Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness

by Gretchen Rubin

WHAT WE ASSUME WILL BE TEMPORARY OFTEN BECOMES PERMANENT; WHAT WE ASSUME IS PERMANENT OFTEN PROVES TEMPORARY.

When I was writing "Better Than Before," my book about how to make and break habits, I thought about this phenomenon often. It's so strange, in life, what ends up sticking -- or not.