Podcast 25: Hilarious Tips from A. J. Jacobs: Posture, Brainstorming, and Eat from the Fridge, Not the Pantry.
It’s time for the next installment of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.”
Update: In episode 21,we discussed the try-this-at-home tip, "Join or start a group." We heard about many interesting, productive groups. Remember, you can request the starter kit for starting a Better Than Before Habits group, or a Happiness Project group. Or you can just email me a request.
Try This at Home-a-Palooza: Our terrific guest, the hilarious writer A. J. Jacobs, suggests a bunch of try-this-at-home tips: stand up straight, brainstorm for fifteen minutes a day, use sustainable honesty, and eat from the fridge, not the pantry. If you want more of A.J.'s humor and insights, read The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, Drop Dead Healthy, and The Guinea Pig Diaries.
Gretchen’s Demerit: I allow my ten-year-old to watch the TV show Friends. Appropriate -- or not? Bonus: we include a clip from my favorite episode.
Elizabeth’s Gold Star: Rain! Drought-plagued Los Angeles got a day of rain.