Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Craft Rubin is an American author, blogger and speaker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
thinking office house
If you always use your stapler in one place, keep it there, instead of thinking that all the office supplies should go in one place. I've moved a lot of things around in my house because of that.
religious determination thinking
According to current research, in the determination of a person's level of happiness, genetics accounts for about 50 percent; life circumstances, such as age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, income, health, occupation, and religious affiliation, account for about 10 to 20 percent; and the remainder is a product of how a person thinks and acts.
two made two-things
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.
fate soul mates
He is my fate. He's my soul mate. He pervades my whole existence. So, of course, I often ignore him.
fun creative ambitious
I enjoy the fun of failure. It's fun to fail, I kept repeating. It's part of being ambitious; it's part of being creative. If something is worth doing, it's worth doing badly
thoughtful angry-at-someone feelings
Feelings follow actions. If I'm feeling low, I deliberately act cheery, and I find myself actually feeling happier. If I'm feeling angry at someone, I do something thoughtful for her and my feelings toward her soften. This strategy is uncannily effective.
inspiration creativity ideas
Creativity arises from a constant churn of ideas, and one of the easiest ways to encourage that fertile froth is to keep your mind engaged with your project. When you work regularly, inspiration strikes regularly.
fun people may
What's fun for other people may not be fun for you- and vice versa.
lenses familiar needed
I needed to change the lens through which I viewed everything familiar.
fun habit
I'm doing a lot of speaking and talking about habits, which is this subject that obsesses me. That's a lot of fun.
self keys mastery
Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery
regret changed
No one regrets having changed a lightbulb.
reading make-me-happy
Reading makes me happy.
Happiness comes not from having more, not from having less, but from wanting what you have.