The Happiness Project

　　活得很悶？一成不變？
　　日子一團糟，老在疲於奔命？
　　老覺得幸福快樂，沒有降臨妳身上？
　　身為提案高手的葛瑞琴，幫別人寫過一份又一份漂亮的提案，
　　自己卻深陷一團混亂、不開心的生活中。

　　夠了！她決定為自己的幸福，也來寫份「快樂生活提案」，
　　而且認真地花一年時間，投入有趣的快樂生活實驗。
　　結果，意想不到地，讓自己過了還不錯的一年…

　　帶著幽默和洞察力，魯賓循序記錄了這十二個月的生活歷險，親身嘗試種種年老的智慧、現今科學的研究，以及大眾文化中有關如何更快樂的各種課程。從希臘哲人伊比鳩魯到自然散文家梭羅，到電視主持人歐普拉到心理學家塞利格曼，還有達賴喇嘛；看哪些建議是真正管用的。

　　她的結論往往出人意表──她發現金錢的確能買到快樂，只要花得明智；她發現如果你認為自己是快樂的，你就能快樂；她發現挑戰是快樂的活力泉源；她發現「正確的吵架」甚至比不吵架好；她發現失敗中也藏有樂趣；還發現當我們有所成長時，就會快樂。

　　更棒的是，她發現快樂的神奇魔力是：即使遇上糟糕的一天，那也是「好的」糟糕一天……

　　Bretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. ”The days are long, but the years are short,” she realized. ”Time is passing, and I’m not focusing enough on the things that really matter.” In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project.

　　In this lively and compelling account, Rubin chronicles her adventures during the twelve months she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. Among other things, she found that novelty and challenge are powerful sources of happiness; that money can help buy happiness, when spent wisely; that outer order contributes to inner calm; and that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference.

　　★本書中文版《過得還不錯的一年：我的快樂生活提案》由早安財經出版。

作者簡介

葛瑞琴．魯賓Gretchen Rubin

　　多本暢銷書的作者，最受歡迎的部落客之一，她的Twitter人氣在全美排行高居十四名。

　　耶魯大學法學院高材生的魯賓，曾經擔任最高法院大法官Sandra Day o’Connor的助理。經過多年忙碌的她，為了找尋快樂，決定要為自己寫下第一份提案書－－快樂生活提案，並且花一年時間執行。這一年，她讓自己睡得飽、早上起來開心地哼歌、打掃家裡、閱讀亞里斯多德…

　　Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the bestselling Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill. She was clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when she realized that she really wanted to be a writer. She lives in New York City with her husband and two young daughters.