Gretchen Rubin

This was me just noticing something like the tulip is an empty flower. What is up with that? The tulip is an empty flower. I find them very unsatisfying. That is a mere observation. And then I also have a bunch of bleak aphorisms. I'm like, nobody wants Gretchen Rubin's bleak aphorisms. I'll leave those to the side. So these are really the ones that are useful.

Yes, raise your hand.

Yes, raise your hand.

Yes, raise your hand.

Prospective authors included, yes.

Prospective authors included, yes.

Prospective authors included, yes.

Yeah, it was my fourth book.

Yeah, it was my fourth book.

Yeah, it was my fourth book.

Yeah, no, that's very true. I would say it almost feels like a compulsion to be writing to me. So yeah, absolutely. Yeah.

Yeah, no, that's very true. I would say it almost feels like a compulsion to be writing to me. So yeah, absolutely. Yeah.

Yeah, no, that's very true. I would say it almost feels like a compulsion to be writing to me. So yeah, absolutely. Yeah.

Oh, one of my own or somebody else's gave it to me?

Oh, one of my own or somebody else's gave it to me?

Oh, one of my own or somebody else's gave it to me?

Okay. So, and I've told this story many times because it truly did transform my life. So I am a huge fan of Samuel Johnson, Dr. Johnson, and he is an amazing aphorist. I highly recommend him. And I was reading kind of, he was so celebrated that they would even just keep accounts of conversations that he had.

Okay. So, and I've told this story many times because it truly did transform my life. So I am a huge fan of Samuel Johnson, Dr. Johnson, and he is an amazing aphorist. I highly recommend him. And I was reading kind of, he was so celebrated that they would even just keep accounts of conversations that he had.

Okay. So, and I've told this story many times because it truly did transform my life. So I am a huge fan of Samuel Johnson, Dr. Johnson, and he is an amazing aphorist. I highly recommend him. And I was reading kind of, he was so celebrated that they would even just keep accounts of conversations that he had.

So I was reading, it's not even really a book, it's sort of an appendix, but there was an account of a conversation where Dr. Johnson walked into a party and someone asked if he would take a little wine. And he said, I can't take a little. Moderation is as difficult to me as... Abstinence is as difficult to me as temperance would... Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.