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Jul 2022
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Happier - Ep. 385: Keep a Commonplace Bo...

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
About this episode

We talk about the value of keeping a commonplace book (which I’ve done since I was ten years old), and we offer a hack for keeping perspective as a parent—plus a bonus hack for headaches. Plus a listener asks, “How can I stop my husband from interrupting me?” 

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