Gretchen RubinWhen you work regularly, inspiration strikes regularly.371Hope
Gretchen RubinPay close attention to any flame of enthusiasm. ✨ Gretchen Rubin (2012). Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Li… ▶372Life
Gretchen RubinWhat you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while. ✨ FaceBook post byGretchen Rubin from Sep 08, 2015374Reading
Gretchen RubinThere 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 is364Sadness
Gretchen RubinNow that I've relinquished my fantasies of all the people I wish I could be, and stopped feeling guilty about not going to the opera or pretending that I want to attend a foreign … ▶364HumanityTime
Gretchen Rubin[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 (2015). The Happiness Proj… ▶364DeathReading
Gretchen RubinHabits are the invisible architecture of everyday life.365Life
Gretchen RubinNow is now. Here is my treasure. ✨ Gretchen Rubin (2012). Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life, p.235, Harm… ▶332Life
Gretchen RubinMoney. It's a good servant but a bad master.376Reading
Gretchen Rubin[Benjamin Franklin]identified thirteen virtues he wanted to cultivate--temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tr… ▶365Reading
Gretchen RubinDid I have a heart to be contented? Well, no, not particularly. I had a tendency to be discontented: ambitious, dissatisfied, fretful, and tough to please...It's easier to complai… ▶355HumorLove
Gretchen RubinStudies show that aggressively expressing anger doesn't relieve anger but amplifies it. On the other hand, not expressing anger often allows it to disappear without leaving ugly t… ▶367Death
Gretchen RubinSeptember is the other January. ✨ Gretchen Rubin (2012). Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life, p.22, Harmon… ▶291Life
Gretchen RubinThe days are long, but the years are short. ✨ Twitter post from Jan 01, 2017335Reading
Gretchen RubinLaughter is more than just a pleasurable activity...When people laugh together, they tend to talk and touch more and to make eye contact more frequently.346HumanityHumor
Gretchen RubinThe First Splendid Truth: To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere of growth. ✨ Gretchen Rubin (2016). The Best of t… ▶324ThoughtTruth
Gretchen RubinI am living my real life, this is it. Now is now, and if I waited to be happier, waited to have fun, waited to do the things that I know I ought to do, I might never get the chanc… ▶368Life
Gretchen RubinOne of the great joys of falling in love is the feeling that the most extraordinary person in the entire world has chosen you.346Love
Gretchen RubinWe tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period.291Reflection
Gretchen RubinFlawed can be more perfect than perfection. ✨ FaceBook post byGretchen Rubin from Oct 08, 2013303PoliticsReading
Gretchen RubinIn the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find — and I hear from other people that they agree — that getting rid of clutte… ▶303HumanityLife
Gretchen RubinOne of the most important lessons of childhood is discovering what you like to do. ✨ Gretchen Rubin (2012). Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and … ▶337Life
Gretchen RubinWe’ve all heard of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In contrast, I realized, happiness has four stages. To e… ▶3610LifeSadness
Gretchen RubinIt's so easy to wish that we'd made an effort in the past, so that we'd happily be enjoying the benefit now, but when now is the time when that effort must be made, as it always i… ▶293LifeTime
Gretchen RubinSay “no” only when it really matters. Wear a bright red shirt with bright orange shorts? Sure. Put water in the toy tea set? Okay. Sleep with your head at the foot of the bed? Fin… ▶283HopeLove
Gretchen RubinTo eke out the most happiness from an experience, we must anticipate it, savor it as it unfolds, express happiness, and recall a happy memory. ✨ Gretchen Rubin (2012). Happi… ▶316Life
Gretchen RubinWe must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attainin… ▶339ReadingTime
Gretchen RubinBe a storehouse of happy memories.284Time
Gretchen RubinTime waits for no ovary.262Time
Gretchen RubinWhen I find myself focusing overmuch on the anticipated future happiness of arriving at a certain goal, I remind myself to 'Enjoy now'. If I can enjoy the present, I don't need to… ▶284HopeThoughtTime
