There are about 100 days left in the year, and we discuss why starting your 100-day countdown can make you happier. We also explore a hack that will help you read, learn, and get entertained, and we share interesting responses from listeners about the power of engaging.

Resources & links related to this episode:
For the Happier Podcast Book Club: All the Way to the River: Love, Loss and Liberation by Elizabeth Gilbert (Amazon, Bookshop)
Joshua Rothman's New Yorker article "A.I. Is Coming for Culture"
Listen to the new podcast Since You Asked with Lori Gottlieb and Gretchen Rubin
Happier in Hollywood Substack 
Secrets of Adulthood Substack 
"Fall in Love with Your Next Novel" Quiz
Elizabeth is reading: Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff Hiller (Amazon, Bookshop) 
Gretchen is reading: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman (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. 

There are about 100 days left in the year, and we discuss why starting your 100-day countdown can make you happier. We also explore a hack that will help you read, learn, and get entertained, and we share interesting responses from listeners about the power of engaging.
Resources &amp; links related to this episode:
<ul>
<li>For the Happier Podcast Book Club: All the Way to the River: Love, Loss and Liberation by Elizabeth Gilbert (<a href="https://amzn.to/4nB9DU8">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9780593540985">Bookshop</a>)</li>
<li>Joshua Rothman's New Yorker article "<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/01/ai-is-coming-for-culture">A.I. Is Coming for Culture</a>"</li>
<li><a href="https://www.thesinceyouaskedpodcast.com/">Listen to the new podcast Since You Asked with Lori Gottlieb and Gretchen Rubin</a></li>
<li><a href="https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com/">Happier in Hollywood</a> Substack&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://secretsofadulthood.substack.com">Secrets of Adulthood</a> Substack&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="http://happiercast.com/nextnovel">"Fall in Love with Your Next Novel" Quiz</a></li>
<li>Elizabeth is reading: Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff Hiller (<a href="https://amzn.to/4mbERjq">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9781668031858">Bookshop</a>)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Gretchen is reading: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman&nbsp;(<a href="https://amzn.to/4guWQjO">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9780553510706">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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