{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"390 Best Of: Making Your Outdoor Time Better With Life in Five Senses (Gretchen Rubin, happiness researcher and author)","description":"Do you have one person whose work you\u2019ve looked to for inspiration? For me, that\u2019s Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project, and it\u2019s why I was so excited to get her on Humans Outside for a sit-down.  It was such a fun conversation that I want to make sure you get to hear it in this best of humans outside episode. I hope you love this interesting and inspirational conversation with Gretchen Rubin.  Connect with this episode: Read Life in 5 Senses (affiliate link) Visit Gretchen\u2019s website Follow Gretchen on Instagram Follow Gretchen on Facebook Follow Humans Outside on Instagram Follow Humans Outside on Facebook Some of the good stuff: [3:05] Gretchen Rubin\u2019s favorite outdoor space [4:10] How Gretchen became someone who likes to go outside [6:35] The problem of things taking effort [8:47] Why Gretchen started her Life in 5 Senses project [11:33] Does she still go to this place every day? [11:38] How that practice is like a sit spot [14:40] The freedom (and challenge) of doing something every day [18:28] Gretchen\u2019s favorite sense and how her experiment impacted it [19:41] What do we lose when we ignore our senses? [22:27] All about Gretchen\u2019s daily outdoor project [24:15] The difference between a chore and recess outside [27:00] Why the freedom to choose your own rules is important (and hard) [30:13] The inspiration for Gretchen\u2019s project [33:17] How her five sense are influencing her outdoor project [36:19] Personal habits that make her outdoor time better [40:21] Gretchen\u2019s favorite outdoor moment   ","author_name":"Humans Outside","author_url":"http:\/\/www.humansoutside.com","html":"