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What Habits Are Best for Creativity?
When I tell people that I’ve been working on Better Than Before, my book about habit change, many people ask, “What habits are best for creativity? What habits help people think creatively — and also,...
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Guess: What Are the “Two Types of Perfect,” According to B. J. Novak?
“In my opinion, there are two types of perfect. The first is the type that seems so obvious and intuitive to you and everyone else that in a perfect world it would simply be considered standard; but,...
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Revealed! Book Club Choices for December.
Because nothing boosts happiness more than a great book, each month, I suggest: · one outstanding book about happiness or habits · one outstanding work of children’s or young-adult literature–I have a...
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Six Things I Learned While Recording the Audiobook for Better Than Before
This week, I’ve been recording the audiob0ok for Better Than Before. I did this once before, for The Happiness Project, and once again, it was an interesting, unsettling process. Here’s what I learned...
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Revealed! Book Club Choices for January.
Because nothing boosts happiness more than a great book, each month, I suggest: · one outstanding book about happiness or habits · one outstanding work of children’s or young-adult literature–I have a...
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Revealed! Book Club Choices for February.
Because nothing boosts happiness more than a great book, each month, I suggest: · one outstanding book about happiness or habits · one outstanding work of children’s or young-adult literature–I have a...
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How Laura Ingalls Wilder Got a Rebel To Learn His Lessons
I’m a huge fan of children’s literature (in fact, I’m in three reading groups where we read children’s and young-adult literature), and Laura Ingalls Wilder has always had a special place in my heart....
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Revealed! Book Club Choices for March
Because nothing boosts happiness more than a great book, each month, I suggest: · one outstanding book about happiness or habits · one outstanding work of children’s or young-adult literature–I have a...
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Podcast 13: Stop Reading a Book, a Know-Yourself-Better Quiz, and the Trap of...
Time for the next episode of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.“ Always game to talk about her clutter issues, Elizabeth reports on the status of her closet, in the aftermath of our special...
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Revealed! Book Club Choices for June 2015.
Before I get to the fun of recommending some good books to read for May, here’s a quick bit of book-self-promotion: Father’s Day is coming up on June 21. If you’re looking for a good gift for a father...
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The 10 Inalienable Rights of the Reader — Agree, Disagree?
Today is List Day, or Tip Day, or Quiz Day. This Wednesday, back by popular demand: the 10 inalienable rights of the reader. A thoughtful reader pointed out a wonderful list written by French author...
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Like Me, Are You Haunted by Reading People’s Final Journal Entries?
Lately, I’ve been somewhat obsessively reading Thomas Merton’s journals. It was very eerie to read the final entry in his journal — which, of course, he had no idea would be his last. And that got me...
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Revealed! Book Club Choices for September 2015. Such Good Books.
Pardon this moment of book self-promotion: For many people — at least in this part of the world — September marks a time of new beginnings. In my book, Happier at Home, I write about how I did a...
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Do You Ever Get the “Cold Fish Dying in Your Stomach Feeling?”
“It’s the cold fish dying in your stomach feeling. You try to forget about it, but as soon as you do, the fish starts flopping around under your heart and reminds you that something truly horrible is...
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When Did You Experience the Truest Feeling of Joy You’ve Ever Known?
“To this day, the truest feeling of joy I have ever known is the door opening at a friend’s house to reveal my father — in his tweed overcoat– there to rescue me from a bad play date.” — Lena Dunham,...
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Revealed! Book Club Choices for October. Such Great Books.
Pardon this moment of book self-promotion: Did I happen to mention that I can now reveal the jacket of the paperback for Better Than Before? Oh right, maybe I did. Anyway, here it is again! Because...
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Revealed! Book Club Choices for November. Excellent Reading.
First, a moment of self-book-promotion — feel free to skip. I’m excited, because the Better Than Before Day-by-Day Journal just hit the shelves. Part resource, part tool, part keepsake — it will help...
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Podcast 38: Do You Hate Being Told What to Do? Maybe You’re a Rebel.
It’s time for the next installment of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” Update: For our upcoming Very Special Episode, Holiday edition, we want to hear from you: What is your Try This at Home for staying...
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Do You Ever Get a Huge Pleasure Just From Looking at a Particular Object? What?
“The rack stood as if it had been there forever across the landscape and lit by the sun with its long shadow behind it, and in harmony with every fold of the field and finally turned into a mere form,...
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Revealed! Book Club Choices for February. Happy Reading!
Because nothing boosts happiness more than a great book, each month, I suggest: one outstanding book about happiness or habits one outstanding work of children’s or young-adult literature–I have a...
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