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Gretchen Rubin Quotes

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Embrace good smells. No cost, no calories, no energy, no time - a quick hit of pleasure.

Good Time Energy Embrace Quick Cost

You can love someone but not want to keep a gift from that person. It's okay to pass an item along to someone who will appreciate it more.

Love Gift Appreciate Someone You

Never label anything 'Miscellaneous.'

Never Anything Label

Growing up in Kansas City, I was always neat, the teacher's pet, know-it-all type.

Teacher Pet City Growing Up Growing

During my study of happiness, I noticed something that surprised me: I often learn more from one person's highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do from sources that detail universal principles or cite up-to-date studies.

Happiness Me Detail Learn Person

They say that people teach what they need to learn. By adopting the role of happiness teacher, if only for myself, I was trying to find the method to conquer my particular faults and limitations.

Happiness Teacher Myself People Find

Most decisions don't require extensive research.

Research Decisions Most Extensive

I embrace treats, but I'm also very wary of treats. Treats help us feel energized, appreciated, and enthusiastic - but very often, the things we choose as 'treats' aren't good for us. The pleasure lasts a minute, but then feelings of guilt, loss of control, and other negative consequences just deepen the lousiness of the day.

Good Day Control Negative Loss Help

If I can do something in less than one minute, I don't let myself procrastinate. I hang up my coat, put newspapers in the recycling, scan and toss a letter. Ever since I wrote about this rule in 'The Happiness Project,' I've been amazed by how many people have told me that it has made a huge difference in their lives.

Happiness Myself People Me I Can Up

It was my interest in happiness that led me to the subject of habits, and of course, the study of habits is really the study of happiness. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life, and a significant element of happiness.

Life Happiness Architecture Me Study

For one person, organized files might be a crucial tool for creativity; another person finds inspiration in random juxtapositions.

Creativity Random Person Inspiration

When you're doing a job that benefits other people, it's easy to assume that they feel conscious of the fact that you're doing this work - that they should feel grateful, and that they should and do feel guilty about not helping you.

Work Grateful Job People Doing You

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