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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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Gretchen Rubin
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: December 14
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Kansas City
Missouri
Gretchen Craft Rubin
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Enthusiasm is more important than innate ability, it turns out, because the single more important element in developing an expertise is your willingness to practice.
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I can DO ANYTHING I want, but I can't DO EVERYTHING I want.
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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.
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Studies show that aggressively expressing anger doesn't relieve anger but amplifies it. On the other hand, not expressing anger often allows it to disappear without leaving ugly traces.
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The number one resolution that people mention to me as something that's made them happier is - to my surprise - making the bed.
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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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Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life.
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We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.
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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, were free from the need to decide and the need to use willpower.
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In 'Before and After,' I identify the sixteen strategies that we can use to make or break our habits. Some are quite familiar, such as 'Monitoring,' 'Scheduling,' and 'Convenience.' Some took me a lot of effort to identify, such as 'Thinking,' 'Identity,' and 'Clarity.'
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Focus not on doing less or doing more but on doing what you value.
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Act the way that you want to feel.
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Time waits for no ovary.
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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.
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There are no do overs and some things just aren't going to happen. It is a little sad but you just have to embrace what is
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Guard your children's free time - from you.
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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 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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Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability.
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