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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

More Happier: Deck the Halls! 24 Quick Tasks to Get Holiday-Ready [Revisited]

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

A twist on our “Clear the Decks” strategy—this episode guides you through a series of quick, one-minute tasks to help you get organized for the holidays.

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0:00.0

Did you know that infants are ready to learn sign language?

0:03.5

Two-year-olds are ready to learn the basics of science, and three-year-olds are ready to learn coding?

0:08.9

Your child is ready to learn, and at Primrose schools, teachers make the most of this time by creating a joyful, purposeful learning experience unlike any other.

0:19.4

For instance, have you heard of the Primrose Friends? In every

0:23.8

Primrose school classroom, teachers use these 12 lovable puppets to make character development

0:30.2

joyful, meaningful, and memorable. From exploring generosity with Benjamin the Bear to practicing honesty with Peanut the Pony,

0:40.6

every friend plays a special part in helping children learn important values while having

0:46.9

plenty of fun along the way. We can all use some friends like that. You can learn more at primrose schools.com, now enrolling infants through

0:57.7

children age five. That's primrose schools.com for more information. Elizabeth, you know, we are always

1:06.9

talking about the small things that we can do that make a big impact, not just in our own

1:11.3

lives, but for the planet as well. And that's why I'm such a big fan of our food recycler, Mill.

1:17.2

Mill is the one easy thing that makes reducing food waste effortless. Mill is the cleanest, easiest way

1:24.3

to prevent food waste at home. It makes keeping food out of the trash as easy as

1:29.2

dropping it in. Toss in your scraps, forget about it, no smell, no mess, no effort. You can keep

1:34.7

filling it and filling it for weeks. You might even skip a garbage day or two. Mill turns your

1:39.6

food scraps into nutrient-rich grounds you can use in your garden or compost, or Mill can pick them up and get

1:44.9

them to a local farm. And an added bonus, wasting less food feels really good. All the guilt and

1:51.2

stress I used to feel when cleaning out my fridge is gone. Mill makes it easy and even joyful to

1:56.9

reduce food waste, taking a global problem and turning it into a simple daily step at home.

2:03.2

But you have to live with Mill to really get it. Good thing you can try it risk-free and get $75 off with code happy.

2:11.0

Visit mill.com slash happy. That's mill.com slash happy.

2:38.1

Lemonada. Hello, we're here for more happier, a podcast where we get happier.

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