It’s fun to fail … It’s part of being ambitious; it’s part of being creative. If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing badly.
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
The Happiness Project
Quote: More
It’s easy to make the mistake of thinking that if you have something you love or there’s something you want, you’ll be happier with more.
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Quote: Maximizers
Satisficers are those who make a decision or take action once their criteria are met. That doesn’t mean they’ll settle for mediocrity; their criteria can be very high, but as soon as they find the hotel, the pasta sauce, or the business card that has the qualities they want, they’re satisfied. Maximizers want to make the optimal decision. Even if they see a bicycle or a backpack that meets their requirements, they can’t make a decision until after they’ve examined every option, so they can make the best possible choice.
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Recognize yourself in one of those? We are both maximizers to a “t” and reading it out loud was almost scary. It did explain our compulsive need to check reviews on even most mundane objects all the way up to the bigger decisions, like where to live.
Quote: Who I Am
I have an idea of who I wish I were, and that obscures my understanding of who I am actually am. Sometimes I pretend even to myself to enjoy activities that I don’t really enjoy, such as shopping, or to be interested in subjects that don’t much interest me, such as foreign policy. And worse, I ignore my true desires and interests.
Excerpt from The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin