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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

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

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K 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: podcast@gretchenrubin.com 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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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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