"An engaging polemic against the neat-police who hold so much sway over our lives." -The Wall Street Journal Enthusiastically embraced by readers everywhere, this groundbreaking book is an antidote to the accepted wisdom that tight schedules, neatness, and consistency are the keys to success. With an astounding array of anecdotes and case studies of the useful role mess can...(展开全部)

Like Freakonomics, here is a book that combines counterintuitive thinking with stories from everyday life to provide a striking new view of how our world works. Ever since Einstein's study of Brownian Motion, scientists have understood that a little disorder actually makes systems more effective. But most people still shun disorder--or suffer guilt over the mess they can't avoi...(展开全部)

Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. "The days are long, but the years are short," she realized. "Time is passing, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter." In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project. In this lively and compelling account of that year, Rubin carves out he...(展开全部)

■作者簡介 葛瑞琴．魯賓Gretchen Rubin 多本暢銷書的作者，最受歡迎的部落客之一，她的Twitter人氣在全美排行高居十四名。耶魯大學法學院高材生的魯賓，曾經擔任最高法院大法官Sandra Day o’Connor的助理。經過多年忙碌的她，為了找尋快樂，決定要為自己寫下第一份提案書－－快樂生活提案，並且花一年時間執行。這一年，她讓自己睡得飽、早上起來開心地哼歌、打掃家裡、閱讀亞里斯多德… ■譯者簡介 尤傳莉 生於台中，東吳大學經濟系畢業。著有《台灣當代美術大系：政治．權力》，譯有《親愛的臥底經濟學家》、《圖書館的故事》、《達文西密碼》、《趁我們還活著》、《依然美麗》等小說與非小說多種。

Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. "The days are long, but the years are short," she realized. "Time is passing, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter." In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project. In this lively and compelling account of that year, Rubin carves out he...(展开全部)

■作者簡介 葛瑞琴．魯賓Gretchen Rubin 多本暢銷書的作者，最受歡迎的部落客之一，她的Twitter人氣在全美排行高居十四名。耶魯大學法學院高材生的魯賓，曾經擔任最高法院大法官Sandra Day o’Connor的助理。經過多年忙碌的她，為了找尋快樂，決定要為自己寫下第一份提案書－－快樂生活提案，並且花一年時間執行。這一年，她讓自己睡得飽、早上起來開心地哼歌、打掃家裡、閱讀亞里斯多德… ■譯者簡介 尤傳莉 生於台中，東吳大學經濟系畢業。著有《台灣當代美術大系：政治．權力》，譯有《親愛的臥底經濟學家》、《圖書館的故事》、《達文西密碼》、《趁我們還活著》、《依然美麗》等小說與非小說多種。