Take Time for Your Life: A 7-Step Program for Creating the Life You Want

OK, here's the deal on this book. I'll finish it up since Ipaid for it, but let's just say I'm glad I got it on sale. There are SOME good ideas, but on the whole I thought it was pretty shallow. I should have known what I was in for when I saw all the lists and fill-in-the-blanks forms while flipping through this at the book store. But, I thought "hey, maybe I'll get some good insights, it's a best seller after all." This book actually says you should tell yourself on a regular basis: "I deeply, profoundly accept myself." Oh, barf me out! Stuff like that reminds me of those Stuart Smalley routines with Al Franken on Saturday Night Live. And it's like the Oprah magazine in terms of arts and crafts spiritual projects: you're gonna have to make a trip to Office Max or somewhere like that and pick up felt tip pens, index cards, at least one journal, a wipe-off board to hang in your house to write gratitude statements whenever you walk by. Then she suggests having friends over for a party to make little life "roadmaps" -- collages of pictures from magazines and catalogs that illustrate your life goals, all glued to foam-backed poster-board. I don't know why it has to be foam-backed. Then, write validating words in big letters (important!) on pieces of paper and keep them near you at all times. Good grief, I can't believe this is a best-seller.