Call Up Past Memories.
2011 Happiness Challenge: For those of you following the 2011 Happiness Project Challenge, to make 2011 a happier year — and even if you haven’t officially signed up for the challenge — welcome! This...
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Do You Think About “Self-Curation”?
I read an excellent novel this weekend, Dana Spiotta’s Stone Arabia. Like any good novel, it’s about many things, but in particular, it made me think about the issue of self-curation. In his...
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7 Reasons Why Photographs Can Boost Your Happiness.
Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: 7 reasons why photographs can boost your happiness. Photographs are such a joy, and I don’t know about you, but I’m much more focused on taking photographs...
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One Way to Boost Happiness? Connect with My Past.
Last weekend, I went to Washington, D.C., to attend the reunion of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s clerks. This event made me happy for many reasons. I was thrilled to see Justice O’Connor. I loved...
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A Happy Habit: Celebrating Valentine’s Breakfast (as Pictured)
As part of the happiness-boosting experiments I tried while writing The Happiness Project — or was it while writing Happier at Home? — one of my favorite was to celebrate holiday breakfasts. I’ve been...
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Podcast #4: One-Sentence Journals, Marathoners vs. Sprinters, & Parking-Lot...
My sister Elizabeth Craft and I are having so much fun doing our new podcast together, “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.“ Did I mention that my book about habits, Better Than Before, was published...
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My College Roommate Sent Me a Sketch of Myself–What a Memory.
One of my Secrets of Adulthood is: “Always remember how easy it is to forget.” I’ve tried a lot of things — keeping a one-sentence journal, taking tourist photos of my own romance — to help hang on to...
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Have You Read the Book “Peter Pan?”
“John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together. John had no friends, Michael had friends at night, Wendy had a pet wolf...
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Podcast 46: Don’t Get Organized, Dealing with Sentimental Items, Dealing with...
It’s time for the next installment of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” Update: Elizabeth reports on reader advice about how she can make an appointment to get her hair cut. Try This at Home: Don’t get...
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Podcast 48: Create a Temporary Photo Gallery, and Do You Suffer from the...
It’s time for the next installment of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” Update: We’re thrilled! Our first live show is tomorrow! And it has SOLD OUT. Yowza. If you’re coming to the Brava Theater on...
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Why I Celebrate Leap Day, and Other Minor Holidays. Do You?
One of my favorite resolutions — and I write about it in my books The Happiness Project and Happier at Home — is to celebrate minor holidays. Celebrating minor holidays is fun, it’s low-stress, and it...
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10 Things I’ve Learned in 10 Years of Blogging
Unbelievable! I just hit my tenth anniversary for this blog. I can’t believe it. The days are long, but the years are short. Certainly, when I started, I had no idea that I was embarking on an project...
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What’s a Critical Habit for Happiness? “Remembering the People We Miss Most.”
Interview: Allison Gilbert. I don’t even remember when or how I met Allison Gilbert. We keep banging into each other in the world of New York area writers, and it’s always thought-provoking and fun to...
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A Little Happier: The Days Are Long, But the Years Are Short.
Of everything I’ve ever created, I think my one-minute video The Years Are Short is the thing that resonates most with people. It’s even more poignant now — my daughter Eliza, the little girl in the...
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The Days Are Long, But the Years Are Short: It’s My Daughter’s Junior Prom.
My older daughter took her last exam today, and tonight is her Junior Prom. So my day is consumed with various tasks that I’ve been assigned. It’s hard to believe she’s so grown-up! I’ve said it...
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Podcast 74: Choose the Quote for Your Yearbook Page, Use the Strategy of...
It’s time for the next installment of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” Update: If you want to take the Four Tendencies quiz, it’s here, to find out if you’re an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel....
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Podcast 75: Develop a Minor Expertise, a Deep Dive into Signature Color, and...
It’s time for the next installment of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” Update: We won an award! At the recent Podcast Movement conference, Happier with Gretchen Rubin” won the Academy of Podcasters...
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Podcast 77: Go On an “Errand Date,” Deal with the Nasty Areas of Your House,...
It’s time for the next installment of “Happier with Gretchen Rubin.” Update: A listener updates us on her theme for the year: “More Music.” Try This at Home: Go on an “errand date.” Happiness Hack:...
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Do You Have a Memory That Stays with You? An Unimportant Moment You’ve Never...
“Sometimes, very often, a moment all intact comes before my thoughts. It is an early evening in winter. The lamps are not yet lighted. My mother and two other women, finished with their tea, are...
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I Forgot to Take My Own Advice.
Yesterday was Halloween. In The Happiness Project, I write about celebrating “holiday breakfasts” — when, for minor holidays, I make breakfast fun for my family by putting holiday decorations on the...
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