The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Funby Gretchen Rubin |
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The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
- Reading Level: Kindle Edition
- Binding: Kindle Edition
- No. of Pages: 320
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- Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
- Pub. Date: 2009-12-29
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The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun Review
Source: Product DescriptionGretchen 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.
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun Customer Reviews
Number of reviews: 177 Average Rating:A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-09-01 and rated it
1 Person found this review helpful, Inspirational
I found this book very inspirational. I immediately tried to adopt lots of her ideas, like using brightly colored file bins for my children's artwork & photos & invitations; attempting to write 1700 words per day; and just acting outwardly happy. Can't wait to start my own happiness project.
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-08-30 and rated it
1 Person found this review helpful, Great Book! Would Read Over And Over Agin!
As i read other peoples reviews (alot good some bad) i bought the book to find out for myself. I am aware that Gretchen Rubin is from what i have read one of the more privileged familys of the world, she never really mentions that in her book. I have enjoyed this book from the first page and have found alot of insight and wisdom in the words she has written. I would recommend this book to all my friends (which in fact i have).I bought this book looking for a way to help find a little more happiness in my own life and most of the "commandments" and goals she sets are things that i found were missing in my life. I also have found the wed site to go along with the project very helpful. ALL IN ALL GREAT PURCHASE!!
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-08-29 and rated it
1 Person found this review helpful, You're Happiness Is Unique, To You.
Gretchen Rubin, the author of The Happiness Project, is a fantastic researcher. With interest in detail she is well read on the subjects of health, psychology, religion, parenthood, work, and several other topics which she uses to create a plan for her happiness project.
Rubin is also a very creative experimenter, modifying her lifestyle and taking an objective, honest, and introspective look at her own interpersonal habits and experiences for assessing her happiness.
The book is filled with dozens of perspectives on happiness that Rubin tests through her own experiments. Some things work, and some don't, but she writes about her experiences so you can decide which approaches may be valuable to your viewpoints for leading a happier life. You won't find rules or recipes to make you happier, but you will be exposed to many ideas that you can use to craft the happiness project that is unique for you.
You can find book notes for The Happiness Project at my blog address.
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Salvatore Saieva
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-08-29 and rated it
1 Person found this review helpful, Cumbersome, Boring -- Please Don't Waste Any More Trees Publishing This!
Blah, blah, blah . . . twice this book has made it into my home -- once from our public library by my choosing -- another time from a friend whom thought that I might find it interesting . . . . When resolutions need this much explanation, it is no wonder that so many individuals find it difficult to follow them throughout the year . . . . I'll just write my own and follow them -- and never burden a friend or anyone else with this waste of trees.
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-08-25 and rated it
1 Person found this review helpful, This Books Starts The Reflection That Leads To Change.
I checked this book out of the local library. I enjoyed it and realized I would want to refer to it often so I bought it.
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