“To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right.” — Gretchen Rubin Feeling Copy Share Image
You can choose what you do, you cant choose what you like to do. — Gretchen Rubin Cant Copy Share Image
The biggest waste of time is to do well something that we need not do at all. — Gretchen Rubin Authentic happiness Copy Share Image
What's fun for other people may not be fun for you- and vice versa. — Gretchen Rubin Fun Copy Share Image
When you work regularly, inspiration strikes regularly. — Gretchen Rubin Inspiration Copy Share Image
“However, if you want to know how people would like to be treated, it's more helpful to look at how they themselves… — Gretchen Rubin Know People Copy Share Image
I do better with routines and predictability. I don't react well when there's a sudden change in the schedule. — Gretchen Rubin Better Copy Share Image
You can love someone but not want to keep a gift from that person. It's okay to pass an item along to… — Gretchen Rubin Along Copy Share Image
One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make… — Gretchen Rubin Body Copy Share Image
There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that… — Gretchen Rubin Abundance Copy Share Image
“Another study suggested that getting one extra hour of sleep each night would do more for a person's happiness than getting a… — Gretchen Rubin Education Copy Share Image
“We all know the secret of dieting - eat better, eat less, exercise more - it's the application that's challenging.” — Gretchen Rubin Dieting Copy Share Image
“What we assume will be temporary often becomes permanent; what we assume is permanent often proves temporary.” — Gretchen Rubin Assumptions Copy Share Image
Work done by other people sounds easy. How hard can it be to take care of a newborn who sleeps 20 hours… — Gretchen Rubin Business Copy Share Image
“Hugging relieves stress, boosts feelings of closeness, and even squelches pain. In one study, people assigned to give five hugs each day… — Gretchen Rubin Different people Copy Share Image
“Second Splendid Truth One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best… — Gretchen Rubin Happiness Copy Share Image
It's hard to avoid 'unconscious overclaiming.' In unconscious overclaiming, we unconsciously overestimate our contributions relative to others. This makes sense, because we're… — Gretchen Rubin Also Copy Share Image
In 'Before and After,' I identify the sixteen strategies that we can use to make or break our habits. Some are quite… — Gretchen Rubin After Copy Share Image
The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity,… — Gretchen Rubin Belief Copy Share Image
A 'treat' is different from a 'reward,' which must be justified or earned. A treat is a small pleasure or indulgence that… — Gretchen Rubin Because Copy Share Image
A series of small but real accomplishments gives people the energy and confidence to continue. For instance, a person who wants to… — Gretchen Rubin Accomplishments Copy Share Image
“The Habits Manifesto What we do every day matters more than what we do once in a while. Make it easy to… — Gretchen Rubin Every day Copy Share Image
One thing that makes me very happy is to have a complicated idea and to feel that I've expressed myself clearly. I… — Gretchen Rubin Abstract Copy Share Image
It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against paradoxes. I wanted… — Gretchen Rubin Accepting Copy Share Image
“Happy people generally are more forgiving, helpful, and charitable, have better self-control, and are more tolerant of frustration than unhappy people, while… — Gretchen Rubin Happiness 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
“For work: I bought some pens. Normally, I used makeshift pens, the kind of unsatisfactory implements that somehow materialized in my bag… — Gretchen Rubin Money well spent Copy Share Image
“The bus was hardly moving, but I could hardly keep pace with my own thoughts. “I’ve got to tackle this,” I told… — Gretchen Rubin Free time Copy Share Image
“My resolution to “Embrace good smells” has developed into a full-blown obsession. A few of my favorite perfumes: CB I Hate Perfume… — Gretchen Rubin Flowers Copy Share Image
