The Happiness Project

A chronicle of my attempts to test-drive every tip, principle and scientific study that promotes happiness.
by Gretchen Rubin

"My Focus? The Overlap Between Things I Can Control and Things That Matter"

By Gretchen Rubin on January 13, 2012 in The Happiness Project

I initially got to know Carl Richards's work because he and I share the same literary agent, which creates a fellow-feeling akin to having gone to the the same high school. Read More

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Gretchen Rubin is the author of The Happiness Project, a book and a blog about her adventures learning to be happier.

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