Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives

'ONE OF THE MOST CHARMING AND ERUDITE AUTHORS OF HER GENERATION' Susan Cain, author of Quiet - 'THOUGHT-PROVOKING, SURPRISING AND OFTEN FUNNY' Arianna Huffington

Gretchen Rubin, author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, has helped millions of readers get happier. Now she tackles the critical question: How can we make good habits and break bad ones?

'ONE OF THE MOST CHARMING AND ERUDITE AUTHORS OF HER GENERATION' Susan Cain, author of Quiet - 'THOUGHT-PROVOKING, SURPRISING AND OFTEN FUNNY' Arianna Huffington

Gretchen Rubin, author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, has helped millions of readers get happier. Now she tackles the critical question: How can we make good habits and break bad ones?

Many experts suggest one-size-fits-all solutions for habit change, but as we all know from experience, there's no single magic answer. Better Than Before shows us how to understand habits and to change them for good, and gives us the thrill of recognition and relief, because at last, we'll have the vocabulary and framework to change our habits successfully. Solutions exist!

Along the way, Rubin uses herself as guinea pig, tests her theories on family and friends, and answers some of the most pressing questions - oddly, questions that other writers and researchers tend to ignore:

- Why do I find it tough to create a habit for something I love to do?

- I want to help someone else make a change. But how?

- Why do practically all dieters gain the weight back - plus more?

- How quickly can I change a habit?

- Why can I make time for everyone else, but can't make time for myself?

Whether you want to get more sleep, finish a project, maintain a healthy weight, or stop checking devices, habits make it possible. With Rubin's signature mix of rigorous research and easy humour, Better Than Before will make us eager to start work on our own habits - even before we've finished the book.

Gretchen Rubin is one of the most thought-provoking and influential writers on habits and happiness. Her books Happier at Home and The Happiness Project were both instant New York Times bestsellers, and The Happiness Project spent more than two years on the bestseller list, and has sold more than a million copies in 35 languages.

On her website gretchenrubin.com she writes about her adventures as she test-drives ideas from contemporary science and ancient wisdom about building good habits and a happier life.

Gretchen Rubin started her career in law but is now a full-time writer. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.