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One of my dearest friends received this book for Christmas this year. Saturday, she gave me my very own copy because she has found it valuable in helping her deal with what has been an extraordinarily difficult year for her.
The Happiness Project is just what it sounds like on the tin. Rubin--married mother of two, successful writer and lawyer, and economically comfortable New Yorker--decides that while she doesn't necessarily feel unhappy (in fact, she generally feels pretty okay in the happiness department), she'd like to try a year-long experiment designed to increase her happiness. She devotes each month of the year to a particular area of her life and makes three to four goals for that area. She charts her progress on that area and attempts to maintain growth even while transitioning to the next month's focus.
I haven't quite finished the book, but much of what Rubin writes speaks to me. I think I want to start a happiness project of my own, and not because I feel pretty okay in the happiness department, which feels like a good thing.
( So much navel gazing and rumination on the nature of happiness )
I will welcome any suggestions or discussion on how to make this project work for me. Since these are areas I struggle with, any advice is welcome and appreciated.
The Happiness Project is just what it sounds like on the tin. Rubin--married mother of two, successful writer and lawyer, and economically comfortable New Yorker--decides that while she doesn't necessarily feel unhappy (in fact, she generally feels pretty okay in the happiness department), she'd like to try a year-long experiment designed to increase her happiness. She devotes each month of the year to a particular area of her life and makes three to four goals for that area. She charts her progress on that area and attempts to maintain growth even while transitioning to the next month's focus.
I haven't quite finished the book, but much of what Rubin writes speaks to me. I think I want to start a happiness project of my own, and not because I feel pretty okay in the happiness department, which feels like a good thing.
( So much navel gazing and rumination on the nature of happiness )
I will welcome any suggestions or discussion on how to make this project work for me. Since these are areas I struggle with, any advice is welcome and appreciated.
