Veena Harbaugh, a sustainability strategist, author, and change-maker, joins host Eric Benson to talk about what a good day actually feels like, and how you know when you're in one. For Veena, it comes down to two things: creativity and connection. Whether she's writing, arranging flowers, or having an unplanned two-hour lunch with a fellow author, she feels what she calls her "life force." She rarely knows it's been a good day until later — when she notices she's chatting with strangers, or that even a dentist appointment went surprisingly well.

Veena Harbaugh is a sustainability strategist, writer, and change-maker based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is currently writing Meet the Moment: How to Become and Stay a Force for Positive Change and hosts the Do-Gooders Book Club on Substack.

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Host: Eric Benson → ericbenson.re-nourish.org

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Music by: John Opferkuch

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Resources mentioned in the episode:

• David Allen – Getting Things Done (GTD)
• Tiago Forte – Building a Second Brain & The PARA Method
• Lisa Congdon – Values Card Deck & Illustration Work
• The Harada Method
• Takashi Harada – The Harada Method: The Spirit of Self-Reliance
• Francis Frei – Harvard Business School / Leadership Consortium
• AJ Harper – Writing Workshops
• Laura Stone – Writing Community
• Veena's Do-Gooders Book Club (Substack)
• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – Flow