Gretchen Rubin’s Five-Senses Self-Portrait of self-experimentation, and exploring the mysteries and joys of the five senses.
“The more we notice, the more we can enjoy.”― Life in Five Senses.
Gretchen’s Five-Senses Self-Portrait. Gretchen Rubin is an expert on happiness. Host of the award-winning podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin, alongside sister, Elizabeth Craft, where they dive
into practical “try this at home” solutions for cultivating a happier life. Rubin is the author many New York Times bestsellers: The Happiness Project, Outer Order, Inner Calm; The Four Tendencies; Better Than before; and Life in Five-Senses. Born and Raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Gretchen Rubin now lives in NYC with her husband, a dog, and their two daughters.
In Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World, Rubin takes us on a journey of self-experimentation. exploring the mysteries and joys of the five senses, as a way to live a more mindful, and happier life.
This realization came to be, after a visit to her eye doctor, she realized, she’d been taking her five senses for granted. This then led her on a quest to learn more about the five senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching.
The daily five will give you a glimpse, into Gretchen’s daily five-senses rituals.
Please enjoy.
Gretchen Rubin’s Five-Senses Self-Portrait Experiment.
Seeing
“See something once—really see it—and it never looks the same again.”
― Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World
- Cloud reflected in the water at Central Park’s lake.
- An orange traffic cone
- The toothy cow grinning down from the stained-glass window in the Met museum.
