Gretchen Rubin
Everyone could have a happiness project. Start yours now.

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Gretchen Rubin
I can’t believe that I’m writing these words, at last: today is the publication day for my book. As of today, it’s out in the world, available for sale at bookstores near you. It s...
Carolyn
Carolyn
Congratulations.
4 hours ago
Gretchen Rubin
Zoikes, it's true, the book is really out in the world! My father-in-law called to tell me he saw it in the window of Crawford Doyle, a neighborhood bookstore. I had to go take a photo. Can you spot it there...
Claudia Moser
Claudia Moser
Just bought it myself on Amazon, will get it only on the 15th of January 2010, but hey I am glad I will :)
about an hour ago
Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin Oh my goodness, my book is #47 on Amazon right now. Thrilling!

11 hours ago
Gretchen Rubin
It’s the last week of 2009, and the new year begins on Friday – a great time to make some resolutions. Ab...
Meredith
Meredith
Just got the word that my pre-ordered books have shipped form amazon... can't wait to get them!
Yesterday at 10:09am
Judy Martin
Judy Martin
Lots o luck in 2010 on your book launch.
Yesterday at 1:23pm
Gretchen Rubin
“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” -- Sir Isa...
Mercedes
Mercedes
wow ~ thks for posting!!
Sun at 11:42am
Gretchen Rubin
Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: Ten tips for an emergency energy boost. When your energy level is low, everything feels like a chore -- even things would ordinarily make you happy...
Mike Sockol
December 25 at 9:56am
Andrea Mercado
Andrea Mercado
when i am feeling low energy, sometimes just drinking a glass of water is helpful. I find that sometimes lack of energy is just being slightly dehydrated.
December 25 at 1:59pm
Gretchen Rubin
Several months ago, I began offering the starter-kit for people who wanted to start a group for people pursuing happiness projects together. Since then, more than 3,700 people have requested a starter kit! (Request yours here.) I'm really curious to hear about how these groups are doing...
Staci
Staci
for me distance was a factor in not joining the Toronto chapter... (1.5 hrs in a perfect traffic day) also.... I think in the end I found it odd to join something like this with total strangers... esp since, I am pretty happy..... I like following your inspiration here and on email and will pick up your book when I see it..... best of luck to all who are comfy in their new groups close to them. :D
December 22 at 1:37pm
Catherine
Catherine
I have requested it a couple of times and haven't received it, but haven't let that make me unhappy.
December 23 at 5:13am
Gretchen Rubin
One of my Secrets of Adulthood (cribbed from Niels Bohr) is "The opposite of a great truth is also true." As I’ve worked on my happiness project, I’ve recognized many paradoxes. ...
Pamela
Pamela
Ooooohhh! Good ones! Thanks Gretchen! You ROCK
December 22 at 5:25am
Thai Guy
Thai Guy
Might be the best post yet. Thanks !
December 23 at 7:44am
Gretchen Rubin
"Energy is eternal delight." --William Blake * The folks at Drinking Diaries did an interview with me about the relationship between drinking and happiness. Very thought-provoking questions. * Interested in starting your own happiness project...
Margaret Martin
Margaret Martin
What a wonderful quote from a wise old man...:)
December 21 at 8:10pm
Gretchen Rubin
I’m working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. Join in -- no need to catch up, just jump in right now. Each Friday’s post will help you think about your own happiness project. My fee...
Abitha Padmanabhan
Abitha Padmanabhan
I jump all the time. I put on ipod music and dance with my little girls, and with little girls everything involves jumping. I also have a jump rope in most rooms and while I am watching TV or waiting for something to simmer on the stove, I pick it up and jump rope 20 or 30 times. I bunny hop with the kids as part of playtime..Give me anything but separate gym activities :)
December 19 at 6:11pm
Andriy Vasylenko
Andriy Vasylenko
It's pleasure to receive your newsletters. To be honest I do need read them all the time but i never regret when I have a look in.
My personal receipt for happyness is to love oneself and than others.
That's not always possible by the way so sometimes I resort to so called "assistants": I watch movies featuring Ben Stiller (he is mine happiness booster), try to do what I like and try to enjoy life.
Every early morning aside from that I go to river which is frozen right now and have a bath.
I am also aware of personal freedom and try to protect it trying to do what I am afraid of for example to try talking to attractive woman in the street and talk her into having sex with you (the thing I much fear, sorry:) ... See More
I also enjoy practicing the trick of "being alon in the company" or trying to keep to oneself while being active member of the company.
That's it!Gretchen, I feel like being on the same track with you and ready to share with you and others my experience.
December 22 at 1:49pm
Gretchen Rubin
I'm extremely happy because my sister had her baby last night! A boy. Here she is, a week ago, courtesy of Sarah Fain Has Starfish Envy, talking about the upcoming event...
Pamela
Pamela
Congrats!!
December 18 at 5:29am
Gretchen Rubin
Forty-four percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, and I know I always do. ...
Anna Leah Tado-Castillo
Anna Leah Tado-Castillo
Appreciate the tips... =)
December 16 at 7:07pm
Peggy
Peggy
If we want to be happy, you can't put too much pressure on yourself. Make small goals. You will probably accomplish more this way.Thank you Gretchen.
December 16 at 9:14pm
Gretchen Rubin
Because I literally cannot resist this call to happiness, here is the “Come On, Get Happy” theme song from The Partridge Family television show. I sat grinning away as I listened to it. If you need it, here’s the link. And ...
Jana Mahoney
Jana Mahoney
"I gotta feeling" by the blackeyed peas and "I get knocked down" tubthumping
December 17 at 6:16pm
Shelly
Shelly
Volvo-Driving Soccer Mom by Everclear
Sun at 8:26pm
Gretchen Rubin
I recently put up our holiday decorations, and as I was doing it, I was reminded of several important happiness lessons. 1. I love my husband, just as he is. One of the challenges of a happiness project is accepting your own nature – and also your sweetheart’s nature. I ...
Christie
Christie
I always do the holiday's big, especially decorating. This season I had several physical set-backs, and can't do everything I usually do. So I'm prioritizing, and only doing what I can, and enjoying every moment -- going with the flow. (This is new for me)
December 14 at 9:41pm
Robert
Robert
Gretchen, you are the coolest!
December 15 at 1:43am
Gretchen Rubin
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.” --Epicurus * I'm a longtime fan of Ben Casnocha's blog, but I just discovered his Business Rules of Thumb Wiki. Th...
Muir Pamela
Muir Pamela
Great quote we should all try to live by this
December 13 at 8:51pm
Alejandramaria Rivas
December 14 at 10:27am