I like this book because it is funny, interesting, informative, and furthermore informative in a way which I find extremely helpful in my every day life. Really, any book that mentions "Read Aristotle" right next to "Have More Fun" was likely to get me. Gretchen Rubin spent an entire year trying out something like sixty new-year's-resolutions to see which, if any, had an effect on her happiness. The very thought of someone doing this makes me feel exhausted, and yet as I read her account of her adventures, I felt encouraged and uplifted and perhaps even a little challenged: if she could have a happiness project, surely I could. So I have-- I am-- and while I haven't taken as many of her ideas for myself as you might think, this was still a very good read, and also a very good conversation starter.
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