BOOK 246: HAPPY: WHY MORE OR LESS EVERYTHING IS ABSOLUTELY FINE: DERREN BROWN

BOOK 246: HAPPY: WHY MORE OR LESS EVERYTHING IS ABSOLUTELY FINE: DERREN BROWN

Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being happy actually mean? And how do you even know when you feel it? Across the millennia, philosophers have thought long and hard about happiness, and come up with all sorts of different definitions and ideas for how we might live a happier life. Here, Derren explores the history of happiness from classical times until today, when the self-help industry has attempted to claim happiness as its own. His aim is to reclaim happiness for us all, and enable us to appreciate the really good things in life for what they are. Fascinating, entertaining and revelatory, this is a book for anyone who has ever wondered if there must be more to life…

(From Goodreads)

MY VERDICT: I enjoyed this book and found it very helpful. I’m not really one for self help books, if you could call this that, which I will, but this one was not preachy in any way, it gave some really good tips for having a happier life. Not that I was that unhappy to begin with but I do sometimes get sad when the weather changes and it’s cold all winter. I loved the that the book goes into the history of philosophy and thinkers and ways of thinking. And I found it useful to know where these ideas come from when they are used as examples for applying these thoughts to your own life. It shows another way to look at things which is refreshing in a world that’s trying to make you miserable about your own lot it seems, and seems determined to make everyone feel like they have to be striving forwards towards things that might not make us happy.

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