Behind our unremarkable front door waits the little world of our making - our home. — Gretchen Rubin Behinds Copy Share Image
We’ve all heard of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In contrast, I realized, happiness… — Gretchen Rubin Acceptance Copy Share Image
I think self-knowledge is a key to happiness.We can build happy lives only on the foundation of our own natures, our own… — Gretchen Rubin Foundation Copy Share Image
“This self-knowledge is crucial because we can build a happy life only on the foundation of our own nature, our own interests,… — Gretchen Rubin Happy life Copy Share Image
If you want to feel safe, healthy, and hopeful, try to act as if you did feel that way. "Fake it 'till… — Gretchen Rubin Fake Copy Share Image
“...arriving rarely makes you as happy as you anticipate. p 84” — Gretchen Rubin Nonfiction Copy Share Image
Focus Not on Having Less or Having More, But on Wanting What You Have. — Gretchen Rubin Focus 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
“Studies show that each common interest between people boosts the chances of a lasting relationship and also brings about a 2 percent… — Gretchen Rubin Lasting relationship Copy Share Image
You can choose what you do, you cant choose what you like to do. — Gretchen Rubin Cant Copy Share Image
I can build a happy life only on the foundation of my own nature. — Gretchen Rubin Foundation Copy Share Image
“...perhaps the most acute source of happiness from writing was the happiness of expressing a very complicated idea–the kind of idea that… — Gretchen Rubin Happiness Copy Share Image
We've all heard of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's five stages of grief: denial, anger, bagaining, depression and acceptance. By contrats, I realized, happiness… — Gretchen Rubin Acceptance Copy Share Image
Did I have a heart to be contented? Well, no, not particularly. I had a tendency to be discontented: ambitious, dissatisfied, fretful,… — Gretchen Rubin Ambitious Copy Share Image
Each week, I post a video about some 'Pigeon of Discontent' raised by a reader. Because, as much as we try to… — Gretchen Rubin About Copy Share Image
Don't let yourself fall into 'empty.' Keep cash in the house. Keep gas in your tank. Keep an extra roll of toilet… — Gretchen Rubin Away Copy Share Image
While television is a good servant, it's a bad master. It can swallow up huge quantities of our lives without much happiness… — Gretchen Rubin Bad Copy Share Image
Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life. — Gretchen Rubin Architecture 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
I love taxonomies, categories, ways of dividing people into groups. — Gretchen Rubin Categories Copy Share Image
Happy people make people happy, but I can’t make someone be happy, and no one else can make me happy. — Gretchen Rubin Happiness Copy Share Image
“Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life, and a significant element of happiness. If we have habits that work for us,… — Gretchen Rubin Day life Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm trying to decide how to spend my precious time, energy, or money, I ask myself a series of questions. 'Will… — Gretchen Rubin Ask Copy Share Image
