Me, But Better -- Olga Khazan (Author will be in attendance!)

Thank you to everyone for participating in yesterday's meeting. For our next meeting, let's get into some psychology with Olga Khazan's *Me, But Better*. This should be a fun one as we will have the author herself in attendance!

In recent years, Olga Khazan had been spiraling toward an existential crisis. Though she treasured her loving, long-term relationship and her dream job, she often caught herself snatching dissatisfaction from the jaws of happiness. Her neurotic overachieving had always been a professional asset, but lately, Olga felt that her brittle disposition could shatter under the weight of just one more thing. She knew something had to give-but was it really possible to change her entire approach to life?

In *Me, But Better*, Olga embarks on a year-long experiment to see if it''s truly possible to change your personality, sample size: one. Scientifically, personality consists of five sliding-scale traits: extroversion (how sociable you are); conscientiousness (how self-