--- title: "14 Me Quotes By Gretchen Rubin" description: "14 Me quotes by Gretchen Rubin. Plus more from Gretchen Rubin and more Me sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/gretchen-rubin-867_about_i-m-constantly-on-the-hunt-for-insights_2565413.jpg" --- > [I'm constantly on the hunt for insights about happiness or ideas about how to be happier - which probably makes me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-m-constantly-on-the-hunt-for-insights-about-happiness-or-ideas/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/gretchen-rubin-867_about_i-m-constantly-on-the-hunt-for-insights_2565413.jpg) > [Getting paperwork under control makes me feel more in control of my life generally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/getting-paperwork-under-control-makes-me-feel-more-in-control-of-my/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/gretchen-rubin-867_authentic-happiness_getting-paperwork-under-control-makes-me_2479382.png) > [I really work on paying attention to the clues my self is giving myself. For instance, I think of myself in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-really-work-on-paying-attention-to-the-clues-my-self-is-giving/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/gretchen-rubin-867_attention_i-really-work-on-paying-attention-to-the_1005421.png) > [I read a lot, all the time, but often I read books for research, or because they're interesting to me in some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-read-a-lot-all-the-time-but-often-i-read-books-for-research-or/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/944/gretchen-rubin-867_because_i-read-a-lot-all-the-time-but-often-i-re_3077930.png) > [If I can do something in less than one minute, I don't let myself procrastinate. I hang up my coat, put newspapers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/if-i-can-do-something-in-less-than-one-minute-i-don-t-let-myself/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/gretchen-rubin-867_about_if-i-can-do-something-in-less-than-one-m_1085170.png) > [Putting myself into categories is fun, and I think it also gives me insight into my own nature. When I see myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/putting-myself-into-categories-is-fun-and-i-think-it-also-gives-me/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/gretchen-rubin-867_also_putting-myself-into-categories-is-fun-an_2340824.png) > [Like most people, I have several pet subjects - that may or may not be interesting to other people. Don't get me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/like-most-people-i-have-several-pet-subjects-that-may-or-may-not-be/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/gretchen-rubin-867_about_like-most-people-i-have-several-pet-subj_1458093.png) > [I've always loved 'Before and After' stories, in books, magazines, and TV shows. Whenever I read those words, I'm hooked. The thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-ve-always-loved-before-and-after-stories-in-books-magazines-and-tv/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/gretchen-rubin-867_after_i-ve-always-loved-before-and-after-stori_2692558.png) > [During my study of happiness, I noticed something that surprised me: I often learn more from one person's highly idiosyncratic experiences than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/during-my-study-of-happiness-i-noticed-something-that-surprised-me-i/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/gretchen-rubin-867_cite_during-my-study-of-happiness-i-noticed-s_94953.png) > [If you're impatient while waiting for the bus, tell yourself you're doing 'Bus waiting meditation.' If you're standing in a slow line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/if-you-re-impatient-while-waiting-for-the-bus-tell-yourself-you-re/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/gretchen-rubin-867_bus_if-you-re-impatient-while-waiting-for-th_2532452.png) > [In 'Before and After,' I identify the sixteen strategies that we can use to make or break our habits. Some are quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/in-before-and-after-i-identify-the-sixteen-strategies-that-we-can-use/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/gretchen-rubin-867_after_in-before-and-after-i-identify-the-sixte_2061009.png) > [Whenever I'm trying to decide how to spend my precious time, energy, or money, I ask myself a series of questions. 'Will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/whenever-i-m-trying-to-decide-how-to-spend-my-precious-time-energy-or/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/gretchen-rubin-867_ask_whenever-i-m-trying-to-decide-how-to-spe_2098834.png) > [One thing that makes me very happy is to have a complicated idea and to feel that I've expressed myself clearly. