More Happier: Embracing Whimsy, Plus Our “Move 26” Progress & a Great April Fool’s Prank

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We check in on our “Move 26 in ‘26” progress and discuss adding more whimsy to the month of May–plus a clever April Fools prank. We also highlight a helpful tool to get started on spring cleaning. Resources & links related to this episode: Click here if you'd like to join "Move 26 in '26" Here are easy and fun ways to start decluttering Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple (Amazon) Get in touch: ⁠podcast@gretchenrubin.com⁠ Visit⁠ Gretchen's website⁠ to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:06.2	Summer. It's when we share more time, more memories, and more photos. And at AT&T, the iPhone
0:12.7	17 Pro is your summer essential. It's center stage, front camera, auto-adjusts the frame to fit
0:19.6	everyone into group selfies. You don't even have to
0:22.4	turn your phone. And AT&T makes sharing those picks with everyone easy. Right now at AT&T, ask how you can
0:29.5	get iPhone 17 Pro on them with eligible iPhone trade-in, any condition. Requires trade-in of
0:36.4	iPhone 15-plus or higher, excludes iPhone 16E and 17E.
0:41.3	Requires eligible plan. Terms and restrictions apply with a looser vibe. Hey, Elizabeth. Hey, Grudge. Today we'll check in with how we're doing with our Move 26 Challenge. And I cannot wait to describe my friend's brilliant April Fool's Day prank of her husband. Oh my gosh, Elizabeth. I've been wanting to tell you
1:29.1	about this prank. I can't wait to hear it. Okay, but first, something making us happier. Elizabeth,
1:33.7	what is something making you happier? Okay, well, Gretch, Sarah and I over on Happier in Hollywood
1:40.1	are doing what we're calling Mimsy Mae, which is just whimsy may, but we like alliteration.
1:46.1	So we're calling it Mimsy May, where we're trying to put more whimsy into our lives for the
1:51.4	entire month of May.
1:53.0	And it's making me happier, one, because I'm putting whimsy into my own life, but also
1:58.3	our listeners have been letting us know what they do that's whimsical,
2:03.6	which is just super fun to hear about.
2:05.6	Well, I don't know if you realize how on trend you are.
2:08.1	I get that thing about Google Trends, and whimsy has appeared again and again.
2:12.7	Whimsy is having a moment.
2:14.0	People are really embracing the whimsy.
2:16.4	Yes.
2:16.9	So Sarah and I are doing things like
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 4 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Lemonada Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Lemonada Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.