I finally finished reading “Stumbling On Happiness.” I say finally not because it took me 5 months to complete, but because it took me about a month and a heck of a lot of effort. I went into this book with very high hopes. The description on the cover sucked me in. I originally bought it for my boyfriend but decided I’d like to read it. And in doing so I managed to highlight, underline and scribble my way through this monster book. It’s no bigger than any other book I’ve read, but it is just jam-packed with information. The beginning starts out alright, but by the middle of the book it’s just study after study, fact after fact. There are very few stories, which I was expecting this book to have. I didn’t know it was going to be 101 facts shoved down my throat.

On that note, the book is a very interesting one! Didn’t see that coming did you The author spends 265 pages discussing happiness, our mind’s interpretation of it and how we are relatively easy to trick. I learned a lot and agree with most of it. Such as that quote I shared with you all a few weeks ago:

Once we have an experience, we cannot simply set is aside and see the world as we would have seen it had the experience never happened…Our experiences instantly become part of the lens through which we view our entire past, present and future, and like any lens, they shape and distort what we see.

I had to skip a couple of the million studies this book talked about. At a certain point it became too much and I began skimming pages for something interesting. I only did this in the last two-three chapters though. So I can honestly say I enjoyed most of the book. If you’re into psychology books or interested about why you think the way you do, you’d probably like this book. Just don’t expect to finish it over a three-day period.