Gretchen Rubin Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• 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.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Self, Healthy Habits, Giving

  "What Are Your Treats? Do You Have Any That Don’t Look Like Treats?". gretchenrubin.com. March 24, 2014.

• We need to have intimate, enduring bonds; we need to be able to confide; we need to feel that we belong; we need to be able to get support, and just as important for happiness, to give support. We need many kinds of relationships; for one thing, we need friends.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Giving, Support, Important

• Sometimes, counter-intuitively, it's easier to make a major change than a minor change. When a habit is changing very gradually, we may lose interest, give way under stress, or dismiss the change as insignificant. There's an excitement and an energy that comes from a big transformation, and that helps to create a habit.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Stress, Giving, May

• If I give more to myself, I can ask more from myself. Self-regard isn't selfish.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Selfish, Giving, Asks

  Gretchen Rubin (2015). “Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life”, p.203, Broadway Books

• I've noticed that a lot of people do much better when all their resolutions are framed as 'Yes.' Not something like, "I'm going to give up French Fries," but something like "I'm going to eat three vegetables every day." "I'm going to hug more, kiss more, touch more." "I'm going to listen to more music." They do better when they frame things in the positive. And I think this is just part of human nature.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Giving Up, Kissing, Thinking

  Source: bigthink.com

• A blog is something that, everyday there's a new thing and that's part of the fun of it, you're just constantly moving forward. A book really gives you more time to reflect and think hard on things very, very deep.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Fun, Moving Forward, Book

  Source: bigthink.com

• I think the big myth about habits, and happiness too, is that there's somehow a magic "one size fits all" solution. That, "If it works for you it's going to work for me," and it's just a matter of figuring out what that habit would be, whether that's do it first thing in the morning, or start small, or do it for thirty days, or give yourself a cheat day.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Morning, Thinking, Giving

• In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find — and I hear from other people that they agree — that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Happy Life, People, Giving

  "Test Yourself: Do You Have Clutter Mentality?" by Gretchen Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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