When your husband has decided that he is better off in cold Dublin than next to you, and the boss has decided that you are no longer good enough for your job, when you are locked in the box of an empty city apartment like a bird in a cage, you need a strong remedy to force yourself to live... The psychotherapist's advice at first seems stupid to Chiara: every day, for at least ten minutes, do something that you have never done before. But the diary of her desperately brave and cheerful adventures will tell a different story: happiness is close and only the first step is scary!