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

Counterintuitively, I often find it harder to make myself do something that I enjoy than something that I don’t enjoy. And I’m not alone. A reader posted: “My ‘thing’ is song-writing on the piano. But a lot of days, I will do everything else before I sit down to compose.”