More Happier: Dinner for Breakfast? Plus A Basic Question About Very Basic Questions
From Happier with Gretchen Rubin by Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
May 30, 2026 · 34 min · Episode 58801
About this episode
The episode discusses the divisive topic of eating dinner for breakfast and explores how people learn everyday unwritten rules.
We explore a surprisingly divisive question: would you eat dinner for breakfast? We also discuss how people learn the unwritten rules of everyday life. Plus, the pleasure of being able to watch, listen, and read as many times as you like. Resources & links related to this episode: Life in Five Senses (Amazon, Bookshop) Quiz: What's Your Most Neglected Sense? "Design Your Summer"—download the Happier app Ann Truitt, Turn: The Journal of an Artist (Amazon) Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Gretchen Rubin
Topics covered
- dinner for breakfast
- unwritten rules
- everyday life
- pleasure of media
- self-improvement
Keywords
- dinner for breakfast
- unwritten rules
- self-improvement
- media consumption
- Happier app
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Happier, The Onward Project, Apple Podcasts, megaphone.fm
Books & works: Life in Five Senses, Ann Truitt, Turn: The Journal of an Artist
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