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999			_c10642 _d10642
020			_a9781783253371
050			_aBF575 _bGRA 2019
100			_aGray, Catherine _d1965 - _eauthor
245			_aThe unexpected joy of the ordinary : _b in celebration of being average / _cCatherine Gray
264			_aLondon : _bAster, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, _c2019. ♭2019
300			_a276 pages ; _b23 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
500			_aSelf-help publications
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_aThe pursuit of the extraordinary -- Ordinary living -- Ordinary being -- Ordinary loving -- Ordinary learning -- Ordinary brains and downtime -- Ordinary bodies -- An ordinary kinda conclusion.
520			_a Ordinary. Average. Normal. The everyday is the wall-to-wall humdrum we seek to upgrade, like a fifties carpet we long to replace. More money. A bigger house. A better body. An upgraded career. The ultimate relationship. A highly inconvenient psychological phenomenon called 'the hedonic treadmill' has us eternally questing for more. Catherine Gray was a grandmaster in eye-rolling the ordinary, and the art of everlasting reaching. Until the daemon of depression made her re-think everything. Knitting together personal storytelling and illuminating science, this book probes great minds in neuroscience and psychology. It explodes 'extraordinary-seeking' myths such as big bucks means big happiness, expensive weddings predict future happiness, high intensity exercise is the best kind, and the workaday is less important than the showreel. This soulful, hilarious and life-affirming book is a manifesto on how to outwit the hedonic treadmill and retrain our negatively-biased brains. But most of all, it's a love letter to an average life beautifully lived. Because maybe, just maybe, an ordinary life is the most satisfying one of all.
650			_aGray, Catherine.
650			_aHappiness.
650			_aBonheur.
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