Gretchen Rubin
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Podcast Appearances
And so picking a one word theme for the year for us, it's it sounds like for you, it's almost like predicting.
And so picking a one word theme for the year for us, it's it sounds like for you, it's almost like predicting.
It's almost like trying to trying to anticipate what you're going to accomplish.
It's almost like trying to trying to anticipate what you're going to accomplish.
This is more like the theme for like setting your intention.
This is more like the theme for like setting your intention.
And what I have found, what a lot of my audience have found is that setting these words really helps you to kind of think in a more transcendent way and in a more kind of comprehensive way of what you want to achieve and then to think through all the ways that you might make that happen.
And what I have found, what a lot of my audience have found is that setting these words really helps you to kind of think in a more transcendent way and in a more kind of comprehensive way of what you want to achieve and then to think through all the ways that you might make that happen.
So, for instance, I've had words like my words have tended to be pretty boring, like infrastructure, delegate, bigger.
So, for instance, I've had words like my words have tended to be pretty boring, like infrastructure, delegate, bigger.
Whereas my sister, my co-host on Happier is my sister.
Whereas my sister, my co-host on Happier is my sister.
Her words have been much more evocative and interesting, like butterfly, number six, Hot Wheels, novel.
Her words have been much more evocative and interesting, like butterfly, number six, Hot Wheels, novel.
So this year, my word, I decided I wanted to have like a more concrete word that had like a lot more kind of metaphoric levels to it.
So this year, my word, I decided I wanted to have like a more concrete word that had like a lot more kind of metaphoric levels to it.
So I picked the word salt.
So I picked the word salt.
Because salt is something that it's a universal flavor enhancer.
Because salt is something that it's a universal flavor enhancer.