The key to happiness? Know thyself, says Gretchen Rubin

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  You're listening to Life Kit from npr.

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  Hey, everybody, it's Marielle.

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  Question for you.

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  How happy are you?

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  Yeah, I know.

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  I guess I should answer it, too.

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  I don't know.

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  I mean, what is happiness anyway?

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  I started my career in law,

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  so I have many memories of spending an entire semester arguing about the definition of contract.

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  And happiness is even more elusive.

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  This is Gretchen Rubin.

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  She's a writer who studies happiness, good habits, and human nature.

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  She also has a podcast called Happier with Gretchen Rubin.

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  She says trying to pin it down.

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  Exactly.

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  And yes, I did try to do that in our interview isn't all that helpful.

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  There are, like, 15 academic definitions of happiness, and I think that for the regular person,

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  it's not that useful to argue about joy versus contentment versus well,

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  being versus life satisfaction.

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