Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the

<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER - The author of <i>The Happiness Project</i> discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses.</b><br> <b><br>"<i>Life in Five Senses</i> invites us into the seismic shift toward a life grounded in sensation, vitality, and innate intelligence."--GLENNON DOYLE, author of <i>Untamed</i></b> <p/> <b>"An inspiring and practical guide to living in the moment."--SUSAN CAIN, author of <i>Bittersweet</i> and <i>Quiet</i></b> <p/>For more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness and human nature. Then, one day, a visit to her eye doctor made her realize that she'd been overlooking a key element of happiness: her five senses. She'd spent so much time stuck in her head that she'd allowed the vital sensations of life to slip away, unnoticed. This epiphany lifted her from a state of foggy preoccupation into a world invigorated by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching. <p/>In this journey of self-experimentation, Rubin explores the mysteries and joys of the five senses as a path to a happier, more mindful life. Drawing on cutting-edge science, philosophy, literature, and her own efforts to practice what she learns, she investigates the profound power of tuning in to the physical world. <p/>From the simple pleasures of appreciating the magic of ketchup and adding favorite songs to a playlist, to more adventurous efforts like creating a daily ritual of visiting th