Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life

I struggle with this book, it operates in the principles of either/or, you are a starter or a finisher, you love simplicity or abundance, novelty or familiarity. People are more complex than that. It can depend on a whole host of factors (situation, mental state, recent events etc). So it kind of lost me quite quickly. Perhaps it goes in to say not everybody is one thing or another all the time, but for me this was not signposted clearly enough.

I bought this book a while ago but still find that bits stick in my mind to help me. I love how Gretchen Rubin writes as she doesn't pretend that she is perfect or that you can/will be perfect too. She realises that we are all human and all different and encourages you to celebrate that and work with it rather than trying to get yourself in a box that might be the wrong shape.An easy read and deifinitely recommended!

I am still reading this. Key for me is her explaining that we all need what works for us, that we're all different. It's not a just a "here's what I did & this is what works". It's an easy, interesting read. I read the 4 tendencies first which I think definitely helps, & I would recommend doing that.

Interesting book, well researched and written, haven't finished reading it all the way through yet but is already making me think differently about why I struggle to break old habits and make new ones

Fantastic book, with incredible amount of research backing up all the ideas/info offered by the author. Gretchen clearly did her homework and distilled an incredibly amount of scientific and scholar studies and findings into simple & easy to understand narrative. Ideas are not rigid and not the “my way or high way” style of so many current writers of the self improvement/ self help world; but rather take into account our unique traits and characteristics and offer solutions and advice to suit everyone.