Summary of Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

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Gretchen Rubin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project, discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love by tuning in to the five senses. She 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. Life in Five Senses is an absorbing story of discovery filled with profound insights and practical suggestions about how to heighten our senses and use our powers of perception to live fuller, richer lives.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookRix
• Release date: Apr 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9783755440949

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Seeing What Was Missing

The narrator made a trip to the eye doctor on a wintry Thursday morning, when they noticed that their eyes had turned an angry pink and their lashes were clumped together. The doctor confirmed their amateur diagnosis and prescribed some drops. He also warned the narrator that they were more at risk for a detached retina, which could damage their vision. The narrator became so distracted by their anxiety that they couldn't hear what the doctor was saying. The doctor finished by saying that they would see the narrator at their next checkup.

The narrator experienced a profound truth when they realized they had their one body and its capacities right now, and that they wouldn't have them forever. They realized that they had been taking it all for granted, and that one day they might no longer hear their husband Jamie's yawns or see their dog, Barnaby, race through the apartment with his beloved Abominable Snowman toy in his mouth. The narrator realized that they had their one body and its capacities right now, and that they wouldn't have them forever. The narrator is a dutiful caretaker of their body, but is not appreciating it or paying attention to the people they love. They come home to an empty apartment and greet Jamie, Eliza, and Eleanor, who return from dinner with their grandparents.

The narrator resolves to make a change and realizes that self-knowledge is the only way to build a happy life. The narrator spent a lot of time trying to understand themselves better. To do this, they asked themselves questions such as who they envy, what they lie about, and how they put their values into action. However, over the past few years, they realized that they felt disconnected from the world and other people, and that they needed to connect with their five senses. They realized that their body was their essential connection to the world and to other people, and that they could have a happy, complete life even if they lost some of their body's capabilities.

The narrator realized that their senses had the power to tie them to the people and moments they wanted to experience and remember. During a pink-eye afternoon, they realized that they had been allowing the sensations of their life to slip away