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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. — Gretchen Rubin

We manage what we monitor. — Gretchen Rubin

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. — Gretchen Rubin

Growing up in Kansas City, I was always neat, the teacher's pet, know-it-all type. — Gretchen Rubin

There is only love. — Gretchen Rubin

An enormous amount of ingenuity and creativity goes into commercials, and they can be fascinating if you pay attention. — Gretchen Rubin

Experts say that denying bad feelings intensifies them, acknowledging bad feelings allows good feelings to return. — Gretchen Rubin

Now is now. Here is my treasure. — Gretchen Rubin

Colorful tin trays from my grandmother? A friend confided — Gretchen Rubin

Enthusiasm is a form of social courage. — Gretchen Rubin

The imperfect book that gets published is better than the perfect book that never leaves my computer. — Gretchen Rubin

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

Money. It's a good servant but a bad master. — Gretchen Rubin

Another study suggested that getting one extra hour of sleep each night would do more for a person's happiness than getting a $60,000 raise. — Gretchen Rubin

Nothing,' wrote Tolstoy, 'can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness. — Gretchen Rubin

Embrace good smells. No cost, no calories, no energy, no time - a quick hit of pleasure. — Gretchen Rubin

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. — Gretchen Rubin

Forbearance is a form of generosity. — Gretchen Rubin

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. — Gretchen Rubin

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

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

Note: people weigh their highest on Sunday;14 their lowest, on Friday morning.) — Gretchen Rubin

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

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

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. — Gretchen Rubin

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

In 'Happier at Home,' I write a lot about my struggle to create an unhurried atmosphere at home. — Gretchen Rubin

How we schedule our days is how we spend our lives. — Gretchen Rubin

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while. — Gretchen Rubin

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

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

Guard your children's free time - from you. — Gretchen Rubin

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

Sleep is the new sex. — Gretchen Rubin

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

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

We all know the secret of dieting ... it's the application that's challenging.
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Do good, feel good; feel good, do good. — Gretchen Rubin

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

Never label anything 'Miscellaneous.' — Gretchen Rubin

No one regrets having changed a lightbulb. — Gretchen Rubin

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 — Gretchen Rubin

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. — Gretchen Rubin

Upholder, I see its dark side, too — Gretchen Rubin

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

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

People feel happier when they feel like they're progressing. When they feel like something in their life is growing or getting better. — Gretchen Rubin

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

I love cunning containers as much as anyone, but I've found that if I get rid of everything I don't need, I often don't need a container at all. — Gretchen Rubin

Be a storehouse of happy memories. — Gretchen Rubin

We can build our habits only on the foundation of our own nature. — Gretchen Rubin

In The First 20 Minutes, Gretchen Reynolds notes, I stand on one foot when I brush my teeth at night. — Gretchen Rubin

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

Most decisions don't require extensive research. — Gretchen Rubin

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

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

Mere acquisition isn't enough to establish a good habit — Gretchen Rubin

Look for happiness under your own roof. — Gretchen Rubin

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

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

It turns out that stating a problem clearly often suggests its solution.
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[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. — Gretchen Rubin

A happy home wasn't a place that I could furnish, but an attitude of mind I must develop. — Gretchen Rubin

The biggest waste of time is to do well something that we need not do at all. — Gretchen Rubin

Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail, but every day is a clean slate and a fresh opportunity — Gretchen Rubin

He that stumbles, and does not quite fall, gains a step. — Gretchen Rubin

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

Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery — Gretchen Rubin

This Doesn't Count" Loophole: We tell ourselves that for some reason, this circumstance doesn't "count. — Gretchen Rubin

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

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

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

You hit> a goal, you keep a resolution. — Gretchen Rubin

A stumble may be helpful, because it shows me where I need to concentrate my efforts in order to do better next time. — Gretchen Rubin

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

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. — Gretchen Rubin

I always feel calmer when I exercise. In fact, that's probably the main reason I exercise. — Gretchen Rubin

You can choose what you do, you cant choose what you like to do. — Gretchen Rubin

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

It's the task that's never started that's more tiresome. — Gretchen Rubin

One of the most important lessons of childhood is discovering what you like to do. — Gretchen Rubin

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

The opposite of happiness is unhappiness, not depression. — Gretchen Rubin

When you work regularly, inspiration strikes regularly. — Gretchen Rubin

September is the other January. — Gretchen Rubin

One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself. — Gretchen Rubin

Studies show that people tend to persevere longer with problems they've been told are difficult as opposed to easy. — Gretchen Rubin

Work harder to appreciate your ordinary day. — Gretchen Rubin

There is no Future-Gretchen, only Now-Gretchen. — Gretchen Rubin

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. — Gretchen Rubin

I'm a person who's fine saying 'No.' I like saying to myself, "no gossiping," "no nagging." — Gretchen Rubin

Habits eliminate the need for self-control. — Gretchen Rubin

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

Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination. — Gretchen Rubin

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

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

I'd always vaguely expected to outgrown my limitations. — Gretchen Rubin

Keep a sense of humor. Over and over, I see that levity helps diffuse practically any difficult situation - which — Gretchen Rubin

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense. — Gretchen Rubin

Act the way that you want to feel. — Gretchen Rubin