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crabbygirl's review against another edition
2.0
right from the start i loved this author - co-founder of BrainChild, naturally cynical (but trying to not be), strong willed and strongly opinionated - she is exactly like me. as i went through the book i mentally checked off the things we had done (and failed at):
flylady: oh yes you get the sense of satisfaction at first, but eventually it becomes a continual task and one that is reserved for women alone. bunk. (but i still watch those hot spots!)
retirement planning: we both hit a wall when we were forced to think: when will i die? when will my partner die? the statistics are easy to look up - do you want to know?
dr laura: how did she (temporarily) reel us both in? how does she continue to find her audience?
parenting philosophies: oh god, why can't people just choose their path? every niche acts like it's got the one, BEST, approach and you're a dummy for not following it. better yet, your child/ren will suffer for your ignorance
social graces: yes, we can widen our circle of casual friends with these handy tips - but to what avail? casual friendships offer no real relationship, and all that surface yappy-yappy takes time away from somethings you really want to do.
but then she moved on to the 'health' portion of her self-help quest and totally lost me. she is a smoker.
a smoker.
how could not have come up before? when taking about daily savings (drop the 'latte factor'), this is exactly where the cost of cigarettes would come up. tallying your lifespan for your retirement? being a smoker affects your number. and how could her smoking not reach the parenting section? the author continually mentions her daily life as her writes the book - walking to the bus stop, chatting with a neighbor, being looked at weirdly by the cashier, tossing a treat to her dog, chopping veggies for dinner. how come she never mentioned the ubiquitous drag on a cigarette?
so i was really annoyed she chose to tackle her health self-improvement as her second-last task. and even then, she focused on her weight first: taking on exercise, then moderating her diet. she never even tries to quit smoking in this book - a book that is supposed to be about self-improvement!
flylady: oh yes you get the sense of satisfaction at first, but eventually it becomes a continual task and one that is reserved for women alone. bunk. (but i still watch those hot spots!)
retirement planning: we both hit a wall when we were forced to think: when will i die? when will my partner die? the statistics are easy to look up - do you want to know?
dr laura: how did she (temporarily) reel us both in? how does she continue to find her audience?
parenting philosophies: oh god, why can't people just choose their path? every niche acts like it's got the one, BEST, approach and you're a dummy for not following it. better yet, your child/ren will suffer for your ignorance
social graces: yes, we can widen our circle of casual friends with these handy tips - but to what avail? casual friendships offer no real relationship, and all that surface yappy-yappy takes time away from somethings you really want to do.
but then she moved on to the 'health' portion of her self-help quest and totally lost me. she is a smoker.
a smoker.
how could not have come up before? when taking about daily savings (drop the 'latte factor'), this is exactly where the cost of cigarettes would come up. tallying your lifespan for your retirement? being a smoker affects your number. and how could her smoking not reach the parenting section? the author continually mentions her daily life as her writes the book - walking to the bus stop, chatting with a neighbor, being looked at weirdly by the cashier, tossing a treat to her dog, chopping veggies for dinner. how come she never mentioned the ubiquitous drag on a cigarette?
so i was really annoyed she chose to tackle her health self-improvement as her second-last task. and even then, she focused on her weight first: taking on exercise, then moderating her diet. she never even tries to quit smoking in this book - a book that is supposed to be about self-improvement!
ckporier's review against another edition
3.0
A quick read and fairly entertaining, but not really as thought-provoking as I expected.
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