Fake Quote by Gretchen Rubin
“If you want to feel safe, healthy, and hopeful, try to act as if you did feel that way. "Fake it 'till you feel it." maybe start with health -- try to walk energetically, speak energetically, do physical things.”
About This Quote
Source Book: The Happiness Project, 2009
Acting as if you feel healthy and hopeful can gradually create those feelings; “fake it till you make it.”
In simple terms: Act as if you feel better to become better.
Key Takeaway
Adopt hopeful behaviors.
Themes
psychology
behavioral activation
well‑being
Mood
optimistic
practical
Type
self‑help
motivational
When to use this quote
- exercise
- public speaking
Key Concepts
self‑help
habit formation
Questions to Reflect On
- Which hopeful actions can you start today?
- How does behavior influence emotion?
A Different Perspective
Believing false positivity may backfire.
![“I try to take interest in whatever comes my way. Another aspect of this is [that] if at the beginning it seems like something I don't want to do, I ask myself why I don't want to do this and why I feel this way. It's perhaps rooted in the fact that I'm trying to avoid something.” quote by Takashi Miike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fbf/takashi-miike-3507_asks_i-try-to-take-interest-in-whatever-comes_1375443.jpg)
