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Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary [Hardback]

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  • Formāts: Hardback, 288 pages, height x width x depth: 220x142x28 mm, weight: 440 g
  • Sērija : The Unexpected Joy Of
  • Izdošanas datums: 26-Dec-2019
  • Izdevniecība: Aster
  • ISBN-10: 1783253371
  • ISBN-13: 9781783253371
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 288 pages, height x width x depth: 220x142x28 mm, weight: 440 g
  • Sērija : The Unexpected Joy Of
  • Izdošanas datums: 26-Dec-2019
  • Izdevniecība: Aster
  • ISBN-10: 1783253371
  • ISBN-13: 9781783253371
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**From the Sunday Times Bestselling Author**

Life-affirming - THE TELEGRAPH

Wonderful - INDEPENDENT

She made it her mission to learn how to be default happy rather than default disgruntled - RADIO 4 - WOMAN'S HOUR

Take a leaf out of Gray's book and be kinder to yourself by appreciating life just as it is - IRISH TIMES

This book came to me in an hour of need - during lockdown when I had to focus on the positive, appreciate simple things, not lose my shit, and value each day. It was a pure joy for me and held my hand - SADIE FROST

Interesting and joyful. Lights a path that could help us to build resilience against society's urging to compare life milestones with peers - LANCET PSYCHIATRY

Underwhelmed by your ordinary existence? Disillusioned with your middlin' wage, average body, 'bijou' living situation and imperfect loved ones? Welcome to the club. There are billions of us. The 'default disenchanted'. But, it's not us being brats. Two deeply inconvenient psychological phenomenons conspire against our satisfaction. We have negatively-biased brains, which zoom like doom-drones in on what's wrong with our day, rather than what's right. (Back in the mists of time, this negative bias saved our skins, but now it just makes us anxious). Also, something called the 'hedonic treadmill' means we eternally quest for better, faster, more, like someone stuck on a dystopian, never-ending treadmill. Thankfully, there are scientifically-proven ways in which we can train our brains to be more positive-seeking. And to take a rest from this tireless pursuit. Whew.

Catherine Gray knits together illuminating science and hilarious storytelling, unveiling captivating research showing that big bucks don't mean big happiness, extraordinary experiences have a 'comedown' and budget weddings predict a lower chance of divorce. She reminds us what an average body actually is, reveals that exercising for weight loss means we do less exercise, and explores the modern tendency to not just try to keep up with the Murphys, but keep up with the Mega-Murphies (see: the social media elite).

Come on in to this soulful and life-affirming read, to discover why an ordinary life may well be the most satisfying one of all.

Recenzijas

Life-affirming. -- THE TELEGRAPH Wonderful. -- INDEPENDENT She made it her mission to learn how to be default happy rather than default disgruntled. -- RADIO 4 - WOMAN'S HOUR Take a leaf out of Gray's book and be kinder to yourself by appreciating life just as it is. -- IRISH TIMES This book came to me in an hour of need - during lockdown when I had to focus on the positive, appreciate simple things, not lose my shit, and value each day. It was a pure joy for me and held my hand. -- SADIE FROST Interesting and joyful. Lights a path that could help us to build resilience against society's urging to compare life milestones with peers. -- LANCET PSYCHIATRY

