
Outer Order, Inner Calm
Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness
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Gretchen Rubin
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Gretchen Rubin
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New York Times best seller
In this lovely, easy-to-use guide to decluttering, the beloved author of The Happiness Project shows us how to take control of our stuff - and, by extension, our lives.
Gretchen Rubin knows firsthand that creating order can make our lives happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative. But for most of us, a rigid, one-size-fits-all solution doesn't work. When we tailor our approach to suit our own particular challenges and habits, we can find inner calm.
With a sense of fun, and a clear idea of what’s realistic for most people, Rubin suggests dozens of manageable tips and tricks for creating a more serene, orderly environment, including:
- Never label anything “miscellaneous.”
- Ask yourself, “Do I need more than one?”
- Don’t aim for minimalism.
- Remember: If you can’t retrieve it, you won’t use it.
- Stay current with a child’s interests.
- Beware the urge to “procrasticlear.”
By getting rid of things we don’t use, don’t need, or don’t love, we free our minds (and our shelves) for what we truly value.
©2019 Gretchen Rubin (P)2019 Random House AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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- How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and into the World
- By: Gretchen Rubin
- Narrated by: Gretchen Rubin
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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A Life in Five Senses is an absorbing, layered story of discovery filled with profound insights and practical suggestions about how to heighten our senses and use our powers of perception to live fuller, richer lives—and, ultimately, how to move through the world with more vitality and love.
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Remembering to use your senses
- By Schase on 05-12-23
By: Gretchen Rubin
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The Manipulative Man
- Identify His Behavior, Counter the Abuse, Regain Control
- By: Dorothy McCoy EdD
- Narrated by: Linda Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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Conventional wisdom says that women are the manipulative ones - but tell that to the thousands of desperate women suffering at the hands of a manipulative man. Men can be just as sneaky, passive-aggressive, needy, underhanded, whiny, guilt-inducing, and emotionally demanding as women are accused of being - and more so!
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The Art of Making Memories
- How to Create and Remember Happy Moments
- By: Meik Wiking
- Narrated by: Meik Wiking
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
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Memories are the cornerstones of our identity, shaping who we are, how we act, and how we feel. In his work as a happiness researcher, Meik Wiking has learned that people are happier if they hold a positive, nostalgic view of the past. But how do we make and keep the memories that bring us lasting joy? The Art of Making Memories examines how mental images are made, stored, and recalled in our brains, as well as the "art of letting go" - why we tend to forget certain moments to make room for deeper, more meaningful ones.
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Pineapple
- By Mary on 12-25-22
By: Meik Wiking
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Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill
- A Brief Account of a Long Life
- By: Gretchen Rubin
- Narrated by: Gretchen Rubin
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
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Warrior and writer, genius and crank, rider in the British cavalry’s last great charge and inventor of the tank - Winston Churchill led Britain to fight alone against Nazi Germany in the fateful year of 1940 and set the standard for leading a democracy at war. Like no other portrait of its famous subject, Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill is a dazzling display of facts more improbable than fiction, and an investigation of the contradictions and complexities that haunt biography.
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Great Content
- By Sean P. Whiteley on 07-01-20
By: Gretchen Rubin
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How to Think Bigger: Aim Higher, Get More Motivated, and Accomplish Big Things
- By: Martin Meadows
- Narrated by: John Gagnepain
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
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Have you ever wondered what separates people who think bigger from people who set their bars low? What makes one person accept low standards and another person constantly raise them? What drives a person who's optimizing every single aspect of her life, and what causes another person to maintain the status quo? I found this topic so fascinating, I decided to find out the answer for myself and write a book about it.
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Should be required to read in high school
- By Timothy on 08-27-15
By: Martin Meadows
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And Never Stop Dancing
- 30 More True Things You Need to Know Now
- By: Gordon Livingston
- Narrated by: Bruce Barker
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
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Dr. Gordon Livingston's national bestseller, Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart, has drawn tens of thousands of readers who have embraced its thirty bedrock truths about life and how best to live it. Now, in And Never Stop Dancing, Dr. Livingston, a Vietnam War veteran, psychiatrist, and parent twice bereaved, offers thirty more true things we need to know now.
