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
“A sense of growth is so important to happiness that it’s often preferable to be progressing to the summit rather than to… — Gretchen Rubin Happiness 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
One of the most important lessons of childhood is discovering what you like to do. — Gretchen Rubin Childhood Copy Share Image
Happiness comes not from having more, not from having less, but from wanting what you have. — Gretchen Rubin Funny Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability. — Gretchen Rubin Ability 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
What I've also noticed is the term happiness, or happy is intimidating to some people. Some people deny that it's even possible… — Gretchen Rubin Achieve 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
“To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right.” — Gretchen Rubin Feeling bad Copy Share Image
It's true that people do assume that people who are critical are smarter than people who are uncritical. — Gretchen Rubin Assuming 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
“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 am living my real life, this is it. Now is now, and if I waited to be happier, waited to have… — Gretchen Rubin Chance Copy Share Image
“When I focus on the way "men" or "husbands" generally behave, I start to lump Jamie along with half of humanity. I… — Gretchen Rubin Feeling angry Copy Share Image
“While some more passive forms of leisure, such as watching TV or surfing the Internet, are fun in the short term, over… — Gretchen Rubin Internet 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
Happiness is hard because it's very subjective. I know the people that seem happiest to me, but whether they are actually -… — Gretchen Rubin Happiness 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
Studies show that aggressively expressing anger doesn't relieve anger but amplifies it. On the other hand, not expressing anger often allows it… — Gretchen Rubin Amplify 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
“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
