Would you describe yourself as an Upholder, a Questioner, a Rebel, or an Obliger? As one doctor told me, I have no problem losing weight, I have a problem keeping it off.
The downside of quitting smoking was that it started a long struggle with my weight. Even though I don’t see myself as a joiner, there was something about the group and the leader that connected with me at that moment and I quit. I did it through a program run by the American Lung Association. One of my proudest accomplishments was quitting smoking. Have you ever managed to gain a challenging healthy habit-or to break an unhealthy habit? If so, how did you do it?
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Once you get that on a bone deep level, and learn how to shape your thoughts to produce happiness in all its guises, your life changes dramatically for the better. I honestly didn’t truly understand this until very recently, but I do now get in a very deep way how my thoughts influence my feelings and shape reality. What’s something you know now about happiness that you didn’t know when you were 18 years old? I find writing goals that involve finishing a scene or a chapter much more productive than those that involve hours or word count. This works for me because it gets me started on something difficult that demands concentration, like working on my new novel, and keeps me going to a tolerable amount of time. I’ve been following the Pomodoro method lately, setting a timer for 25 minutes and focusing on one task, but then taking a forced break. So if I want to feel accomplished, I might make a To Do list early in the day and be sure I tick things off, or if I want to feel Peaceful, I might read or take a long walk and avoid email. On a micro level, I sometimes in the morning choose how I want to feel at the end of the day and then relate all my choices to that. But the year has kind of screwed with this idea of a guiding principle. For 2020 I was torn between Strong-no, I don’t pick only S words-and the Japanese word Ikigai, which means Reason for Being. Last year it was Success, the year before it was Security. Pam: I like to pick a word of the year that I look to every time I need to make a decision or I’m confused about a course of action. Gretchen: What’s a simple activity or habit that consistently makes you happier, healthier, more productive, or more creative? I couldn’t wait to talk to Pam about happiness, habits, and creativity.
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Sutton Foster is one of the stars of the TV show Younger, so it’s a very meta choice. If you like audio-books, the wonderful Sutton Foster narrates the audio-book of Older-the first audio-book she has ever done. Her new novel Older ( Amazon, Bookshop), a sequel to Younger, hits the shelves today. A former editor and columnist for Glamour, she lives in Los Angeles.
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She’s the coauthor of a groundbreaking series of books on names and a creator of Nameberry, the world’s largest baby name site. P amela Redmond is New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 books of fiction and nonfiction, including Younger ( Amazon, Bookshop), which is now a popular television show created by Darren Star.
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