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The One-Minute Rule Has the Power to Make You Happier (Even at Work!)

Updated 6/19/2020
The One-Minute Rule Has the Power to Make You Happier (Even at Work!)
The "Happier With Gretchen Rubin" podcast provides ideas of little things you can do on a daily basis in order to be happier overall at work and in life.

There’s a lot of advice out there on what you can do to achieve ultimate happiness. But being happy is not a destination—it’s an emotion you deserve to feel all the time. Even when things aren’t going according to plan at work, in your career, or at home.

And often what we hear in regards to this is along the lines of, “Just choose happiness”—which can be really overwhelming and intimidating. Especially when your boss continues to wake you up with 3 AM emails. So no, choosing it is not nearly as simple as deciding what you want for dinner (although that can also be challenging sometimes, too).

The podcast “Happier with Gretchen Rubin” features Gretchen Rubin (author of The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun) and her sister discussing much more manageable things you can do and habits you can develop that’ll make this big concept seem more manageable.

The first episode features the one-minute rule—a rule that just might change your life.


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Abby is a writer, career coach, and health educator living in Portland, Maine. When she’s not trying to make the world a happier and healthier place, you can find her cuddling with her cats, hunting down the city's best coffee and grilled cheese, or dipping her toes in the Atlantic. Say hi on Twitter .
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