Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life

by Gretchen Rubin

As I talked to people about how they monitor themselves, the potentially dangerous concept of moderation kept cropping up. Framing a level of activity or consumption as moderate can be misleading, because while the word “moderation” implies reasonableness and restraint, it’s actually a relative term. Moderate in comparison to what?