The Happiness Project, Tenth Anniversary 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

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#1 New York Times Bestseller

An enlightening, laugh-aloud read. . . . Filled with open, honest glimpses into [Rubins] real life, woven together with constant doses of humor. Christian Science Monitor

Gretchen Rubins year-long experiment to discover how to create true happiness. Drawing on cutting-edge science, classical philosophy, and real-world examples, Rubin delivers an engaging, eminently relatable chronicle of transformation. This special 10^th Anniversary edition features a Conversation with Gretchen Rubin, Happiness Project Stories, a guide to creating your own happiness project, a list of dozens of free resources, and more.

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 Im 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 accountnow updated with new material by the authorRubin 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.

This updated edition includes:

• An extensive new interview with the author
• Stories of other peoples life-changing happiness projects
• A resource guide to the dozens of free resources created for readers
• The Happiness Project Manifesto
• An excerpt from Rubins bestselling book The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles that Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other Peoples Lives Better, Too)

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Aided by her formidable intelligence and willingness to try anything, she spent a year road-testing every theory about happiness she could get her hands on, using her own life as the road. Time Happiness is contagious. And so is The Happiness Project. Once youve read Gretchen Rubins tale of a year searching for satisfaction, youll want to start your own happiness project and get your friends and family to join you. This is the rare book that will make you both smile and thinkoften on the same page. Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind Rubin had learned that there was a close correlation between habits and happiness, so she figured out how we form them, use them, and change them. Once I came to understand habits as harnessing our own lazinessmaking a habit frees you from decision-making, which you can use to your advantagemy relationship to them changed permanently. New Yorker Lays out lifes essential goals serves as a kind of detailed instruction manual on how to achieve them. New York Times Book Review If anyone can help us stop procrastinating, start exercising or get organized, its Gretchen Rubin. The happiness guru takes a sledgehammer to old-fashioned notions about change. Parade Gretchen Rubin combines deep research and observations from her own life to explain how habits emerge andmore importanthow they can change. Its indispensable for anyone hoping to overhaul how they (almost unthinkingly) behave. Charles Duhigg,The Power of Habit Gretchen Rubin is a writer after my own heartseriously brilliant, very warm, and funny. I think shes amazing. Anne Lamott,Bird by BirdandHelp, Thanks, Wow Gretchen Rubins superpower is curiosity Weaving together research, unforgettable examples, and herbrilliant insight,Better Than Beforeis a force for real change. Bren Brown,Dare to LeadandDaring Greatly "Loaded with practical solutions and impeccable research. Rubin is also a fine writer, and her enthusiasm for improving lives is contagious." Harlan Coben With her characteristic mix of delightful charm, thoughtful research, and insightful advice Gretchen Rubin shows how to add fun,joy, and harmony to your home life. Susan Cain,Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Cant Stop Talking

Author Bio

Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the bestselling FORTY WALLS TO LOOK AT WINSTRON CHURCHILL. She was clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor when she realized that she really wanted to be a writer. She lives in New York City with her husband and two young daughters.