402: Why We Might Buy Ourselves Flowers, How to Find an Extra Hour, and Writing a Personal Manifesto

Inspired by listeners, we discuss the suggestion to buy ourselves flowers. We also discuss an easy way to carve out an extra hour each day and talk about why writing a manifesto is a great creative tool for making our lives happier.
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Should I write a manifesto?
What is a manifesto?
Should I buy myself flowers?
How do I find an extra hour in my day?
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Gretchen Rubin is the co-host of the top-ranked, award-winning Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast. One of the most thoughtful and influential voices on the subjects of happiness, habits, and human nature, she’s the author of several New York Times bestsellers, including “The Happiness Project,” “The Four Tendencies,” and “Better Than Before”. She lives in New York City with her family.
Elizabeth Craft is the co-host of Happier with Gretchen Rubin. She’s a television writer, producer, and showrunner, and she also co-hosts Happier in Hollywood, a podcast about how to survive and thrive in LA-or anywhere else. Liz lives with her husband Adam and their son Jack in the Los Angeles area.
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Hi Gretchen and Elizabeth - I may be the only person who doesn't like getting flowers. When my soldier husband was deployed, he'd send me flowers, and I loved them, but then when they'd wilt, it hurt to throw them out, and I would cry missing him even more. The reminder was so tied together that I asked him to not give them to me anymore. I still love seeing flowers everywhere outside - even weeds like dandelions and Queen Anne's Lace - but I still don't want to have them in my house.