We discuss how to make use of counterintuitive research that shows that our ability to change our minds often makes us less satisfied with our choices. We share a helpful smartphone hack for scheduling text messages. Plus we continue our discussion about handling a spouse who makes hurtful "jokes," with practical advice from listeners who've successfully addressed this issue. 

Resources & links related to this episode:
Take the Four Tendencies quiz to find out whether you're an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel
Order your copy of Secrets of Adulthood
Sign up for Bookshop's summer reading challenge on the homepage at gretchenrubin.com
Download the Happier app
Elizabeth is reading: The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon (Amazon, Bookshop) 
Gretchen is reading: Round the Bend by Neville Shute (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 discuss how to make use of counterintuitive research that shows that our ability to change our minds often makes us less satisfied with our choices. We share a helpful smartphone hack for scheduling text messages. Plus we continue our discussion about handling a spouse who makes hurtful "jokes," with practical advice from listeners who've successfully addressed this issue.&nbsp;
Resources &amp; links related to this episode:
<ul>
<li>Take the <a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/quiz/the-four-tendencies-quiz/">Four Tendencies quiz</a> to find out whether you're an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel</li>
<li>Order your copy of <a href="http://happiercast.com/secrets">Secrets of Adulthood</a></li>
<li>Sign up for Bookshop's summer reading challenge on the homepage at <a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/">gretchenrubin.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://thehappierapp.com/">Download the Happier app</a></li>
<li>Elizabeth is reading: The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon (<a href="https://amzn.to/467t0P7">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9781478948414">Bookshop</a>)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Gretchen is reading: Round the Bend by Neville Shute (<a href="https://amzn.to/3Ul1ZjT">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9780307474162">Bookshop</a>)</li>
</ul>
 Get in touch: <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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