The Happiness Project
by Gretchen Rubin
Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning,
Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle,
and Generally Have More Fun
Gretchen’s Twelve Personal Commandments
- Be Gretchen.
- Let it go.
- Act the way I want to feel.
- Do it now.
- Be polite and be fair.
- Enjoy the process.
- Spend out.
- Identify the problem.
- Lighten up.
- Do what ought to be done.
- No calculation.
- There is only love.
THE HAPPINESS PROJECT is the memoir of the year I spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific studies, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier – happily, it was a #1 New York Times bestseller. As one of the hundreds of experiments I’ve conducted, I started this blog. Here, I recount my daily adventures in pursuit of happiness. –
Gretchen Rubin
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