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Now is now. Here is my treasure.

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Gretchen Rubin
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: December 14
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Blogger
Motivational Speaker
Kansas City
Missouri
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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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I've found that I snack less and concentrate better when I chew on a plastic stirrer - the kind that you get to stir your to-go coffee. I picked up this habit from my husband, who loves to chew on things. His favorite chew-toy is a plastic pen top, and gnawed pen tops and little bits of plastic litter our apartment.
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One of the great joys of falling in love is the feeling that the most extraordinary person in the entire world has chosen you.
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It's the task that's never started that's more tiresome.
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It's about living in the moment and appreciating the smallest things. Surrounding yourself with the things that inspire you and letting go of the obsessions that want to take over your mind. It is a daily struggle sometimes and hard work but happiness begins with your own attitude and how you look at the world.
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Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.
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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.
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I always say you can self-medicate through closet cleaning. Everyone knows that feeling of a clear surface, and how it makes you feel you can really focus and start your work.
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Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness
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Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.
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I have a passion for children's literature. Young adult literature. I love it. I've always loved it.
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Money. It's a good servant but a bad master.
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A 'treat' is different from a 'reward', which must be justified or earned. A treat is a small pleasure or indulgence that we give to ourselves just because we want it. Treats give us greater vitality, which boosts self-control, which helps us maintain our healthy habits.
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[S]tudies show that one of the best ways to lift your mood is to engineer an easy success, such as tackling a long-delayed chore.
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The biggest waste of time is to do well something that we need not do at all.
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Self-knowledge makes me happy.
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I can DO ANYTHING I want, but I can't DO EVERYTHING I want.
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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.
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When you work regularly, inspiration strikes regularly.
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I'm a person who's fine saying 'No.' I like saying to myself, no gossiping, no nagging.
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