Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Craft Rubin is an American author, blogger and speaker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
people feelings wish
Now that I've relinquished my fantasies of all the people I wish I could be, and stopped feeling guilty about [them], I have more time for the things that I truly enjoy.
letting-go running ambition
It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against paradoxes. I wanted to change myself but accept myself. I wanted to take myself less seriously -- and also more seriously. I wanted to use my time well, but I also wanted to wander, to play, to read at whim. I wanted to think about myself so I could forget myself. I was always on the edge of agitation; I wanted to let go of envy and anxiety about the future, yet keep my energy and ambition.
What I found is, really, you always have to begin by nailing what is true about you, because something that works very well for someone else might not work for you at all.
falling-in-love love-is extraordinary-person
One of the great joys of falling in love is the feeling that the most extraordinary person in the entire world has chosen you.
order calm
Outer order contributes to inner calm.
money riches pranayama
Money. It's a good servant but a bad master.
motivational tasks tiresome
It's the task that's never started that's more tiresome.
happy-life giving people
In 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 clutter gives a disproportionat e boost to happiness.
issues effort weight
The more I examine the issue of clutter, the more effort I put into combating it, because it really does act as a weight.
heart laughing ambitious
Did 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 complain than to laugh, easier to yell than to joke around, easier to be demanding than to be satisfied.
nice cotton abundance
There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that are worn out or stained or used up.
morning thinking giving
I think the big myth about habits, and happiness too, is that there's somehow a magic "one size fits all" solution. That, "If it works for you it's going to work for me," and it's just a matter of figuring out what that habit would be, whether that's do it first thing in the morning, or start small, or do it for thirty days, or give yourself a cheat day.
important enthusiasm mastery
Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability.
waste needs wasting-time
The biggest waste of time is to do well something that we need not do at all.