Gretchen Rubin's Recent Articles

Wellness
How To Get A Better Night’s Sleep — Tonight
Because I’m working on Before and After, my new book about habit-formation, I constantly talk to people about their habits, and as I heard about people?
by Gretchen Rubin

Wellness
One Simple Habit That Could Make You Happier
I got to know Debbie Stier when she was working in book publishing, because she was one of the first people to go deep into the question of how online tool
by Gretchen Rubin

Wellness
Why You Deserve A Treat — Yes, Seriously
I’ve asked this question before, but I’m asking again, because I find it so fascinating: Do you have any “treats” that don’t look like treats?
by Gretchen Rubin

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Work & Money
How To Do Less Fake-Work, And More Make-Work
I remind myself that all work isn’t created equally. Just because I’m busy doesn’t mean that I’m being productive.
by Gretchen Rubin

Living
How To Predict Your Future Happiness
I just finished Daniel Gilbert’s new book, Stumbling on Happiness. It’s thought-provoking, but in case you don’t have time to read it yourself, here?
by Gretchen Rubin

Work & Money
Is Your Work Personality Right For Your Career?
I’m not using “tortoise” and “hare” exactly as Aesop did, but it’s a handy frame of reference. Here is my question — are you a tortoise or a
by Gretchen Rubin

Spirit
Should You Be Getting Up Earlier?
Of all the changes in my daily routine wrought by my happiness project, one of the most fundamental is that I get up at 6:00 a.m., every day. And I get up
by Gretchen Rubin

Mind
Why Spending Alone Time Could Actually Make You Feel Worse
Happiness Myth No. 9: Spending some time alone will make you feel better. Wrong. Although it can be tempting to take a “personal day” when you’re fee
by Gretchen Rubin

Work & Money
Are You An Energizer Or A De-Energizer?
I’m re-posting this quiz, because I’ve been thinking a lot about this issue lately. I read Cross and Perker’s The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Un
by Gretchen Rubin

Spirit
A Touching Realization About Happiness And Life
One of my “Secrets of Adulthood” (see left column) is that “Happiness doesn’t always make you feel happy.” Yesterday, although the drawing class
by Gretchen Rubin

Mind
Feeling Lonely? 7 Strategies To Battle The Blues
One major challenge within happiness is loneliness. The more I’ve learned about happiness, the more I’ve come to believe that loneliness is a terrible
by Gretchen Rubin

Wellness
Trying To Boost Your Mood? Here’s What Not To Do
Everyone has a few tricks for beating the blues. It turns out, however, that several of the most popular strategies don’t actually work very well in the
by Gretchen Rubin

Home
9 Common Myths About Clearing Clutter
One of my key realizations about happiness, and a point oddly under-emphasized by positive psychologists, given its emphasis in popular culture, is that Ou
by Gretchen Rubin

Wellness
Nothing Going Right? How To Have A Good Bad Day
A few days ago, I was extremely upset. It’s too complicated to explain the whole situation, but an encounter left me feeling anxious, agitated, under att
by Gretchen Rubin

Work & Money
Wanna Kick Procrastination To The Curb In 2014? Read This Now!
Illustrated by Ly Ngo. Gretchen Rubin, author of two New York Times bestsellers, is our go-to gal for the best get-it-together know-how. Every week, she�
by Gretchen Rubin

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