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I grasped two things: I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasnt going to change unless I made it change.

Eventually I learned to reject this advice. Somehow, I figured out that it was easier for me to resist certain temptations by never giving in to them.

There is only love.

Once the habit is in place, we can effortlessly do the things we want to do.

Now is now. Here is my treasure.

Colorful tin trays from my grandmother? A friend confided

Enthusiasm is a form of social courage.

For instance, in The Artist's Way, her influential book about cultivating creativity, Julia Cameron suggests scheduling an artist's date,

With habits, we don't make decisions, we don't use self-control, we just do the thing we want ourselves to do - or that we don't want to do.

Money. It's a good servant but a bad master.

It's easy to be heavy; hard to be light.

I should pursue only those habits that would make me feel freer and stronger.

What's fun for other people may not be fun for you- and vice versa.

The desire to start something at the "right" time is usually just a justification for delay. In almost every case, the best time to start is now.

Forbearance is a form of generosity.

While television is a good servant, it's a bad master. It can swallow up huge quantities of our lives without much happiness bang for the buck.

I've noticed that some people are serial goal setters, rather than habit formers.

He is my fate. He's my soul mate. He pervades my whole existence. So, of course, I often ignore him.

One of the great joys of falling in love is the feeling that the most extraordinary person in the entire world has chosen you.

Happiness comes not from having more, not from having less, but from wanting what you have.

In other words, even though one coin certainly isn't sufficient to make a man rich, a man only becomes rich by adding one coin after another.

There's a great satisfaction in knowing that we've made good use of our days, that we've lived up to our expectations of ourselves.

These tasks weren't urgent (which was the reason they didn't get done), but because they weighed on my mind, they sapped my energy.

Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

I love taxonomies, categories, ways of dividing people into groups.

One of my most important 'Secrets of Adulthood': Outer order contributes to inner calm.

Knowing what you admire in others is a wonderful mirror into your deepest, as yet unborn, self.

Guard your children's free time - from you.

When life is taking its ordinary course, it was hard to remember what really mattered.

Sleep is the new sex.

Siblings Without Rivalry and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk.

One of my most helpful Secrets of Adulthood is What I do every day matters more than what I do once in a while.

I'm much calmer when there's no TV or music playing in the background.

Time waits for no ovary.

I should make one healthy choice, and then stop choosing.

A Secret of Adulthood: things often get harder before they get easier - but

We all know the secret of dieting ... it's the application that's challenging.
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No one regrets having changed a lightbulb.

Obligers may struggle to monitor unless someone is checking on them.

It's easy to make the mistake of thinking that if you have something you love or there's something you want, you'll be happier with more.

It's a Secret of Adulthood: I can't make people change, but when I change, others may change; and when others change, I may change.

I feel too anxious to tackle my bad habits, but my bad habits are what make me anxious.

The conduct of our lives is the true reflection of our thoughts. - MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

If we want something to count in our lives, we should figure out a way to count it.

I love finding - or inventing - ways to categorize people.

Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.

It's true that people do assume that people who are critical are smarter than people who are uncritical.

Pay close attention to any flame of enthusiasm.

The absence of feeling bad isn't enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good

When I became obsessed with Winston Churchill, I wrote a book about Churchill. What a joy it was to write that book!

I needed to change the lens through which I viewed everything familiar.

Skillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive and positive rather than combative or corrective.

I have a passion for children's literature. Young adult literature. I love it. I've always loved it.

I get such a buzz out of cleaning closets.

A sense of growth is so important to happiness that it's often preferable to be progressing to the summit rather than to be at the summit.

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life.

Never label anything 'Miscellaneous.'

We are happy when we are growing.

If I pretend to myself that I'm different from the way I truly am, I'm going to make choices that won't make me happy.

Focus Not on Having Less or Having More, But on Wanting What You Have.

You can love someone but not want to keep a gift from that person. It's okay to pass an item along to someone who will appreciate it more.

Focus not on doing less or doing more but on doing what you value.

One thing I wish I could tell my younger self: take photos of everyday life, not special occasions; later, that's what will be interesting to you.

We all must pay, but we can choose that for which we pay.

The opposite of happiness is unhappiness, not depression.

Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery

Audiences = expectations. If he thinks you're not watching, he won't need to rebel against your expectations.

It is by studying little things, that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

Act the way that you want to feel.

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.

70 percent of long-term gym memberships are mostly unused, but a dog needs walking every day.

I'd always vaguely expected to outgrown my limitations.

Is surprising how soon a desire will die of inanition if it be never fed.

Making. A habit requires no decision from me, because I've already decided.

It's the task that's never started that's more tiresome.

When I think of myself in the third person, many things become clearer.

However, if you want to know how people would like to be treated, it's more helpful to look at how they themselves act than what they say.

Work harder to appreciate your ordinary day.

If you want someone else to do a task, don't do it yourself.

The most reliable predictor of not being lonely is the amount of contact with women. Time spent with men doesn't make a difference.

You can choose what you do, you cant choose what you like to do.

To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right.

Progress, not perfection, is the goal. I'm a gold-star junkie,

Getting paperwork under control makes me feel more in control of my life generally.

As Samuel Johnson said, To hear complaints is wearisome alike to the wretched and the happy.

What I do most days matters more than what I do once in a while. That kind of self-encouragement is a greater safeguard than self-blame.

[S]tudies show that one of the best ways to lift your mood is to engineer an easy success, such as tackling a long-delayed chore.

It turns out that stating a problem clearly often suggests its solution.
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Studies show that people tend to persevere longer with problems they've been told are difficult as opposed to easy.

Research suggests that about 40 percent of our behavior is repeated almost daily, and mostly in the same context.

Look for happiness under your own roof.

If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter.

For one person, organized files might be a crucial tool for creativity; another person finds inspiration in random juxtapositions.

Think about appearances. I wanted my apartment to be less cluttered, and also to look less cluttered.

The number one resolution that people mention to me as something that's made them happier is - to my surprise - making the bed.

There are no do overs and some things just aren't going to happen. It is a little sad but you just have to embrace what is

I have a lucky perfume. I love beautiful smells, but I save one of my favorite perfumes to wear only when I feel like I need some extra luck.

Upholder, I see its dark side, too

Habit makes it dangerously easy to become numb to our own existence. For