Happiness....
Initially, I tossed aside Gretchen Rubin s ‘ The Happiness Project’ book as another vague self help book that sits beside tons of ‘ Eight ways to becoming rich’ type self help books. Then the little footer ‘ Start your own happiness project’ and the little ‘ Why I spent a year trying to sing in the morning…’ note in the cover convinced me to buy it to read. Simply because, like many, I believe Happiness scores over many things – including the egoistic desire to be right- in life The lawyer turned writer Gretchen did set me thinking. She does not outline a standard ‘ formula of happiness’ with a list of do s and don’t s for everyone. Instead, she describes her own attempts to make her life happier in a structured way, focusing on one aspect of what contributes to her happiness. This makes a crucial difference to the reader. Usually, we feel ‘lectured upon’ when we read self help books. Not with this one. I can assure you that you will find a candid narration of her own expe