Gretchen Rubin

What am I, you know? Right. And so you need to, and one of the strategies is the strategy of safeguards, which is what are the things that you do to protect a habit once you've got it going? If you do this, then do that, which I would call the strategy of if-then planning, which is if this happens, then I do this. You go ahead and figure that out in advance.

So with the simple habit, it might take less, and then a more complex habit might take a little more thought to figure out how to get that into place. You know, I started a podcast myself. It's called Happier with Gretchen Rubin, and I talk about all this stuff. It's so much fun. And one of the first things that we talked about was the habit of making your bed.

So with the simple habit, it might take less, and then a more complex habit might take a little more thought to figure out how to get that into place. You know, I started a podcast myself. It's called Happier with Gretchen Rubin, and I talk about all this stuff. It's so much fun. And one of the first things that we talked about was the habit of making your bed.

Because whenever I talk to people about what habits do you feel like make you happier and more productive and feel healthier, and so often people mention it's the habit of making your bed. And as you say, it's a very simple habit. You can do it first thing in the morning, and then the rest of the day, you're like, oh, look, if I did nothing else, I made my bed.

Because whenever I talk to people about what habits do you feel like make you happier and more productive and feel healthier, and so often people mention it's the habit of making your bed. And as you say, it's a very simple habit. You can do it first thing in the morning, and then the rest of the day, you're like, oh, look, if I did nothing else, I made my bed.

And it's funny how much that resonates with people.

And it's funny how much that resonates with people.

Thank you so much. It was great. I feel like we could talk for hours.

Thank you so much. It was great. I feel like we could talk for hours.

On my website, which is just GretchenRubin.com, there's a bunch of blog posts about habits and also a lot of downloads, a habit change checklist, some one-pagers about working better than before, eating better than before, exercising better than before, like to get you started because those are some of the habits people most want to form.

On my website, which is just GretchenRubin.com, there's a bunch of blog posts about habits and also a lot of downloads, a habit change checklist, some one-pagers about working better than before, eating better than before, exercising better than before, like to get you started because those are some of the habits people most want to form.

A starter kit for people who want to start habits groups for people who are going to help each other change their habits. And I have this podcast called Happier with Gretchen Rubin where we talk about a lot of these kinds of issues about science from ancient wisdom and also around experiences.

A starter kit for people who want to start habits groups for people who are going to help each other change their habits. And I have this podcast called Happier with Gretchen Rubin where we talk about a lot of these kinds of issues about science from ancient wisdom and also around experiences.