Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life Audiobook

" I was so excited to read this book - I LOVED The Happiness Project as everyone that has talked to me in the last 6 months knows :) But this book...it just wasn't the same. A lot of it was VERY repetitive and it seemed more like her personal journal, full of her very particular whims, than something that is applicable to many different people. "

" I adored Gretchen Rubin's first book on this subject, The Happiness Project, and this follow-up is just as good. She's extremely insightful, but manages to take a very down-to-earth tone that makes you think, "Hey, maybe I could do that too." Inspiring, in a completely accessible sort of way. "

" Gretchen Rubin did her reading, and then her living, before writing this book. Anyone can learn from the experiences she gained concentrating on her home, the place she discovered as the most important to her in living/writing her her first book, The Happiness Project. Her truisms apply universally - things like "give myself limits to give myself freedom" and "plan ahead to be spontaneous." Those areas in her home she tackles are more specific to her life, but you'll glean from them as well. So, walk with her as she thinks through and cleans up (figuratively and literally) various areas of her life, including possessions, marriage, parenting, and interior design (renovating herself). This book is more practical than most self-help types; read, enjoy, and do. You're likely to find some happiness along the way. "

" Gretchen Rubin always has interesting little tidbits that help you consciously live a better life. "

" This book seems to say in a nutshell that you have to be yourself to be happy. No one else can make you happy, that if you are not satisfying your inner self, it is difficult to be happy. The parts that I connected with is her tie to her home and its environment. I am also a person who really can't be happy when my home environment is out of sorts. "

" I'm not sure what I think of this book. In a way it doesn't seem like the "work" the author says it is to put together. She is on a quest to find happiness, and some good ideas are generated for everyday living, but there's almost too much detail for what she discovers. The writer is often self-absorbed, self indulgent and whiny. On the other hand, finishing this book made me begin writing of some of the things that are keeping me from embracing happiness. "

" This book, like it's predecessor, makes me want to set goals to try to achieve more in my life in regards to happiness. "

" A bit of a retread of her "Happiness Project" blog and earlier book, so I did not find this one that interesting. "

" Gretchen Rubin's books may restate the obvious but she does so in the most thoughtful and encouraging way. Her writing is a constant reminder that happiness is a choice and that we can all lead happier, more thoughtful, lives. This should be required reading! "

" Great book, wonderful lessons for each month. "

" Some good ideas and I enjoyed it. "

" Ridiculously annoying. She doesn't enjoy anything, and she whines. Gah. "

" Loved this book. So much food for thought, and the overall idea of being mindful every single day and setting very clear, specific goals really resonated with me. "

" This book recounts the author's efforts to improve her level of happiness at home. It does contain some useful suggestions, and is very readable, but I did find the tone slightly irritating at times! "

" Ok, but I didn't find it as eye-opening as The Happiness Project. This book seemed like returning to the well: same method and approach, just taking on and working through some different resolutions. And I have to say that if I had read "Be Gretchen" one more time, I might have started screaming. "

" Great book. I love this author's2writing style. Her books are always well researched. This book was as good as The Happiness Project. "

" Not quite as many hints resonated with me as they did with the first Happiness Project book. "

" Not every blog needs to be a book. "

" Overall, I enjoyed this book, but if you only read one, in my opinion The Happiness Project is much better. This book had some good resolutions and ideas and I definitely jotted them down, but it also felt rushed at parts and like Rubin could have delved deeper. "

" I seem to remember liking the author's last book. This one was not as good. I could hardly read it. I ended up just skimming it. Seemed kind of all over the place, like she was grasping for material. "

" Some of it was ok, some of it was great. Really motivated me to change some things in my life and I'm actually doing some of them now. Would recommend to anyone wanting to boost their happiness with the small things at home. "