More Happier: The Happiness of Grabbing a Dishtowel, a Clutter-Clearing Triumph, and Getting Quality Screen Time

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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We talk about why having a dishtowel at the right moment brought me an irrational boost in happiness. We also discuss a suggestion for enjoying some quality screen time, and I share a moment when outer order gave me some much-needed inner calm. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin on YouTube @GretchenRubin on TikTok @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft on Instagram Get the podcast show notes by email every week: happiercast.com/shownotes Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest 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 - order here. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. 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— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. 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

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0:00.0	This show is sponsored by BetterHelp.
0:04.0	It's so easy to get caught up in what everyone else needs for you and never take a moment
0:09.3	to think about what you need from yourself.
0:12.4	But when we spend all of our time giving, it can leave us feeling stretched in and burned
0:17.5	out.
0:18.5	I know for me therapy can really help me deal with this because it helps me voice what
0:25.0	I need and what I need to be focusing on is opposed to just thinking about what everyone
0:31.2	else needs.
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0:50.3	Visit BetterHelp.com slash Gretchen Rubin today to get 10% off your first month.
0:58.0	That's BetterHelpHELP.com slash Gretchen Rubin.
1:19.9	We'll talk about a happiness boost I recently got from an episode of clutter clearing and
1:31.4	we'll talk about a suggestion for some quality screen time.
1:35.2	But first, something making us more happier.
1:37.6	Elizabeth, what's making you more happier?
1:39.6	Well, Gretchen, it's the end of the school year and Jack has finals for the first time.
1:45.4	Yes, first time ever having finals.
1:48.4	What's making me more happier is how seriously he's taking finals and how responsible he's
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