Better Than Before: How to Make and Break Habits - and Build a Happier Life from the no.1 New York Times Bestselling Queen of Self-Help

by Gretchen Rubin

Whenever I become gripped by a subject, I read everything related to it,

Research suggests that people feel more in control6 and less anxious when engaged in habit behavior. I

We feel exhausted, but also feel jacked up on adrenaline, caffeine, and sugar. We feel frantically busy, but also feel that we’re not spending enough time on the things that really matter.

for people like me, leisure must be entered on the schedule as its own activity; it’s not something I get only when I have nothing else to do. Because I always have something else to do. Having fun is important, if only because it’s easier to demand more of ourselves when we’re giving more to ourselves.