1. “Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.” ― Gretchen Rubin
2. “When you work regularly, inspiration strikes regularly.” ― Gretchen Rubin
3. “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.” ― Gretchen Rubin
4. “The things that go wrong often make the best memories.” ― Gretchen Rubin
5. “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.” ― Gretchen Rubin
6. “Never start a sentence with the words ‘No offense.” ― Gretchen Rubin
7. “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.” ― Gretchen Rubin
8. “Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life.” ― Gretchen Rubin
9. “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.” ― Gretchen Rubin
10. “The most reliable predictor of not being lonely is the amount of contact with women. Time spent with men doesn’t make a difference.” ― Gretchen Rubin
11. “Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different.” ― Gretchen Rubin
12. “Turn off your email; turn off your phone; disconnect from the Internet; figure out a way to set limits so you can concentrate when you need to, and disengage when you need to. Technology is a good servant but a bad master.” ― Gretchen Rubin
13. “Flawed can be more perfect than perfection.” ― Gretchen Rubin
14. “Getting paperwork under control makes me feel more in control of my life generally.” ― Gretchen Rubin
15. “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.” ― Gretchen Rubin
16. “What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.” ― Gretchen Rubin
17. “The biggest waste of time is to do well something that we need not do at all.” ― Gretchen Rubin
18. “We can use decision-making to choose the habits we want to form, use willpower to get the habit started, then – and this is the best part – we can allow the extraordinary power of habit to take over. At that point, we’re free from the need to decide and the need to use willpower.” ― Gretchen Rubin
19. “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.” ― Gretchen Rubin
20. “One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.” ― Gretchen Rubin
21. “One of my Secrets of Adulthood is: Most decisions don’t require extensive research.” ― Gretchen Rubin
22. “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Lower the bar. Actually spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement.” ― Gretchen Rubin
23. “Happiness: “You Bring Your Own Weather To The Picnic.””
