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Outer Order Inner Calm

declutter and organize to make more room for happiness
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In Outer Order Inner Calm, Gretchen Rubin explores how tidying our physical surroundings can lead to greater control and serenity in our lives. With 150 practical strategies, she guides readers to ask themselves key questions like Do I need it? Do I love it? Do I use it? and offers manageable steps to create order at home, work, and beyond. Rubin combines insights on making choices, cultivating habits, and adding beauty to help cultivate a calmer, more organised lifestyle.
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This book is ideal for anyone seeking practical advice to organise their possessions and enhance daily calm, particularly fans of self-help and personal development focused on habit formation and lifestyle improvement.

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Do I need it? Do I love it? Do I use it? A guide to decluttering from the international bestselling author and happiness guru Gretchen Rubin.

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The New York Times Bestseller 'Move over, Marie Kondo' Washington Post
'Excellent' Telegraph
'You will feel like you can take on the world' Grazia
'Wishing I had a Rubin to help me make sense of my belongings' Red
'Declutter your way to happiness' Good Housekeeping

In the context of a happy life, a messy desk or a crowded wardrobe is a trivial problemβ€”yet Gretchen Rubin found that getting control of our stuff makes us feel more in control of our lives.

Ask yourself: DO I NEED IT? DO I LOVE IT? DO I USE IT?

With 150 concrete clutter-clearing ideas, insights, strategies, and sometimes surprising tips, Gretchen tackles the key challenges of creating outer order by explaining how to 'make choices', 'create order', 'know yourself', 'cultivate useful habits' and, of course, how to 'add beauty'.

At home, at work, and in life, when we get our possessions under control, we can create a more serene environment. With a sense of fun, and a clear idea of what's realistic for most people, Gretchen suggests dozens of manageable steps to help us achieve the lives we yearn for.

Also by Gretchen Rubin

The Four Tendencies: the indispensable personality profiles that reveal how to make your life better

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Better Than Before: learn how to make good habits and break bad ones, for good

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Happier At Home: a year-long experiment in making the everyday extraordinary

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Move over, Marie Kondo: America’s foremost happiness guru takes tidy principles to a new level, according to The Washington Post. Reviews praise Rubin’s practical, insightful tips, describing the book as an excellent guide for making small changes with big impact, including the memorable question, β€œAre you furnishing a fantasy?” (Telegraph). Readers report feeling empowered to declutter and organise, with Grazia noting you will feel ready to 'take on the world.' Good Housekeeping calls it a path to happiness through decluttering.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781473692688

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 January 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: John Murray One

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 173g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Gretchen Rubin is one of the most influential writers on the linked subjects of habits, happiness, and human nature.

She's the author of many books, including the New York Times bestsellers, Better Than Before and The Happiness Project. A member of Oprah's SuperSoul 100, Rubin has an enormous following, in print and online; her books have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide, in more than 35 languages; and on her popular daily blog, gretchenrubin.com, she reports on her adventures in pursuit of habits and happiness. She also has an award-winning podcast, Happier with Gretchen Rubin.

She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.

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