Gretchen Rubin Quotes

I still bite my nails.

I always bounce my legs when I'm sitting.

I bite my nails.

I must always, always have a box of Extra chewing gum in my bag because I have developed a terrible cheek-chewing compulsion. It's not only uncomfortable, but I look really weird when I'm doing it, and chewing gum is the only way I can stop myself.

I have learned to smoke because I need something to hold onto.

Whenever you drop something by fight, it is never dropped. You can drop smoking by fighting, and then you will start doing something else which will become a substitute. You may start chewing gum, it is the same; You may start chewing pan, it is the same, there is no difference. You need something to do with your mouth - smoking, chewing, anything. When your mouth goes on working, you feel at ease because through the mouth tensions are released. So whenever a man feels tense he starts smoking.

I'm one of those people at the airport holding a pillow like a little kid.

I bite the skin on the side of my fingernails.

When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess.

I lie to myself every day when I tell myself, 'I can skip yoga.'

Carly Simon abandoned the stage for seven years after collapsing from nerves before a concert in Pittsburgh in 1981. When she resumed performing, she would sometimes ask members of her band to spank her before she went onstage, to distract her from her anxiety.

You see, with me, when I'm nervous, I smile and laugh.

Routine is part of coping.

I sometimes suffer from insomnia. And when I can't fall asleep, I play what I call the alphabet game.

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

I find getting my nails done the most tedious thing. I'm such a fidgety person; it's like torture. Everybody loves massages; I don't know what my problem is. I feel like I have to talk to the masseuses.

I started walking rather than driving to get my coffee. I liked it so much, I do it for 45 minutes every day... You know those annoying people who are like, 'If I don't work out I feel... ugh'? I might be becoming one of those people.

Journaling is something that I've always tried to get into.

For some reason, chewing gum for me gets my brain going.

I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.

I've found that a combination of therapy and medication, along with lifestyle choices like eating better and exercising regularly, helps me cope well with my anxiety.

I think I'm a nervous laugher. Like, when you're in a situation that you don't know what's going on, you go to laughter more than anything.

My most annoying habit is laughing all the time. I can't stop giggling. I do it because I'm nervous.