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Gretchen Rubin,
author of THE HAPPINESS PROJECT. Answer the question below
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courtesy of Harper Collins.
Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the
unlikeliest of places: a city bus. "The days are long, but
the years are short," she realized. "Time is passing, and
I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter."
In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her
happiness project.
In this lively and compelling
account of that year, Rubin carves out her place alongside
the authors of bestselling memoirs such as Julie and
Julia, The Year of Living Biblically, and Eat,
Pray, Love. With humor and insight, she chronicles her
adventures during the twelve months she spent test-driving
the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and
lessons from popular culture about how to be happier.
Rubin didn't have the option to uproot herself, nor did
she really want to; instead she focused on improving her
life as it was. Each month she tackled a new set of
resolutions: give proofs of love, ask for help, find more
fun, keep a gratitude notebook, forget about results. She
immersed herself in principles set forth by all manner of
experts, from Epicurus to Thoreau to Oprah to Martin
Seligman to the Dalai Lama to see what worked for her—and
what didn't.
Her conclusions are sometimes
surprising—she finds that money can buy happiness, when
spent wisely; that novelty and challenge are powerful
sources of happiness; that "treating" yourself can make you
feel worse; that venting bad feelings doesn't relieve them;
that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest
difference—and they range from the practical to the
profound.
Written with charm and wit, The
Happiness Project is illuminating yet entertaining,
thought-provoking yet compulsively readable. Gretchen
Rubin's passion for her subject jumps off the page, and
reading just a few chapters of this book will inspire you to
start your own happiness project.
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