The Happiness Project
by Gretchen Rubin
Rubin spent a year testing happiness advice month by month: energy, marriage, work, money, mindfulness, friends. The memoir format makes the research digestible and her resolutions, go to sleep earlier, sing in the morning, don't expect praise, are small and doable. It is a cheerful, well-organized template for designing your own project.
Read it if…
you want a structured, month-by-month way to try happiness research on your own life.
Skip it if…
you dislike domestic memoir; the author's life is the lab.
Three things you will actually use
- Make resolutions concrete and trackable.
- Act the way you want to feel.
- Tackle one area a month, not everything at once.
Do this first
Pick one area for next month and write three concrete resolutions you can check off daily.
Our verdict
Practical and warm; a template more than a theory.
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