There's nothing wrong with Rubin's life, but she feels dissatisfied and sets out to fix it. She sets her goals for each month and comes up with real actionable items for her life and then forces herself to do them. She admits when she messes up and what she learns from it.

A lot of the reviews I read complain that she's a rich white woman and what does she have to whine about anyway -- but I think that the beauty of this book is its simplicity. Her happiness goals could be the same for everyone: sleep better to have more energy, be kinder to your family, don't expect applause every time you complete a task, have more dinner parties, join a club based on something you love. It is always the little things that make the biggest difference.

And hey, at the end of her year, she feels much happier. Isn't that something we all want?