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 RubinI grasped two things: I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasnt going to change unless I made it change.
Gretchen RubinA book is a better way to develop a complicated idea, or to tell a big story and to show how ideas weave in and out of each other, which is something that comes up a lot in happiness because all these ideas are interconnected.
Gretchen RubinI'm doing a lot of speaking and talking about habits, which is this subject that obsesses me. That's a lot of fun.
Gretchen RubinSometimes I think it's easier to think about being happier, for what ever that means to you then worrying about what is happiness and what would life be if I finally achieved this ultimate happiness?
Gretchen Rubin