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

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Gretchen Rubin
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: December 14
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Kansas City
Missouri
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To eke out the most happiness from an experience, we must anticipate it, savor it as it unfolds, express happiness, and recall a happy memory.
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One of my Secrets of Adulthood is: Most decisions don't require extensive research.
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What I found is, really, you always have to begin by nailing what is true about you, because something that works very well for someone else might not work for you at all.
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People feel happier when they feel like they're progressing. When they feel like something in their life is growing or getting better.
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When Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government fell in May 1940, the nation turned to Churchill. At last, his unique qualities were brought to bear on a supreme challenge, and with his unshakable optimism, his heroic vision, and above all, his splendid speeches, Churchill roused the spirit of the British people.
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The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted.
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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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The biggest waste of time is to do well something that we need not do at all.
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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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Happy people make people happy, but I can’t make someone be happy, and no one else can make me happy.
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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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Look for happiness under your own roof.
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Focus not on doing less or doing more but on doing what you value.
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Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different.
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Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.
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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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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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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.
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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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