While entirely negating to acknowledge her privilege, Rubin made many statements about happiness that forced me to take a look at my own life and thought processes. A lot of what she discusses comes down to mindfulness and self-awareness, but she made these concepts less vague and more accessible on a day to day basis. We can all claim to be striving towards self-awareness, but how? Once I got past the self-centered nature of this novel, I learned a lot from it and how I personally view and react to the world.