Life Hacks

Balanced Life: Eleven Tips That I'm Using to "Eat Very Right" (and Cut Calories).

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 10.12.2008 | Living


Gretchen Rubin

Whatever you might order, and however it might be prepared, it has tons of butter on it.

Seven Ways To Tell If You're Boring Someone

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 09.27.2008 | Living


Gretchen Rubin

In one of my favorite movies, a quirky documentary called Sherman's March, the documentary maker's former high school teacher tells him, "As people ge...

Six Tips For Enjoying A Vacation

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 09.12.2008 | Living


Gretchen Rubin

One of my goals for my Happiness Project is to do a better job of learning from experience. How can I do things better, next time? Also, one of my Twe...

19 Tips For Cheering Yourself Up -- From 200 Years Ago

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 07.31.2008 | Living


Gretchen Rubin

While reading a biography of English writer Sydney Smith, Hesketh Pearson's The Smith of Smiths, I stumbled across a letter. In 1820, Smith wrote a le...