownotes Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest book Life in Five Senses to see how she discovered a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. Now available - order here. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.  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— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The new Samsung Galaxy Z-Flip 5 and Chromebook are better together.

0:07.0

Take hands-free selfies which automatically sync to your Chromebook, ready to edit, and access

0:11.5

recent chrome tabs across both devices.

0:14.0

The new Galaxy Z Flip5 and Chromebook, better together.

0:18.0

Available on Sky Mobile.

0:20.0

Bluetooth and internet connection required.

0:22.0

You must be signed into the same Google account on both your phone and Chromebook.

0:27.0

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

0:30.0

Every time I ride on the New York City subway to pay my fare, I swipe a card through a turnstile.

0:37.0

Every time I go to refill my card, I'm faced with a question that

0:45.0

the key ask asks me, what do you want to add?

0:48.0

Ayeosk asks me, what do you want to add?

0:51.0

Add value or add time.

0:54.0

By value, the machine means money.

0:58.0

Often in life, if we're fortunate, we're faced with trade-offs.

1:02.0

In many instances, we're faced with trade-offs. In many instances we can save money and spend time, or we can

1:07.2

spend money and save time. Knowing what's a good use of money and a good use of time or a waste of money or a waste of time

1:17.2

is often harder to figure out than we might think, but it's a question well worth asking. It's funny to me that the subway

1:25.6

kiosk reminds me to consider this question. I'll take a prompt for self-reflection anywhere

1:31.9

I can get it. If you want to see a photo of what that

1:35.4

screen looks like in the subway station I'll post a link in the show notes. I'm

1:40.3

Gretchen Rubin and I hope this makes your week a little happier.

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