This Time It’ll be ‘Better Than Before’
Several months back, my bestie Rachel told me about a book that had really resonated with her. The book, entitled The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, accounts the author’s year-long journey “test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier.” During that time, Rachel would forward me blog posts, podcasts and “Rubin-isms” that she found inspiring. I have to be honest, they really did interest me; however, I was hesitant. I’ve never met a self-help book that didn’t initially intrigue me but, inevitably, my interest would usually wane after the first few chapters. Point in case, my Nana was inspired by Suze Orman and bought me her book “9 Steps to Financial Freedom.” I started out the gate strong and was super motivated. I even bought Quicken ® and spent hours inputting all our data. But by the 4 th step, I was done and way more interested in the allegations that Orman w...