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The Happiness Project (Revised Edition): Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun Paperback – December 29, 2015

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“This book made me happy in the first five pages.” —AJ Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

Award-winning author Gretchen Rubin is back with a bang, with The Happiness Project. The author of the bestselling 40 Ways to Look at Winston Churchill has produced a work that is “a cross between the Dalai Lama’s The Art of Happiness and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love.” (Sonya Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want) In the vein of Julie and Julia, The Happiness Project describes one person’s year-long attempt to discover what leads to true contentment. Drawing at once on cutting-edge science, classical philosophy, and real-world applicability, Rubin has written an engaging, eminently relatable chronicle of transformation.

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“An enlightening, laugh-aloud read. . . . Filled with open, honest glimpses into [Rubin’s] real life, woven together with constant doses of humor.” (Terry Hong, Christian Science Monitor)

“For those who generally loathe the self-help genre, Rubin’s book is a breath of peppermint-scented air. Well-researched and sharply written. . . . Rubin takes an orderly, methodical approach to forging her own path to a happier state of mind.” (Kim Crow, Cleveland Plain Dealer)

“Practical and never preachy . . . the rare self-help tome that doesn’t feel shameful to read.” (Daily Beast)

“Packed with fascinating facts about the science of happiness and rich examples of how she improves her life through changes small and big The Happiness Project made me happier by just reading it.” (Amy Scribner, Bookpage)

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“Wonderful. . . . Rubin shows how you can be happier, starting right now, with small, actionable steps accessible to everyone.” —Julie Morgenstern, New York Times bestselling author of Organizing from the Inside Out

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—now updated with new material by the author—Rubin 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. Among other things, she found that novelty and challenge are powerful sources of happiness; that money can help buy happiness, when spent wisely; that outer order contributes to inner calm; and that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference.

“An enlightening, laugh-aloud read.”—Christian Science Monitor

This updated edition includes:

· A new extensive interview with the author

· Secrets of Adulthood

· An excerpt from Gretchen Rubin’s new book, Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits—to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life

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Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Revised edition (December 29, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062414852
ISBN-13: 978-0062414854
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.7 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 1,637 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,983 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #18 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Mental Health > Emotions
- #87 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Mental Health > Happiness

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This month I read 10% Happier and The Happiness Project

December 18, 2016

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I've been reading two new non-fiction books a month all year, and each month there is a theme of sorts. This month I read 10% Happier and The Happiness Project. I really enjoyed the Happiness Project (actually, I enjoyed both) which surprised me as I was sure it would be corny and preachy. It was neither. It was simply the story of one person's journey - but with ideas of how you could take or leave parts of that journey for yourself. No "let me fix your life" no "this is the one way to do things" just - this is my experience and I want to share it.

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Lynne Prestage

Painfully Boring

March 8, 2018

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Tried reading this book since it was a book club assignment. It was painfully boring. When I got to page 229 in the Kindle version the author outlined her new policy on reading..... "I did, however vow to stop reading books that I didn't enjoy." This was the first good advice I encountered in the book, so I stopped reading "this" book immediately.

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Only read this if you are serious about finding your way to happiness...

October 18, 2017

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I avoided this book for a long time, but it was recommended to me by someone who has real challenges in her life, and I wondered why she found encouragement in it. In someone else’s hands, this whole concept could have been trite and silly, but Gretchen Rubin’s approach to defining and working through her kinks and quirks to achieve happiness by living better in her own skin is illuminating, instructive, entertaining and thought-provoking. Her resolutions, her challenges, her wins and failures are the same as ours, but her deliberate and focused framework and markers and her study of the topic of happiness lends credence to the value of focusing on even our smallest improvements in our actions, attitudes and behavior as a way to improve our own lives, our family’s lives and our community. A realistic, genuinely practical (but not easy), lifelong approach to making the constant adjustments we know we need to be our best selves.

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More like a diary of an upper middle class mother then ...

April 10, 2018

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I was not impressed. More like a diary of an upper middle class mother then a self help book. I was expecting more solid take aways and enlightenment, so perhaps by expectations were wrong.

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Margaret Schlachter

Loved the book and found parallels to my own life ...

July 4, 2016

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I bought the book but ended up listening to a copy of the audiobook. Loved the book and found parallels to my own life and my own journey. While the book was more of a memoir than I thought it would be I found myself more energized to take on my own happiness project after the finishing the book.

I found myself tidying my house, decluttering my clothing and generally being more kind to those I love around me. Thanks for the boost and injection of energy to chase after my own goals and projects.

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Make Yourself Truly Happy and Buy Another Book

April 7, 2015

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Self-help is a new genre before, one I hadn't needed and didn't particularly want to try. However, the buzz generated over this book captured me. I read reviews and interviews with people who said the book changed their way in some profound and meaningful way.

I have one question to ask those people: How?

The book is divided into 12 different chapters, one for each month of the year whereby the author dedicates that month to changing something in her life: career, marriage, children etc. Overall, it sounds like a great idea. However, the "advice" generated in the book is alarming. Her big marriage advice was to treat her husband "nicer". If you are shallow enough to not already treat your spouse nicely, I doubt your marriage will be saved by the book. As for children...apparently, the lesson is don't let their whining annoy you. As a mother of two, good luck with that and that came with the program, so suck it up. The whole book just seemed so ridiculous to me. I can't think of one piece of advice I gleaned that wouldn't be so obviously apparent for anyone with an ounce of self-reflection.

What bothered me most of all about this book is the obvious attempt just to sell. The author is very clear about her purpose in writing to be just to sell books. So, in this book, she gathered all her blog entries from other readers and tacked them in. Not all the entries were relevant or interesting and it just felt like an attempt to make the book thicker. There are also lots of quotes and "studies" about happiness, more obvious attempts to fill the pages with something relevant. The title kind of got my goat, too. A year trying to fight right? Can't recall an instance where the author was really focused on anything other than her own selfish pursuits. Read Aristotle? Not a chapter in the book so I'm not sure how it made it to the title other than to make the book seem more worthy.

You want some happiness? Save the money you would normally spend on this book and look elsewhere. Buy yourself a latte, a bouquet of flowers, take your spouse or boyfriend out for a hot dog, buy a stranger some balloons...

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Real title: “How I became a less-bored woman of privilege”

November 1, 2018

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Read this book for a Psychology seminar in college. We spent a lot of time critically analysing the methods used, as well as the author’s credibility. The whole book isn’t awful, but reading it is not a valuable way to spend your time. Ultimately, this book was written by an upper-class white female, and you can definitely tell from reading it.

Tl;dr: Don’t bother reading the book.

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Anna

Not for everyone

April 3, 2017

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I liked this book as I am thinking of making my own self eval. Each year around my birthday i realize I am getting older. Lol what would a year focused on happiness look like? This book tells one woman's story.

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