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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Little Happier: What We See Depends Very Much on Where We Stand.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

As several examples illustrate, it’s easy to forget that the way we see the world is very much shaped by our own perspective. One person’s reason for taking medication is another person’s negative side effect. 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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not the case for Monso.

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Apply in minutes at Monso.com slash business. To apply you must be a sole trader or director

0:26.6

of a limited company, UK Businesses Only, terms and conditions apply.

0:30.8

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

0:34.5

As I've studied happiness and human nature, I've become more and more struck by how we

0:39.5

each live in our own world, shaped by our own experiences, our own nature, our own

0:45.1

interests, our own values. We all have our own perspective.

0:50.0

As writers, Zora and Neil Hurston observed, every man's spice box seasons his own food.

0:56.9

I love collecting examples when I see this phenomenon in action.

1:01.7

For instance, with medication, sometimes one person's negative side effect is the very

1:07.0

reason that someone else takes that medication. I have a cat allergy, but I don't like taking

1:12.6

certain kinds of antihistamines because they make me feel so sleepy.

1:17.2

And other people take those antihistamines because they want to feel sleepy, they don't care

1:21.3

about the effect on their allergies.

1:23.7

One person's reason for taking medication is another person's negative side effect.

1:29.7

I was at a crowded park once and I saw a little girl talking to a squirrel that had come

1:33.5

near her. A passerby also stopped and he said kindly to the girl, oh honey, I don't think

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