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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

More Happier: Two Pleasures of Summer, Breaking in My Feet (Not My Shoes), and Benefits of Going “On Pause”

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.713.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

We each explain a reason why summer is making us happier, why it’s important to break in our feet as well as our shoes, and why going “on pause” might be better than “stopping.” We also discuss the new “Five-Senses Journal” and how its design can to help us to become more mindful, more creative, more loving—and happier. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, we are here for more happier, a podcast where we get more happier.

0:18.8

Hey Elizabeth, hi Grouch.

0:20.8

Today we'll talk about why summer is making us happier.

0:23.8

Well Elizabeth explains whether real housewives have a great idea when they go on pause.

0:30.7

First Elizabeth, what is something making you more happier?

0:33.6

Well Grouch, just the fact that it is summer is making me more happier because no one in

0:39.9

my house is a particular morning person.

0:43.2

And the whole thing of not having to like get up and rush around and nag Jack to get up

0:50.0

and like get his clothes and did you brush your teeth and all of that is just so wonderful.

0:56.4

Yeah.

0:57.4

I just love the slow down in the morning of summer.

1:01.8

Even if I'm still getting up early because I do try to get up at like 645, I can just

1:07.2

sit with my coffee longer and not be bustling about.

1:11.6

And so that is making me a lot more happier.

1:13.6

Well and having to nudge someone else along is not pleasant.

1:17.2

It's not fun to play that role.

1:18.7

My isn't.

1:19.7

Yeah.

1:20.7

I know and one of my goals for next year by the way is, okay, you're setting your alarm,

1:26.1

you're getting up to your alarm.

1:28.0

If you don't get up, then you don't get up that whole lesson.

1:32.4

But it's that's easier said than done because of course I also had that plan this year

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