We explore why making a list of your favorite words ("whimsy," "crackle," "latibulate") and using them can boost happiness. We share a simple hack that makes packing easier, and we reflect on a dog-related Secret of Adulthood. We also tackle a listener question about how to manage Obliger-rebellion when facing increased workload after coworker layoffs.

Resources & links related to this episode:
Order your copy of Secrets of Adulthood
Sign up for the Happier in Hollywood Substack newsletter
Happiness Hack: Ratio method of 3:1
Quiz for the Four Tendencies personality framework
I Want You to Know journal 
Elizabeth is reading: Lights Out by Navessa Allen (Amazon, Bookshop)
Gretchen is reading: The Catastrophe Hour by Meghan Daum (Amazon, Bookshop)

Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.

Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app. 

We explore why making a list of your favorite words ("whimsy," "crackle," "latibulate") and using them can boost happiness. We share a simple hack that makes packing easier, and we reflect on a dog-related Secret of Adulthood. We also tackle a listener question about how to manage Obliger-rebellion when facing increased workload after coworker layoffs.
Resources &amp; links related to this episode:
<ul>
<li>Order your copy of <a href="http://happiercast.com/secrets">Secrets of Adulthood</a></li>
<li>Sign up for the <a href="https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com/">Happier in Hollywood Substack newsletter</a></li>
<li>Happiness Hack: <a href="https://www.cntraveler.com/story/best-packing-tips">Ratio method of 3:1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/quiz/the-four-tendencies-quiz/">Quiz for the Four Tendencies</a> personality framework</li>
<li><a href="http://happiercast.com/shop">I Want You to Know journal</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Elizabeth is reading: Lights Out by Navessa Allen (<a href="https://amzn.to/3YgaH5G">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9781638932239">Bookshop</a>)</li>
<li>Gretchen is reading: The Catastrophe Hour by Meghan Daum (<a href="https://amzn.to/3EtexSl">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9781912559688">Bookshop</a>)</li>
</ul>
Get in touch:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:podcast@gretchenrubin.com">podcast@gretchenrubin.com</a>
Visit<a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/">&nbsp;Gretchen's website</a>&nbsp;to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the&nbsp;Happier&nbsp;app.
Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.&nbsp;

Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to this lively, thought-provoking podcast. Gretchen’s cohost and guinea pig is her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her happiness bully. 

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Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to this lively, thought-provoking podcast. Gretchen&rsquo;s cohost and guinea pig is her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her happiness bully.&nbsp;
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