Gretchen Rubin
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My husband is a questioner. So yeah.
My husband is a questioner. So yeah.
Wow.
Wow.
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I think I started out being very much pushed forward. And that's how I went to law school. I was just pushed forward by events, which I would call drift. pushed forward by events and just led forward by the next step. I would just take the next step and then take the next step. And I ended up clerking on the Supreme Court, so it worked out great.
I think I started out being very much pushed forward. And that's how I went to law school. I was just pushed forward by events, which I would call drift. pushed forward by events and just led forward by the next step. I would just take the next step and then take the next step. And I ended up clerking on the Supreme Court, so it worked out great.
I think I started out being very much pushed forward. And that's how I went to law school. I was just pushed forward by events, which I would call drift. pushed forward by events and just led forward by the next step. I would just take the next step and then take the next step. And I ended up clerking on the Supreme Court, so it worked out great.
But then I think when I became a writer, then I was much more pushing my own. And then I was much more like, I'm in charge. I'm deciding to do things. So that's very interesting. I think I started out one way and flipped to the other. That's a very, very profound question.
But then I think when I became a writer, then I was much more pushing my own. And then I was much more like, I'm in charge. I'm deciding to do things. So that's very interesting. I think I started out one way and flipped to the other. That's a very, very profound question.
But then I think when I became a writer, then I was much more pushing my own. And then I was much more like, I'm in charge. I'm deciding to do things. So that's very interesting. I think I started out one way and flipped to the other. That's a very, very profound question.
Well, that's exactly why I did it, yes. It's so great because it's given me, it's forced me to deal with it with clarity because I think a lot of what, this is, okay, so spoiler alert, this is all in the book.
Well, that's exactly why I did it, yes. It's so great because it's given me, it's forced me to deal with it with clarity because I think a lot of what, this is, okay, so spoiler alert, this is all in the book.
Well, that's exactly why I did it, yes. It's so great because it's given me, it's forced me to deal with it with clarity because I think a lot of what, this is, okay, so spoiler alert, this is all in the book.
I think a lot of what is puzzling to people or makes the transition more difficult is that people just sort of have like a general feeling of an easiness or a transition and they kind of don't, it's kind of hard to put your finger on it. And by really forcing myself to examine what I was going through, I realized there's actually 12 changes that people go through.
I think a lot of what is puzzling to people or makes the transition more difficult is that people just sort of have like a general feeling of an easiness or a transition and they kind of don't, it's kind of hard to put your finger on it. And by really forcing myself to examine what I was going through, I realized there's actually 12 changes that people go through.
I think a lot of what is puzzling to people or makes the transition more difficult is that people just sort of have like a general feeling of an easiness or a transition and they kind of don't, it's kind of hard to put your finger on it. And by really forcing myself to examine what I was going through, I realized there's actually 12 changes that people go through.
And that what anyone's individual experiences is like, do you experience this in the positive or in the negative? Is it intense or mild? And how does it fit into sort of your kind of general overall personality, circumstance, history?
And that what anyone's individual experiences is like, do you experience this in the positive or in the negative? Is it intense or mild? And how does it fit into sort of your kind of general overall personality, circumstance, history?
And that what anyone's individual experiences is like, do you experience this in the positive or in the negative? Is it intense or mild? And how does it fit into sort of your kind of general overall personality, circumstance, history?