Working in Habits With Friends and Families

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I love your podcast. I also love listening to your sister on her own podcast and hearing the overlap between those two. It feels like you two really support each other in the changes that you make. So how do you think about working in habits with friends and families so that you're all supporting each other rather than, I think we've all had the experience of your family kind of undermines you by doing the opposite of what you're trying to do? Well, that's, I mean, you put your finger on a crucial point, which is that we really pick up habits for other people.

Why do so many of us wait until a new calendar year to start setting our goals? For today’s guest, Gretchen Rubin, “there really is no magic to January 1st”-- and the best time to start a healthy habit is just, well, “now.” Gretchen is a podcaster and the author of several New York Times bestsellers, including “Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life.” In this episode, she shares eye-opening frameworks on the different ways to make and achieve goals, gives tips on how to create habits that actually improve our lives and discusses why chasing happiness isn’t always fun – and why it doesn’t always make us feel happy. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts