At the end of June in 2016, I started my journey as a health and fitness coach. One of the things they HIGHLY recommend when starting your own business AND starting on your health journey is to read some sort of personal development every single day. When I heard that, I laughed, I really did. I am pretty sure I rolled my eyes too and just thought, oh that's something I don't really need and I can just cross that right off my to-do list for my business. After all, its my biz and I can work it how I want!
I made NO effort what so ever to start reading PD. I actually just told myself I would read my scriptures everyday and that would be my PD, that was all the personal and spiritual development I would need each day. Haha! I was SO wrong!
For reasons still unknown to me, I really hated self help books or books claiming to be able to help you be better, or teach you to raise a perfect child, or make a million dollars. It was all a joke. Why do you need a stupid book to tell you that? Use your brain and go with your gut. I think I don't like being told what to do, I think that's why I hate them, I'll go with that one!
Giving in, I started reading, or listening to a book on Audible, just so I could say I was doing it when people asked if I was making that a daily priority. After a couple days, the weirdest thing happened! I started looking forward to listening to this book. I loved the quotes and points and opinions that were being said. I was actually enjoying listening to this book! I was shocked! It was really helping me, it was motivating me, and it was making me want to work harder and try new things.
Maybe there is something to these self help books after all........
Finishing the first book, I started a second, and third and then kept going from there. I was really enjoying these books! I enjoyed learning from them and the great feeling of hope that they left with me. My reading slowed down but I never gave it up. In October I bought a bunch of books from Barnes & Noble (I LOVE that store!) and I just stashed them away so I could grab one when I needed it.
One of the books I purchased was 52 Ways To Live A Kick-Ass Life By Andrea Owen. I didn't start this one right away but I eventually picked it up and started reading. I was hooked from the start! She has a way of writing that draws me in and she is hilarious and blunt and honest which I LOVE! Also the chapters were pretty short and being a stay at home mom, I don't have time to sit and read for hours at a time. Being able to grab the book and spend even just five minutes reading one chapter, (I read really slow) was perfect for me.
A lot of what she writes about in her book seems so basic and like common sense when you really think about it. After I would read a chapter, I was like, duh Eryn! And this book came at a perfect time in my life. When I started the book, back in November or December, I was going through a really rough time in my life, and honestly, its still rough, better but still hard. And yes, it took me that long to read the book. I didn't read it every day and like I said, I am a slow reader.
This book, I feel, was a God send! Like I said, I didn't read it everyday but there were certain days where I would just feel like I needed to pick up that book and read. When I did, I would open to the current chapter and just the title of the chapter would floor me because it was something I was struggling with that day. Some days I would only need to read one chapter and other days I would read a few. But I always came away from reading this book feeling better, hopeful, and like God had answered my questions, concerns, and dilemmas.
This will definitely be a book that I will read over and over again and keep close. It is easy to reference and she expresses and explains things in a quick way so you aren't having to read forever.
If you are looking for a good book to kick you in the butt and help you make some changes in your life, I HIGHLY recommend this book!
Giving in, I started reading, or listening to a book on Audible, just so I could say I was doing it when people asked if I was making that a daily priority. After a couple days, the weirdest thing happened! I started looking forward to listening to this book. I loved the quotes and points and opinions that were being said. I was actually enjoying listening to this book! I was shocked! It was really helping me, it was motivating me, and it was making me want to work harder and try new things.
Maybe there is something to these self help books after all........
Finishing the first book, I started a second, and third and then kept going from there. I was really enjoying these books! I enjoyed learning from them and the great feeling of hope that they left with me. My reading slowed down but I never gave it up. In October I bought a bunch of books from Barnes & Noble (I LOVE that store!) and I just stashed them away so I could grab one when I needed it.
One of the books I purchased was 52 Ways To Live A Kick-Ass Life By Andrea Owen. I didn't start this one right away but I eventually picked it up and started reading. I was hooked from the start! She has a way of writing that draws me in and she is hilarious and blunt and honest which I LOVE! Also the chapters were pretty short and being a stay at home mom, I don't have time to sit and read for hours at a time. Being able to grab the book and spend even just five minutes reading one chapter, (I read really slow) was perfect for me.
A lot of what she writes about in her book seems so basic and like common sense when you really think about it. After I would read a chapter, I was like, duh Eryn! And this book came at a perfect time in my life. When I started the book, back in November or December, I was going through a really rough time in my life, and honestly, its still rough, better but still hard. And yes, it took me that long to read the book. I didn't read it every day and like I said, I am a slow reader.
This book, I feel, was a God send! Like I said, I didn't read it everyday but there were certain days where I would just feel like I needed to pick up that book and read. When I did, I would open to the current chapter and just the title of the chapter would floor me because it was something I was struggling with that day. Some days I would only need to read one chapter and other days I would read a few. But I always came away from reading this book feeling better, hopeful, and like God had answered my questions, concerns, and dilemmas.
This will definitely be a book that I will read over and over again and keep close. It is easy to reference and she expresses and explains things in a quick way so you aren't having to read forever.
If you are looking for a good book to kick you in the butt and help you make some changes in your life, I HIGHLY recommend this book!
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