What you can do to be happier right now
On my blog, I post daily about my adventures in happiness and good habits. In this newsletter, I highlight some of the best material from the previous month.
Feel free to skip this long personal update: I've been traveling a lot to do events around Better Than Before. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to do it, and I really enjoy it -- but boy, it's nice to be home. I'm a real creature of habit (see Better Than Before) and a real homebody (see Happier at Home), so a long stretch at home has been great.
My sister Elizabeth and I are having so much fun with our podcast, Happier with Gretchen Rubin. We hit a big milestone this month: 2 million downloads! After just five months. Thanks, listeners! And thank to iTunes, which listed Happier with Gretchen Rubin in its round-up of top podcasts for its "10 Years of Podcasts" celebration. For newbies like us, that's a huge honor.
Intrigued? On the podcast, we talk about cutting edge science, the wisdom of the ages, the lessons from pop culture--and our own stories and experiences--about how to be happier and have better habits. We're sisters, so we don't let each other get away with much. For you fans of "Car Talk," to our delight, someone called us the "Click and Clack of happiness."
Not sure how to subscribe? It's easy--really! Instructions here. Special thanks to people who take the time to subscribe, rate, and review. That really helps a new podcast like ours. (Hint, hint.)
Another milestone: more than 200,000 people have taken the "Four Tendencies" quiz. Want to find out if you're an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel? Take it here. I continue to be fascinated by the Four Tendencies. For instance, now I'm doing a lot of research on Thomas Merton (Rebel).
It was great to see Better Than Before included in the Washingon Post's list of "A summer reading list that will help you professionally.
Hot Topic of the Month
Many people jumped in to answer the question, What's your idea of luxury?
Also popular: How do you feel about gifts? A list of questions.
Hot on Facebook
A huge number of people responded when I posted, I checked out 8 books from the library yesterday, and it made me SO HAPPY. Do you love libraries? A lot of people love libraries!
Tips, Quizzes, & Lists
How do you feel about gifts? A list of questions.
The 10 inalienable rights of the reader--agree, disagree?
A memoir and a list of loopholes used to justify drinking.
Are you an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel?
Posts that Most Intrigued Readers
What's your idea of luxury?
What did Flannery O'Connor pray for?
Secret of Adulthood: Remember to go outside.
Why this scene from Game of Thrones made me happy.
Podcasts
Choose an office TV show, do you "savor" or "spree" when enjoying something, and how to keep good habits while traveling. If you've got a box of chocolate or a new favorite TV show, do you savor or spree?
Creativity! Listen to Rosanne Cash, save your string, fight drift, and a lesson from the TV writers' room.
Join a group, put an item on the schedule, enjoy the present time, and the joy of the treadmill desk.
A Very Special Episode: Featuring great comments from our listeners. This was our way of celebrating our 20th episode.
Enjoy the fun of failure, an interview with TV anchor Dan Harris, and plane-ticket pain. Dan Harris 10% happier--can you guess how he accomplished that?
Connect
You can follow me on Twitter (@gretchenrubin); join the discussion on the Facebook Page. And spread the word! If you know anyone who might enjoy this newsletter, please forward it.
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