Gretchen Rubin Quotes
You really have to begin by figuring out what kind of person you are. The tip is to really take a look at yourself.
The 20-minute walk I take is better than the 3-mile run I never start. Having people over for take-out is better than never having people to an elegant dinner party.
Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of those life-isn’t-fair results, it turns out that the happy out-perform the less happy.
Think about what kind of person you are and shape your habits, and your happiness, to show what's true about you instead of thinking that you can just import the right answer from the outside.
There are no do overs and some things just aren't going to happen. It is a little sad but you just have to embrace what is
In general, religious people seem to be happier than non-religious people - under various definitions of "religiosity," such as church attendance or professed spiritual beliefs.
I always say you can self-medicate through closet cleaning. Everyone knows that feeling of a clear surface, and how it makes you feel you can really focus and start your work.
It's true that people do assume that people who are critical are smarter than people who are uncritical.
We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period.
Enthusiasm is more important than innate ability, it turns out, because the single more important element in developing an expertise is your willingness to practice.
I have a lucky perfume. I love beautiful smells, but I save one of my favorite perfumes to wear only when I feel like I need some extra luck.
The absence of feeling bad isn't enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good
Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different.
Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness
One of the great joys of falling in love is the feeling that the most extraordinary person in the entire world has chosen you.
The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted.
Happy people make people happy, but I can’t make someone be happy, and no one else can make me happy.
People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and future. They can make changes in their behavior out of reason, in a way that animals can’t do.
The more I examine the issue of clutter, the more effort I put into combating it, because it really does act as a weight.
I grasped two things: I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasnt going to change unless I made it change.
He is my fate. He's my soul mate. He pervades my whole existence. So, of course, I often ignore him.
I think self-knowledge is a key to happiness.We can build happy lives only on the foundation of our own natures, our own values, and our own interests.
The thing that inspires me most is reading and just observing the people around me. I think those are the two things that make me want to write.
Reading makes me want to write my own books, and just trying to understand what I see in the world around me makes me want to figure things out.
I spend a lot of time saying to myself, "Well, is that really what I like to do? Is that really something that makes me happy?" and letting go of the things that don't make me happy.
What I found is, really, you always have to begin by nailing what is true about you, because something that works very well for someone else might not work for you at all.
I'm doing a lot of speaking and talking about habits, which is this subject that obsesses me. That's a lot of fun.
I used to be very disciplined about only buying three books ahead of what I was reading, but my husband corrupted me, and now I'm dozens ahead of myself!
There's a kind of magical thinking about these kinds of things. Throw away those bad photos before the "magic" attaches to them, so the good ones stand out.