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sophomore slump
- By T. Combs on 06-07-07
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Don't Overthink It
- Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life
- By: Anne Bogel
- Narrated by: Anne Bogel
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
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Not only can you overcome negative thought patterns that are repetitive, unhealthy, and unhelpful, you can replace them with positive thought patterns that will bring more peace, joy, and love into your life. In Don't Overthink It, you'll find actionable strategies that can make an immediate and lasting difference in how you deal with questions both small and large. More than a book about making good decisions, Don't Overthink It offers you a framework for making choices you'll be comfortable with, using an appropriate amount of energy.
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torture
- By staciet on 06-19-20
By: Anne Bogel
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The Science of Likability
- 60 Evidence-Based Methods to Radiate Charisma, Make a Powerful Impression, Win Friends, and Trigger Attraction
- By: Patrick King
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
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The Science of Likability takes over 60 seminal scientific and psychological studies and breaks them down into real, usable guidelines and tips to create the presence you have always wanted. Every piece of advice in this book to increase your social standing and likability factor is 100 percent backed by in-depth, peer-reviewed research. Learn how subconsciously make yourself likable, trustworthy, and intelligent. You can get a new haircut and wardrobe, and you can even learn funny jokes. But likability is something more.
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Just like a reiteration of How to win friends
- By Anonymous User on 03-15-20
By: Patrick King
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Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It
- Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live
- By: Daniel Klein
- Narrated by: James Jenner
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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From the vantage point of his eighth decade, Klein revisits the wisdom he relished in his youth with this collection of philosophical gems, adding new ones that strike chords with him at the end of his life. From Epicurus to Emerson and Camus to the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr - whose words provided the title of this audiobook - each pithy extract is annotated with Klein's inimitable charm and insights.
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Great Read and highly Recommend
- By S. Cremona on 11-26-21
By: Daniel Klein
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The Little Book of Lykke
- Secrets of the World’s Happiest People
- By: Meik Wiking
- Narrated by: Meik Wiking
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
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In The Little Book of Lykke, Meik identifies the six factors that explain the majority of differences in happiness across the world - togetherness, money, health, freedom, trust, and kindness - and explores what actions we can take to become happier. As he reveals, we can deepen our blissfulness and contentment with little adjustments in our behavior, whether it's eating like the French (sitting around a table and savoring our time) or dancing the tango like Argentinians in Buenos Aires.
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Lost in Translation
- By ili pika on 08-06-18
By: Meik Wiking
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When Things Don't Go Your Way
- Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times
- By: Haemin Sunim, Charles La Shure - translator
- Narrated by: Lee Osorio
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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Have you ever felt like life has thrown you a curveball? Are you struggling to overcome unexpected challenges and setbacks? While loss, heartbreak, and loneliness are all part of the human experience, in this warm guide, internationally bestselling author Haemin Sunim shows us that these moments can actually be rare opportunities for self-discovery, serving as stepping stones to greater things in life.
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Amazing book and audio
- By JD on 03-22-24
By: Haemin Sunim, and others
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Think Like a Breadwinner
- A Wealth-Building Manifesto for Women Who Want to Earn More (and Worry Less)
- By: Jennifer Barrett
- Narrated by: Jennifer Barrett
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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Nearly half of working women in the United States are now their household's main breadwinner. And yet, the majority of women still aren't being brought up to think like breadwinners. In fact, they're actually discouraged - by institutional bias and subconscious beliefs - from building their own wealth, pursuing their full earning potential, and providing for themselves and others financially. In Think Like a Breadwinner, financial expert Jennifer Barrett reframes what it really means to be a breadwinner.
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Great advice
- By Dreda Phoenix on 04-16-21
By: Jennifer Barrett
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Simple Read
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Feeling inspired....
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Inspiring and Motivating
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I left feeling energized to get my clutter in order & with tools to keep it that way realistically, no matter your personality type. Thank you Gretchen!
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Practical and customized to what works for us
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Read before Kondo
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SO GOOD!
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