More Happier: The Fun of an Unexpected Gift, Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, and Herding the Cats During Holidays

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

We talk about the happiness that comes from getting a gift we don’t expect, and we discuss some quality screen time. We also consider the question: Does every family need a holiday-tradition-enforcer? Get in touch: [email protected] Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin on YouTube @GretchenRubin on TikTok @GretchenRubin on Instagram @GretchenRubin on Threads @LizCraft on Instagram @LizCraft on Threads Get the podcast show notes by email every week: happiercast.com/shownotes Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest New York Times bestselling 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 wherever books are sold. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. 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	Hello, we're here for more happier, a podcast where we get more happier.
0:19.0	Join us for some weekend listening as we kick back and get more happier with kind of a looser vibe.
0:26.0	Hey Elizabeth, hey Grudge.
0:27.8	So today we will talk about some quality screen time and talk about a family question related to holiday traditions.
0:35.0	But before we jump in, let's just, you know, from time to time we get a note from a
0:39.0	listener to tell us that the phrase more happier
0:43.5	isn't grammatically correct.
0:45.4	Yes, and we are aware of this.
0:47.9	We did that on purpose.
0:49.4	It's our little in joke because we are normally people who would not have incorrect grammar.
0:56.7	Yes, so this is just us being funny and maybe if you have to explain a joke it's not so
1:01.0	funny but to us it's very funny we get a big kick out of more
1:03.6	happier so but fear not we recognize that we are making a grammatical choice
1:08.4	yes but Elizabeth what is making us more happier?
1:13.3	Well, Gretch, here's what's making me more happier.
1:15.8	You and I were both in Kansas City recently,
1:18.4	and mom brought out this pair of black pants
1:22.4	and said,
1:23.2	these aren't working for me, Elizabeth,
1:25.2	do you want to try them on and see if they work for you?
1:28.3	And Gretchen, I tried on these black pants
1:31.2	and I absolutely love them. They are so comfortable. I think they look great. You can attest.
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