Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Craft Rubin is an American author, blogger and speaker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
mean thinking worry
Sometimes I think it's easier to think about being happier, for what ever that means to you then worrying about what is happiness and what would life be if I finally achieved this ultimate happiness?
people progress get-better
People feel happier when they feel like they're progressing. When they feel like something in their life is growing or getting better.
people subjective seems
Happiness is hard because it's very subjective. I know the people that seem happiest to me, but whether they are actually - what they're really like inside is really hard to say.
people assuming critical
It's true that people do assume that people who are critical are smarter than people who are uncritical.
children passion literature
I have a passion for children's literature. Young adult literature. I love it. I've always loved it.
spiritual religious people
In general, religious people seem to be happier than non-religious people - under various definitions of "religiosity," such as church attendance or professed spiritual beliefs.
book ideas way
A book is a better way to develop a complicated idea, or to tell a big story and to show how ideas weave in and out of each other, which is something that comes up a lot in happiness because all these ideas are interconnected.
giving-up kissing thinking
I've noticed that a lot of people do much better when all their resolutions are framed as 'Yes.' Not something like, "I'm going to give up French Fries," but something like "I'm going to eat three vegetables every day." "I'm going to hug more, kiss more, touch more." "I'm going to listen to more music." They do better when they frame things in the positive. And I think this is just part of human nature.
numbers people bed
The number one resolution that people mention to me as something that's made them happier is - to my surprise - making the bed.
treasure
Now is now. Here is my treasure.
generosity form forbearance
Forbearance is a form of generosity.
happy-life people important
There's also something about your bed; it's sort of a symbol of yourself and of your marriage, if you're married. Making your bed doesn't seem to be an important thing in a happy life, and yet it can be that tiny foothold into a more orderly life that sometimes people need.
family memories happy-memories
Be a storehouse of happy memories.
happy-life thinking self
I think self-knowledge is a key to happiness.We can build happy lives only on the foundation of our own natures, our own values, and our own interests.