There are about 100 days left in the year, and we discuss why starting your 100-day countdown can make you happier. We also explore a hack that will help you read, learn, and get entertained, and we share interesting responses from listeners about the power of engaging.

Resources & links related to this episode:

• For the Happier Podcast Book Club: All the Way to the River: Love, Loss and Liberation by Elizabeth Gilbert (Amazon, Bookshop)
• Joshua Rothman's New Yorker article "A.I. Is Coming for Culture"
• Listen to the new podcast Since You Asked with Lori Gottlieb and Gretchen Rubin
• Happier in Hollywood Substack 
• Secrets of Adulthood Substack 
• "Fall in Love with Your Next Novel" Quiz
• Elizabeth is reading: Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff Hiller (Amazon, Bookshop) 
• Gretchen is reading: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman (Amazon, Bookshop)

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