Super Short Summary

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, published in 2009, follows Rubin's year-long endeavor to boost her happiness by focusing on different aspects of her life each month, such as energy, love, work, play, friendship, money, spirituality, passion, mindfulness, attitude, and self-reflection. Rubin's project is inspired by her realization that she was not fully appreciating her good life and aims to enhance the positive and minimize the negative elements of her daily experiences for greater overall happiness.