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by Gretchen Rubin

auntieannie rated it

15 years ago

text 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

Definitely inspiring. Works well with my new interest in photography - growth makes you happy, finding time for projects makes you happy, etc."it was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against paradoxes. I wanted to change myself but accept myself. I w...

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debnance rated it

15 years ago

text 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

What better book for me to read today, the first day of a new year, a new decade?I’ve been waiting and waiting for this book to be published. I first heard about it when I kept getting snippets in the wonderful Google e-mail I receive every day about items of interest about happiness. I love happine...

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Mark Books rated it

15 years ago

text 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

Beginning in the first chapter with the notion of "Beautiful House Syndrome" (This is not my beautiful house!) and continuing through to the book's end where Rubin declares enthusiasm a form of social courage (Don't think so? Try professing your love of Barry Manilow's music), The Happiness Project ...

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