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Two Huge Happy Milestones for My Family.
This week marked a gigantic milestone in my extended family. Both my parents, and my husband’s parents, have now been married for fifty years. And my parents have been married for fifty-two years....
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Consider the Three Levels of Fun: Challenging, Accommodating, and Relaxing Fun.
Every Wednesday is Tip Day, or List Day, or Quiz Day. Here’s a mystery. We spend a huge amount of time with TV. Watching TV is probably the world’s most popular pastime and is the greatest use of...
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A Trip to the Pediatrician’s Office Reminded Me of This Important Truth.
This week, I took both my daughters to the pediatrician for their annual check-ups. I was a little late, but the need to turn in camp health forms got me to schedule the appointments, finally. As I...
View ArticleStory: My Sister Wasn’t Sorry To See Me Go, But She Was Glad I Came.
For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully. This week’s story: My sister...
View ArticleStory: Guess–Who Never Confuses Identical Twins?
This week’s video story: I’m talking about One and the Same: My Life as an Identical Twin and What I’ve Learned about Everyone’s Struggle to Be Singular by my friend Abigail Pogrebin. I’ve always...
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“Now Is Now. It Can Never Be a Long Time Ago.”
When the fiddle had stopped singing Laura called out softly, “What are days of auld lang syne, Pa?” “They are the days of a long time ago, Laura,” Pa said. “Go to sleep, now.” But Laura lay awake a...
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Today Is One of the Happiest Days of My Life. Here’s Why.
Today is one of the very happiest days of my life. I was happy when my two daughters were born, but having a baby is such a tremendous new responsibility; I was extremely happy, but also awestruck and...
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Thank You, Readers, For All Your Good Wishes
I want to say thank you to everyone who wrote me, one way or another, to send good wishes to me and my family after my announcement that my husband is cured — yes, that’s right, cured — of hepatitis C....
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Video: How Other People Affect Your Habits, and You Affect Their Habits
I’m doing a video series in which I discuss the various strategies that we can use for habit-formation. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life, and a significant element of happiness....
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A Happy Habit: Celebrating Valentine’s Breakfast (as Pictured)
As part of the happiness-boosting experiments I tried while writing The Happiness Project — or was it while writing Happier at Home? — one of my favorite was to celebrate holiday breakfasts. I’ve been...
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Podcast 20: Very Special Episode! Featuring Great Comments from Our Listeners.
It’s Wednesday — time for the next installment of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” Yes, it’s the Very Special Episode! (I’ve always loved that phrase so very happy to have an excuse to use it.) We’ve...
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Podcast 29: Why Elizabeth and I Lower the Bar, Use the Clean Slate to Change...
It’s time for the next installment of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” To listen to this episode, just zip to the bottom of this post and hit the red “play” button. Or if you’re reading this post by...
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When Did You Experience the Truest Feeling of Joy You’ve Ever Known?
“To this day, the truest feeling of joy I have ever known is the door opening at a friend’s house to reveal my father — in his tweed overcoat– there to rescue me from a bad play date.” — Lena Dunham,...
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Podcast 34: Have a Difficult Conversation, and a Talk with Lisa Randall,...
It’s time for the next installment of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” Update: Elizabeth, the ever-loyal sister, gives a plug for the new jacket for the paperback of my book, Better Than Before. I...
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What Do You Do with Holiday Cards? Keep, Toss, Store…?
This week we started getting holiday cards in the mail. I love it! I love seeing photos of people’s families, and I love the friendly feeling of getting all that good mail (for once). But here’s the...
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Podcast 44: Drew Barrymore Gets Personal. And Happier.
It’s time for the next installment of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” Update: The paperback of Better Than Before just hit the shelves. You can see me talk about it in this short video. If you’ve ever...
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Today Is the One-Year Anniversary of the Happiest Day of My Life. Here’s Why.
Actually, the one-year anniversary of the happiest day of my life happened over the weekend, so I waited until today to re-post this post from last year. *** Assay: Today is one of the very happiest...
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A Favorite Valentine’s Day Tradition that I Can’t Observe This Year.
Happy Valentine’s Day! I’m on a trip to Chicago with my two daughters, so alas, I’m not able to keep one of my favorite resolutions. As part of the happiness-boosting experiments I tried while writing...
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Why I Celebrate Leap Day, and Other Minor Holidays. Do You?
One of my favorite resolutions — and I write about it in my books The Happiness Project and Happier at Home — is to celebrate minor holidays. Celebrating minor holidays is fun, it’s low-stress, and it...
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Podcast 56: Schedule Time to Worry, Beware of Loopholes, and Dealing with a...
It’s time for the next installment of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” Update: Elizabeth is with me in the studio, because she’s in New York City shooting a TV pilot. So glamorous! But she’s so busy, I...
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