How to start your own happiness project, a deep dive into the subject of break-ups, and a sweatpants-related demerit. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; podcast@gretchenrubin.com; happiercast.com/97; 774-277-9336.
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It’s time for the next installment of Happier with Gretchen Rubin.
Try This at Home
Start your own happiness project. I wrote about my own “happiness project” in my book, The Happiness Project.
My Twelve Personal Commandments are here.
Email me if you want to see my happiness-project chart. If you want to take a look at the The Happiness Project One-Sentence Journal: A Five Year Record, it’s here.
Happiness Hack
Jane says, “To deal with unloading the dryer, I tell myself I only have to fold five items. That gets me started.”
Deep Dive
How to survive a break-up. Our fellow podcaster, Andrea Silenzi of the great podcast Why Oh Why, is dealing with a break-up. We talked about it first in Episode 93, and Andrea came onto the show to give us an update.
Demerit
Elizabeth gives herself a demerit for wearing sweatpants every day.
Gold Star
Our mother decorates beautifully for Christmas. It’s a lot of work, but it adds so much to the holiday, because it’s so festive.
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