First published 2018
Gretchen Rubin enjoys professional success, a loving family, and material comfort, yet feels something is absent from her life. She decides to conduct a twelve-month experiment to increase her personal happiness through deliberate lifestyle modifications. Each month brings new challenges as she explores different approaches to well-being, from pursuing fresh activities to organizing her living space. Rubin approaches her project with genuine excitement and sharp honesty about her own behavior and motivations. Her year includes both victories and disappointments as she tests whether minor adjustments can create meaningful change. Through her candid documentation of this process, Rubin reveals practical insights about discovering satisfaction within ordinary daily experiences. The book demonstrates how readers can apply similar strategies to enhance their own sense of fulfillment and joy.
Genres: self-help, contemporary, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, personal-development
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: self-discovery, self-improvement
Period: 21st Century
Kindle Edition · Harper Paperbacks