Gretchen Rubin Quotes

Cleaning is my favorite way to relax. I clear things out and get rid of the stuff I don't need. When the food pantry and the refrigerator are organized, I feel less stressed.

If I'm at home on my own and the writing isn't going well, I clean my house. And there have been times in the past few years when my house has looked really clean.

You feel good if you've done hard work. You sleep better. You get stuck in your head if you have too much time to think.

'Good Life' was my gold-medal song and is what I sing when I need to get focused and keep calm. It also just makes me super happy, and I love jamming out.

I function properly, feel better, do better, look better, and treat others better when there's less clutter.

Even if you're just making a list of all the things you have to do, putting your pen to paper gets it out of your head. It puts you in this place of release.

There's this emotion we all feel of being overwhelmed at times, feeling that you can't get ahead. For me it's self-imposed because I'm so driven and I'm always going from project to project.

I don't have a routine, but I have used meditation to just decompress and focus.

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.

Running fills the cup that has to pour out for others. Running feeds the soul that has a responsibility to nourish. Running sets the anchor that limits the drift of the day. Running clears the mind that has a myriad of challenges to solve. Running tends to the self so that selfishness can subside.

A calm environment is for after I finish work.

I try to make my bed every day for mental health. Coming home to an unmade bed or a room with clothes all over will depress me.

When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and 'good, orderly direction' to enter.

When I was younger, I could do something useful just by being free for half a day, but now I need five days to get the world I've left out of my head and ten days or a fortnight not talking to anyone to hold what I need to hold inside my head.

Sometimes I just wish I had a day off. I really need to clean my room.

You're able to do more when you're not clouded with wasted anxiety.

I get such a buzz out of cleaning closets.

You can think best when you're happiest.

Running is very spiritual for me. It is therapeutic; it clears my mind and helps me to focus.

Quite a few books about decluttering are published in a year.

Running clears my mind, and gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning.

In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find - and I hear from other people that they agree - that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness.

Going off the grid is always good for me. It's the way that I've started books and finished books and gotten myself out of deadline dooms and things.

I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts.

I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that's what I tell myself. I make the bed, I put away the dishes, maybe I dust, maybe I do the laundry, maybe I go to the post office.