Draw your own conclusions.
As founder of The Warren Report, Warren Etheredge hosts over 250 events every year,
a podcast and television series. The Warren Report promotes "slow culture" through commentary, outreach,
events and education. Our principle: Smarter audiences make a better world!
January 27
Gretchen Rubin
THE HAPPINESS PROJECT: Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle and Generally Have More Fun
Time: 6:30 pm
Cost: $35/person (includes all appetizers
and a copy of the featured book)
Location: Tom Douglas’ Palace Ballroom
2030 5th Avenue (at Lenora), Seattle, 98121
On a crowded bus Rubin had an epiphany: time was passing, and so little of it was spent doing things which made her feel happy. She didn’t want to turn her life upside down: just focus on improving her life as it existed, and each month tackled a new set of resolutions:
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• Give proofs of love
• Ask for help
• Be serious about play
• Keep a one sentence journal
• Forget about results.
She devoured everything from classical philosophy to cutting edge scientific studies, and looked to everyone from Plutarch and Thoreau to Oprah and Martin Seligman. Her discoveries range from the practical to the surprising to the profound, and her “happiness project” was documented on a blog — followed by over 30,000 people and now carried on Slate, Real Simple, The Huffington Post and Psychology Today.
Rubin is the author of several books, a lawyer and a mom, still working on “the happiness thing.” But a lot happier.
The Good Life: books for better living events are interactive evenings of conversation with authors on tools for creating “the good life.” These events will take place at either Tom Douglas’ Palace Ballroom or the Hotel Andra Ballroom, where we will gather together to enjoy appetizers and beverages and an onstage interview of the author by Warren Etheredge of The Warren Report.
Read what Danielle Greger-Babbit says at examiner.com
A copy of each author’s new book is included in the ticket price as are appetizers and bites of Theo Chocolate that evening. There will be a cash bar available.