The problem is that my listening of this book felt like I was on the author's journey towards happiness and she did not take me along for the ride. Cool right? That's what the book is supposed to be about. The problem is this book reads more like a diary or blog of a person's journey to find happiness. The author seems like a very nice person and writes in a very casual conversational style. In this episode, 'Choose the Bigger Life,' Gretchen and her sister, Elizabeth Craft, discuss happiness, good habits, and whether Gretchen is going to get a dog.

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.Īs an added bonus, this recording includes a sampling of Gretchen’s podcast, Happier With Gretchen Rubin. In this lively and compelling account, 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. “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. “The days are long, but the years are short,” she realized. Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus.

Drawing on cutting-edge science, classical philosophy, and real-world examples, Rubin delivers an engaging, eminently relatable chronicle of transformation. Gretchen Rubin’s year-long experiment to discover how to create true happiness.

Filled with open, honest glimpses into real life, woven together with constant doses of humor.”- Christian Science Monitor Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:52:30 Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA183501 Boxid_2 CH106101 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1st ed.

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