It's easier to get rid of things when you're giving them to someone who can use them, but don't let this kind… — Gretchen Rubin Become Copy Share Image
The thing that inspires me most is reading and just observing the people around me. I think those are the two things… — Gretchen Rubin Inspiration Copy Share Image
Laughter is more than just a pleasurable activity...When people laugh together, they tend to talk and touch more and to make eye… — Gretchen Rubin Affection Copy Share Image
If I give more to myself, I can ask more from myself. Self-regard isn't selfish. — Gretchen Rubin Asks Copy Share Image
I'm much calmer when there's no TV or music playing in the background. — Gretchen Rubin Background 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 Community Copy Share Image
Feelings follow actions. If I'm feeling low, I deliberately act cheery, and I find myself actually feeling happier. If I'm feeling angry… — Gretchen Rubin Action Copy Share Image
I really work on paying attention to the clues my self is giving myself. For instance, I think of myself in the… — Gretchen Rubin Attention 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 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
A person with 'oppositional conversational style' is a person who, in conversation, disagrees with and corrects whatever you say. He or she… — Gretchen Rubin Communication Copy Share Image
The First Splendid Truth: To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere… — Gretchen Rubin Atmosphere 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
“Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability, it turns out, because the single most important element in developing an expertise… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Get enough exercise and sleep: Sounds trivial, but it's not. You may have the urge to work 24/7, to skip the gym… — Gretchen Rubin Challenges Copy Share Image
It's so easy to use tired, shopworn figures of speech. I love using long, fancy words but have learned - mostly from… — Gretchen Rubin Against Copy Share Image
“Plainness was not necessarily simplicity,” Frank Lloyd Wright cautioned. “Elimination, therefore, may be just as meaningless as elaboration, perhaps more often is… — Gretchen Rubin Frank lloyd wright Copy Share Image
We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period,… — Gretchen Rubin Beats 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
Watching TV is companionable: you share an experience, you can comment on the action here and there for a bit of conversation...… — Gretchen Rubin Action Copy Share Image
In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find… — Gretchen Rubin Agree Copy Share Image