Preface 2(2)
Introduction 4(9)
I THE PURSUIT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY
Survival of the most negative
13(4)
The hedonic treadmill
17(6)
Satisficers vs maximizers
23(3)
When I didn't want to exist anymore
26(6)
I locate the exactitude of gratitude
32(9)
26 things that make me happy
41(3)
II ORDINARY LIVING
An ode to not emigrating
44(4)
Why extra stuff means extra `shoulds'
48(4)
Anon-Instagram-readyhome
52(3)
An ode to local festivals
55(2)
Dear Generation Rent
57(3)
Ordinary joys part I
60(3)
III ORDINARY BEING
Anxiety is spectacularly normal
63(6)
An ode to where the wild things are
69(1)
Mid-range self-esteem
70(1)
An ode to lie-ins
71(2)
Anger does not make you a `bad' person
73(3)
An ode to yoga
76(1)
Nobody gets 100 per cent good reviews
77(4)
An ode to homegrown mini-breaks
81(1)
An ode to cleaning
82(2)
We are not unflappable and roids
84(3)
An ode to stressful times that become good stories
87(1)
When sunny-side-up psychology goes too far
88(2)
An ode to garden-variety introverts
90(1)
An ode to sunsets
91(1)
An ode to never getting all your to-dos done
92(1)
Ordinary joys part II
93(1)
An ode to supremely lazy dinners
94(2)
IV ORDINARY LOVING
Your `logical' family
96(2)
Shrinking our skyscraper-tall expectations of relationships
98(11)
In pursuit of the sex-traordinary
109(2)
A budget wedding and why it means you're less likely to divorce
111(3)
Break-ups are more common than not
114(6)
The myth that single is an underordinary existence
120(3)
Slacker parenting
123(7)
Non-Italian-widow grief
130(5)
Ordinary joys part III
135(2)
V ORDINARY EARNING
An ode to shite teenage jobs
137(1)
Jettisoning `presenteeism'
138(3)
An ode to not driving
141(2)
Why big earning doesn't mean big happiness
143(7)
An ode to Millennials
150(1)
Busy as a badge of honour
151(5)
An ode to common-or-garden procrastinating
156(2)
9-to-5ers who dream of easy street
158(2)
An ode to doing your tax return
160(1)
I want to be an `influencer'
161(4)
An ode to savings
165(3)
VI ORDINARY BRAINS AND DOWNTIME
An ode to having a run-of-the-mill IQ
168(1)
In defence of being averagely informed
169(6)
An ode to books
175(2)
An ode to whodunnits
177(2)
Rediscovering nineties availability
179(13)
An ode to learning how to bake a cake
192(1)
The diminishing returns of TV
193(2)
An ode to boredom
195(1)
On mediocre yet exquisite creativity
196(3)
An ode to artists who pay homage to ordinary things
199(2)
Ordinary joys part IV
201(2)
VII ORDINARY BODIES
In praise of average attractiveness
203(5)
Ageing like we are intended to
208(3)
Things that didn't happen in my twenties
211(1)
Having a regular-sized body
212(4)
An ode to midlife
216(2)
Exercising for your brain, rather than your bum
218(2)
An ode to showers
220(1)
You are supposed to have hair there
221(4)
An ode to massages
225(1)
In defence of the bog-standard work out
226(3)
A letter to my body
229(1)
The under-appreciated joys of ordinary exercise
230(2)
VIII AN ORDINARY KINDA CONCLUSION
Tweets from Planet Extraordinary
232(1)
My manifesto for never losing ordinary joy
233(12)
The Cottage
245(2)
Sources 247(11)
Index 258(18)
Acknowledgements 276
Catherine Gray is author of five books, including The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober. She's sold over half a million books in English-speaking territories, her work has been published in the likes of Stylist, Marie Claire, The Lancet Psychiatry and the Guardian, and her books have been translated into nine languages. In 2018, Catherine founded charitable campaign Sober Spring, a three-month sabbatical from alcohol, and she now runs it with Alcohol Change UK, for whom she is an ambassador. She's been sober since 2013. Catherine lives in Hove and when not writing she enjoys falling off a paddleboard, giving her plants names like 'Cassandra' and 'Miguel', and spamming Instagram with pictures of dogs.

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Catherine Gray is author of five books, including The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober. She's sold over half a million books in English-speaking territories, her work has been published in the likes of Stylist, Marie Claire, The Lancet Psychiatry and the Guardian, and her books have been translated into nine languages. In 2018, Catherine founded charitable campaign Sober Spring, a three-month sabbatical from alcohol, and she now runs it with Alcohol Change UK, for whom she is an ambassador. She's been sober since 2013. Catherine lives in Hove and when not writing she enjoys falling off a paddleboard, giving her plants names like 'Cassandra' and 'Miguel', and spamming Instagram with pictures of dogs.

Instagram.com/unexpectedjoyof Twitter.com/cathgraywrites