Book Review: The Happiness Project

Gretchen Rubin’s yearlong journey, The Happiness Project, is a straightforward read, developed from her blog of the same name. Laced with scientific research, philosophy, and personal analysis, Rubin's book takes us through her own personal “Aha” moments about how to make life more fun, happy and hopefully stress free. Month by month we follow the author through her resolutions such as eating better, which she refers to as “no fake food,” or no nagging comments, which was very tough for her argumentative personality. Overall, readers will gain at least one nugget of useful information that can help better their happiness quotient. Rubin offers straightforward suggestions, along with other readers’ tips, to share specifics of what has been successful in that elusive journey toward true happiness. Check out the Happiness Project website, if you’d like a sneak peek at the author’s happiness toolkit.