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Gretchen Rubin
Personal blog · gretchenrubin.comproductivityhealth
Gretchen Rubin's personal blog at gretchenrubin.com covers productivity and health. Since 2014, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Gretchen Rubin's blog for the Four Tendencies personality framework and related ideas on habits and happiness, plus her book The Happiness Project.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Meet Gretchen Rubin. New York Times bestselling author, podcaster, speaker, creator of The Four Tendencies framework, and explorer of happiness and good habits.
What Hacker News says?
She has a blog post on them: https://gretchenrubin.com/2013/01/four-personality-types-whi...
Comment linking /2013/01/four-personality-types-which-one-are-you/
on “Ask HN: Is it 'normal' to struggle so hard with work?”Submitted It's Fun to Have Fun, but You Have to Know How as a story · 2 points
HN discussionalso known as Oppositional Conversation Style http://www.gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2013/09/ever-...
Comment linking /happiness_project/2013/09/ever-been-stuck-talking-to-someone-who-keeps-telling-you-how-wrong-you-are/
on “How I learned to stop giving advice”Submitted Instead of a Resolution, Write a 21 for '21 List as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYou might get something out of a Gretchen Rubin's 4 tendencies idea if you haven't already come across it. Disclaimer, I don't use this in my life, it's just something I've been meaning to look into http://gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2013/10/what-kind...
Comment linking /happiness_project/2013/10/what-kind-of-person-are-you-the-four-rubin-tendencies/
on “Ask HN: Do you plan your next day ahead?”Submitted Agree,Disagree? “Forming new habbits can actually be fun” as a story · 2 points
HN discussionyep, the happiness project: https://gretchenrubin.com/books/the-happiness-project/about-... Hear me out :) It teaches you to do a lot of little things that over time make a huge impact on your well being and the people around you. I loved this book and found a huge impact on my life year after year as little habits it teaches started to add up. In the workforce it also helped me. I am already very empathetic, but it…
Comment linking /books/the-happiness-project/about-the-book/
on “Ask HN: What are the best books for professional effectiveness?”Submitted 20 tips for how to cheer yourself up (1820) as a story · 2 points
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