The ingredients for a 'nice life'
6/23/202620 min
If chasing a "perfect" life feels exhausting, try for a nice life instead, says Rachel Wilkerson Miller. In her upcoming book, The Nice Life: How to Elevate the Everyday and Find Joy in What You Have, Miller argues that a nice life means noticing beauty, being open to curiosity, seeking community and more. Life Kit host Marielle Segarra spoke to Miller at The WBUR Festival in Boston about honing your personal definition of a nice life and playing an active role in shaping it.
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Rachel Wilkerson Miller· Guest0:15
[applause] A nice life is that little something extra. It's, I experienced joy and pleasure, and I made those things for myself. I had agency, and I made choices that allowed me to feel that little bit of sparkle, that little bit of like twinkle in your eye, that spring in your step, a little mischief.
Marielle Segarra· Host0:39
[music] You're listening to Life Kit. I'm Marielle Segarra. We did a live taping recently at WBUR Fest, a festival hosted by Boston NPR station WBUR. Fun fact, also where I started out as a public radio intern. The topic was how to have a nice life, and our guest was Rachel Wilkerson Miller, who's the senior editor at Vox and has a book coming out called The Nice Life: How to Elevate the Everyday and Find Joy in What You Have. [music] Yeah, I think there's a bit of elegance in a nice life, but again, not ... When, when we say elegance, I think we often would think of spending a lot of money, but we've talked about this. Can you buy your way to a nice life?
Rachel Wilkerson Miller· Guest1:26
Absolutely not. And that, to me, is central. I say in the book it's about punching above