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/one-thing-that-makes-me-very-happy-is-to-have-a-complicated-idea-and/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/gretchen-rubin-867_abstract_one-thing-that-makes-me-very-happy-is-to_1234024.jpg) > [It was my interest in happiness that led me to the subject of habits, and of course, the study of habits is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/it-was-my-interest-in-happiness-that-led-me-to-the-subject-of-habits/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/gretchen-rubin-867_architecture_it-was-my-interest-in-happiness-that-led_399911.png) ## Other authors on Me ## More by Gretchen Rubin > [“Second Splendid Truth One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/second-splendid-truth-one-of-the-best-ways-to-make-yourself-happy-is/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [Knowing what you admire in others is a wonderful mirror into your deepest, as yet unborn, self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/knowing-what-you-admire-in-others-is-a-wonderful-mirror-into-your/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/being-taken-for-granted-is-an-unpleasant-but-sincere-form-of-praise/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [“one Secret of Adulthood is “Never start a sentence with the words ‘No offense’”? “And”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/one-secret-of-adulthood-is-never-start-a-sentence-with-the-words-no/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [One of the findings that really interests me is that, although we think we ACT because of the way we FEEL, we often FEEL…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/one-of-the-findings-that-really-interests-me-is-that-although-we/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [We all want to get along well with other people, and one way to do this is to help people feel good about themselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/we-all-want-to-get-along-well-with-other-people-and-one-way-to-do/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [During my study of happiness, I noticed something that surprised me: I often learn more from one person's highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/during-my-study-of-happiness-i-noticed-something-that-surprised-me-i/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that are worn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/there-is-a-preppy-wabi-sabi-to-soft-faded-khakis-and-cotton-shirts/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [“There are times in the lives of most of us,” observed William Edward Hartpole Lecky, “when we would have given all the world to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/there-are-times-in-the-lives-of-most-of-us-observed-william-edward/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [“I started thinking more about music. I thought I'd accepted the fact that, as part of "Being Gretchen," I didn't really like music, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-started-thinking-more-about-music-i-thought-i-d-accepted-the-fact/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/if-you-ve-had-something-for-more-than-six-months-and-it-s-still-not/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [“The pleasure of doing the same thing, in the same way, every day, shouldn't be overlooked. The things I do every day take on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/the-pleasure-of-doing-the-same-thing-in-the-same-way-every-day/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [Although we often assume that feelings inspire actions, in fact, actions also inspire feelings. By pushing myself to act happier, I make myself feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/although-we-often-assume-that-feelings-inspire-actions-in-fact/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [I love finding - or inventing - ways to categorize people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-love-finding-or-inventing-ways-to-categorize-people/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [“After someone's death, how strange to see the value drain away from his or her possessions; useful objects such as clothes, or dish towels,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/after-someone-s-death-how-strange-to-see-the-value-drain-away-from/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/me/gretchen-rubin/#itemlist", "name": "14 Me Quotes By Gretchen Rubin", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm constantly on the hunt for insights about happiness or ideas about how to be happier - which probably makes me a somewhat tiresome companion at times.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gretchen Rubin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/i-m-constantly-on-the-hunt-for-insights-about-happiness-or-ideas/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/gretchen-rubin-867_about_i-m-constantly-on-the-hunt-for-insights_2565413.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/gretchen-rubin-867_about_i-m-constantly-on-the-hunt-for-insights_2565413.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/gretchen-rubin-867_about_i-m-constantly-on-the-hunt-for-insights_2565413.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm constantly on the hunt for insights about happiness or ideas about how to be happier - which probably…” — Gretchen Rubin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Getting paperwork under control makes me feel more in control of my life generally.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gretchen Rubin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/getting-paperwork-under-control-makes-me-feel-more-in-control-of-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/gretchen-rubin-867_authentic-happiness_getting-paperwork-under-control-makes-me_2479382.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/gretchen-rubin-867_authentic-happiness_getting-paperwork-under-control-makes-me_2479382.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/gretchen-rubin-867_authentic-happiness_getting-paperwork-under-control-makes-me_2479382.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Getting paperwork under control makes me feel more in control of my life generally.” — Gretchen Rubin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I really work on paying attention to the clues my self is giving myself. 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