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Gretchen Rubin is a renowned American author and psychologist, born in 1966. Her work primarily focuses on personal habits, happiness, and self-improvement. Rubin's book 'The Happiness Project' has gained international acclaim, and through her research and practice, she helps readers explore how to achieve personal happiness.

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Famous Gretchen Rubin Quotes

“Now is now. Here is my treasure.”

Book:Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life

Source: Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life

“Step by step, you make your way forward. That’s why practices such as daily writing exercises or keeping a daily blog can be so helpful. You see yourself do the work, which shows you that you can do the work. Progress is reassuring and inspiring; panic and then despair set in when you find yourself getting nothing done day after day. One of the painful ironies of work life is that the anxiety of procrastination often makes people even less likely to buckle down in the future.”

“I always had the uncomfortable feeling that if I wasn't sitting in front of a computer typing, I was wasting my time - but I pushed myself to take a wider view of what was "productive." Time spent with my family and friends was never wasted.”

Ifs Feelings Views Fronts Computer Sitting My Family Productivity Uncomfortable My Time Productive Family And Friends Time Spent Typing Kick Ass Wasting My Time Wasted My Time Uncomfortable Feeling

Book:Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life

Source: Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life

“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.”

Ifs Feelings Action Lows Angry Strategy Thoughtful Feeling Angry Feeling Low Angry At Someone

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“If I pretend to myself that I'm different from the way I truly am, I'm going to make choices that won't make me happy.”

Ifs Way Different Choices Make Me Happy

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“When you work regularly, inspiration strikes regularly.”

Inspiration Strikes

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“Outer order contributes to inner calm.”

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“One of my Secrets of Adulthood is: Most decisions don't require extensive research.”

Decision Secret Research Adulthood

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“We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period.”

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“One reason that challenge brings happiness is that it allows you to expand your self - definition. You become larger. Suddenly you can do yoga or make homemade beer or speak a decent amount of Spanish. Research shows that the more elements make up your identity, the less threatening it is when any one element is threatened.”

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“Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big, flashing signs that something needs to change.”

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“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 disproportionate boost to happiness.”

People Giving Agree Happy Life Desks Coats Closets Scope Messy Clutter Boost Authentic Happiness Trivial Things

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“The more I examine the issue of clutter, the more effort I put into combating it, because it really does act as a weight.”

Doe Effort Issues Weight Clutter

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“September is the other January.”

September January

Book:Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life

Source: Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life

“Act the way you WANT to feel.”

Way Want Feels Happiness Fulfilling Dreams Fulfilling Your Dreams

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“Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability.”

Important Ability Enthusiasm Mastery Innate

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“Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life.”

Habit Everyday Architecture Invisible Everyday Life

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“Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.”

Form Taken Praise Complaining Granted Sincere Taken For Granted Authentic Happiness Took For Granted

Book:The Best of the Happiness Project Blog: Ten Years of Happiness, Good Habits, and More

Source: The Best of the Happiness Project Blog: Ten Years of Happiness, Good Habits, and More

“Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle and an intimate attachment. Having just one of two may still leave you feeling lonely.”

People Needs Mind May Stills Two Feelings Social Loneliness Lonely Circles Intimate Just One Attachment Feeling Lonely

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“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.”

Way Mind Ideas Inspiration Creativity Projects Constant Strikes Arise Engaged Fertile

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“What's fun for other people may not be fun for you- and vice versa.”

People May Fun Vices Vice Versa

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“Forbearance is a form of generosity.”

Form Generosity Forbearance

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“I needed to change the lens through which I viewed everything familiar.”

Needed Familiar Lenses

Book:The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

Source: The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

“Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness”

Helping Helping Others Things To Do Right Thing Volunteer Boost Personal Happiness

Book:Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life

Source: Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life

“Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery”

Self Awareness Keys Self Awareness Mastery Self Mastery

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“No one regrets having changed a lightbulb.”

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