One of my Secrets of Adulthood is: Most decisions don't require extensive research. — Gretchen Rubin Adulthood Copy Share Image
“I'd always vaguely expected to outgrown my limitations.” — Gretchen Rubin Limitations Copy Share Image
Children's literature is one of my joys, and it's also my mental comfort food. — Gretchen Rubin Also Copy Share Image
“Pierre Reverdy: “There is no love; there are only proofs of love.” — Gretchen Rubin Love Copy Share Image
Focus not on doing less or doing more but on doing what you value. — Gretchen Rubin Focus Copy Share Image
I'm a person who's fine saying 'No.' I like saying to myself, "no gossiping," "no nagging." — Gretchen Rubin Fine Copy Share Image
I love finding - or inventing - ways to categorize people. — Gretchen Rubin Categorize Copy Share Image
What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while. — Gretchen Rubin Every day Copy Share Image
“70 percent of long-term gym memberships are mostly unused, but a dog needs walking every day.” — Gretchen Rubin Every day Copy Share Image
I used to be very disciplined about only buying three books ahead of what I was reading, but my husband corrupted me,… — Gretchen Rubin Book Copy Share Image
Often, the more reliably you perform a task, the less likely it is for someone to notice that you're doing it and… — Gretchen Rubin Any Copy Share Image
“Feeling right” is about living the life that’s right for you—in occupation, location, marital status, and so on. It’s also about virtue:… — Gretchen Rubin Character Copy Share Image
I collect axioms, paradoxes, maxims, teaching stories, proverbs, and aphorisms of all sorts, because I love to see complex ideas distilled into… — Gretchen Rubin Aphorism Copy Share Image
Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they're big, flashing signs that… — Gretchen Rubin Bigs Copy Share Image
“I started to apply the “one-minute rule”; I didn’t postpone any task that could be done in less than one minute.” — Gretchen Rubin Minute Copy Share Image
If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter. — Gretchen Rubin Clutter Copy Share Image
When I thought about why I was sometimes reluctant to push myself, I realized that it was because I was afraid of… — Gretchen Rubin Accepting Copy Share Image
I'd always vaguely expected to outgrow my limitations. One day, I'd stop twisting my hair, and wearing running shoes all the time,… — Gretchen Rubin Always Copy Share Image
“I have an idea of who I wish I were, and that obscures my understanding of who I actually am. Sometimes I… — Gretchen Rubin Learning Copy Share Image
If I can do something in less than one minute, I don't let myself procrastinate. I hang up my coat, put newspapers… — Gretchen Rubin About Copy Share Image
“My home is a place of unconditional belonging, which is part of its pleasure, part of its pain—as Robert Frost wrote, home… — Gretchen Rubin Belonging Copy Share Image
A book is a better way to develop a complicated idea, or to tell a big story and to show how ideas… — Gretchen Rubin Better way Copy Share Image
“People have an inborn disposition that's set within a certain range, but they can boost themselves to the top of their happiness… — Gretchen Rubin Happiness Copy Share Image
“As I turned the key and pushed open the front door, as I crossed the threshold, I thought how breathtaking, how fleeting,… — Gretchen Rubin Front door Copy Share Image
“Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness; a review of research by the… — Gretchen Rubin Community service Copy Share Image
“A study of workers in various industries showed that their job satisfaction was less tied to their salaries than to how their… — Gretchen Rubin Education Copy Share Image
“I started thinking more about music. I thought I'd accepted the fact that, as part of "Being Gretchen," I didn't really like… — Gretchen Rubin Music Copy Share Image
Step by step, you make your way forward. That’s why practices such as daily writing exercises or keeping a daily blog can… — Gretchen Rubin Anxiety Copy Share Image
I've noticed that a lot of people do much better when all their resolutions are framed as 'Yes.' Not something like, "I'm… — Gretchen Rubin Every day Copy Share Image
Happiness can seem like an abstract, transcendent notion, but in fact, I found that getting enough sleep (very important!!), getting exercise, not… — Gretchen Rubin Abstract Copy Share Image
“Pushing myself, I knew, would cause me serious discomfort. It's a Secret of Adulthood: Happiness doesn't always make you feel happy. When… — Gretchen Rubin Afraid of failure Copy Share Image
“Thoreau admonished, “Our life is frittered away by detail.… Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!” This longing for simplicity is so powerful and complex that… — Gretchen Rubin Life Copy Share Image
