The Happiness Project in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Feb 17, 2018 Kim rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: get-your-shit-together, audiobooks

She is a pill and all of her attempts at happiness are rooted in her privilege and financial freedom.

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Feb 08, 2016 April rated it did not like it

Shelves: unfinished

I've tried twice now to read this and I just can't. If she had put the "Your Happiness Project" at the beginning instead of at the end, it may have been a bit easier to read. Without it, she just sort of dives into it with this list of her personal commandments and her secrets of adulthood without any sort of explanation as to where she came up with those. Right away, I was turned off by the whole "my life is so fabulous" introduction. I'd rather read something written by someone who has had to ...more

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Jul 09, 2013 Rachel rated it did not like it

I was not a fan of this book. Some of it was helpful and interesting, but I really didn't like that she compiled tons and tons of research without citing any of her sources, or often even mentioning where the information came from at all. I was frustrated seeing so many lines like "Studies show..." with no references (even in bibliographic form at the end) to exactly what study she's talking about. Maybe that's me being a picky academic, but I think her sources deserve acknowledgement. For examp ...more

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Oct 14, 2010 Ann rated it it was ok

Shelves: abandoned, memoir

I remember reading some of the entries for "The Happiness Project" while Gretchen Rubin was writing for Slate and thinking what a great idea it was. Taking a whole year for self-improvement and finding ways to be happier seems like something we should all do. But this book is BO-RING. I was also completely turned off by her introduction, which I thought was disingenuous. No, she did not just decide she wanted to be happier and appreciate life more fully, naysayers be damned... She decided she ne ...more

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Nov 03, 2011 Morgan rated it really liked it

Great book. Author builds in a lot of quick and easy ways to increase well being and happiness. There are so many great tools that are accessible to everyone, that we don't know about, or forget to use. I found it very interesting, and very readable, unlike a lot of other self-help books. Highly recommend! ...more

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Dec 27, 2012 Amanda rated it really liked it

I enjoyed this book. Sure, Gretchen Rubin seems to have a great life, but who couldn't stand to be happier? I appreciated her honesty about her tendencies to do things such as nag her husband and be overbearing toward her friends.

I make resolutions twice a year (once at the New Year and once at my birthday in June), and I like the idea of making happiness resolutions. This is definitely something I'll consider as my next birthday approaches. ...more

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Sep 13, 2012 Courtney rated it it was amazing

I LOVE this book. I love the entire premise and I want to start my own project. I really appreciated that this was just an average woman without a major crisis who just wanted to be happier and set about to do so. A lot of what she said really resonated with me. I'd highly recommend this book. ...more

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