My resolution to Embrace good smells has developed into a full-blown obsession. A few of my favorite perfumes: CB I Hate Perfume Demeter Fragrance Library Frédéric Malle To See a Flower Firep...
Of all the things that wisdom provides for living one’s entire life in happiness, the greatest by far is the possession of friendship.
Arranging to Fail Loophole: It’s odd. Instead of fleeing temptation, we often plan to succumb.
Jamie has a transition habit when he comes home from work. He gives everyone a hello kiss, then disappears for twenty minutes or so. He changes out of his suit, sends one last round of emails, glances...
I’m not getting any sleep, she said. I’ve already given up caffeine. What else can I do? Lots of things, I said, prepared to rattle off the tips that I’d uncovered in my research. Near your bedtime, d...
The words of the writer Colette had haunted me for years: What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
It’s fun to fail, I kept repeating. It’s part of being ambitious; it’s part of being creative. If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing badly.
Couldn’t just jump into this happiness project. I had a lot to learn before I was ready for my year to begin. After my first few weeks of heavy reading, as I toyed with different ideas about how to se...
We won’t make ourselves more creative and productive by copying other people’s habits, even the habits of geniuses; we must know our own nature, and what habits serve us best.
My Current Habits Am I more likely to indulge in a bad habit in a group, or when I’m alone? If I could magically, effortlessly change one habit in my life, what would it be? If the people around me co...
When I focus on the way men or husbands generally behave, I start to lump Jamie along with half of humanity. I find myself feeling angry or annoyed with Jamie for things he hasn't even done.
By mindfully shaping our habits, we can harness the power of mindlessness as a sweeping force for serenity, energy, and growth.
Consistency, repetition, no decision—this was the way to develop the ease of a true habit.
There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that are worn out or stained or used up.
Just taking one drifting step can you set you in a course that’s very hard to stop.
Intentions, also known as action triggers or if-then planning. If ________ happens, then I will do _______. With if-then planning, we try to plan for every habit challenge that might arise, so we don’...
The opposite of happiness is unhappiness, not depression.
In their thought-provoking book Focus, researchers Tory Higgins and Heidi Grant Halvorson argue that people lean toward being promotion-focused or prevention-focused in their aims.
Things often get harder before they get easier.
My idea of this is the kind of person I am is so bound up in my habits and actions that it’s hard for me to see. But eventually, I realized that my sense of identity makes it easier or harder to chang...
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