Happier at Home
Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life
New York Times Bestseller
Gretchen Rubin realized that her home, in all its aspects, was the most crucial element influencing her happiness.
So, starting in September (the new January), Gretchen dedicated a school year—from September through May—to concentrate on the factors that matter for home, such as possessions, marriage, time, parenthood, body, neighborhood.
How can she control the cubicle in her pocket? How might she highlight her family’s most treasured possessions? How, for so long, had she overlooked the importance of the sense of smell? And it really was time to replace that dud toaster.
Happier at Home is the account of what author Gretchen Rubin tried, and what she learned, when she undertook to be happier at home. The book was an instant New York Times bestseller.
As in The Happiness Project, each month has a theme and finds Gretchen experimenting with several concrete, manageable resolutions meant to boost her happiness. With her signature blend of memoir, research, and experimentation, Gretchen’s passion for her subject jumps off the page, and reading just a few chapters of this book will inspire readers to find more happiness in their own lives.
REVIEWS & BUZZ
“Reading it certainly heightened my awareness of my own life. It’s fairly remarkable: Despite the fact that Rubin writes only about herself, I found everything she wrote perfectly applicable to me.”
—RealSimple.com
"Self-help fans rejoice. A new book just came out that’s just as good as Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project. It’s her latest release called Happier at Home …Every mom will find gems in this book."
—Parents.com
"No matter how you feel about self-help books, her core epiphanies are worth remembering."
—People Magazine
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