Little Happier: What Can You Do When You Live in a Crowded, Messy, Noisy House?

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In a traditional Yiddish folk tale, a farmer complains about his crowded, noisy house—and his wise rabbi gives him a surprising solution. 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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0:30.5	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.
0:33.4	I love aphorisms, culls, and spables and teaching stories of all kinds.
0:37.9	And here's a famous teaching story in case you've never heard it.
0:41.9	I'll tell my own version of this story, which is a well-known Yiddish folk tale.
0:47.4	Once upon a time, a long time ago, a farmer lived with his wife, their five children, and
0:52.2	his parents in a small farmhouse.
0:54.6	They were all constantly getting in each other's way.
0:57.7	As the farmer sat down to breakfast, he thought, what a noisy, crowded, uncomfortable house.
1:03.8	Over time, the farmer became increasingly annoyed, and finally he went to his rabbi, a very
1:08.2	wise man, and described the situation.
1:11.6	The rabbi thought for a few moments, then said, hmm, I know just the solution.
1:16.0	Do you have chickens?
1:17.0	Good.
1:18.0	Bring the chickens into the house.
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